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Subject:	Re: LEGO Shopping in Stockholm & UK
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral
Date:	Mon, 19 Jul 1999 02:02:07 GMT
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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 vice-versa - we can claim sales tax back - too late for my > oldest brother though after his Seattle excursion to see his friends > wedding and to see Matt Chiles - wished I could have gone :-( 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 was also less than I expected. Mike

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		Re: LEGO Shopping in Stockholm & UK
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)

		Re: LEGO Shopping in Stockholm & UK
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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		Re: LEGO Shopping in Stockholm & UK
(...) 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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