Vat reduction

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:02 pm

how come the price of Diesel / petrol hasnt come down accordingly ?
or has it but Gordon has added 2p back on !!!!

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:28 pm

change Neutral - always the plan!

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:36 pm

2.5% reduction is a p*ss take.

If you spend £10,000 you only save £250

Geewizz · Post by **Geewizz** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:01 am

I bought some stone online this evening. The price I paid including VAT & delivery was just short of £1500. The difference in price from Fridays quote should have been a whopping £32.50. The suppliers have changed the price per crate and the price of delivery. That meant that the actual difference in final cost to me between Friday's pre-VAT-slashing and today was a wallet bursting £4.10.
And I'll be sure that this is passed onto my client so that they can join in this boosting of the economy.

I don't know if I can stand the excitement of these next 12 months. People are going to go nuts just spending and spending to take advantage of the huge savings to be had.

Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit but it doesn't half take it out of you. I'm off to bed to dream of the things I can spend £4.10 on.

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:13 am

Fish and chips?...

IDontBelieveIt · Post by **IDontBelieveIt** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:03 am

Same old story - gives out X from the right hand and takes back 2X in left hand.

Add a bit of spin and it's a 'benefit' to us peasants.

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:56 am

Gadget wrote:Fish and chips?...

Not round here Gadget £4.50 cheapest

feva · Post by **feva** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:07 pm

still hasnt come of the price at the pumps round me!

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:09 pm

It won't, Feva - Fuel Duty went up the same time to make the price the same deliberately

Rich-Ando · Post by **Rich-Ando** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:54 pm

went to Costco on Sunday and realised when we got home they charged us 17.5% VAT

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:58 pm

Rich-Ando wrote:went to Costco on Sunday and realised when we got home they charged us 17.5% VAT

Shopped a day to early

I bought some stuff in John Lewis in Oxford Street on Saturday and they knocked off 2.5% from the price at the tills

(Yes, Stoday, 2.5% off the total price, NOT just 2.5% off the VAT portion

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