While removing tax … I used to make the same mistake.
removing x% tax from the final amount ( be 10% for japan or 21% for europe).
say base price of a pen is 10000 with tax 10% so retail is 10000+ 10000*{ 10/100} = 11000)
so the tax component is only 1000 for 11000 retail price pen- which is 9.09% of retail price. For Europe it would come out to be 17.35% not 21off of retail).
base price + base price * tax%= retail
Base price( 1+ tax%) = retail
I also picked up a TUZU. I quite like the blue color and basic Sailor steel nib. It's a good basic EDC at the Japanese price. It is a quite wet writer. I imagine lefties will enjoy the nib angle customization. I haven't tried playing with that aspect.
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