Stop telling me the price excl VAT

AHarvey · 25 Oct 2012 at 18:07

It annoys me but not as much as call out fee's.

it has just cost me £54 for a glazier to come out, spend 3 mins looking at my patio door only to say "sorry mate, can't do anything with it as the lock is built in. Just stick a bolt on it!"

Tempted to tell him to **** OFF after he traped oil in on his feet and marked the carpet

Eliot · 25 Oct 2012 at 18:09

It is most definatly annoying yes.
Anyone who says it isn't is either tax exempt for some strange reason or annoying.
TELL ME HOW MUCH IT COSTS ME DAMMIT

Spook187 · 25 Oct 2012 at 18:12

Just pay cash and wink at the garage man and say no VAT please

Reginald · 25 Oct 2012 at 18:13

Theophany said:
I haven't slept in 12 years because of it. I'm on large doses of Metronidazole for the many peptic ulcers that this causes me. It's the reason my wife left me and my kids don't speak to me anymore.

I feel your pain.

*Sent from my padded cell*

CircleFaust · 25 Oct 2012 at 18:20

yes, they are trying to pull the wool. be straight fool!

Pawnless Endgame · 25 Oct 2012 at 21:37

I went to Alton Towers earlier this month. They were plugging their 2013 annual pass on posters with big fonts. Only when you are stood by a poster, you see that the big font was for an ex-VAT price and a smaller font is used for +VAT.

I mean, like, who is not going to exempt from VAT for a theme park pass?

Defy Belief · 25 Oct 2012 at 21:39

It annoys me to, one time I opened OcUK for the first time on my phone.

With the daily deal it showed a 670 at like £250 not long after release I was like what a deal, went to buy then I was like oh £300!

Energize · 25 Oct 2012 at 23:28

There should be a law forcing businesses to advertise the prices including vat if they charge vat.

Jimz · 25 Oct 2012 at 23:37

well, imagine how I feel in Canada where EVERYTHING is priced without VAT....

So annoying when you see things advertised for one price then when you go and pay its not even that price, such a stupid idea.

Energize · 25 Oct 2012 at 23:42

It's yet another problem caused by the awful tax that is VAT. It should be scrapped, it's open to many types of fraud, easy to evade, and misleads customers.

Surveyor · 25 Oct 2012 at 23:56

Energize said:
It's yet another problem caused by the awful tax that is VAT. It should be scrapped, it's open to many types of fraud, easy to evade, and misleads customers.

How would you suggest the government replaces the ~£100 billion a year it would lose if there was no VAT?

Just to give you an idea of the scale of that amount it's approximately the same amount as raised through National Insurance Contributions or 60% of the amount raised through Income Tax.

[TW]Fox · 26 Oct 2012 at 00:00

Energize said:
It's yet another problem caused by the awful tax that is VAT. It should be scrapped, it's open to many types of fraud, easy to evade, and misleads customers.

Almost every country on the planet has some form of VAT or Sales Tax. As much as we dislike paying any form of tax it's fairly obvious that some sort of tax should be levied on sales.

Brookert · 26 Oct 2012 at 00:22

Im getting quotes for weddings at the moment, nearly all of them give me prices per head that don't include vat......

What good is that to anyone? Who on earth can wangle out of paying VAT for a wedding. Its moronic and devious to say the Least. As a customer, I want to know the FULL price of something which is quoted for. Not 80% of the price to me, ALL OF IT!!!

/rant over

KatanaDV20 · 26 Oct 2012 at 01:41

OP I totally and UTTERLY agree with you!

I hate when websites do it as well. Do they do it to depress us??

Just tell me what the cards gonna be whacked with!

Gaygle · 26 Oct 2012 at 08:22

Yes, i find it very annoying. The vast majority have to pay it, so include it in the price and stop rrting to male things look cheaper than they are. Anything to do with cars is often like this.

- "ok sir, i can get those tyres for you for £500"
- "oh great! That's cheaper than what ive seen them for. That's including VAT and stuff right?
- "ohhh no sir, plus VAT. Inc VAT it is £600."
- " :mad:

ok thanks, ill leave it."

They do this in America too. Over there, NOTHING has tax added onto it until you get to the till. It's caught me out a few times.

godinman · 26 Oct 2012 at 08:24

Narj said:
I'd work out 10% and double it, then add on top. That's the easiest way in my head but I'd still probably have to ponder it for a bit! Agreed that it's NOT that simple unless you're a mental arithmetic geek.

That's actually a really good way of doing it.

Energize · 26 Oct 2012 at 11:29

[TW]Fox;23035790 said:
Almost every country on the planet has some form of VAT or Sales Tax. As much as we dislike paying any form of tax it's fairly obvious that some sort of tax should be levied on sales.

Given that a number of states in the USA (among other places) don't and they do well, I don't think it's obvious or necessary.

Surveyor said:
How would you suggest the government replaces the ~£100 billion a year it would lose if there was no VAT?

Just to give you an idea of the scale of that amount it's approximately the same amount as raised through National Insurance Contributions or 60% of the amount raised through Income Tax.

Increase other more straightforward taxes that don't harm businesses in the way VAT does.

ChrisJSY · 26 Oct 2012 at 11:33

VAT?

But also

Pudney · 26 Oct 2012 at 11:39

Energize said:
Given that a number of states in the USA (among other places) don't and they do well, I don't think it's obvious or necessary.

Yeah, given the largest US state without a sales tax is Oregon, and the fact that purely the states with a larger economy than Oregon account for roughly 84% of the US economy, that doesn't really mean anything.

The US does fine, it has nothing to do with the states with no sales taxes.

Edit: 97.87% of the US economy by state has a sales tax...

Basher · 26 Oct 2012 at 11:42

Energize said:
Increase other more straightforward taxes that don't harm businesses in the way VAT does.

How does VAT harm businesses?