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Or fly to the US, get a hotel and meal for two for the night, and fly back with change for just one laptop purchase. When VAT incentivises people to essentiall
by throwaway519 2y ago
Or fly to the US, get a hotel and meal for two for the night, and fly back with change for just one laptop purchase.
When VAT incentivises people to essentially take their holidays outside the EU - not even incentivises, subsidises(!) - VAT's too high.
- olddustytrail 2y agoOh FFS! Round up the US cost, converted to Euros, to 1000. What's 21% on top of that? I refuse to believe that's a difficult calculation for anyone. The additional cost is obviously not just from VAT.
- nextos 2y agoIt is not easy to do this. A friend learned the hard way. She was visiting the US and needed a laptop. Their online shop doesn't take foreign cards, probably to prevent price arbitrage. Lots of Reddit posts confirm the problem. You can always go to a bricks-and-mortar but model selection is more limited, especially in case of exotic SKUs.