Priced quoted ex VAT to the public, is it legal?

[98elise]

I needed a couple of tyres replaced so I got quote from black circles and their price was £65 per tyre.

The place I normally get them fitted at is about a mile from me so I thought I'd drop in and get a price. They told be £65 per tyre, so I said go ahead. When I got the bill it was about £150 as they had added VAT.

I thought prices quoted to the public are supposed to be inclusive of VAT?

[98elise]

twister said:

Phil303 said:

If you normally have them fitted at your local place, aren't you aware of how they quote their prices by now?

Bear in mind that Blackcircles allow you to pay for fitting up front, so it's quite possible that someone could be a regular at a particular tyre fitting centre without ever having made a payment to them directly.

Thats exactly what I normally do.

[98elise]

Sheepshanks said:

It's a bit of a co-incidence that Black Circles and the local place (who are a Black Circles fitting centre) quoted the same price.

Did the Black Circles price including fitting (if so, they're pretty cheap tyres)? I wonder if the local place quoted supply only.

The black circles price was fitted. The local place charged me the price they quoted then added VAT.

[98elise]

TooMany2cvs said:

98elise said:

I thought prices quoted to the public are supposed to be inclusive of VAT?

Or clearly stated as exclusive of VAT.

Was the quote over the phone or in writing...?

The quote was to me in person.

[98elise]

Magic919 said:

How would they know you are not a business?

Because not many businesses use 12 year old hatchbacks as a works vehicle.