Comments on: Cost of sales – makes you wonder why you bother http://blog.rac.me.uk/2010/01/23/cost-of-sales-makes-you-wonder-why-you-bother/ Random ramblings and ravings of Richy C Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Goodwin http://blog.rac.me.uk/2010/01/23/cost-of-sales-makes-you-wonder-why-you-bother/comment-page-1/#comment-192166 David Goodwin Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:38:57 +0000 http://blog.rac.me.uk/?p=1598#comment-192166 I know - it sounds so very familiar; my wife tried to set up a baby sling shop online (babyslingshop.co.uk). Buying slings from America would often result in customs tax; other slings come from Germany etc and both are subject to the whims of the exchange rate for a start. By the time she gets her hands on them, and actually makes a sale.... On the other hand - we Brits love to moan about the fact something costs $x dollars in the USA and (effectively) £($x*2) in sterling after it's been imported... "rip off Britian" etc etc. It does indeed make you think 'why bother'. In her case, she's decided to concentrate on hire instead of outright sale. I know – it sounds so very familiar; my wife tried to set up a baby sling shop online (babyslingshop.co.uk). Buying slings from America would often result in customs tax; other slings come from Germany etc and both are subject to the whims of the exchange rate for a start. By the time she gets her hands on them, and actually makes a sale….

On the other hand – we Brits love to moan about the fact something costs $x dollars in the USA and (effectively) £($x*2) in sterling after it’s been imported… “rip off Britian” etc etc.

It does indeed make you think ‘why bother’. In her case, she’s decided to concentrate on hire instead of outright sale.

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