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, Man
at B&Q writes
On Aug 4, 11:37*am, Tim Streater wrote:
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*Roger wrote:
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 01:44:48 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q"
wrote:

On Aug 3, 5:06*pm, Michaelangelo
wrote:
Man at B&Q burst on the scene, and said:

Care to post a link to some evidence of the veracity of your claim?

Think VAT.

What about VAT?

My understanding is that retailers /must/ show a VAT inclusive
price but there is no such requirement for wholesalers. BICBW.

But if a wholesaler (or anyone else, AFAIK), quotes a price and
*doesn't* say that it's ex-VAT, then it's deemed to include VAT. Which
is why all comics from places like ScrewFix carefully point out that
their prices are ex-VAT.

Prices displayed to consumers *must* include VAT inclusive prices with
equal prominence to ex-VAT prices (price marking order 2004).

There's probably some loophole that allows some traders to get away
with not doing so, like requiring you to be members of their club, or
giving you an account number and deeming you to be a business
customer.

Still nothing that prevents wholesalers selling to the public.

Those yellow signs (on all of the lamp poles in the carpark) almost
certainly tell you what the restrictions are. Unfortunately, it is a
known fact that people tend not to look upward so, no matter how
prominent they are, such signs could easily be missed. A nice large,
un-missable sign at the entrance would give the shopper no excuse for
not knowing when he had outstayed his welcome.
--
Ian