VAT Hike!

Well I never knew that. Panic over lol!

Just a quick thought - It will be interesting to see if there prices go up then, will it not?

Think a lot of the shops will swallow the increase up. Fingers crossed

[Dave20046]

A lot of shops are planning to increase prices more than just the VAT rise in a hope it'll go under the radar....or so the BBC say.

Originally Posted by barwel1992

no idea on the date but im ordering £120 worth of gaskets and piston rings before it does go up

Bulk ordering - like it.
And...how do you plan to spend the £3 you've saved?

Originally Posted by Dave20046

A lot of shops are planning to increase prices more than just the VAT rise in a hope it'll go under the radar....or so the BBC say.

Bulk ordering - like it.
And...how do you plan to spend the £3 you've saved?

You could buy a pint, oh wait on not anymore lol!

Thing is people think the change is going to be big, and it won't be unless you buy a car or a bike etc. (That included me until now)

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by danf1234

You could buy a pint, oh wait on not anymore lol!

Thing is people think the change is going to be big, and it won't be unless you buy a car or a bike etc. (That included me until now)

See if you're ordering 10s / 100s of thousands of kit then yeah there's big savings to be made (we've had the best december in ages at work but will be hit next year). But a lot of people won't even notice!

Oh and speak for yourself, £2 a pint still at my local!

Your lucky then. I only go to Tesco for beer now lol. The local is tooooo expensive lol!

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

But a lot of people won't even notice!

+1

I certainly didn't notice the extra pennies when it went down to 15%!

[cbay]

Yep! No VAT on helmets except I did hear a rumor that Arai are puting there 2011 Range up in price so you will be putting you hand slightly deeper in your pocket for a Arai...

[TamSV]

The helmet manufacturers still have to pay VAT on alot of their inputs but, because they pay no VAT on their output, they can't recover the extra so they still have to put their prices up somewhat to maintain profit. Should still be buttons on the price of a lid though.