What is going on with 35mm

Roger Cole

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AgX said:
To compare prices from the USA you have to add to the US prices about 20% european VAT, which than makes the US Kodak-Amazon price even higher than the german retailer one...
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You also have to add state sales tax now for online orders in the US which we didn't used to. I'm not sure about local, to be honest, but the total will vary. Nowhere I know of though will even approach 20%. My old home state of TN has 9.something percent total, 9.25 to 9.5 I think, depending on locality, but TN has no state income tax. Here in Georgia where I've lived since 2004 we do have a state income tax and in the locality where I live now sales tax totals 6% state plus local (much less on food, local only I think, some things that are sales taxed back in no-income-tax Tennessee are not here in Georgia, like labor.)

Oh wait - do you mean your cost to import, where you'd have to add the VAT? I get that, I misunderstood at first. I thought you were just comparing what we pay here with what you pay there.
 

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Roger Cole said:
Oh wait - do you mean your cost to import, where you'd have to add the VAT? I get that, I misunderstood at first. I thought you were just comparing what we pay here with what you pay there.
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Pretty sure AgX was referring to sales tax!
 

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In Italy where i buy is 53,5 eu

KODAK EKTAR 100 formato 120 - Conf. 5 rulli

Pellicola colore negativa con indice di esposizione 100 ISO, grana finissima, adatta per paesaggio, ritratti, moda, viaggi e fotografia naturalistica. Ottima saturazione cromatica, è stata progettata per la migliore resa in fase di scansione digitale.
fotomatica.it

but now by some months, also here, there are few items available fo color negative.
Some 120, 35 mm has ended for now .
 

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Roger Cole said:


Oh wait - do you mean your cost to import, where you'd have to add the VAT? I get that, I misunderstood at first. I thought you were just comparing what we pay here with what you pay there.
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henryvk said:
Pretty sure AgX was referring to sales tax!
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-) I forgot that in the USA now at online sales taxes are claimed too (though I recently discussed this...) which to me is a good thing as it at least concerning sales taxes kind of levels out the discrepancy between online and local retail.



-) european VAT in effect is a sales tax, claimed only at the consumer

-) but practically the same VAT is added also on imports, already at the wholesale stage (as it is applied inland during all production and sales stages).

So basically you are both right.
 

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The funniest one: “half-a-dozen”.

Like, dude, six is a three letter word. And you probably mean Five, anyway.
 

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Walgreen’s photo department didn’t have any film but they did have some HP printer cartridges.
 

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Don Heisz said:
"Half-a-dozen" sounds better than "six".
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Well let me disagree. Six sounds like “Sex”, which is hard to beat, really.

“Half-a-dozen” sounds more like an aggressive german word “haffluffenz” or something similar. Nothing to do with “sex”... or if at least it sounded as “creme au chocolat”. But no.
 

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henryvk said:
Right, right...

*with a bullhorn* America: This is a ridiculous system, please abolish it!
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So fly over to the US, stock up on film and see some national parks.
 

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California sales tax is ~9% with local taxes added in.
 

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"Six" also sounds like "sicks".
 

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Sirius Glass said:
California sales tax is ~9% with local taxes added in.
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That’s just one of many things I don’t miss about living there. Here in Montana, no sales tax, no vehicle inspections, permanent vehicle registration after 10 years, and no traffic. Of course, I do have to buy photographic stuff online since little is available here. However, Photographer’s Formulary is just down the road In Condon.
 

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If the government does not take sales tax or income tax will find taking money from you another way.
 

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Beside that the tax discussion is a bit off-topic:
I lived a year in Denmark. 25% VAT, high taxes on income. Free education from daycare to university (and students get financial support independent of the parent's income), free health care, great infrastructure. You get what you pay for... I prefer everyone pays a bit for the greater good then only the rich can afford a good service (be it education, health care, transport, stable electric grid and whatever).

Now I live in the part of North America with the highest sales tax, in Quebec. People complain it is high, but with 14.975% (5% federal + 9.975% provincial) I actually call it low. It has also the lowest university fees in North America, and even though there is a lot to improve in the health system, it is at least accessible to everyone who needs it. It is somehow midway in between (nearly) nothing as in parts of the US and the rates in European countries (17% in Luxembourg to 27% in Hungary). Still, in the three different European countries I lived in I never had black outs, which seem to be a very normal thing in all parts of North America...

Now, let's discuss tipping in North America vs elsewhere...
 

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Sirius Glass said:
If the government does not take sales tax or income tax will find taking money from you another way.
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That can be true but we have a very low overhead in the state so the tax burden is low here. Not to mention that property is relatively affordable.
 

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My state is better than your state. No it isn't. Yes it is. No it isn't. Yes it is...
 

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Does anyone want to get back to something resembling the subject of this thread?
 

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Yeah but, no but, don't you get bored of taking pics of moose?

I'm willing to pay the CA fee in order to have such an abundance of photographic subjects, the art community and the services to support it.
But that's just me.
 

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Huss said:
Fine.
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I have absolutely no problem with your post here, particularly in light of all the on topic posts you have made in the thread.
But try as I might, I can't help seeing an image of a young child, feet planted, hands on hips, chin jutting out and saying "Fine".
Got any photos like that?
 

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Roger Cole said:
Sure. But places with less government will need to take less. California has far more government than I could ever stand.
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However if one is in California and has a heart attack or stroke, help will arrive quickly and it will not be your last one. There are other beautiful areas of the country where the taxes are less, the government is smaller and less influential and your first heart attack or stroke will be your last and your consumer protections are not to be found. One tends to get what they pay for.
 

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Last post on taxes or government please!
 

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Lol Matt. Ya know I must have something like that somewhere, even if it’s just my gf pouting!
 

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AgX said:
To compare prices from the USA you have to add to the US prices about 20% european VAT, which than makes the US Kodak-Amazon price even higher than the german retailer one...
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No, that just means that your tax rate is much higher. But that has nothing to do with the price of film.
 

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It has. People state retail prices and then other people compare these to their local prices. If one then neglects VAT a distorted view exists.
But this depends on what one defines as "price".

Of course the situation is more complex. Manufacturers adapt their basic prices to the econimic situtation a their market, to keept their position there. At least they did when re-importing and similar was not as eaysy as today.
 
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