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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: AT Surfer Package
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Date: 7 Mar 1996 18:38:45 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4hnafl$hkj@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- George Noel (gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) wrote:
- : >: VAT is the Value Added Tax, basically a federal sales tax applied in
- : >: most European countries.
- : >
- : >Does it apply to exports?
-
- : No. It is similar to our federal GST (7%) which also does not apply to
- : exports - only residents of Canada have to worry about it. Seeing as how
-
- I asked because of the 'applied in most european countries' bit. If it is just
- a german retail sales tax (why mention it with MSRP?) then fine.
-
- : the German DEM is similar to the Canadian dollar, take 8% off the 15%
- : German VAT and you should have what the SRP would be in Canada. The US SRP
-
- Or add 5% and you get our local sales tax. Add in a couple of hundred for the
- 'living on a rock away from the mainstream' tax and you are there. :)
-
- : for the Surfer pack was going to be $720 (some places selling it for $699)
- : so you would times that by say 1.5 to get what it would be in Canada
- : which would be around $1080 or $1100 rounded off but would more then
- : likely sell for the prices you have posted about for CBM machines (new?) -
- : anywhere from $925 - $999.
-
- Bah, you won't see any a1200s in any form in NA so dickering over the price it
- might be is silly.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-