Team FamBi

Still no reaction from GS? *shake head*

Nice said! Hey, G$... Come on! No further statements anymore? Or are you having trouble finding your correct VAT number and so not having time to state a comment here? (Post screenshoted)

Hier wird mittlerweile ebenfalls fleißig zensiert!

I am not opposed to paying VAT and other taxes where I'm required to by law, I enjoy numerous benefits my government provides for me with this money and by and large I'm a good citizen, but when I pay that tax I need to be sure it's ending up with that government, not illegally being shuffled off elsewhere. The system of VAT registration and numbers is designed to allow me to do exactly that. If somebody charges me vat and doesn't provide a vat registration number, I will be reporting them to customs and excise. There is only one reason that I can think of to withhold a VAT registration number, and I've been considering this all evening, and that is because there isn't one. As I've posted before, what's been said in here by a representative of Groundspeak is illegal. As a customer who pays and enjoys a service provided by Groundspeak, I'd rather they weren't dragged through the courts because when that happens, focus tends to shift away from what I want them to concentrate on - running the site. I'm choosing to hopefully believe this is just simple incompetence and miscommunication rather than fraud, and allowing Groundspeak a chance to react to these comments. I expect something to change, either a retraction of this entire claim for VAT, or a clarification and clarity. Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if poor moun10bike was made a scapegoat and discredited as speaking out of turn. (Which if so, and he's not toed the company line, why wasn't he informed and trained?) I am staggered that a company that has made quite a lot of money from its customers (tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of premium members at $30us a year? That mounts up.) - doesn't apparently understand basic tax law in the areas it operates in or has the nous to consult a tax accountant or tax lawyer before making changes that could get it into quite serious legal difficulties. It's astonishing, it really is. Let me buy your company. I'd like to run it for a while.