Well, and this is largely thanks to Mr Jenkin's comments, the site will now be opening a new sister site www.sparmoms.dk. Quite a nifty domain name and one I had my eye on when I bought www.ingenmoms.dk but it belonged to someone else.
I guess they didn't renew and that the name must have finally dropped in the past week.
Star man for reminding me!
fredag den 31. august 2007
torsdag den 30. august 2007
Amusing bit of misinformation here
Right after my last post, it was amusing to find someone of the dubious nature I just described.
http://american.meetup.com/27/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1502971&pager.offset=40#10499250
No idea who this AllanJenkins is, but I can assure you IngenMOMs is no scam and actually, even if you do pay VAT in other european nations, you most definitely do not pay any MOMS. 100% legal, mate. If Denmark wants to enjoy the benefits of being in the EU it has to allow free movement of goods and that includes when it's citizen choose to bypass the higher prices and buy from other EU retailers.
Books and Magazines from Britain are VAT-exempt, such is the respect Britain has for a free press, and if you buy your DVDs and CDs from the likes of Play in Jersey then you'll pay no sales tax if it's under £15 in value.
As ever DYOR on whether it's worthwhile, but it usually is. I even provide a link to the Danish Kelkoo site for this very purpose.
http://american.meetup.com/27/messages/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1502971&pager.offset=40#10499250
No idea who this AllanJenkins is, but I can assure you IngenMOMs is no scam and actually, even if you do pay VAT in other european nations, you most definitely do not pay any MOMS. 100% legal, mate. If Denmark wants to enjoy the benefits of being in the EU it has to allow free movement of goods and that includes when it's citizen choose to bypass the higher prices and buy from other EU retailers.
Books and Magazines from Britain are VAT-exempt, such is the respect Britain has for a free press, and if you buy your DVDs and CDs from the likes of Play in Jersey then you'll pay no sales tax if it's under £15 in value.
As ever DYOR on whether it's worthwhile, but it usually is. I even provide a link to the Danish Kelkoo site for this very purpose.
Tax Tricks
I'm amazed at the publicity the EU nations use to make it appear as though we're doing something illegal or unpatriotic by buying goods outside our national borders. Yet again, I encountered more people today who thought it was illegal to buy British books from Britain or that extra Danish taxes would be payable. This simply is not true!
As far as I'm concerned, the EU was sold to us as a Free Trade with No Borders association, and if they stuck to that I'm sure you'd find a lot more people enthusiastic about it than currently are.
I say to everyone out there...make the rules work for you. It is legal to buy from any EU supplier willing to sell an item to you, with no further taxes payable, so do it. It's the best way we'll ever get harmonisation and integration across Europe.
As far as I'm concerned, the EU was sold to us as a Free Trade with No Borders association, and if they stuck to that I'm sure you'd find a lot more people enthusiastic about it than currently are.
I say to everyone out there...make the rules work for you. It is legal to buy from any EU supplier willing to sell an item to you, with no further taxes payable, so do it. It's the best way we'll ever get harmonisation and integration across Europe.
onsdag den 29. august 2007
Savings on Whitegoods (Hvidevarer)
When we first moved here, we visited Punkt 1, a well known Danish electrical chain for our appliances.
Word of warning here - NEVER pay the asking prices here. We were told this by other people beforehand and forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes, since we were able to get approx 15% off the list price on what we bought.
2 years later, our Zanussi Tumble Dryer (Tørretumbler) has fallen by the wayside so now time to look for a new one and this time, mission is to save money by buying in Germany.
Checklist
1) Decide on the exact model you want
2) See how much it is in Denmark using the Kelkoo search engine on Ingen MOMs
3) Now search on the German (Tysk) Kelkoo and see the difference!
Wow. We were amazed. Every appliance we looked at could be bought for approx 30-40% cheaper than in Denmark. And that includes Flegaard who are about 50 yards on the German side of the border and thus list on Kelkoo DK.
Even worse, one of the appliances we were interested in an AEG energiklasse A was available for the equivalent of 4,000 krone, but our local Skousen had it in for an amazing 10,000 krone (that's nearly £1,000 for a tumble dryer!). Imagine overpaying to that extent.
Next step is to find a German retailer willing to ship to Denmark. Not as difficult as it sounds, and with the help of Free translation on the internet, a non-German speaker like myself could work it all out.
Result :
10 days later we have a new Siemens WT46E301. The price? A mere 3,190 krone, including delivery to our door.
The Danish Prices ranged from 4,900 krone to 6,500 for the EXACT SAME model.
Only downside is that the dial is in German, buy hey, I'll happily learn 10 words of German for 1,800 krone.
I'll post the site at some point soon, along with details of a Danish bank that does FREE international money transfers, since a lot of German retailers only take cash.
Word of warning here - NEVER pay the asking prices here. We were told this by other people beforehand and forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes, since we were able to get approx 15% off the list price on what we bought.
2 years later, our Zanussi Tumble Dryer (Tørretumbler) has fallen by the wayside so now time to look for a new one and this time, mission is to save money by buying in Germany.
Checklist
1) Decide on the exact model you want
2) See how much it is in Denmark using the Kelkoo search engine on Ingen MOMs
3) Now search on the German (Tysk) Kelkoo and see the difference!
