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Re: Disturbing News on the Lego front (in Bundy anyway!)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:43:16 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes:
> Ahhh...It's not the GST's fault...It's target putting up the price so that
> when the GST kicks in and they drop the prices, then it looks like they're
> not profiteering. Unfortunately, putting the price up like that is just
> their way of increasing income while 'dropping' prices. I'd suggest ACCC'ing
> them, as this appears to be profiteering by stealth. [At the very least,
> this should wake them up to the fact that people do look at their
> pricing...And it may result in LA's pricing to them being uncovered.]
But let's blame the GST, the wart of a PM who thought the whole thing up,
and the greedy high-income voters who voted for it.
I have heard it quoted that in four years, tax bracket creep plus inflation,
will have eaten any tax-cut benefits in the short term.
That's if higher interest rates haven't gouged it already.
Apparently if your fined by a local council, guess what, you pay GST on the
infringement notice ! (so trim that lawn, chain that dog and get that cubby
house approved).
If Lego prices do come down, expect me first in line for lip-smacking
PM Wart's Sunday school approved footwear.
pete.w (who thought getting 10% of everything was the Mafia's modus operandi)
> > From: Jamie Obrien [mailto:jamien@interworx.com.au]
> > It/s back on the shelves, at slighly higher prices, though i'm not
> > told it's the GST's fault, i think Target are just going back to their
> > old ways of Highest Price in Town!
> >
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| Thought they usually wanted more than 10% of everything? ;-) Although, I must admit that their prices on cement boots was unbeatable. ;-) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:FwwA85.LnA@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Ahhh...It's not the GST's fault...It's target putting up the price so that when the GST kicks in and they drop the prices, then it looks like they're not profiteering. Unfortunately, putting the price up like that is just their way of increasing (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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