Robbing gits.

"DiddyS400" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:iHdif.8526

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Enough already!

Collect your bike/bike parts - put the wheels in and go and ride the
damned
thing. You'll soon feel better.

I'm going out on mine now. (Bought in the UK so, yes I did pay taxes on
it -
I just don't think about it).

Yes, I've got over it now. Just been on a club ride on the Trek 1400 that
the insurance gave me and a young lad wants to give me 900 quid for it, so
that will nearly pay for the bike and the excise duty + tax.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

Nick Kew said:

Simon Mason said:

What did I get for my money when I paid "stamp duty" on my house?
Nothing!

... at a rate which is a tiny fraction of either income tax or VAT.

Since property ownership is the #1 indicator of wealth in this country
- way ahead of earned income - how is it fair that you pay so little?

Why should we pay so much for the privilege of moving where the work is?

Al C-F said:

Why should we pay so much for the privilege of moving where the work is?

/because/ it is a privilege - many people are stuck where the work isn't

d.

in message <[email hidden]>, Al C-F

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Nick Kew said:

Simon Mason said:

What did I get for my money when I paid "stamp duty" on my house?
Nothing!

... at a rate which is a tiny fraction of either income tax or VAT.

Since property ownership is the #1 indicator of wealth in this country
- way ahead of earned income - how is it fair that you pay so little?

Why should we pay so much for the privilege of moving where the work
is?

Function of the market economy. People choose to live where the work is,
so the property prices are higher, so you pay more tax.

The creative alternative, of course, is moving enough work to support you
to where you choose to live.

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; lovely alternative to rice.

"Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Not robbing gits but just asking you to pay import duty and VAT like
everyone else. Should be about 34% of the price + shipping IIRC which
would look about right for that bike and wheels. Its been discussed here
often enough it shouldn't have come as a surprise.

Yes, I should be happy to pay up - I mean it's not as if I don't pay
enough already - I mean, I even have to pay them 30 quid to open the
boxes! It would appear to be the luck of the draw though, some shipments
make it through unopened and on some you get stung :-(

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

.... and it does go a bit towards paying for cycle routes, etc... :o)