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Never seen this on a site before, how common is this?
All ze German shops do this, maybe others too. The price difference reflects the different VAT rates in the delivery countries, 19% in Germany, 20% in UK and 23% in Ireland. Probably some stupid EU initiative to undermine the so-called single market.
Edit: Try making sense of this http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/vat/how_vat_works/vat_on_services/index_en.htm
It seems that every country can set it's own threshold above which a distance seller has to charge the VAT rate of the destination country, so shops which don't do much international business will be able to charge the shop's local VAT rate, but the big operators have to charge the customer's local rate.
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Kind of OT but don't know where else to ask. Finally have the money to build up the CDF frame under my bed. Was planning to use Bike24 as they seem to have the cheapest euro pricing. However, I signed up for an account and the prices have all increased slightly now that my address is set to Ireland. The same goes for the UK, although the price difference is less. Never seen this on a site before, how common is this?