To: paul51
"This will require a fee to be added on to brick and motar store sales so everything is fair."You don't think the brick/mortar store owners will figure this out?
Prices will go up for everyone, when the "brickies" figure out they can charge more and still be competitive with mail order.
Meanwhile, outfits like Amazon brought this on themselves by blatantly flaunting the law: they have regional warehouses throughout the country from which they ship, but pretend they don't need to collect taxes for sales in the states where they're located.
26 posted on
04/17/2009 8:05:12 PM PDT by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: Redbob
Meanwhile, outfits like Amazon brought this on themselves by blatantly flaunting the law: The last I heard, Amazon actually supports an internet sales tax.
40 posted on
04/17/2009 8:20:08 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Redbob
Warehouses are not the same as retail outlets. Whether you keep your inventory in your bedroom closet or in a rented warehouse, it’s just stock. It becomes a store when you have walk-in traffic and a cash register.
42 posted on
04/17/2009 8:20:55 PM PDT by
giotto
To: Redbob
Meanwhile, outfits like Amazon brought this on themselves by blatantly flaunting the law: they have regional warehouses throughout the country from which they ship, but pretend they don’t need to collect taxes for sales in the states where they’re located.
But those aren’t retail service facilities, and the retail service is what is taxed with a sales tax.
107 posted on
04/18/2009 7:17:10 AM PDT by
Atlas Sneezed
(Typical "Rightwing Extremist")
To: Redbob
Meanwhile, outfits like Amazon brought this on themselves by blatantly flaunting the law: they have regional warehouses throughout the country from which they ship, but pretend they don't need to collect taxes for sales in the states where they're located.
A warehouse doesn't count, it's a retail store that does. Amazon et. al., hasn't flaunted anything.
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