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jay.b
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Jun 21, 2018
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Brexit will not solve this issue as VAT in the UK is there to protect the UK market, its there as a steady source of income for the treasury. You are free to buy your goods anywhere but the Gov will still add 20% onto the value, which essentially makes it no cheaper so we just buy from the UK thus protecting our own market. What takes the piss is the 20% in the first place and if a MD were to spring up in the UK, you can bet your left bollock it will still be more expensive than the US because of or piss taking VAT.
Want a solution, make friends with someone in America and start buying them some "gifts". Shipping is not that expensive on most things nowadays ;)
Jun 21, 2018
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Oct 15, 2018
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jay.bI do a lot of mountain biking and go through a lot of parts on my bikes. Living in the US, I look for and purchase most of my products from UK based sites. Believe it or not I can purchase and have it shipped here for me for less than most local bike shops can buy at their cost from the same manufacturer. Shimano Europe sells to the UK market for substantially less than Shimano USA sells to our market.
Oct 15, 2018
speed098
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Jul 21, 2019
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jay.bYou seem to miss the fact that in the USA they have state tax similar to our VAT tax. What kills for us here in the UK is the GOV scam of charging VAT on the postage price as well ( a product used in the country of origin ie in this case the USA. Also the Post Office scam of charging £8 handling fee, not as noticeable on an item costing a few hundred dollars but on an item costing under a hundred dollars it is a real sting in the tail. This is not about protecting UK industry and jobs in any way shape or form it is about a bunch of scam merchants pretending to represent the people of our country. After all if it was about protecting jobs they would have penalty clauses in when a company takes jobs out of the UK to foreign country's with cheap labour. If they cared about these people they would put a penalty tax on basic call centre jobs taken out of the UK at around £10k per year, they have not, why ?? Probably getting kick backs from these companies in one form or another just like MP expenditures.
Jul 21, 2019
Sianita
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Dec 26, 2019
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speed098Not all states have the same tax rate, though - and not all things are taxed by each state. There is no one state tax as they’re allowed to decide for themselves what and whether to tax.
Dec 26, 2019
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