I used to believe that price tags in stores were what the store paid to get them from the manufacturer; they paid their employees from the sales tax
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "Employees Only" room in the back of the store was where the employees lived. — KewlKid
- I used to believe that you had to "buy" your job. The more money you paid, the better the job. — Duke
- That everything was free. You paid for nothing, money was just to look nice.— Blasia M
- I used to think all money paid for goods at shops went to charity.— Tim
- I used to think that the tags on cows ears were actually earings.— Kelly
- I believed that garage sales were on a special day, like christmas or the fourth of July or something.— Cara