VAT of Amazon.co.uk

[Brad Caviness <bigwigenterprises at yahoo_com>]

--- Dan Temmesfeld <dtemm at yahoo_com> wrote:
> i like Amazon-UK, because they *always* seem to 
> screw up the pounds to US dollars on every order...
> in my favor/favour.  the price that carries to the
> checkout cart is always lower than the price that's
> on the item screen.  i've order 5 times from Amazon-
> UK, and it's happened every time.  Bruce Lachey had
> this same delightful experience.
> 
That's not a mistake on Amazon's part. Unlike American
companies who add sales tax (or value added tax, as the
Brits call it) AFTER the retail price is computed, EC
retailers add it BEFORE you go to the checkout. But
Americans do not have to pay EC VAT charges, so, once you
Amazon figures out you're american, it deducts the tax.
Thus, giving you a lower cost than what was on the advertisement.

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Bradley S. Caviness, Bigwig
Bigwig Enterprises

http://www.bigwigenterprises.com

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References:

• region-free is the way to be
• From: Dan Temmesfeld <dtemm at yahoo_com>

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