I paid double VAT?!?!
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| Just bought BlitzMax - shareit said "£43 including VAT". Went to buy it and it charged me another £7 VAT *on top* of the £43 that supposedly already included VAT??! One question - WTF?!?!! |
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| Lol, come to think of it, why was there a second vat charge? It never crossed my mind that I paid vat twice but now that you mention it, WTF!! |
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| That was a bit odd. |
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| Well, the price is 80 US dollars, which plainly does not include VAT. The exchange rate as of two minutes ago makes this 41.2 UK pounds. So I would say the tax was only paid once. The phrase "£43 including VAT" was wrong. |
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| probably shoulda been 43 pounds PLUS VAT... Btw... What's VAT? Kanati |
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| VAT = Value Added Tax (Sales tax) only on luxury goods. (i.e. not a cereal or a book). |
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| Where did it say inc. vat? This is how it reads on share*it: Price: GBP 43.21 Orders for EU customers are also subject to VAT. I just double checked, I've definitely only paid VAT once. @Kanati: VAT = Value Added Tax in UK and EU also known as rip-off [edit] oh Perturbatio got there first :) |
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| Come buy in Switzerland, where VAT is not applicable to EU customers, and even if you buy, it's just 7.6%.... |
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| Everywhere I look on the ShareIt order page (without actually attempting to buy), it says that orders will be charged £43 plus VAT if applicable, for both European and UK customers. Where exactly does it say "inc VAT"? |
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| I'm guessing he just misread it :) |
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| What does it really REALLY matter, it's worth it isn't it? |
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| I paid £50+ ukbp, it said £43.... I DO take issue to £7 on top if this is the case. Please keep us informed, gfk. |
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| you having a laugh skunk? you really THAT poor? |
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from my order:Qty. Item Net Price GST % Total ========================================================================== 1 x BlitzMax (MacOS) (Product ID: 300001132) GBP 43.60 7.63 17.50% 51.23 GST = General Sales Tax (or VAT) |
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| Don't move to Sweden, I pay 20 US$ in Vat. But its worth it. |
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| VAT = Value Added Tax (Sales tax) only on luxury goods. I wish! VAT applies to virtually everything nowadays. It almost came to the point where children's clothes would be VAT-eligable (fortunately the govt. decided otherwise). |
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| Not our government. Here (in Croatia) we have VAT added to everything and it's at a nice "low" rate of 22%. Luckily we are still not EU members so I did not have to pay VAT for BlitzMax. :) Barney |
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| cYanide (Posted 2004-12-18 20:18:35) poor enough to feel it. Are you laughing at me? you having a laugh skunk? you really THAT poor? |
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| IM even poorer- i have literally 5.03 in the bank. and no job!!! Ive had to owe a mate of mine... (he bought me Bmax.. ^.^) |
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| "Value Added Tax" Seriously, who the hell do they think they're kidding? Are they trying to make it sound like it's a good thing? ;] |
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| Don't move to Sweden, I pay 20 US$ in Vat. But its worth it. We got 24%, 25% from next year, sigh......But, yes I suppose BM is worth it :) |
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| I think it's just more noticeable because ShareIT uses a none-too-generous exchange rate. When I checked the price ( $80 ) at the current exchange rate, it was dead on £41, but ShareIT conveniently made it £43.25 in their calculations. These sort of conversions seem to have become more common since they were taken under the Digital River brand, but I'm probably just being paranoid. |
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