Antenociti's Workshop Ltd. is now a VAT-Registered Company
This means that all prices on the store are inclusive of VAT (Value Added Tax), which is currently set at 15%.
VAT is due to be paid by anybody ordering from within the EU (except Euro VAT-registered companies ,which can chose to exclude VAT charges).
If you are from outside of the EU, then the prices that you see on the website are 15% more than you will have to pay. When you place items into the shopping basket, you will see the actual price that you will be charged.
For example:
If you are in the U.S.A. and want to buy the Uncharted Seas Dwarven Battleship, then the price on the website shows £4.00 GBP - but when you put this into the shopping cart (assuming that you have selected your country of origin as U.S.A.!), you will see that the price you will be charged is actually only £3.48 GBP.
Just to make things a little more confusing, some items - such as books - do not have VAT levied on them. As such, these items will remain at the price shown on the website (which has no VAT on it in the first place).
Postage is usually inclusive of VAT; however, we have made the non-European postage rates zero-rated for VAT - in other words, if you chose a postage option for a country outside of the EU, then the price shown is the actual price and no VAT has been charged on it.
What does this all mean?
For those within the EU, all the changes really mean is that you now see a portion of your order showing the VAT - you are not paying anything more than previously, though, and our prices have not gone up!
For non-EU customers, the changes effectively mean that you get a 15% discount on nearly every item in the store… because you are not eligible to be charged VA. So that will mean your prices will be 15% less than the advertised price on any items that include VAT (e.g. not books).
The bottom line is that the prices shown in the shopping basket will be the correct prices, with any VAT added or removed as appropriate for your country!
at least... that's the theory!
What do I do if I think I am being charged VAT and I shouldn't be?
Please get in touch with us immediately on customerservices@barrule.com.
Obviously, we have had to make a lot of changes to the store to accommodate the various elements of VAT, and it's quite possible that we have made a mistake; missed adding your country to the non-VATable list or similar.
Whenever you are unsure, it's best to drop us an email (or ring us) and ask before placing the order.