Adding insult to injury
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I live in Canada[^]. As a result of being so close to the USA[^], naturally things like computer books published there are not avaialble here. So I buy some books from Amazon.com[^] and get them shipped for the price of a book. - That's the injury part. Here's the insult part: When the books arrive, I have to pay GST (a tax on just about everything) on them. That's fine, I live here so I have to contribute to my government's staff payroll[^]. What really buggs me is that the government[^] adds a little 'fee' to conver 'processing' in addition to fees I have to pay to get someone to charge me for the GST. Sometimes the 'fee' is more than the actual tax :mad: 'Nuff said. Erik Westermann Author, Learn XML In A Weekend (October 2002 - hopefully in Canda too :) )
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I live in Canada[^]. As a result of being so close to the USA[^], naturally things like computer books published there are not avaialble here. So I buy some books from Amazon.com[^] and get them shipped for the price of a book. - That's the injury part. Here's the insult part: When the books arrive, I have to pay GST (a tax on just about everything) on them. That's fine, I live here so I have to contribute to my government's staff payroll[^]. What really buggs me is that the government[^] adds a little 'fee' to conver 'processing' in addition to fees I have to pay to get someone to charge me for the GST. Sometimes the 'fee' is more than the actual tax :mad: 'Nuff said. Erik Westermann Author, Learn XML In A Weekend (October 2002 - hopefully in Canda too :) )
Injury: see VBRANT Insult: Today I tried to add some "quick fixes" directly at the server, and wondered why my JScript doesn't understand neither Empty, Nothing, nor Null, neither with nor without Set. I need vacations. soon.
One day I might find it quite amusing how touching tongues make life so confusing Anne Clark again [sighist]
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I live in Canada[^]. As a result of being so close to the USA[^], naturally things like computer books published there are not avaialble here. So I buy some books from Amazon.com[^] and get them shipped for the price of a book. - That's the injury part. Here's the insult part: When the books arrive, I have to pay GST (a tax on just about everything) on them. That's fine, I live here so I have to contribute to my government's staff payroll[^]. What really buggs me is that the government[^] adds a little 'fee' to conver 'processing' in addition to fees I have to pay to get someone to charge me for the GST. Sometimes the 'fee' is more than the actual tax :mad: 'Nuff said. Erik Westermann Author, Learn XML In A Weekend (October 2002 - hopefully in Canda too :) )
Erik, I live in the UK and as a result of being so far from the US, I have exactly the same problem. Also, as a result of not being a part of Hollywood's great dream (only 60 million potential viewers? Why do we care?), I sometimes like to buy DVDs from the US because I can get them six months earlier than over here and stand a chance of seeing it before I know the plot. I've been known to ship a £400 order of DVDs and pay £50 shipping, £50 tax, and £50 to the courier for taking the tax (which is probably in turn taxed). I don't mind paying tax for things bought in this country. I do mind paying tax for things bought outside but okay, I understand the point. I really object to paying someone for taking that money when I could simply send a cheque to the customs office. Paul
