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**fasedww** · 10-13-02, 10:26 AM

They got Nolf 2 for 24.99, and Battlefield 1942 for 19.99, 48 hour madness sale go get them now'

Matthyahuw · 10-13-02, 10:39 AM

BF1942!?!?!??!?! $20!???!?!?!??!?!?!?

**vampireuk** · 10-13-02, 10:45 AM

The cheapest I have found battlefield over here is £24.99

umm someone buy me a copy over there

Smokey · 10-14-02, 09:35 AM

When you people in the US quote prices, is that including sales tax? I know when Vamp says £24.99 thats including 17.5% sales tax, and here in France its 19.6%. The reason I bring this up is that there is a big difference in the US compared to most other places in the world. I know the sales tax varies from state to state, but the most sales tax i have seen on a video card was around 7%!! It seems to me why things seem cheaper in the US is the difference in sales tax. So BF1942 for £24.99 incl.tax or £20 ex.tax vs $20 ex.tax!!!

Matthyahuw · 10-14-02, 10:04 AM

Sales tax?
I don't know how tax works where you guys live, but if you buy something from a state outside of where you live (either by phone, mail or net) you don't pay sales tax, because there is no federal salex tax, only state sales tax, it's a loophole basically...

Smokey · 10-14-02, 11:38 AM

Basicly in the UK you pay 17.5% sales tax on almost everything you buy. When I inported my GF3 from the US, I had to pay the sales tax of 19.6% here!! There are no loop holes here, we all have to pay the sales tax

Mandarb1 · 10-20-02, 05:12 PM

Standard shipping though is $5.99.... but thats for FedEx 2 Day - Continental US for 1 to 3 games (looking off a recent bill from GoGamer). Still though only $25.98 for BF1942 w/ shipping is still better than 27 pounds.

sbp · 10-20-02, 09:49 PM

Gogamer.com is a great place to buy from.

To follow up on what Matthyahuw said. The states would love the power to tax all net transactions. Guess there's nothing like killing the golden goose.

http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/...e.php/4_859721
Currently, Internet sales are handled in the same way as catalog and telephone sales: If the retailer has a store in the purchaser's state, a sales tax is supposed to be added to the bill. But the Supreme Court has ruled that companies cannot be required to collect taxes in states where they have no physical presence.

more: http://news.com.com/2009-1017-275093.html

**saturnotaku** · 10-21-02, 12:44 PM

sbp's got it nailed. You can't be charged tax if the place you're ordering from doesn't have a physical presence/retail outlet in your state. Case and point: I wasn't charged tax when I ordered my Dell laptop, but I would have been charged if I ordered a Gateway (there are Gateway country stores here in Illinois).

What I can't believe is the astronomical sales tax percentages that you folks overseas pay. 19%?!?!?

That's insane! I thought 8.25% (Cook County, IL) was bad, but that's nothing compared to what you folks in Europe have to deal with.

10-21-02, 01:17 PM

hey, 9% statewide in alabama.

and we still can't fund education.

heh

Anyway... I think a lot of the increased sales tax over in Europe is that they get a LOT more from the govt's than the US does (isn't health insurance/health care nationalized in a lot of European countries?) and that a LOT more has to be imported...

10-13-02, 10:26 AM	#1
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10-13-02, 10:39 AM	#2
Matthyahuw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 919	BF1942!?!?!??!?! $20!???!?!?!??!?!?!? __________________ Shalom!

10-13-02, 10:45 AM	#3
vampireuk **** Holster Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The armoury Posts: 2,813	The cheapest I have found battlefield over here is £24.99 umm someone buy me a copy over there __________________ I put children in microwaves.

10-14-02, 09:35 AM	#4
Smokey Team Rainbow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: FRANCE Posts: 2,273	When you people in the US quote prices, is that including sales tax? I know when Vamp says £24.99 thats including 17.5% sales tax, and here in France its 19.6%. The reason I bring this up is that there is a big difference in the US compared to most other places in the world. I know the sales tax varies from state to state, but the most sales tax i have seen on a video card was around 7%!! It seems to me why things seem cheaper in the US is the difference in sales tax. So BF1942 for £24.99 incl.tax or £20 ex.tax vs $20 ex.tax!!! __________________ HTPC/Gaming \| Hiper Type R 580W PSU\| Intel Q9550 @ 4GHz \| Gigabyte EP45 UD3R \|4x 1024MB OCZ Reaper PC9200 DDR2 \| Seagate 320GB/ Maxtor 320GB/ Maxtor 500GB HDD\|Sapphire HD5850 \| Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Pro \| Harmon Kardon AVR135 reciever \| Jamo S718 speakers \| 42" Plasma 720p (lounge room)-Samsung P2450H (bedroom)

10-14-02, 10:04 AM	#5
Matthyahuw Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 919	Sales tax? I don't know how tax works where you guys live, but if you buy something from a state outside of where you live (either by phone, mail or net) you don't pay sales tax, because there is no federal salex tax, only state sales tax, it's a loophole basically... __________________ Shalom!

10-14-02, 11:38 AM	#6
Smokey Team Rainbow Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: FRANCE Posts: 2,273	Basicly in the UK you pay 17.5% sales tax on almost everything you buy. When I inported my GF3 from the US, I had to pay the sales tax of 19.6% here!! There are no loop holes here, we all have to pay the sales tax __________________ HTPC/Gaming \| Hiper Type R 580W PSU\| Intel Q9550 @ 4GHz \| Gigabyte EP45 UD3R \|4x 1024MB OCZ Reaper PC9200 DDR2 \| Seagate 320GB/ Maxtor 320GB/ Maxtor 500GB HDD\|Sapphire HD5850 \| Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Pro \| Harmon Kardon AVR135 reciever \| Jamo S718 speakers \| 42" Plasma 720p (lounge room)-Samsung P2450H (bedroom)

10-20-02, 05:12 PM	#7
Mandarb1 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 113	Standard shipping though is $5.99.... but thats for FedEx 2 Day - Continental US for 1 to 3 games (looking off a recent bill from GoGamer). Still though only $25.98 for BF1942 w/ shipping is still better than 27 pounds.

10-20-02, 09:49 PM	#8
sbp Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: MD Posts: 366	Gogamer.com is a great place to buy from. To follow up on what Matthyahuw said. The states would love the power to tax all net transactions. Guess there's nothing like killing the golden goose. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/...e.php/4_859721 Currently, Internet sales are handled in the same way as catalog and telephone sales: If the retailer has a store in the purchaser's state, a sales tax is supposed to be added to the bill. But the Supreme Court has ruled that companies cannot be required to collect taxes in states where they have no physical presence. more: http://news.com.com/2009-1017-275093.html

10-21-02, 12:44 PM	#9
saturnotaku Apple user. Deal with it. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The 'burbs, IL USA Posts: 12,502	sbp's got it nailed. You can't be charged tax if the place you're ordering from doesn't have a physical presence/retail outlet in your state. Case and point: I wasn't charged tax when I ordered my Dell laptop, but I would have been charged if I ordered a Gateway (there are Gateway country stores here in Illinois). What I can't believe is the astronomical sales tax percentages that you folks overseas pay. 19%?!?!? That's insane! I thought 8.25% (Cook County, IL) was bad, but that's nothing compared to what you folks in Europe have to deal with.

10-21-02, 01:17 PM	#10
The Baron Guest Posts: n/a	hey, 9% statewide in alabama. and we still can't fund education. heh Anyway... I think a lot of the increased sales tax over in Europe is that they get a LOT more from the govt's than the US does (isn't health insurance/health care nationalized in a lot of European countries?) and that a LOT more has to be imported...