The amount of recent Amazon bashing on this site lately is unreal.
It's the next evolution in popularism!
people on this forum are too stupid to understand!
The amount of recent Amazon bashing on this site lately is unreal. It is also mainly from people who simply cannot read what is in front of them; be it terms and conditions or the FAQ's.
Yes Amazon has a poor reputation when it comes to paying its taxes but as far as customer service goes, it is pretty much exemplary. I consistently read comments where they have gone above and beyond what many other companies of their size would do to remedy customer issues.
I would suggest that if the OP got out his calculator and worked out the final price applying the Irish VAT rate, the Amazon price will be correct to the penny
Interestingly I see that the OP also posted his rant on Boards and was told in (naturally) more frank terms that he hadn't a clue of what he was ranting about!!
The main thing to ensure when buying on the UK Amazon site is to ALWAYS pay in sterling
Yeah, good point. I've always done that by default, just forgot to mention it.The main thing to ensure when buying on the UK Amazon site is to ALWAYS pay in sterling.
I cannot explain the price differences. Even if Amazon used the (very) old UK VAT rate of 17.5% in their calculation, it doesn't explain the difference.
If their UK calculations are correct, 20% VAT rate, that means the VAT-free price is £57.42, adding 23% to this price should give £70.63 as the "23% VAT inclusive shipped to an Irish address" price. Shipping is always charged on a different line by Amazon.
So either
Amazon's sums are wrong - shock horror, the world might end!
They have a different RRP for goods sold to Ireland
Some goods are VAT exempt in the UK but not in Ireland (??)
Some other reason.
In the EU Amazon must provide an invoice which shows pre and post VAT pricing. What does it show? @Carnmore
Pedantry needs accuracy.Its 4.8%.For livestock.Which Amazon don't sell.Just to be pedantic there is also a 4.4% VAT rate in Ireland
When i pay in Amazon, it converts to euro automatically, is this normal?Yeah, good point. I've always done that by default, just forgot to mention it.
It's a setting.You can change it.When i pay in Amazon, it converts to euro automatically, is this normal?
Just select GBP when you are about to finalise the order. There is an option to pay in either € or £.When i pay in Amazon, it converts to euro automatically, is this normal?
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