Wow. We were amazed. Every appliance we looked at could be bought for approx 30-40% cheaper than in Denmark. And that includes Flegaard who are about 50 yards on the German side of the border and thus list on Kelkoo DK.
Even worse, one of the appliances we were interested in an AEG energiklasse A was available for the equivalent of 4,000 krone, but our local Skousen had it in for an amazing 10,000 krone (that's nearly £1,000 for a tumble dryer!). Imagine overpaying to that extent.
Next step is to find a German retailer willing to ship to Denmark. Not as difficult as it sounds, and with the help of Free translation on the internet, a non-German speaker like myself could work it all out.
Result :
10 days later we have a new Siemens WT46E301. The price? A mere 3,190 krone, including delivery to our door.
The Danish Prices ranged from 4,900 krone to 6,500 for the EXACT SAME model.
Only downside is that the dial is in German, buy hey, I'll happily learn 10 words of German for 1,800 krone.
I'll post the site at some point soon, along with details of a Danish bank that does FREE international money transfers, since a lot of German retailers only take cash.
fredag den 24. august 2007
You might not be able to do anything about living in Denmark and paying Danish income taxes, but you might be surprised to learn that you can take advantage of EU free market rules to buy your stuff abroad and so avoid the dreaded MOMs, a 25% sales tax on every single item you buy in Denmark, including essentials like food and clothing. Couple that with the fact that things often seem to be more expensive in Denmark even without the MOMs and you really are onto a substantial winner.
The good news is that thanks to the internet the principles of fair taxation have never been closer and there are plenty of legal sites where you can buy your goods and get them sent direct to your door, paying lower prices and lower or even non-existent sales tax rates.
The money saved stays in your pocket for you to spend!
With knowledge of a bit of English you can open the door to a whole new shopping world where you can get hold of the items you want at the prices you want to pay.
INGENMOMS.DK guarantees that all sites listed have been personally tested and rated highly on price and reliability. Furthermore, we only recommend sites that offer reasonable postage costs to Denmark. It can be frustrating to think you've found the exact thing you want at an amazing price and go through the slow checkout process only to find delivery is £50!
The XE.com Currency Converter can help you work out what kind of massive savings you can make while you shop.
What are you waiting for? Get shopping at IngenMOMs.DK
The good news is that thanks to the internet the principles of fair taxation have never been closer and there are plenty of legal sites where you can buy your goods and get them sent direct to your door, paying lower prices and lower or even non-existent sales tax rates.
The money saved stays in your pocket for you to spend!
With knowledge of a bit of English you can open the door to a whole new shopping world where you can get hold of the items you want at the prices you want to pay.
INGENMOMS.DK guarantees that all sites listed have been personally tested and rated highly on price and reliability. Furthermore, we only recommend sites that offer reasonable postage costs to Denmark. It can be frustrating to think you've found the exact thing you want at an amazing price and go through the slow checkout process only to find delivery is £50!
The XE.com Currency Converter can help you work out what kind of massive savings you can make while you shop.
What are you waiting for? Get shopping at IngenMOMs.DK
Ingen MOMs - Why did I do it?
I moved to Denmark 2 years ago with my Danish partner. While overall it's a nice country, the thing that really gets to me here is the HIGH TAXES!
There's even a 25% sales tax, MOMs, on everything that you buy with what's left of your hard earned income (after income taxes of up to 70% have been paid) so life can prove bloody expensive here.
THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN NOW AVOID PAYING THESE TAXES AND BUY YOUR STUFF CHEAPER ABROAD!
Books, CDs, DVDs, Computer Games, Kitchenaid, Dyson, Tumble Dryer, Washing Machine, Magazines...hell, we've bought all that and more and saved as much as 95%. Yes, you read that right...Ninety-five percent!!!
I want to tell as many people as possible, hard-working people like YOU about the sites out there you can save this money at. A single website of recommended links goes a long way to spreading the word and also saves you the hours we put in finding reliable retailers that deliver to Denmark and charge reasonable postage prices. http://www.ingenmoms.dk/ is the result.
I therefore hope that IngenMOMs.DK can strike a blow for the principles of fair trade, fair taxation and personal freedom of choice. Who knows, maybe one day even cars won't cost 3 times the price in Denmark as the rest of the world...
There's even a 25% sales tax, MOMs, on everything that you buy with what's left of your hard earned income (after income taxes of up to 70% have been paid) so life can prove bloody expensive here.
THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN NOW AVOID PAYING THESE TAXES AND BUY YOUR STUFF CHEAPER ABROAD!
Books, CDs, DVDs, Computer Games, Kitchenaid, Dyson, Tumble Dryer, Washing Machine, Magazines...hell, we've bought all that and more and saved as much as 95%. Yes, you read that right...Ninety-five percent!!!
I want to tell as many people as possible, hard-working people like YOU about the sites out there you can save this money at. A single website of recommended links goes a long way to spreading the word and also saves you the hours we put in finding reliable retailers that deliver to Denmark and charge reasonable postage prices. http://www.ingenmoms.dk/ is the result.
I therefore hope that IngenMOMs.DK can strike a blow for the principles of fair trade, fair taxation and personal freedom of choice. Who knows, maybe one day even cars won't cost 3 times the price in Denmark as the rest of the world...
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