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The other day my parents bought a new flat-screen tv in England, and will be claiming their 17.5% VAT back on the purchase once they return to the island.",{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":118,"children":119},{},[120],{"type":24,"value":121},"Personally I live in London where there are £3 single tube tickets, I have to pay full 17.5% VAT on my purchases, the prices of alcohol, cigarettes and petrol are way more than Guernsey prices. Plus there is the congestion charge for driving a car through London and ridiculous parking fees (not to mention traffic wardens slapping tickets on anything that moves). And finally London is a sh't-hole to live in (pollution, traffic, muggers, gangs, drugs, over-population, etc) so count yourself lucky.",{"title":69,"searchDepth":70,"depth":70,"links":123},[],"content:comments:cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband:5815.md","comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/5815.md","comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/5815",{"_path":128,"_dir":98,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"title":129,"description":130,"id":131,"name":132,"date":133,"body":134,"_type":72,"_id":142,"_source":74,"_file":143,"_stem":144,"_extension":77},"/comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/1514","1514","and people say were lucky living in the \"Tax Haven\" of guernsey! ooh yes sign me up for your incredible offer of 2mb broadband at only £79.99 a month right now!..........OH AND I STILL NEED TO PAY MOBILE PHONE CONNECTION AT £10 A MONTH AS WELL.........AND AN EXTRA £15 A MONTH FOR WAP........AND THE CALLS ASWELL.....SUPERB",1514,"LUCAS","2007-02-03T11:45:26",{"type":16,"children":135,"toc":140},[136],{"type":19,"tag":20,"props":137,"children":138},{},[139],{"type":24,"value":130},{"title":69,"searchDepth":70,"depth":70,"links":141},[],"content:comments:cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband:1514.md","comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/1514.md","comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/1514",{"_path":146,"_dir":98,"_draft":6,"_partial":6,"_locale":7,"title":147,"description":148,"id":149,"name":150,"email":151,"avatar":152,"url":153,"date":154,"body":155,"_type":72,"_id":171,"_source":74,"_file":172,"_stem":173,"_extension":77},"/comments/cw_guernsey_2mb_broadband/1513","1513","Oh yeah, sign me up right now, it's just so competitive with offers in other parts of the world. 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