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| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7107 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes  2 sounds | Message 49 of 99 11 September 2006 at 9:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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VAT is short for value added tax and it applies to people in Europe and some other places. Something dispatched to the States won't have it.
Patuco, you should ask the people at Assimil to remove the VAT as Gibraltar is exempt from it. Edited by Sir Nigel on 11 September 2006 at 9:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Farley Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 7095 days ago 681 posts - 739 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanB1, French Studies: Spanish | Message 50 of 99 11 September 2006 at 10:19pm | IP Logged | ||
Just to clarify, I’m 99.9% certain I was not charged with the tax, if they had I think I would have noticed. Part of the order was to identify your country so I’m certain Gibraltar would be exempt from the tax. Assimil has probably been the best company I have dealt with online, so I wouldn’t anticipate too many problems. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 51 of 99 12 September 2006 at 6:59am | IP Logged | ||
As John mentioned, the courses available on Amazon.fr are actually cheaper than from Assimil. If I need something direct from Assimil, I'm sure they would remove the VAT if they are as good as John says. Edited by patuco on 12 September 2006 at 6:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zack Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 7212 days ago 122 posts - 127 votes Speaks: German*, English, Spanish, French Studies: Mandarin | Message 52 of 99 18 September 2006 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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For people residing in North America, Schoenhof's, the foreign language bookstore In Cambridge, MA, is a good source. They have a good selection of Assimil-Programs at $72 for the CD-version and ca $62 for tapes. You can order online.
I'm not sure if they would also get Assimil-Programs for you at the same price if they don't carry them regularly (eg programs based on languages other than English and French). That might be worth investigating because figuring in exchange-rate and shipping-costs, ordering from them comes out cheaper (in most cases) than ordering from Amazon.fr. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zorndyke Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6961 days ago 374 posts - 382 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: Czech | Message 53 of 99 26 September 2006 at 3:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone know where I can buy the new Assimil - L´Arabe without having to pay via credit card or cheque?
These payment options are inacceptable, but as it seems neither assimil.com nor amazon.fr accept money transfers or payment per direct debit - or I just wasn´t able to translate the French websites correctly... Edited by Zorndyke on 26 September 2006 at 3:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 54 of 99 26 September 2006 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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You're right, neither assimil nor amazon accept money transfers nor direct debits.
You could try in a large bookshop, although it'll probably be more expensive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 55 of 99 24 January 2007 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I checked Assimil.com for retailers in Sweden and found just one:
http://www.sprakbokhandeln.se/ - which is very hard to browse, and I can't find any Assimil courses. The other day I tried a search enginge and found http://www.univerb.se/ which has Assimil courses for sale at just about the same prices (629 SEK). But you can get them a lot cheaper from AdLibris - from anywhere from 350 SEK to 547 SEK. AdLibris doesn't always have the best product info so before you buy anything, make sure you get what you expect. The people at the customer service are very helpful, and you can always ask questions about ISBN, different editions, what's included et.c. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Roger Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6595 days ago 159 posts - 161 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Indonesian | Message 56 of 99 09 February 2007 at 7:56am | IP Logged | ||
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Does anyone know any stores in Britain that sell this 'Perfezionamento dell'Inglese'? it's the 'using english' for italians. It's just the book im after. Edited by Roger on 09 February 2007 at 8:34am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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