Exactly my sentiment Nathan.
Even more so when visiting restaurants, where you also have to include
15-20% "tip". The way I see it the restaurants should raise the prices to
that amount and pay the waiters and cooks a decent living. After that tip
becomes really a tip, a gesture to the waiter and/or cook if you are
satisfied or better than that.
I hope not to start a flame war with this statement though, but it was
something I noticed last year when visiting the US.
Wiliam
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From: Nathan Wajsman [mailto:photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: zondag 20 februari 2011 7:37
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT; looking elsewhere
Nobody is ignorant of the VAT rate. But people expect the price at the cash
register to be the price shown on the shelf. On the contrary, to Europeans
visiting the US it seems a ridiculous practice to show prices that are fake,
since you will pay more once at the cash register. Quickly, how much is
8.25% of 179.99?
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Feb 19, 2011, at 11:57 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> .... helps to keep the buying public ignorant of the 20% or more of VAT /
> sales taxes buried in the price :-)
>
> jh
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> Subject: Re: [OM] OT; looking elsewhere
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> No, prices in Europe are always quoted including all taxes.
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
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> YNWA
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> On Feb 19, 2011, at 9:32 PM, John Hudson wrote:
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>> Taxes extra ?
>>
>> If so, what's the %'age ?
>>
>> jh
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 4:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] OT; looking elsewhere
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>> Around 1100 EUR
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
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>> YNWA
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>> On Feb 19, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
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>>> Wow! And what price might that be, Nathan?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 19 Feb 2011, at 18:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>
>>>> And...El Corte Inglés, our leading department store, is having a sale
on
>>>> DSLRs which basically means that I can walk in and buy a K5 at the same
>>>> price as B&H in NYC. Tempting :-)
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