From: steve@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe uk.finance uk.rec.driving
Subject: Re: Motorists hit by card clone scam
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:35:40 +0100

Magda  wrote:

>  ... OK, I've just checked the German and Dutch stores - 1099 euros in
>  ... Holland, 1119 euros in Germany (a few quid more due to VAT), in fact
>  ... all European countries in the 'Euro Zone' are within 20 or 30 euros
>  ... of each other. Variances are due to local taxes.
> 
> Between 749 pounds and 1119 Euros there is *a little more* than 20-30
> Euros difference... Just a smidge!

Is it?

It's actually £10 - 1119 euros is £759 in sterling. The £10 difference
is due to different local taxation rates.

You seem a bit dim, so I wouldn't expect you to understand this given
that you can't do a euro to pound conversion.

>  ... I've only checked the Apple Store because Apple margins are so low
>  ... that all retailers, almost without exception, sell at the same price
>  ... as the Apple Store.
>  ... 
>  ... Care to find evidence to disprove this?
> 
> No time to waste with Mac users. Good for you guys if you have so much
> money to waste.

Thanks for proving that most Windows users are very stupid. £749 / £759
isn't a lot of money for a decently specced and build Core 2 Duo
notebook.
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