I'd hardly call that baffling. We generally pay more for goods such as food than in America, but other services cost less / are subsidized. It all balances out one way or another

In Australia we include GST in listing price. The bare minimum you could expect it to be sold for is $2.00 AUD Inc GST. prices are more attractive at round numbers so $3.00 makes more sense than $2.30 or $2.50 for example.

That's why