Talk:Rip-off Britain

message: I have flagged this up as, like the previous writer said, it reads like a personal view and needs to be made more enclyclopaedic. Oxfordmale (talk) 12:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a few citations, tried to get rid of a lot of the rant, and generally reorganised. It is still a bit POV I think, but it is substantially cited now-- a few still left to go (e.g. PS2, discount books), but I certainly think this is worth having as it is, as seen by the various references, widely quoted as a term in trusted sources. SimonTrew (talk) 14:45, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Software should be mentioned as the USD price is numerically the same as the Sterling price for many programs, which is absurd, even taking VAT into account.203.122.228.82 (talk) 11:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is now-- examples Adobe and Microsoft. We should't multiply examples needlessly (Occam's Razor), but maybe one more would be good. SimonTrew (talk) 14:47, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Software

message: Someone had turned this article into a stub and taken away a lot of previous work on it.  I think this was a bad idea and have reverted to the previous version.  I'm not saying it's perfect now, for sure there is work to be done on it, but there is no point in throwing the baby out with the bathwater. --Richardrj talk email 13:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Pretty much rewritten now, references added, a lot of blatant POV removed, organised a bit better (I hope). No doubt could still do with improvements. SimonTrew (talk) 18:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert 

message: I need to find a citation for 5% as average US sales tax. I found some tables that list the taxes for each state, but that doesn't account for local taxes. Also I guess an average should be weighted to the populations of each state, or to their purchasing power or something. i.e. the general figure should be something to do with "how much of an average person's spending actually goes on sales taxes"? SimonTrew (talk) 18:52, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Sales Taxes 

message: The example of an iTunes download costing "17% more than the 99¢ per download in the US" seems rather poor given that the rate of VAT would have been 17.5% at the time. Is "Rip-Off Britain" even a subject sufficiently notable to warrant its own article, though? As a relatively lazy and loosely-used catchphrase, rather than anything specific and tangible, perhaps it's more an illustration of ennui and an apparent British love of considering that they are always at a disadvantage compared to others. But that kind of philosophical musing isn't suited to an article either. Bonusballs (talk) 18:16, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terrible example 

message: Wikipedia in its recent campaign was asking for donations suggesting US users pay $5 and UK users pay £5. What excuse does Wikipedia have for this? QuentinUK (talk)
:I don't think it even matters.  Donations pages typically ask for nice round numbers, it doesn't make the "cost" different from one locale to another.  And it is a terrible example to use in the article.  In fact, as soon as I save this comment, I am going to remove it. Huw Powell (talk) 01:21, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  The section is not about donations. It is about switching £ for $ on the price because it is easy to do. It is nothing to do with round numbers. Most prices end in .95 or .99 and are not round numbers. When a company coverts $25.99 to £25.99 it has nothing to do with round numbers. Donations is just an example. This phenomenon applies to all products. It also shows that the conversion is nothing to do with costs. You could equally do Adobe Photoshop prices (and much other software). The price is the same number is $ and £. There is no excuse for this for internet downloads.You say you don't like the example but that is not an excuse for removing the whole section.QuentinUK (talk) 12:36, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia itself is an example