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David[_15_] September 5th 11 05:28 PM

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"David Kennedy" wrote in message
o.uk...
Nothing to do with Currys but for anyone with access to them Makro are
doing the Grundig HD freeview box for 25 quid - down from their previous
price of 80+ and the Sharp HD Freeview box for 35 quid down from 79. Don't
know [yet] what the performance is like but the price seems good.


I suppose as usual VAT as to be added?
Regards
David


David Kennedy[_2_] September 5th 11 05:33 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
David wrote:


"David Kennedy" wrote in
message o.uk...
Nothing to do with Currys but for anyone with access to them Makro are
doing the Grundig HD freeview box for 25 quid - down from their
previous price of 80+ and the Sharp HD Freeview box for 35 quid down
from 79. Don't know [yet] what the performance is like but the price
seems good.


I suppose as usual VAT as to be added?


Certainly. Always need watching Makro prices as many, once you add vat,
are not such bargains as they seem at first unless you can claim it
back. Still cheaper though for the Grundig as the best price I could
find was 38 quid on ebay [+p&p]


--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Albert Ross September 5th 11 07:33 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:05:41 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Oh my gawd, how can this country make something so simple into something so
complicated?


Eton, Harrow, Oxbridge . . .

Bill Wright[_2_] September 5th 11 09:57 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
Syd wrote:

Sounds good, cant tell online, does it have RF thro (for the sky tv link)?

Yes but no modulator.

Bill

Bill Wright[_2_] September 5th 11 09:59 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
David Kennedy wrote:

Nothing to do with Currys but for anyone with access to them Makro are
doing the Grundig HD freeview box for 25 quid - down from their previous
price of 80+ and the Sharp HD Freeview box for 35 quid down from 79.
Don't know [yet] what the performance is like but the price seems good.

That sounds good. I like to have one or two boxes in the van just to
help out the old buggers who can't or won't buy their own, but really
they ought to be HD these days.

Bill

Bill Wright[_2_] September 5th 11 10:01 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
David Kennedy wrote:

I suppose as usual VAT as to be added?


Certainly. Always need watching Makro prices as many, once you add vat,
are not such bargains as they seem at first unless you can claim it
back.

You would claim the VAT back no matter where you bought the item
(assuming they were VAT registered), so the 'baragin' aspect doesn't change.

Bill

David Kennedy[_2_] September 5th 11 10:17 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
Bill Wright wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:

I suppose as usual VAT as to be added?


Certainly. Always need watching Makro prices as many, once you add
vat, are not such bargains as they seem at first unless you can claim
it back.

You would claim the VAT back no matter where you bought the item
(assuming they were VAT registered)

The point being that most people aren't.

--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

David Kennedy[_2_] September 5th 11 10:18 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
Bill Wright wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:

Nothing to do with Currys but for anyone with access to them Makro are
doing the Grundig HD freeview box for 25 quid - down from their
previous price of 80+ and the Sharp HD Freeview box for 35 quid down
from 79. Don't know [yet] what the performance is like but the price
seems good.

That sounds good. I like to have one or two boxes in the van just to
help out the old buggers who can't or won't buy their own, but really
they ought to be HD these days.


I got 3 while I was there at the weekend, they were going fast although
they had a sizeable stock of both.


--
David Kennedy

http://www.anindianinexile.com

Richard Tobin September 5th 11 11:36 PM

Currys DTT boxes
 
In article ,
David Kennedy wrote:

Certainly. Always need watching Makro prices as many, once you add
vat, are not such bargains as they seem at first unless you can claim
it back.


You would claim the VAT back no matter where you bought the item
(assuming they were VAT registered)


The point being that most people aren't.


I think Bill's point is that it doesn't make any difference (to
whether it's a bargain or not) that you can or can't claim VAT back.
If you are registered, then you can claim it back wherever you bought
it. If you aren't, you can't claim it back wherever you bought it. A
price that only looks cheap because it doesn't include VAT is just as
bad regardless of your VAT status.

-- Richard

Bill Wright[_2_] September 6th 11 04:11 AM

Currys DTT boxes
 
David Kennedy wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
David Kennedy wrote:

I suppose as usual VAT as to be added?

Certainly. Always need watching Makro prices as many, once you add
vat, are not such bargains as they seem at first unless you can claim
it back.

You would claim the VAT back no matter where you bought the item
(assuming they were VAT registered)

The point being that most people aren't.

Not Makro customers.

Bill


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