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Census Lookups General Lookups => Census and Resource Discussion => Topic started by: kirstie on Thursday 17 July 08 23:44 BST (UK)
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hello all
i have just been on ancestry (UK) to rejoin after a short break in membership got to the payment bit and it says
UK Membership
Annual Membership Fee: £81.19
VAT: £14.21
Total Due Today: £95.40
i can not believe it has gone up so much in a short space of time and im sure i didn't pay vat last time just want to share this if anyones membership is coming up for renewal to check the amount i think i will phone them tomorrow and beg for a discount lol
kirstie
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£1.83 per week inc. Vat.
You would have had to pay Vat before - it's not exempt :-\
Gadget
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I have just renewed my UK Membership for £79.95, or £1.54 a week :)
Stan
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If you can find any offers around for new members, and call them, you may well get the offer price. I did in January! There was 20% off at the time, so the nice lady said I could renew for that as well.
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You would have had to pay Vat before - it's not exempt :-\
Gadget
If you live abroad you don't have to pay the UK's VAT ;)
I had an email from Ancestry last week telling me that my subscription due at the end of July will be £83-40.
£1-60 per week,cheaper than an M and S sandwich ;D
I wonder why everyone's is so different?
Carol
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We've had a similar discussion before. The fee does seem to be very variable - and negotiable! I managed to get a significant discount.
meles
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You would have had to pay Vat before - it's not exempt :-\
Gadget
If you live abroad you don't have to pay the UK's VAT ;)
Carol
Kirsty seems to live in North Yorkshire ;D
Gadget
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Don't spose that qualifies then does it Gadget? :P
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You never know though ;D
I'm sure my quotes have been in US dollars and then get converted but I have World membership so maybe that's why.
Gadget
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thankyou for all your comments have phoned ancestry and have got my membership for £66.79 with a 20% discount so it is worth phoning if you are quoted £95 hope this helps anyone else who was in my position
thanks all
kirstie
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They want £83.20 from me when my sub is up on August 3rd but they will not be getting it as I have set my account to automatically cancel and I will see if they send me a discount deal via email as there seems to be a suggestion that they will do this to try and get you back. I can't be arsed phoning them up as I had to go through that last year and the lady while friendly was quite hard work as she couldn't grasp what I was saying. I did get a reduction in the end but it paines me that you have to go down this route in the first place and it annoys me even more that people on the same subs are paying differing amounts.
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hi Alan i know what you mean why can't ancestry just charge everyone the £66 or give you the 20% discount when you automatically renew like another site does it is worth the hassle though i was on it for about 7 hours last night lol and found some new rellies
regards
kirstie