Ditto with me. I buy as little as possible in CA now. I’ve been an Amazon Prime customer for five years and pay a flat annual rate of $70 for unlimited shipping of items. I bought a 55 inch Panny plasma last summer and got it from some dealer in NYC - no sales tax, no shipping, and very low price. Arrived in perfect condition and works great. Anything to deny this stinkin’ state “revenue” is a good thing. I think the only things I buy locally anymore are food, clothes, gasoline, and nursery plants.
I am going to purchase a new laptop. I found a good deal on Tigerdirect(no sales tax, but 10 bucks for shipping) will most likely get a Sony Vaio laptop and upgrade on the memory. Best Buy is just too darn expensive, for practically the same laptop(but it does include a bluRay player that I dont need) its 699.99 plus tax and of course the stupid recycle fee(I seriously hate progressives!) it would come out to almost 780 bucks..its ridiculous how the sales tax kills every single good deal out there. I haven’t bought an electronic item from the local stores here in years. Everything is purchased online either from amazon or jr.com, or now from tigerdirect