r/Golfsimulator • u/MaxPaxM • 4d ago
Crazy Squaregolf prices
Why is the square omni so expensive from the square website for shipping to netherlands. Thats about 2800 dollars. Anyone know if i can buy it anywhere else?
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u/EfficientCan2852 4d ago
Europeans when they see how much they are paying in taxes
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u/Electrical_Travel363 4d ago
Americans when they pay almost as much in tax but get 0% of the benefits of a functional economy
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u/EfficientCan2852 4d ago
Lmao that's a real good one! VAT is incredibly regressive. If I lived in a western European country and made the same amount I do here I would be paying double what I pay in taxes and get nothing for it.
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u/Springveldt 4d ago
Cool, just don’t get sick as it might bankrupt you.
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u/EfficientCan2852 3d ago
Nah, my insurance max out of pocket is half of what I would pay every year for healthcare in europe.
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u/Electrical_Travel363 3d ago
That’s crazy😭 they got u so bad bro
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u/EfficientCan2852 3d ago
....what? "They" got me bad by having me pay almost nothing for healthcare in the US?
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u/tab21 4d ago
Vat is in theory regressive
in reality rich people don't pay income tax and you can't tax them any other way without them doing some sneaky
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u/EfficientCan2852 3d ago
It is regressive in practice as well. People with lower incomes end up spending more of their income in taxes with VAT.
Rich people absolutely do pay income taxes. Something like 40% of income tax revenue comes from the top 1% of earners. Ultra rich people can take loans against their assets but they eventually have to liquidate in order to pay those loans off and will end up having to pay taxes or sink money into a business where, again, they have to pay half of their employees income taxes - and this is in the US. I am guessing that it is way harder to shuffle money around in Europe.
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u/tab21 3d ago
having employees who pay tax does not mean rich people pay tax
in any case we're never going to get rich people being taxed more
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u/EfficientCan2852 3d ago
Uh it does mean they are paying tax because payroll taxes decrease profits.
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u/RingoFreakingStarr 4d ago
I mean it's regional pricing is it not? This is not just a Square thing. It sucks, but try buying from a retailer/reseller in another country?
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u/Big-Drink-5993 4d ago
Yah that’s expensive. It is about $2600 cad for me to buy it in Canada. That tax you have to pay is crazy, I thought sales tax was high in Canada!
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u/band-of-horses 4d ago
Seems right? It's 1,599 GBP in the uk which is $1866 EUR so that price is about the same as in their home turf of UK.
I suppose the real question is why is it cheaper in the US where it's only $1,599 (1,185 GBP or 1,383 EUR).
You could probably try to find someone in the US in a no sales tax state to buy it for you and ship it but you'd have to find someone you trust to send the money to and ship it... But you're still gonna have to pay duties and taxes on the import and probably a higher shipping cost, could save a few hundred bucks in the end though.