Engineers Tool Room Prices

Anyone bought anything from this website lately??? Is VAT to be added or is it included in the published price?? He is on holiday for the next 14 days so I cannot get an answer directly. If the price on the website is plus vat then I have to order elsewhere.

Never shopped with them but just simply put a small order together adding items to the basket and then went to the Checkout but did not complete. Postage was added to the final total but not VAT - so it would seem the prices displayed include VAT.

Personally I wouldn't be very happy about this bit:

"prices charged will be those that apply at the time of despatch".

When buying online as a consumer I expect to pay the price that I see on the website at the time of ordering unless there are very exceptional circumstances.

Hi pcb.

You would soon get used to that one if you were buying precious metals online.

Edited By V8Eng on 27/07/2012 19:18:02

The same applies if for instance VAT were to be put up, the new rate must be applied on all orders sent out after the magic hour.

Yes, I appreciate that, but if I pick up a jar of coffee in Tesco and it says £5 on the shelf I'd be very unhappy if I got to the till and they said "sorry, that'll be £5.50 cos the commodities market is soaring". Small amounts of price volatility in a consumer market should be absorbed by the retailer, unless he doesn't want any repeat customers.

But would you be so upset if they said the market was dropping and you were only asked for £4.50 rather than the displayed £5

I bought my X3 off them several years ago and don't recall if it was inclusing or not.

J

Edited By JasonB on 27/07/2012 20:00:48

Since I don't live in the UK, I have to bow to your greater knowledge Kwil but I'm rather surprised.

In Canada, tax increases apply to sales made after the magic hour. If a vendor offers something for sale (online or otherwise) at a given price and I buy it, paying by CC or perhaps Paypal, the sale is deemed to have taken place at that point and the tax rate at that point is applied - regardless of when they send it out and regardless of any tax increases in the meantime (or decreases ).

Moreover, when I accept the vendor's offer to sell at a given price by plumping down my money, there is a defacto contract between us at that point, my part having been fulfilled. The vendor is then obliged to sell it to me for the stated price.

Sid,

For clarity, in the UK tax rates depend on invoice date, not order date. I suspect the same is true in Canada.

Neil

So basically what you are trying to say is that his price list isn't " fit for purpose ? "

Oh, absolutely. One and same when you order on line normally.