"No VAT rises" & "Sales special offers"
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Just had an email from a travel company that we use regularly (major high street brand) claiming that they weren't going to 'add the VAT rise' to the prices of their holidays and that everything was 'on sale'.....
So I checked the price of the holiday that we booked last year, to see how they compare....
We paid £2750 for our holiday last summer where as the same holiday now costs £4500 according to their web site, whilst claiming prices are lower now due to the 'sales'.
They're just a bunch of lying barstewards really. I for one don't believe any high street companies have genuine Sales these days, you ony have to watch the tools in Next clearing the shelves of good stock on Christmas eve so that they can re fill them with tat at 'marked down prices'.
Why isn't the consumer protected against this kind of practice?
So I checked the price of the holiday that we booked last year, to see how they compare....
We paid £2750 for our holiday last summer where as the same holiday now costs £4500 according to their web site, whilst claiming prices are lower now due to the 'sales'.
They're just a bunch of lying barstewards really. I for one don't believe any high street companies have genuine Sales these days, you ony have to watch the tools in Next clearing the shelves of good stock on Christmas eve so that they can re fill them with tat at 'marked down prices'.
Why isn't the consumer protected against this kind of practice?
sinizter said:
How much do you want the consumer to be protected ? They shoyld do their own research and pay what they think the item is worth. .
So you think companies should be allowed to say what ever they want, and the consumer has to work out if its truthful or not? Interesting. I would suspect that theres a Quango or two funded to regulate this kind of behaviour, or at very least the likes of the Adverting Standards Authority should at least pay a little attention.
Fezant Pluckah said:
Where was the holiday too? Vat is only payable on the margin for holidays within the EU. Holidays outside the EU are not subject to Vat in any way.
Um, is that true? I've always paid VAT as far as I'm aware on holidays, were ever they are (This was Mexico btw, but all prices seem up substantially).Fezant Pluckah said:
Corsair7 said:
Fezant Pluckah said:
Where was the holiday too? Vat is only payable on the margin for holidays within the EU. Holidays outside the EU are not subject to Vat in any way.
Um, is that true? I've always paid VAT as far as I'm aware on holidays, were ever they are (This was Mexico btw, but all prices seem up substantially).
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