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HFQ source for UK?
Post by isaac_newton   » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:51 am

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Just wondering which book seller people [esp from the UK] are using for their copy of HFQ?
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by isaac_newton   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:12 am

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isaac_newton wrote:Just wondering which book seller people [esp from the UK] are using for their copy of HFQ?


sudden grind of teeth :o :( :x

Amazon.com [US] $14.66

Amazon.co.uk price [UK]: £18.99 OR $29.55!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by Charybdis   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:55 am

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isaac_newton wrote:
isaac_newton wrote:Just wondering which book seller people [esp from the UK] are using for their copy of HFQ?


sudden grind of teeth :o :( :x

Amazon.com [US] $14.66

Amazon.co.uk price [UK]: £18.99 OR $29.55!!!!!!!!!!


I presume that that is with VAT? What percent is that of the total?
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by chrisd   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:27 am

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Charybdis wrote:
isaac_newton wrote:sudden grind of teeth :o :( :x

Amazon.com [US] $14.66

Amazon.co.uk price [UK]: £18.99 OR $29.55!!!!!!!!!!


I presume that that is with VAT? What percent is that of the total?


In line with civilisation, the UK does NOT charge Vastly Abominable Tax on "dead tree" books, although it does on "e-books". (This latter is at least partly because of an EU(SSR) Diktat that the 0% rate band may not be extended to any new source.)

I have long grumbled about book price discrepancies between the UK and USA and for some years bought on-line at B&N and had a friend in Texas post them to me. It was STILL cheaper than the UK price. Otherwise I would give US colleagues from site going on home leave a "fistful of dollars" and a shopping list

Proper books are merely part of the whole concept that is "Rip-off Britain"
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by drothgery   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:50 am

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isaac_newton wrote:
isaac_newton wrote:Just wondering which book seller people [esp from the UK] are using for their copy of HFQ?


sudden grind of teeth :o :( :x

Amazon.com [US] $14.66

Amazon.co.uk price [UK]: £18.99 OR $29.55!!!!!!!!!!

FWIW, the nominal list price in the US is $27.99. How does £18.99 compare to UK list price?
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by JimHacker   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:13 am

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drothgery wrote:FWIW, the nominal list price in the US is $27.99. How does £18.99 compare to UK list price?

£18.99 = $29.55

So pretty similar lost prices. It just seems the UK sells at list price (aka RRP) when the USA doesn't.
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by isaac_newton   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:19 am

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drothgery wrote: SNIP
FWIW, the nominal list price in the US is $27.99. How does £18.99 compare to UK list price?


18.99 seems to be the list price. I have seen it a bit cheaper at the book depository - £2 cheaper, but nothing like the reduction you guys get... sigh

I wouldn't mind if RFC got the extra, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't. Oh well.
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by Charybdis   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:46 pm

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isaac_newton wrote:sudden grind of teeth :o :( :x

Amazon.com [US] $14.66

Amazon.co.uk price [UK]: £18.99 OR $29.55!!!!!!!!!!

chrisd wrote:
Charybdis wrote:
I presume that that is with VAT? What percent is that of the total?


In line with civilisation, the UK does NOT charge Vastly Abominable Tax on "dead tree" books, although it does on "e-books". (This latter is at least partly because of an EU(SSR) Diktat that the 0% rate band may not be extended to any new source.)

I have long grumbled about book price discrepancies between the UK and USA and for some years bought on-line at B&N and had a friend in Texas post them to me. It was STILL cheaper than the UK price. Otherwise I would give US colleagues from site going on home leave a "fistful of dollars" and a shopping list

Proper books are merely part of the whole concept that is "Rip-off Britain"

Well, you know that the Brussel's crowd have to have something to survive upon ... although I'm not quite sure what the EU Parliament actually does? It seems all of the 'activity' comes from the EU bureaucrats and courts!

So when does Cameron 'want' to bring the EU referendum?
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by Down Under   » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:13 pm

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I buy from Book depository UK because Amazon USA adds a US$12 Shipping fee while BD ships for Free to New Zealand

From Book depository UK -- Hell's Foundations Quiver -- is costing me NZD$36.09 = US$23.81
including shipping
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Re: HFQ source for UK?
Post by Charybdis   » Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:06 am

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Down Under wrote:I buy from Book depository UK because Amazon USA adds a US$12 Shipping fee while BD ships for Free to New Zealand

From Book depository UK -- Hell's Foundations Quiver -- is costing me NZD$36.09 = US$23.81
including shipping


OK, the next frontier - 3D Printing of books! :lol:
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