Thread: If only I lived in the US.
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Old 02-15-2010, 08:13 AM   #170
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
I wonder if VAT is the reason for the rules about point of sales. If fictionwise sells you an ebook who is paying the VAT? If they have the right to sell it world wide is fictionwise adding VAT when you buy from Europe?
I think that might be part of it. I noticed with Amazon that their free books cost $1.99 when logging in with my German IP address and $0.00 when I used an American IP address. Paying VAT is the only thing that makes sense.
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