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Subject: Re: Surprise, Surprise -- Palm Genius' price is quoted without VAT/TAX!

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 02:00:05 09/21/05

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On September 21, 2005 at 00:59:00, Axel Schumacher wrote:

>On September 20, 2005 at 23:20:28, enrico carrisco wrote:
>
>>Palm Genius v2.2 price listed as $25.00 in your review (which doesn't include
>>VAT/TAX.)
>>
>
>If I order Chess Genius I have to pay exactly 25$, not a cent more. tax is
>already included. Actually, I ordered Chess Genius and I paid 25$, not 29,25$ as
>you imply.
>
>
>>You need to be consistent with the way in which you choose to list prices in the
>>review (regardless of where the author lives.)  Either include VAT/TAX for all
>>programs or none at all.
>>
>>-elc.
>
>
>This is nonsense.
>If I order over the internet, in 99.999% of the cases, the price includes taxes
>already. The Hiarcs homepage is the only exception to this rule I ever saw (next
>to companies located in Canada). So, the logical conclusion is to add that to
>the price, since in the end that is the price a customer has to pay. If I order
>Pocket Fritz from Chessbase.de, the page tells me to pay € 49,99. In the end I
>pay exactly € 49,99, subtracted from my credit Card, again not a cent more. So,
>the way I presented the price is clearly the only and best way to do it
>(additionally, I clearly say 'average price' and not 'exact price'.)
>
>Best
>Axel

I've addressed this in my reply:

http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?450731

-elc.



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