Subj : Self serve checkout
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Ogg
Date : 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.
pF> They probably do the same with bags.
Mums the word wrt bags. So, I doubt it's the same.
I just have to wonder how the gov't can force a retailer to
charge for the use of a bag.
