{"id":7803,"date":"2009-04-24T21:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-04-24T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T19:27:00","slug":"hardware-prices-should-include-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/7803-hardware-prices-should-include-vat.html","title":{"rendered":"Hardware prices should include VAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well known PC hardware seller &#8211; PC International &#8211; was taken to task by a  consumer, Mr. Wiese, for not displaying VAT inclusive prices on its website.&nbsp; Mr  Wiese lodged a consumer complaint with the Adverrising Standards Authority of  South Africa (ASA) against PC International&rsquo;s&nbsp; internet advertisement that  appeared on www.pcint.co.za.<\/p>\n<p>The website lists various computer products  and components as well as prices excluding VAT.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wiese complained that the  advertisement is misleading as advertisers are required to indicate prices that  include VAT.&nbsp; &ldquo;In addition, the prices quoted makes the respondent&rsquo;s prices seem  cheaper while they are not, which potentially affords the respondent an unfair  commercial advantage,&rdquo; Wiese said.<\/p>\n<p>The ASA was happy with PC  International&rsquo;s amendment of the website, and accepted the company&rsquo;s response on  condition that &lsquo;the advertising originally complained of is not used again in  future&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local PC hardware retailer taken to task for not including VAT on its advertised prices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}