Subj : Self serve checkout
To   : Ogg
From : MRO
Date : Fri Dec 29 2023 07:33 am

 Re: Self serve checkout
 By: Ogg to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 28 2023 06:43 pm

> Hello pF!
>
>  pF> Not many people knew that blank CD-Rs had a kickback to
>  pF> the recording industry. Every single one. They *assumed*
>  pF> that CD-Rs would be used for pirating music, and so
>  pF> lobbied the government to include a built-in tariff,
>  pF> regardless of what you used them for. The manufacturer
>  pF> pays the government and bakes the charge into the media.
>
> That tarrif was made widely known.
>

i'm pretty sure that tarrif was only for canada.

> I just have to wonder how the gov't can force a retailer to
> charge for the use of a bag.

people can just decide to ignore them.
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