Gor! & Blimely too! I am glad I do not live up there. North Carolina has one of the higher booze taxes too. The thing with the US is that taxes on booze varies from state to state and even from county to county.
Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David J Brooks wrote: > On Dec 27, 2007 10:26 AM, Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The mind boggles when trying to understand the variation in liquor >> pricing and availability within the U.S. >> >> >> stan > > In Ontario, beer is bought from The Beer Store. Wine and Spirits from > the LCBO(Liquor Control Board of Ontario). Some beers are also > available at the LCBO. > Prices are fixed, so a 6 pack at the LCBO is the same price as the beer store. > > No corner stores can sell booze, although we have some Wine outlets in > Wally world and some other stores. > > The majority of our prices are taxes. > > Quebec has a more Liberal approch to sales, as do the Western Provinces. > > Forget what the deal is out East. > > Frank and i buy our beer at the big box store near W Jefferson, when > traveling to GFM. Four packs of 24 cost us $44.00 US. One 24 here is > between $34.00-$39.00. > > > > Dave > > >> On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> >>>> From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> One Christmas I was in the local ABC (Alcohol >>>> Beverage Control, for those of you who live in more >>>> civilized areas) store when the lady in line in front of me >>>> handed the clerk her credit card and said she wanted their >>>> most expensive Brandy for her husband's boss's Christmas >>>> present. There were fireworks when they handed her the $1200 >>>> credit card slip to sign. Snobs! >>> Not just an ostentatious snob but uneducated, too. Even the local >>> Costco can hit nearly that price. Any decent wine merchant would >>> have walloped her for two or three times that. >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email >>> Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
