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bucolic_frolic

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1. That's interesting, and it's got me thinking

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 07:40 AM

Dec 16

In early October I went to buy a pumpkin at Walmart. It was in the produce department, and I was buying it to cook it and harvest the seeds. It rang up as a taxable item. I told them food is not taxable in my state, and refused to pay for it. So I handed it back to the clerk.

Maybe Walmart was trying to recoup some tariff money? Were these Canadian pumpkins? I have no idea.

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---Not a sales tax. Not sure where else to put this. But I found it interesting. [View all] 3Hotdogs Dec 16 OP

That's interesting, and it's got me thinking bucolic_frolic Dec 16 #1

Wouldn't that be illegal NOT to show the customer BEFORE it was purchased? Ferrets are Cool Dec 16 #2

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Dec 16 #3