From: Magda 
Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe uk.finance uk.rec.driving
Subject: Re: Motorists hit by card clone scam
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:43:41 +0200

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:35:40 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, steve@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

 ... 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.

Oh, I'm totally incapable of operating a Mac. I leave it to those whose IQ is inferior to
50.