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Originally Posted by mark christopher
i take it your happy with the amount of tax you pay (in general) !!
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Mark, I can appreciate where Spenner is coming from, and is quite right.... to an extent.
The amount of Tax we pay is innevitably out of out control, and by shopping abroad and being 'selective' with the invoice details, we can reduce the bill a little, but this does have an affect.
Even before the internet boom, a LHS round here was a general shop really and not a good one at that... Mr Harris's mum used to run a good one, and I would try to use that as much as possible. Now, I have to do ALL my racing shopping Mail Order, and now you are getting BIG shops as the little ones can't compete. And it isn't for the want of trying. What causes it, is the manufacturer will distribute in their own country and sell to international distributors, who have to earn a living, mark up oarts and hold stock, so by the time the poor shop owner gets it, he is already uncompetitive to 'internet' sites. So if you have a small shop, you have to pay extra for the pleasure, or you sell low but sell loads.
There are certain products you just can't get in the UK without major headaches, and fine, shop abroad, but for the majority, there realy is very little saving, but a far bigger effect in the longterm.