Subj : Self serve checkout
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Dec 28 2023 18:43:00

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.


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