=== LAST DAY Left Before VAT Rises to 17.5% ===

[Yewen]

If I order something that is out of stock right now, I won't get charged more later, right?

Taken from our news page:

Overclockers UK would like to advise all customers that orders placed up until Midnight on the 31st of December will be at 15% VAT, even if the goods do not ship until January.

Please be aware your order must be paid for before Midnight - if the order is declined and paid for over the phone later it will be at the January 1st rate of 17.5%. Also if your order is modified on or after the 1st of January it will need to be re-invoiced at 17.5% so please make sure everything is right before ordering.

Get your orders in.

 

[PGdude]

Taken from our news page:
Get your orders in.

That's just double checking.

 

[Tiamat21]

the 2.5% change will affect a few product by more than just 2.5%, companies don't round down any prices to .99 but only round up. so something that is £2.99 and increase by 2.5% is most likely to go up to 3.49 or 3.99 which is a lot more than 2.5%....
and on the products in the 4 or 5 digit values will increase by over £100's so making the buy now before bla is worth it on the heavy spenders.
x

 

[Robert1986]

Can someone that knows numbers tell me what the price of this order will be when the VAT goes up.

Thanks.

 

[Spie]

£352.48 or an extra £7.50.

 

[HangTime]

companies don't round down any prices to .99 but only round up. so something that is £2.99 and increase by 2.5% is most likely to go up to 3.49 or 3.99 which is a lot more than 2.5%....

Actually the last time VAT increased prices weren't rounded up like you suggest, I remember in Smiths Amstrad games that used to cost £1.99 were priced at £2.04, and £2.99 games went to £3.06 IIRC.

I really can't see much going up from £2.99 to £3.99, that's something like a 30% increase in price before tax. If that happens then it will because the good was underpriced to start with and they decided to increase the price.

 

[airrunner]

it doesn't make a dramatic difference unless you were going to purchase a substantial pc bundle

 

[chippy08]

Saved me a fiver on RAM

your rich dont spend it all in one go will you.

 

[=VTA=MANFACE]

So... the vast majority of graphics cards are £XXX.99p..and after the 2.5% VAT added, they will be.................?

Rounded up to the next 99p....LOL

 

[Uther]

Just ordered a Corsair 650,at least I saved a few pence!

 

[dr4g0nf1y]

there's nothing that I want today that I'd want tomorrow so I'm not going to be bullied into panic buying over the matter of a few pound.

most places didn't even change their prices when the vat went down and just used the excuse that there costs went up by the same percentage.

I saved about £60 when I bought my bike for just over £2600, that totals about a days wage. In short I couldn't care less about the vat

 

[airrunner]

Time to break out the credit cards Gents

haha quite right

 

[Locky]

Most things that cost £2.99 9.99 and so on will still be that price at most retailers come tomorrow anyway.

 

[TheTard]

lol, i love how it's being advertyised as a massive deal but its 2.5% which, unless you're buying a brand new car or something, it's not really going to affect you.

 

[Locke]

Most things that cost £2.99 9.99 and so on will still be that price at most retailers come tomorrow anyway.

Yeah they will be, but the VAT increase will be charged at the tills though. Well atleast in the few shops I've been in.

 

[PermaBanned]

Did anybody actually drop prices in the first place?

 

[=VTA=MANFACE]

My card the Sapphire 5970 OC was £529.99 Now £541.51.

£11.52 increase.

 

[izzop]

Did anybody actually drop prices in the first place?

Well I think the answer is No, in the main.

Something that got my back yesterday that I saw on the Beeb was 'The Centre for Economics and Business Research' (Nice job if you can get it, LOL) estimates that the VAT reduction helped us spend £7bn!!??

How on earth do they arrive at this and based on what?