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Amazon market-sterling converted before being charged to credit card

Chimichangas · 2014-08-17 18:34:59

I recently bought an item on amazon.co.uk and only noticed that the sterling price was converted to euro before charging to my credit card, meaning I paid a much higher rate than expected. :eek: Is this normal? I have never seen it before? Normally I used a sterling card, but I have used a euro credit card before and it…

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#32 22-08-2014 8:06pm
daveohdave

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Weird. Surely VAT should be calculated on the billing address?

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#33 22-08-2014 8:13pm
Pacing Mule

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daveohdave wrote: »

Weird. Surely VAT should be calculated on the billing address?

Not at all. It is always on delivery address. Otherwise we would all be ordering using billing addresses from lower rated or indeed vat exempt locations.

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#34 22-08-2014 8:25pm
debabyjesus

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Im sure the converter makes amazon a tidy side profit and keeps the price of actual goods a bit lower so the more astute among us get better deals!

So keep using the amazon converter people I want cheaper useless gadgets and stuff.

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#35 23-08-2014 11:51am
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daveohdave wrote: »

Weird. Surely VAT should be calculated on the billing address?

It's the delivery address that matters. VAT is generally based on where the goods or services are consumed.

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