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[ST] Re:Is that right?



At 21:55 10/02/02 -0800, you wrote:

Hi Chaps,

Basically Tom is right. All the website prices have to include uk
sales tax which is 17.5% added to the price. This means when removing#
the tax it is just under 15% less, 14.8973% roughly.
There are a few things that do not attract VAT, such as books, childrens
clothing and most foodstuffs. 

Steve.

>
>Yes, I believe all prices listed in the UK have to include VAT, I guess
>to help people forget how much tax they pay. When you purchase something
>from JL the price you pay will not include VAT with is something like
>17.5% IIRC (probably not though).
>
>FWIW, in Canada, specifically in Ontario the total sales tax is 15%, and
>it is not hidden, very scary when your standing in line with a 150
>dollar item say, you then say, 10% is 15 bucks, add another 7.50, 22.50
>in tax, f#@$
>
>BTW, thanks again for all the notes thanking me for the pictures.
>
>Tom
>
>On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 TrumpST@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> OK, silly question #356.  Is the JL carbon hugger really @$250(US)?  Is
that 
>> including the infamous VAT that may not be charged to a US buyer?  For
some 
>> reason I wanna doubt the currency converter site I went too.  I'm in
overall 
>> price shock anyway after being too the dealer.  DAMN I got a lot of extra 
>> stuff.  And now I wanna get more stuff, from other connections.  Whoops,
the 
>> credit card heard me, it's whimpering in the corner, heh-heh-heee!
>
>
>/*************************************************************
> Thomas Emberson
> '01 BRG Sprint ST (last count 10 months old, 15,700 miles)
> sold: '98 ZX6e, '99 ZX9r, '95 EX500
>*************************************************************/
>


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