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Jan. 9th, 2009 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
inanedirk... I ordered some PorcTree CDs from amazon.de. Some were too expensive, so I thought I'd order those from amazon.co.uk. They're being weird though. A search for Fear of a blank Planet turns up the album priced at 6.98 pounds. Sound good, but when I go to checkout, it's suddenly at 7.22. Same goes for all the other CDs. They're listed at a decent price, but when I actually try to order them the price goes up.
Ahh right, I've figured it out, though I don't think they've always done it like that.
The price they list appears to include 15% UK VAT, but when they deliver to Germany they need to charge 19%. So that's where the difference in price is from. 6.98 / 1.15 * 1.19 = 7.22
I wonder if amazon.com do it like that now as well. I'm pretty sure they used to leave it up to local customs offices to charge VAT ...
Ahh right, I've figured it out, though I don't think they've always done it like that.
The price they list appears to include 15% UK VAT, but when they deliver to Germany they need to charge 19%. So that's where the difference in price is from. 6.98 / 1.15 * 1.19 = 7.22
I wonder if amazon.com do it like that now as well. I'm pretty sure they used to leave it up to local customs offices to charge VAT ...
