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and felt thirsty. I go into the nearest Duane Read (Pharmacy) to look for bottled water. The cheapest was priced at 1.19. I went to the counter to pay for water taking out a dollar and a quarter. The guy scans it and the price comes up as 1.19
Then a second later it flashes 1.29. I said "So you tax water now?" and they brazenly responded "yes"
What the hell is this?! ITS CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST NATURE!
It's bottled water. Where's the confusion?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
You are the one buying water.
Should have filled the nearest microwave with water than stolen that:smilie4:
Shirley you can do better than that.:dabs:Quote:
Originally Posted by Proper Bo
Soak the nearest green towels and steal those?:unsure:
But to tax water?! Thats maniacal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Busyman
I live in brooklyn and they don't even tax water!
There is sales tax (VAT) on bottled water in the UK too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
It's luxury goods, what's the big deal :ermm:
It could be a deposit fee also. It's bottled water.
:shuriken:
You also pay for your tap water, thro' your rates.
Or at least the parent you're currently leaching off does.
But we're not paying over $1 for a bottle of water AND tax!
I thought you said you were. :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
$1 = ~54p?
that's feck all:dabs:
Almost everything has Tax on now :(
It’s quite strange that the price on the shelf is a pre Tax price, how odd
sloiyke $2 for a bottle of water here.
edit: simplflied currency for merkins.
It's bottled, silly. Just 'cause it's water instead of soda makes no difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shiranai_Baka
Packaging and marketing products costs money.
Get over it, or use your hard earned cash to buy a beer instead.
Soda companies realized they'd make more money off schmucks buying water instead of soda and that's why we've got Aquafina and Dasani.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lilmiss
Some water bottles actually have that the water comes from a municipality.:lol: :lol: ....and people still buy.
NEWSFLASH****
Buy a Brita or Pur water pitcher, pour some of that filtered water in a bottle , freeze it, and carry that with you AT ALL TIMES.
....or do cry about the tax for a cold bottle at the at the store.
Taxed air coming soon, to a lung near you.
That's the idea I'd buy...even though the filter is generally overkill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Busyman
Buy water once and keep filling the bottle.
Anything else is duh-uh-uh-uh-umb...
My sister lives in Brooklyn, and doesn't cry about the tax.
'Tis the price of life in the Big Apple.
I carry a big jug of water filled from a hose in my truck so that I can fill my liter bottle at work, and then I don't have to pay for my water. It could get expensive when you are drinking close to a gallon a day. I never buy water. why should I when I have eight gallons in my truck? BTW, no sales tax here and loving it. the price on the price tag is what you actually pay. what a concept...
lol don't buy that or else you would support his abusive activity.
busyman? :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempestv
So you have a truck hose, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempestv
Yeah he's a playa. He's got all kindsa hoes.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
Doesn't the anti-freeze give it a nasty taste? :unsure:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempestv
$1.19 +tax for how much water?
I refuse to pay that much for water. Tap water is perfectly fine here where I live.
I can't believe you actually found a bottle of water in the city for that cheap.
sadly, neither can I. While I haven't spent much time in NY, in Newark Airport I have seen bottled water for $3.25 for a twelve ounce bottle. I about threw up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skizo
I have to buy bottled water, simply because the water system where I live is (and always has been, to my knowledge) below the standards set by Health Canada. :P They're in the process of upgrading, but it'll be a number of years yet.
:shuriken:
I spent 4 days (about 6 weeks ago) in Manhattan with a friend who now lives there. We spent most of our time boozing in the local pubs. I could have fed a small country for what I spent in that amount of time.
I knew I was in for it when the first thing I ordered was a small styrofoam cup of guacomole and a pitcher of sangria, and the price was $55. :wacko:
I had a blast though.
9 days till I leave for my next trip: 2.5 weeks in San Jose Del Cabo at the Hilton Los Cabos!!! :w00t: