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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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