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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
3.99 was the price people were willing to pay before, and VAT (or lack thereof) makes no difference on the price they'll be willing to pay after. The pricepoint is the pricepoint is the pricepoint. Nobody is getting ripped off, nobody is doing anything illegal--or even unscrupulous (RE this VAT nonsense, mind you)--and that is why there's been little mention of it in mainstream media. Because it's not even remotely newsworthy.
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It isn't illegal, but it is unscrupulous. The UK government removed VAT on eMeidia to lower the prices. They did not do so to help line the big publisher's pockets.