Matt GrayI Just did something very European.
Thought I found a great deal in a shop here in Vancouver, only to find out at the till that they don’t include sales tax in their shelf prices.
I thought that was just a USA thing!
Litchralee@mattgrayyes I wonder if that's a thing they do in order to show prices comparable to American shops just across the border. Cross-border sales are (were?) a sizable chunk of business.
Here in California, retailers can choose to include tax or not, but must be consistent and must post notice of whether they're inclusive or exclusive of tax. So it's not the law that's perpetuating this silliness of pre-tax price stickers.
Jon, FYI 
@litchralee @mattgrayyes It's for the same reason as in the US: no law requires it. So few businesses do it. I've pretty much only seen food trucks and liquor stores list the full price.