NY City sales tax is up to 8.875% now. It hurts, no one likes it, but
anyone who's lived in NY for any amount of time knows that almost
everything (excluding food and sundry others) will have it added at the
register.
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On 2/20/2011 1:37 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> 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?
>
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> On Feb 19, 2011, at 11:57 PM, John Hudson wrote:
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>> .... helps to keep the buying public ignorant of the 20% or more of
>> VAT / sales taxes buried in the price :-)
>>
>> jh
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan
>> Wajsman"<photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Olympus Camera
>> Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 19,
>> 2011 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [OM] OT; looking elsewhere
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>> No, prices in Europe are always quoted including all taxes.
>>
>> 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 9:32 PM, John Hudson wrote:
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>>> Taxes extra ?
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>>> If so, what's the %'age ?
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>>> 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
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>>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
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>>> 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
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>>>> On 19 Feb 2011, at 18:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>>>>> 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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