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Was JamieH!
I've only had it a few weeks but it's still new, honest. It's been opened but it still looks new, what's the problem?
(The jaffa cake VAT debate is nothing to do with new versus used, it's to do with the often counter-intuitive and arguably downright bonkers decisions as to what qualifies as a "luxury item" (and hence qualifies for VAT) and which doesn't. Currently chocolate biscuits qualify for VAT but cake doesn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes#Categorisation_as_cake_or_biscuit_for_VAT )
+1
Nice to see a shop saying that.
I never realised fender are now making the interiors look reliced with guitar impressions already in place when you buy them "brand new"??
Erm... No. Flipping. Way.
See also 'I reckon it owes me £x'
Also bull-sheeit.
If you take 'vintage' out of the equation people need to go and try and sell their £15k car a year or two down the line and see how close to 'what I paid for it' they get. And then adjust their expectations accordingly. People are generally realistic price wise on here(and if they're not, you can see them a mile off - no responses). Price Fantasists appear to be standard on Ebay however.
Tax does not make up 20% of the selling price, it makes up 20% of the price before tax is added.
e.g. price is £100 before tax, add 20% = £120
if you deduct 20% off of £120, you get £96, because 20% of 120 is more than 20% of 100.
Have been humming this the whole time I was reading this.
I can paraphrase that into one word:
Used.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Bigger problem is entire VAT thing. I don't exactly feel like a multimillionaire when eating a chocolate biscuit, or a pleb when eating cake. (Did Marie Antoinette come up with our VAT rules? >:D<)
Especially when you consider things like caravans (at one point, it may have changed, can't remember) were zero-rated I think. Is someone buying a chocolate biscuit living it up more than someone buying a caravan?!?! )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_Added_Tax_(United_Kingdom)#Rates Whole list there
Agreed. I mean, compared to most things, guitars actually hold onto their value pretty well. Once the initial depreciation from new happens, assuming it's kept in good condition (and assuming it doesn't suddenly become uncool), that's about it. Compare that to cars, as you said, or computers or other electronic stuff etc.