News Microsoft confirms Xbox One price and release date

also don't forget, import tax has to be paid on these consoles, as they aren't made in the uk. this all adds up, i'm not defending the high price, but all these things have to be considered when pricing things up.

 

The BBC did an article on it, it's just tax, no import charges.

 

biggest crock of **** ever - you try sending a laptop from the USA to the UK and not getting a huge ass customs bill on it.

 

You'll get tax + the charge for the delivery company paying that tax for you which is the annoying bit, UPS charge about 12 quid for this.

There's been no import duty on laptops since 2005.

 

just called HMRC (0300 200 3700) and they said I`ll be charged £80 from them in import duty on a £400 laptop. so BBC are very very wrong

 

20% of £400 is £80. That's what I said. You pay the tax and that's it (apart from the delivery company charging you for paying the tax upfront).

It's not duty, it's simply paying the VAT.

Other products get charged VAT + import duty, that's when the costs really start mounting up.

 

"Import duty" you pay to customs includes VAT. And guess what is that £80 ? Your 20% VAT :
£400 * 20% VAT = £80

 

you said tax , HMRC used the term import duty. call them , please and ask.

 

Why would I call them? I know the charges, you don't.

You pay 20% plus the delivery company charge.

simples

 

call them and they will correct you , as they are the ones who make the rules. you call it tax they do not. simples.

 

Just... stop.

You said the BBC article was wrong, it's not.

Why are you even phoning them? It's all on their website.

HMRC call it Import VAT, guess what the T stands for?

 

Import duty contains customs duty and import VAT :
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/tax-and-duty.htm

100% of import duty in your case is the import VAT (Value added tax).

 

look at the poster above who has linked the HMRC website


just top will you now.

 

Did you even read the image? It's from the same link.

Anyway, this is going nowhere.

 

Far too expensive for what it is.

Dom

 

Send it as a gift

 

Not sure the pricing is such a huge issue both consoles xbo at £429 and ps4 at £349 are in the same ball park and roughly what you'd be expecting to pay and not bad considering the long lifecycle.

Unwashed joe public will see the the £80 extra for the xbo as worthwhile for the slick media functionality and of course their whining brat progeny most have whom had an xbox last cycle will be screaming uninformed fanboy support for xbo......so in all there will not be a white wash win for Sony.

Having said that PS4 will be the choice for the discerning purchaser.