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Old 11-06-2009, 09:47 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
If you choose "Europe" you see the prices without VAT. I don't know whether they add your local VAT in checkout.

If you choose "UK" you'll see the prices with VAT. All the books that are free in the US store that are also available in the UK store are $2.30, i.e. $2 plus 15% VAT
Thanks for the clarification. I assumed that what was true for the UK was true for Europe as a whole. It doesn't seem logical otherwise: why would there be a different system for just one country. But that's what seems to be the case.

Perhaps they should flag Europe as "Europe except UK". But then what about the countries that are in Europe but not in the EU, and therefore perhaps don't have VAT (or don't require VAT on electronic imports).

Complicated, isn't it?
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