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| Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) up (...) too (...) Following up on my own post. I am finally back in North Carolina and just had a chance to go through the six World Cup starter sets I purchased in the UK. As I mentioned in an earlier post, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:29:30 GMT, Mike Walsh uttered the following profundities... (...) Yes, those are the Scottish players. (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| (...) You paid £16 each for these sets - do you know you can claim the VAT back by filling in the appropiate form - might be a bit late now but useful in the future when you come back - you can reclaim one-sixth of the cost per item. It also works (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| (...) I did get the VAT refund. A grand total of £10 on my purchases. Seems to me like it was a bit less than a sixth, closer to a tenth. I spent about £100 on and got £10 back. Not a lot, but I'll take what ever I can get. My VAT refund in Sweden (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| In article <FF3Hru.F3q@lugnet.com>, Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mentorg.com> writes (...) If my experience is anything to go by (had to pay duty on a package sent from the US), they charge you £5 'administration' just to look at the form :( (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 02:02:07 GMT, Mike Walsh uttered the following profundities... (...) The firm that processes the refund takes a cut. (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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