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| (...) It was known as "EEC" from 1957 until 1992, then "EC" until 1995 - so technically, you're correct: the "EU" isn't that old. :-) Is it possible that this is a mere coincidence? Before we joined the EEC we had a similar sales tax (with a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The apparent reason is the market. If the US buyers expect Lego to cost X, Lego can not charge too much over that because they will lose market shares. In EU the clones are not such a big threat (yet), so Lego can charge a bit more. Plain, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: The Brickfest PDX Moonbase Build Up!
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| (...) Sure did! And that was only a little part of the fun we had, even though I didn't win the ULV competition (my non-lego-building wife did!). (...) Well, we don't have too much Lego (only Tobbe can build in 48x48 size), and this was our very (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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| (...) (URL) So what's the difference, excepting color and module size :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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| (...) This is not strictly true, as we have had VAT in Sweden since the fifties, and EU is not that old :-) The VAT is a tax on sales, and the money drawn in can be used for anything by the government. OTOH, EU has regulated VAT for its member (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) To cut a long story short, VAT is not meant to fund healthcare. VAT is used for "financing" the EU and is redistributed in the form of (mainly) agricultural subsidies, but also the "convergency funds" that have allowed for infrastructural work (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, that is my experience. For instance, the supermarket bill has the full price of every item, with the VAT percentage ahead of it. The total then has another line to say how much VAT is being paid. VAT can be returned if you're reselling (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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| (...) Dear All, Recently I have received the following answer from LEGO: "Dear Mr. Schlei, We have no plans of discontinuing the production and sales of LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO Technic products. On the contrary, we consider these products core (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| The picture is to big, it only opens partly. When do people learn to resize their pictures? S Russell Clark <rclark@telis.org> wrote in message news:HrEBEH.Kzr@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) only (...) databases. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva wrote: <snip> (...) I just came across this site: (URL) around here, and one finds that health care is paid for (I think my health plan co-pay just went up to $25 per visit, in addition to the premium taken out of my (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That could go a long way to explaining your price differences. Government supported monopolies always charge higher prices because they can. Around here, the lower priced clones seem to get about equal shelf space, which exerts a significant (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Weeeeelll... Yes and No. It is basically a patent issue handled by a certain danish company that prevents clones and therefor competition in the european markets. If you violate the patents, the courts get involved, so if seen from a certain (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, if I take out the local sales tax of 16%, I still get a EUR 13.79 price tag, and even if the dollar would come up to parity again (where he does not belong, economically), it would still be more expensive. Chances are, that TLC will have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That's interesting. So, in the EU the tax is included in the price tag/sticker, but disclosed in the receipt? Things tend to be a bit more dynamic here in the US so that's not as easy to implement. The sales taxes actually vary from state to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The valuation of the Euro vs. the USD changes over time, and very few international companies ever vary their local list prices based on these fluctuations. At times in its brief history, the Euro has had parity with the dollar, and indeed was (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) with Mark that that isn't a Moonbase. (a tighter color scheme, or some "neighborhoods" could help too) However, to spin this into something positive I'd like to talk about the long discussed Micro Moonbase standard. Maybe we could even have a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Lego's in Mass Bulk?
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| (...) Hi! The Brand Stores like the one in Cologne, Germany, get the bricks for the Pick-A-Brick wall in boxes sized for about 1000 2x4. Loads of AFOLs asked to buy these boxes instead of filling the tubs, to no avail, as the store management is not (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes. Have a look at the pricetag on a large tub of LEGO in their Brand Stores. Cologne, Germany: EUR 15.99, i.e. with the Euro at $1.25 this is a whopping US$19.98 Solomon Pond Mall, Marlboro MA, USA: US$12.99 Same for allmost all sets. You (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Clarifying a bit: The tax you're referring to in the EU is VAT (Value-added tax), which is a percentage of every item you buy; it varies among countries and items, in my country it is currently 19% for LEGO - I would not be surprised if it (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ew, there's some Pooh on that table! (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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