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1) Shopping online at reputable net stores
2) Getting a bargain
3) paying NO Sales Taxes to Greedy Goverments

And thanks to my contacts in the industry, Play.com, one of the stars of tax-free shopping, have allowed me to pass on this discount code ACER40, which enables you to claim an amazing EXTRA £40 off when you buy an Acer Laptop from them here.

The laptops are available here on the Play.com site and the code to enable the discount on the laptops is ACER40.

The laptop code is only valid against the four products listed and will expire at midnight on Wednesday 26/3/08.

What is life like in Denmark?

I remember once in junior school, my teacher relating a parable about how some men sat around a cauldron of boiling water. One man had some carrots, another some potatoes, another some meat, another some herbs and spices. After talking amongst each other, they all agreed they could make a delicious broth between them. The first man stepped forward, and unbeknown to the others, pretended to drop his portion of the broth into the cauldron, the next stepped forward and did the exact same thing, followed by the next and then the final man, each only pretending to drop his personal share of the broth into the cauldron. At the end, the men all sat expectantly waiting for the delicious broth they were about to receive. It was served up with anticipation, but each man was left with a bowl of nothing more than boiling water. They all looked at each other, each blaming the other for what had happened, but underlyingly experiencing some shame about their part in this outcome. I can't even remember why she told us this story, but it is the best summation of socialism and in particular, Denmark that I have ever heard in my entire life.

Devalued Pound creates Shopping Opportunity for Europeans

The 10% drop in the value of sterling against the Euro/Danish Krone is an interesting arbitrage opportunity to get hold of cheaper goods.

For example, I'm a great from of the leisurely, comfortable trip by ferry on the Esbjerg to Harwich route between the UK and Denmark. You can get a cabin, and a decent nights' sleep, then when the fixed price breakfast comes around next morning enjoy a huge Danish buffet selection of breads, meats and cheese. All very relaxing stuff.

Given my work move, I need a ticket and the UK DFDS site quoted me £203 for a single journey to Harwich. The Denmark DFDS site quoted me 2300 krone for the identical ticket, or 15% MORE, when you realise the exchange rate is now 9.93 krone to the pound.

I reckon they set their prices before the decline. It'll be interesting to see when they equalise the distortion. For now though, I took it to mean I should book up the meals as well, and the ticket still worked out cheaper than the Danish price!

Going Ingen MOMs, Going Ingen MOMs...

It's not just goods that I try to help people paying "Ingen MOMs" for in Denmark.

Soon I'll be going "IngenMOMs" myself, by which I mean, following a number of devastating experiences in socialist hell, I've decided to go back to the UK at least for the next few months.

In the UK, I used to get paid more, pay half as much tax, and then on top of that virtually everything bar wood was loads cheaper too. So why sacrifice myself for the "Nordic Model", I ask you?

And before anyone claims otherwise, a desire to pay less taxes and keep more of my hard-earned money in my own pocket are THE major factor in this decision. Well done Denmark, here, have 100% of nothing from me in future, instead of being reasonable and settling for 20-30% of something.

CONNECT I TVANGSOPLØSNING

My agency, Connect is in Tvangsopløsning.

If there are any other IT Contractors out there affected by Ken Lynge Primby and his Connect Resorce Agency, CVR Nummer 28976496, Søren Frichs Vej 38 C, 8230 Åbyhøj going into tvangsopløsning, then please contact me or leave comments here. Connect can be viewed at this website http://www.connect.dk

I note the business went into tvangsopløsning on 17/9/07, but he still kept quiet and agreed a new contract with me starting 1/10/07.This just about sums up my entire time here. If anyone still thinks Denmark is some kind of socialist idyll, full of nice fluffy, fair-minded people-this is more or less how my partner sold it to me-then I suggest they try living here.

I see Ken Lynge Primby is already back in operation through his new business, also called Connect; or perhaps more correctly; Connekt, at the same website http://www.connect.dk. But new address Banegårdsgade 20 1 mf8000 Århus C. Nice.

Cheap PC Memory

Previously, I'd used eBay for this sort of thing, but there seems to be less advertised on there right now and the prices are no cheaper than mainstream suppliers. well, my Dell C521 needed some new memory (Windows Vista eats it up)

Step forward www.orca.co.uk. They sold me 2 separate 1GB memory boards for £43, when the same items in Denmark were a cheapest price I could find of 599 krone each.

And that was delivered post free from the Uk within 3 days!

Pound in freefall, but the dollar hides it

I must admit that I have been worried about the Pound for some time, what with the trade deficit, budget deficit and now the Northern Rock crisis.

Actually, the trade deficit bothers me least of the problems, as Britain has a large reputation for investing abroad. The others are not so good. especially the Northern Rock crisis, since the implication is the government have magically created the necessary backup reserves out of thin air (is there any other method?)

Now, I notice that in the past couple of months, the Pound has dropped about 6% against the Euro and Danish Krone. This has hardly got a mention, as all the media are going on about the weakening Dollar and the bargains available for those taking a shopping trip to the USA.

So please, Germany and Holland, don't give in to whingeing France and Italy about needing a weaker Euro, and the usual rubbish about generating exports. A devalued currency helps no-one long term.

If it carries on like this, the Euro could become the world's new reserve currency, especially for pricing oil, at least until China is ready to claim its spot.

Just a thought.

As for me, I'm off to browse the internet for some bargains from Britain...