Re: Delphi Pricing and Rip-Off Britain

Derek,

since the UK is a EU member you do not need to charge VAT on products sold
to other EU members....
cu
marc

"Derek Davidson" <derek.davidson@xxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> Ralf Mimoun wrote:
>
>> maybe you can help us non-British europeans, too. You know, the small
>> people on the other side of the sea :-)
>
> LOL :-) How are you Ralf? Have you got yourself a new car yet? I'm
> looking for a fairly new VW Passat (Diesel of course) now :-)
>
> But on the topic, I agree with you wholeheartedly. The price
> differential is just too much. In the case of German versions (or
> French versions, or Spanish etc, etc) there is the issue of the
> language. I have no idea how much that is 'worth'.
>
>> Delphi 2005 Architect German version from Borland Germany: 4048 Euro
>> = 4857 US$
>>
>> Delphi 2005 Architect English version from Borland Germany: 4048 Euro
>> = 4857 US$
>>
>> Delphi 2005 Architect English version from Borland USA: 2908 Euro =
>> 3490 US$
>>
>>
>> So, the same product costs about 40% more here in Germany than in the
>> USA. Wow. Maybe there a VAT issue, but Wow, nonetheless.
>
> If you guys want me to source US English language versions for you, I'm
> right there. I'd be delighted to ship anywhere within the EU. UK VAT
> currently runs at 17.5%. I am certain I can save significant money
> even taking VAT into account.
>
> I'm looking into opening a US corporation to get tax benefits over
> there thus reducing the US purchase price further. Luckily, I still
> have a lot of contacts from my 6 years spent working over there :-)
>
> --
> Derek Davidson


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