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We won’t put up with rude staff and overpriced goods
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From Colin Clarke.
THE esteemed president of the Chamber of Commerce’s’ belief (JEP 1 February) that charging the current GST on all goods purchased ‘online’ would ‘save local shops’ is yet another example of a supposedly intelligent man trying to uninvent the wheel.
In case Mr Warr hadn’t noticed, the world has changed, and at last the horrendous reality has dawned on him that people will no longer put up with rude staff trying to sell hilariously overpriced goods.
I suggest that he spends more of his time imploring his members to sell goods that people actually want, at a price that they can afford, from a location that is vaguely accessible.
I would also make mention of the fact that, in many cases, UK suppliers who are unused to dealing with overseas inquiries will not deduct VAT at source for goods going to the Channel Islands.
Attempting to claim back VAT after it’s been paid is a process so labyrinthian and long winded that most people just give up, and so end up paying two lots of tax.
As an aside to this proposal, it’s worth noting that the States coffers will benefit hugely if this idea becomes legislation, which would have the added benefit in that they could claim that it wasn’t their idea in the first place.
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