BeeDeeDubbleU - 3:54 pm on Feb 1, 2007 (gmt 0)

I am well aware of differences in the economies in different countries but if this is a tax issue, why when challenged, don't they use this in their defence?

Obviously big multinationals like Microsoft employ people in all their major markets and have to pay local economy salaries to those employees as well as pay local economy leases on office space and local economy prices on freight and storage costs.

Come on ... for downloads.?.?.?

Paypal recently introduced Paypal Payments Pro here in the UK. They charge £20 per month versus $20 per month in the US. I emailed them to ask why we had to pay double the US rate. They did not even answer. I wonder why?

No, I am afraid that "rip off Britain" is still very much a fact. Google it and you will find more examples than I could ever offer.