my son has just come back from the states and bought a metal detector there for $300 around £160 yet in the Uk the same model sells for £500 and get this is made in the UK
So do we live in rip off britain?
and has anyone else bought stuff /items cheaper abroad than in the UK?
2007-03-20 05:15:40 · 11 answers · asked by Just for Laughs 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
When I go to Florida in November, I do my Christmas shopping there. I save a shed load!
2007-03-20 05:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by jet-set 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
would be??!!!!! Gordon Brown has ALREADY signed the Lisbon Treaty without the consent of the British people and it grow to be ratified on 1st December 2009. Britain is now a Member State of the ecu Union the place: The British are ecu subjects no longer the Queen's subjects. The Labour government grow to be going to launch a fact approximately this after the Treaty grow to be ratified besides the shown fact that curiously they choose the British to no longer observe of this. Our elected politicians can in effortless terms MAKE innovations to the ecu Parliament. we can't vote for our President, the severe representative or any of the ecu Council. we can't vote them out the two. The severe representative has NO fastened term OF place of work - which ability whilst each and every thing is in place, this place has 'Dictator' written throughout it. the only skill the persons have is to grant a petition to the Parliament that has over a million signatures of diverse nationalities from the numerous international locations - how puzzling is that going to be to enforce?? and how efficient might that's besides?? It has in effortless terms been 5 months because of the fact the Lisbon Treaty grow to be ratified - it heavily isn't long in the previous you will experience the noose of Communism tightening. do no longer concern approximately our treacherous Queen - why do you think of she spends all her time in Scotland??
2016-10-02 11:00:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately America is a vast market in relation to the Uk, items are bound to cheaper in the states as they will sell more, so due to economies of scale these items will less expensive.
2007-03-20 05:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by Blue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES! Rip Off Britain = Our Government!
2007-03-20 05:23:13 · answer #4 · answered by flipflop_76 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I've bought things over there, and usually figure that in UK you tend to get a dollar's worth for a pound - and that's without looking at things like fuel.
2007-03-20 05:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Britain always rips people off. They ripped us off back in the 1770's, so we got pissed and started a revolution.
2007-03-20 05:23:18 · answer #6 · answered by gg noob 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have also bought things that cost half the price here they do in America.
2007-03-20 05:19:24 · answer #7 · answered by Barry Von Leotard III 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the government rips everyone off (which they do) it has a trickle down effect on everyone.
2007-03-20 05:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by B0uncingMoonman@aol.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, This goverment are going to keep doing as they like as long as we sit back and accept it.
2007-03-20 05:28:16 · answer #9 · answered by TRACY R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We sure do,and it is getting worse by the month.
2007-03-20 06:09:59 · answer #10 · answered by rockdodger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