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Tx2 writes: In article , , a.k.a Anton G?sen says... wrote: One quibble, they price items without VAT and add it afterwards. Fine if, like me, you reclaim VAT, but not if you are a punter counting pennies. Typical PC World, finding yet another way to decieve and con customers out of their hard-earned money. Whilst in no way am i a fan of PC World, how on earth is them not showing VAT deceiving, let alone conning customers? So long as they show you what the cost is at "checkout", where's the problem? When you're running a real live retail establishment, presumably most of your customers pay the VAT. Can you name another high-profile retailer that displays pre-VAT prices? Can you imagine how long, say, Tesco, would get away with that? My `quibble' with PCWorld is the usual technical-expertise one. Go to the laser-printer aisle, and thrill at the statement that `DPI (Dots Per Inch) is the number of dots the printer can place accurately on a square inch of paper'. Err... No, it isn't. -- SAm. |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:43:05 -0000, Tx2
wrote: In article , , a.k.a Sam Nelson says... In article , Tx2 writes: So long as they show you what the cost is at "checkout", where's the problem? When you're running a real live retail establishment, presumably most of your customers pay the VAT. Can you name another high-profile retailer that displays pre-VAT prices? Can you imagine how long, say, Tesco, would get away with that I'm not concerned with "do they, don't they" i'm more puzzled with the statement paraphrased to suggest they are ripping customers off by not including VAT inclusive prices. IIRC by law, at least in the UK, you must display +VAT prices if you are selling to consumers rather than trade. A few years ago the magazines like PC Pro et al, had to get the advertisers to show + VAT. I remember them doing and actually saying it was a legal requirement rather than because they were doing it "for the readers". However, so far as i can see on a very quick glance at the site, VAT inclusive prices are displayed, so can't quite see what the OP is talking about? Yep I don't see what the problem is myself either. -- Gamma gamma gamma chameleon You come and glow, you come and glow. Kick out the cats before you reply |
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"Anton Gÿsen" wrote in message ... I saw a 'bargain bin' near the front door of my local branch loaded with 1.8m USB cables for sale. We're not asking for £4.99... not even £9.99... but £14.99! Each! Gold plated ones can be had from ebuyer for about £5 or less Or from someone on eBay for about £1.50 Or http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ads/index.html For less than £2 Loz |
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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:52:20 +0000, Gama Chameleon
wrote: On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:43:05 -0000, Tx2 wrote: In article , , a.k.a Sam Nelson says... In article , Tx2 writes: So long as they show you what the cost is at "checkout", where's the problem? When you're running a real live retail establishment, presumably most of your customers pay the VAT. Can you name another high-profile retailer that displays pre-VAT prices? Can you imagine how long, say, Tesco, would get away with that I'm not concerned with "do they, don't they" i'm more puzzled with the statement paraphrased to suggest they are ripping customers off by not including VAT inclusive prices. IIRC by law, at least in the UK, you must display +VAT prices if you are selling to consumers rather than trade. A few years ago the magazines like PC Pro et al, had to get the advertisers to show + VAT. I remember them doing and actually saying it was a legal requirement rather than because they were doing it "for the readers". However, so far as i can see on a very quick glance at the site, VAT inclusive prices are displayed, so can't quite see what the OP is talking about? Yep I don't see what the problem is myself either. PC World USED to display pre-VAT prices in store, about five (?) years ago. That changed at about the same time as the advertising changed in PC Pro. I suspect the poster in question hasn't been in a PC World since then or that he has and he didn't notice. nl |
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If you have nothing to do for an hour or so take a trip to PC-World and look
for a bargain. As least you will look at everything they have got and it will be very entertaining if you know your prices. I have even, once I think, bought something on offer. At least it is warm and out of the rain. "Can I help you, Sir" "Yes, why is this so and so twice (three) times the price I can buy it for somewhere else?" "Is that mail order, Sir? We don't compete with mail order." Three groups buy from them: 1) I want it now 2) I don't know what things cost 3) I don't care what things cost as I have a) lots of money b) I'm not paying - the company is. Or, even, he's a very nice man (lady) and I want to buy from him (her). Would anybody like to talk about the price of car spares? wrote in message ... After some weeks looking around for a USB PCI card with some internal connectors, and finding no budget kit in stock at the usual suspects, I decided to look at PCWorld's site. (I'd site an ad for a sale.) PCWorld has an offshoot that sells components. There, I found not just one option, but two, one with a higher spec than anything else I'd seen, and at a lower price than the likes of eBuyer. Start at: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/pccomponents/ Not a big catalogue, but might help you out of a hole for stuff needed in a hurry. Then again, it may not turn up before Christmas! __________________________________________________ _____________________ Michael Kenward Words for sale |
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If you have nothing to do for an hour or so take a trip to PC-World
and look for a bargain. As least you will look at everything they have got and it will be very entertaining if you know your prices. I have even, once I think, bought something on offer. At least it is warm and out of the rain. "Can I help you, Sir" "Yes, why is this so and so twice (three) times the price I can buy it for somewhere else?" "Is that mail order, Sir? We don't compete with mail order." Three groups buy from them: 1) I want it now 2) I don't know what things cost 3) I don't care what things cost as I have a) lots of money b) I'm not paying - the company is. Or, even, he's a very nice man (lady) and I want to buy from him (her). Would anybody like to talk about the price of car spares? Interesting. I often look in for the occasional bargain. A week or so ago I picked up an HP deskjet 5850 for 89 quid. I was happy with the deal It was only slightly more expensive than the two HP 720C ink cartidges that I was looking for. Ted |
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