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Amazon.com begins collecting California Sales Tax
IX / XIV / MMXII | pansgold

Posted on 09/14/2012 7:41:00 PM PDT by pansgold

After years of being a member of Amazon.com, I just CLOSED MY AMAZON.COM ACCOUNT after they agreed to begin collecting sales taxes for this blood sucking state.

I'll continue online shopping from OUT OF STATE VENDORS and PAY ZERO state tax and get free shipping. I get what I want and Amazon.com and Calistan LOSE!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: amazon; california; sales; tax; vanity
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1 posted on 09/14/2012 7:41:08 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: pansgold

You mean buying through Amazon from out of state vendors will help you avoid the state sales tax?


2 posted on 09/14/2012 7:43:35 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Didn’t I just say “I CLOSED MY AMAZON.COM ACCOUNT”?

NO. I said I will buy directly from out of state vendors that do not charge California sales tax.

Try eBay or Craigs list.


3 posted on 09/14/2012 7:47:14 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: Revolting cat!
You mean buying through Amazon from out of state vendors will help you avoid the state sales tax?

No. That's not what he said.

4 posted on 09/14/2012 7:47:56 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: pansgold

Prime Member here.

When they start charging tax in Merryland I’m out.

Then I will short Amazon.


5 posted on 09/14/2012 7:48:04 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (EAT MOR CHIKIN)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Why wait?


6 posted on 09/14/2012 7:49:13 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: Clint N. Suhks

Smart move because it just hit a 22+ high.


7 posted on 09/14/2012 7:49:40 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: FoxInSocks

That’s not what he said? Really?

What about an answer to my question?

I appreciate informative posts. No one appreciates emotional posts.


8 posted on 09/14/2012 7:49:53 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: unixfox
retailers start collecting California sales tax The Associated PressLos Angeles Times‎ - 1 hour ago After years of controversy, Amazon and other Internet retailers are set to begin collecting sales tax in California on Saturday
9 posted on 09/14/2012 7:51:20 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: pansgold

Amazon surrendered. Too bad. I love Amazon. They held out for a long while, but I’m not sure they had any choice. Other options must be explored.


10 posted on 09/14/2012 7:53:39 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: pansgold
It was inevitable...the taxes at Amazon.

“But it was alright, everything was alright, the struggle was finished. He Amazon had won the victory over himself. He Amazon loved Big Brother.” ― George Orwell, 1984

11 posted on 09/14/2012 7:56:13 PM PDT by bubbacluck (I'll pay more for tomatoes...or lettuce.)
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To: Revolting cat!

Buy direct from websites outside the state.


12 posted on 09/14/2012 7:56:13 PM PDT by pansgold
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To: Revolting cat!
That’s not what he said? Really?

Yes, really.

What about an answer to my question?

I did answer your question. I replied with a simple "no."

I appreciate informative posts. No one appreciates emotional posts.

I agree with you, the original post appeared very emotional and did not present much in the way of background or factual information. There's not even a source.

13 posted on 09/14/2012 7:59:04 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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I did almost all of my Christmas shopping through Amazon last year because with free shipping and no sales tax, there were really good deals on toys for the kids and other unique items and I didn’t need to physically go to 100 different places. If they start charging sales tax, they’re going to lose a ton of business because that was one of the great things about shopping there— saving on tax and shipping.


14 posted on 09/14/2012 7:59:07 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: FoxInSocks

want facts? Try GOOGLE. It took me all of 3 seconds there to find the story.


15 posted on 09/14/2012 8:00:55 PM PDT by pansgold
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What is the Almighty State about now? Streets of my city are full of potholes, but state taxes, sales taxes and property taxes are at their all time high. Where does the money go? There used to be state services, well stocked libraries, good schools, and now? Like you, I suspect that the taxes go to overpaid state workers (yes they are predominantly black here, and predominantly or certainly behind the wheels of Lexuses and Mercedeses), as Obama is not the only symptom of the white man’s guilt, and they go toward services for the so called poor, but not the really poor, the unaccounted poor, whom you see pushing stolen shopping carts on city streets filled with their possessions and empty cans and bottles.


16 posted on 09/14/2012 8:02:06 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: unixfox
Why wait?

Because I get stuff cheaper than Costco and second day air or over night, which I love to do on Thursdays, and I don't have to leave the house.

When saving money and not paying tax on it I'm done.

17 posted on 09/14/2012 8:03:25 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (EAT MOR CHIKIN)
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To: pansgold

They didn’t “AGREE” to it. The state of California FORCED then to do it. You are punishing the WRONG entity.


18 posted on 09/14/2012 8:03:44 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: pansgold

I’ve been buying a lot from dealers who advertise through Amazon. They’re going to suffer, too.


19 posted on 09/14/2012 8:04:25 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: Revolting cat!
If Amazon has distribution centers or warehouses in state I can understand the tax,
but many states don't host Amazon and they shouldn't tax. They started taxing here
in Texas and I paid it this time because I needed new pants that I couldn't find locally.
I will avoid them in the future and plan my purchases more carefully.

I would rather support surrounding business' anyway to help keep the local retail industry healthy.

20 posted on 09/14/2012 8:04:41 PM PDT by MaxMax
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