VAT refund in i-beat or i-studio stores !

[ragandboneman]

Hi, does anybody know for sure if any of the above stores participate in the VAT refund for tourist scheme and would issue a P.P.10 form. I was in the i-beat store in Sakon Nakhon on Sunday but forgot to look.

Reason I ask, I was thinking of buying an i-pad air 32GB wi-fi only model before returning to the UK mid December. Here is my pricing ideas !!

Using exchange rate 51THB/UK £

i-pad 32GB UK = £479.00

i-pad 32GB Thailand 20,400 = £ 400.00

If VAT refund at 7% = 1428 THB saving or £28.00 bringing i-pad down to £372.00

So a saving of one hundred UK pounds, or am I being too greedy and should just settle for the saving of £79.00.

Regards

[stoli]

Ummmm, I would ask the stores?

[OMGImInPattaya]

What...dodging your responsibility to fund the NHS...for shame!

[ragandboneman]

What...dodging your responsibility to fund the NHS...for shame!

Thanks for your informative and helpfull post, much appreciated.

Regards

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[TobiasML]

In my experience the I-studios to issue vat refund documents. You just need to ask. Friends have bought a few things and received it.

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[muratremix]

Keep in mind, VAT is 7% but VAT refund is not 7%.

Before, they used to refund all 7 percent, now it is more like 5.2 percent.

Bought iPhone 5s for 24,550 (no package price) and it says 16XX baht VAT on form but total refundable is 1280 baht. They'll cut another 100 baht from this or perhaps that cut is included.

[sniffdog]

And what about UK import duties?

Edited December 5, 2013 by sniffdog

[Briggsy]

Take an example with you. Or you could be getting that blank look thing going on.