<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:41 AM, michel memeteau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:contact@ekimia.fr" target="_blank">contact@ekimia.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi, <br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/10/29 luke.leighton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com" target="_blank">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>><br></span><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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But 300 euros ?</div></blockquote></div><div><br>has that included 20% VAT plus shipping, tax on shipping, import duty, tax on import duty, tax on tax on shipping _and_ import duty, tax on tax on tax on VAT _and_ shipping _and_ import duty?</div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Sorry but 250$ = 192 euros . </div><div><br></div><div>192 * 1.196 (VAT ) = 230 Euros . that's is 30 % difference. </div><div><br></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br> then add an extra 12% on top of that for import duty (i'm assuming 20% VAT not 19.6), you've now got $276 euros. that's not so far of the $EUR 300, is it? it looks like they've added an extra 8% markup, maybe as a profit margin, maybe as a cost of importing (dealing with customs).<br>
<br> it's not so unreasonable, is it?<br><br> if you buy from the U.S., then *maybe* if you declare its value as $50 you would be lying and thus liable for imprisonment but you would get less tax and import duty and tax on tax etc.<br>
<br>l.<br><br> <br></div></div>