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Originally Posted by martienne
VAT is not as high as 20% anywhere in Europe that I know of. It's between 13-18%.
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I was just using numbers somebody else had posted previously. I don't know if wikipedia is accurate, but it seems to indicate the standard VAT is higher than your numbers for most EU countries (the majority are over 20%). Is the "reduced rate" the one that applies? Not sure what the difference is.
At this point, we're just arguing fairly trivial differences.
My main point is just that comparing the US price (that doesn't include US tax) with the European price (which does include VAT) is misleading. Whether or not they come out exactly the same, it's closer than some people seem to think.
Of course, you can't buy the device at all now, so it's kind of moot.