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by justsomehnguy 1500 days ago
> and there’s nothing really that can be done

And even if they had been posted.. it is still not the price you would pay at the till, because you know, reasons.

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Here, if the price is posted wrong for groceries, you get the product free, up to 10 bucks.

https://educaloi.qc.ca/en/capsules/price-labelling-and-accur...

You'll note that if they put price stickers on the product, things are more lax.

And if they put nothing, you report it. And yes, it is enforced.

It is trivial to handle this stuff. Simple.

I was talking about famous inability to display the actual price (product/item price + whatever tax applies that time of a day) on a tag.
Not sure what you mean, but outside of tax info, as per Quebec link above, no pricing info by, or on the product is illegal here.

And it is enforced.

What the above commenter means, is that in the EU (and many countries across the world) if a price tag says €10, you pay exactly €10. In the US, if the price tag says $10, you may end up paying $12 or something random amount on top of the signed price, because it doesn't include taxes, which makes shopping extremely inconvenient compared to taxes-included price tags.
It makes it inconvenient for travellers, I agree there.

Growing up, and living with this, I find it trivial to deal with.

It is still inconvenient for everyone. It like saying "Growing up, and living with the house full of lying rakes, I find it is trivial to deal with". Sure you are, but it is one thing what was solved decades ago and now nothing stops to at least having both prices on the tag.