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| | | Hello, I'm very desappointed about the fact that TLC has decided to close the warehouse in Ontario, Canada. Now when I want to buy from LS@H, I have to pay the US$ price + 15%HST (harmonized sales tax)! At least, before our prices were lower than in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —David Schilling
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| | | | | (...) How is TLC responsible for Canadian taxes? I think this is something you should take up with your federal and provicial governments. -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) All the prices I've seen where there were US and Canadian side-by-side to compare, they worked out the same when you take exchange rate into account. SOmetimes exchange rate fluctuations would give Canadians a temporary break - and sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Simon Denscombe
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| | | | In article <388167F6.DDCD0D3A@c...erve.com>, 70641.507@compuserve.com says... (...) It's 17.5% actually. We buy our LEGO from shops - that's hourly delivery time. We have access to Busy-Bee offers weeks before anyone else. At least our VAT is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Richard Franks
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| | | | | (...) Urg.. yes that is irratating.. especially when you have cash-in-hand, and you've forgotten about it. Although you would think that it would improve mathematics skills.. Richard (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, I like the tax in your face so it's rubbed in and annoys you. VAT is too secret for my taste, people forget about it. I especially like how a lot of gas stations were posting how little of the price of gas was actually product and how much (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | (...) I like how you assume the worst or the best from people as it suits your argument. Really. Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Government (which is the they in the sentence above) != "people"... Assume the best from people. Assume the worst from government. See the difference? Or in SAT format: People:safe | Government:dangerous (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | (...) Yes, but our "stealth" sales taxes are almost always in the 4-8% range, much less than your VAT. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | (...) Well at least the government is telling us about our new 10% gst. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: New policy for LS@h —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) I was referring to the "people would not notice nearly as much". (...) No. I don't. Why is there a difference? You've still never explained that, all you say is "that should be selfevident". Why do you not trust government? It is made up of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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