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Comment Re:Just Ticketmaster / tickets? not ISP's / hotels (Score 1) 264

Anything where there's an additional fee; those additional fees _unless they are optional_ must be part of the base price and not added on after. If a breakdown of the base price is required, that's acceptable, as long as it's "the price".

No more "plus taxes and fees". The taxes are fixed and predictable, fees are not.

While we're at it, add in the tax to the price sticker (even if there's a breakdown). So we don't get these price shocks. If Europe can do it... why not the US (and I know there are studies showing how sales decreased when the tax was added to the price sticker, but that was really about consumers going to other stores, if all stores had to do it, it wouldn't matter).

Comment Re:Glass (Score 1) 207

Except for peanut butter jars, and occasionally mayonnaise, if it falls, it breaks into a gazillion sharp pieces and causes headaches for cleanup in stores... I agree glass would be better. Perhaps cardboard-encased jars? Possibly more stable on the shelf, less mess when it breaks, and both are easy to recycle. But it's the weight that kills you, and that directly impacts shipping costs and fuel.

Comment Massachusetts? (Score 1) 337

Odd... but while I can see MA is in the 2-4% range, you can't hover over it to get the actual figure (you can get it for RI and CT, though).

This doesn't include PHEV's, does it?

I agree some relative numbers (e.g. EV/capita) would be more useful. They do specify EVs as a percentage of registered vehicles overall, but not by state.

Comment Reading labels? (Score 1) 152

"The already overburdened consumer is going to have to spend four times as much time in the supermarket reading labels".

How many people (except some extremists) read the labels of EVERY SINGLE FOOD ITEM they buy or eat, and scan for GMOs, and subsequently reject it due to such ingredients? Practically EVERYTHING we eat has been modified through some means.

I scan for just kale and mushrooms... BLECH.

I know the products I buy on a regular basis, and don't bother to read those labels.

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