IPOD? no thanks
Or any mp3 players for that matter..nooooo, thank you..I shall not buy them! Well at least I will not purchase one here in Holland.
The dutch law makers are really such ‘geniuses’ when it comes to TAX. They will come up with all the ridiculous ideas just to extract tax from the mass. Heard of tax over VAT? yep! we do have them here.
They’re now busy trying to get a new mp3 player tax approved. For every 1GB that you purchase, you have to pay an extra of €3.+ over the whole item’s amount.
Should I decide to buy (granting I win the lotto) a 6oGB Ipod that normally costs €459,00 in Dixons
then multiply that to let’s say, €3.50…the Ipod would then cost €669,00.
sweet mother of Charlie! :ngii:
Who knows, maybe someday they’ll tax the very air that we breathe.
Call me Thess. Married to a wonderful Dutchman.
April 26th, 2005 at 10:55 am
what they charge you per GB… wow psst dont talk to me about VAT norway has the highest taxes food shopping alone is 25%, i will shop things in UK when I go back TAX FREE…its cheaper in the US
April 26th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
kukuwento ko nga ito kay hijo mio…he got one for much less. (yung basic older model lang, pinagipunan now it’s stuck to his ears:hihi:) ha mo thess pag napadpad ako sa forest niyo diyan tig isa pa kayo ni charlie :bighug:
April 26th, 2005 at 5:28 pm
or you pay taxes for the words written in a blog :-D
sweet mother of charlie… wag naman sana :ngii:
April 26th, 2005 at 5:33 pm
wow, Thess! how absurd some laws are… as in!
April 27th, 2005 at 4:07 am
All I can say is… ARUYKUPU!!! :ngii:
P.S. Ganda ng template!
April 27th, 2005 at 6:27 am
iPod? Katulad ba yan ng iPot?? nyahahaha. Naku neybor, kahit siguro maging madami ang pera ko eh hindi ako bibili nyan..saan ko naman gagamitin ang sangkatutak na mp3 na yan samantalang ni hindi na nga ako magkandaugaga sa mga duties ko.
April 27th, 2005 at 7:28 am
pag uwi mo na lang dito sa pinas ka bumili ng Ipod….am not sure kung magkano ang isa though….:cm:
April 27th, 2005 at 8:28 am
sowsko que mahal naman yan!pag ipunan ko muna pambili ticket uwi pinas bago sa ipod na yan,gumagana pa naman walkman kow:razz:
April 27th, 2005 at 11:51 am
And I thought the Swiss tax law is way over the top…mas grabe pala dyan.
Thanks for reading my ‘Gerench’ blog entry. Would love to write stories for your animal group blog, but my dog is already “dedbol.” :-( Puede bang post-mortem story doon, hehe?
I would be waiting for that “spasmodic” poster for the W.W.C.D. blog. :-)
God bless!
April 27th, 2005 at 1:22 pm
SCHATZLI: u mean, what’s the tax for? argument is that people download ‘em mp3 gratis form the net, so they should be paying tax..imagine kung sa states ito, magwawala ‘merkano, hi hi! right…i heard from my relatives that goods are cheaper there *sigh* :sad:
STEL: antayin kita mapadpad at sasalubungin ka namin ni Charlie ng ganito :bighug:
JING: Lukaret!
ANP: ay naku tita, as in talaga!
TONI hi toni! ha ha, nakakapanginig baba ano? salamat sa compliment (na shy ako bigla:oops: ) :grin:
April 27th, 2005 at 1:29 pm
RHADA ha ha ha, binasa ko pa maige kasi akala ko namali ng spelling ka :razz:
NEOhello uncle! ayaw ko ng Ipod, kuntento na ko sa stereo (d ko lang masabi, la ako moolah, he he)..besides, when you bring in new stuffs, gadgets in..customs will charge you the tax equivalent…wala pa rin silbe kahit dyan sa labas bibili
CHEH: naku, tama sinabi mo, plane ticket na lang bibilhin ko kesya yan.
JAYRED wala pa yan sa tip of the iceberg when it comes to how grabe holland is (suplishog -suplada1’s english and tagalog- yang salita ko…ikaw kasi may gerench eh :mrgreen:
ay, nasa kabilang buhay na pala sya…no plans of getting another? cge, pag kaya ko na balansihen sched ko, makikita mo spasm ko :mrgreen:..thanks for returning the visit..and GB!
April 27th, 2005 at 1:32 pm
that’s really weird.. baka next time maisipan na nilang i tax ang pc mo by its gigabytes.. :shock:
April 27th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
thess, netherland and germany are the same when it comes to taxes. we are currently paying 16% vat but recently, the goverment is planning to have a 2% raise. to hell with the politician, hindi na nila inisip ang kapakanan ng madla.
April 27th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
YMIR wag ka na maingay at baka marinig ka nila..shhh
BENG terrible, isn’t it? according to statistics, a lot of nederlanders are travelling to neighbouring countries like germany, belgium and france just to buy basic needs, simply because they are a lot cheaper outside. I for one don’t mind travelling to the border just to do my groceries. Isa pa, at least germany walang binubuhay na royalties na walang pakinabang kundi higupin ang parte ng sueldo ng naghihirap sa kakatrabaho! !*%!$!@ :mad:
April 27th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
i’m starting to hate capitalism and most of all the globalization. germany has lost it’s green pasture. german folks are worried about the salary dumping issue. lots of famous firms are closing and moved either in china or Poland. alam mo we don’t have royals here but our high ranking politicians naman ang sumisipsip sa lahat ng pera. they are all leech!!!
April 27th, 2005 at 3:11 pm
BENG breath in, breath out..husss husss..oh ayos ka na? he he, hinayhinay na lang tayo, mahina na puso nating 2, ha ha ha
April 27th, 2005 at 3:12 pm
grabe naman!:?: ay mag-transistor radio na lang ako! :grin:
April 27th, 2005 at 3:28 pm
sira ka talaga. para naman akong manganganak niyan…breath in…breath out. ayos na po ako.
April 29th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
i was shocked with the prices of ipod back in ireland. it was more expensive numerically than in US. imagine, if you have to convert it to USD, it becomes way too much expensive!!!
May 3rd, 2005 at 11:34 am
matagal na akong salivating over an ipod. and stories like yours just puts it way beyond my reach na talaga! :bert: