Yes, actually we do hate the state so much we would pay shipping rather
than sales tax. For expensive items that are relatively small, NY sales
tax was way more than shipping. When NY coerced some large on line
retailers to start collecting sales tax I started shipping to my
mother's in PA and picking up during a visit.
This is particularly true on some sites that offer free shipping over a
certain amount, speaking in general, not specifically MRR sites or S sites.
Except for a few sites that try to screw people on shipping charges to
make up for low prices, the trade off is about $100 for shipping to be
lower than sales tax.
Carey
Carey Probst
Member, M.I.T. Educational Council
S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
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On 11/12/2010 2:43 PM, Howard Sheffield wrote:
> Bill
>
> It is always a problem with the people willing to pay shipping but not tax.
> Do they really hate the state that much or??? Shipping items are certainly
> more than the sales tax at times or close enough that it shouldn't matter.
> This is another reason internet sales sites are panicked at the thought of
> having to pay taxes to states where they do business if they don't have a
> location in that state.
>
> Howard
>
>
> On Nov 11, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Scale S Only wrote:
>
>> Big Boys Toys/Palmdale Hobbies was once like that too, but it didn't really
>> pay compared to the rest of the trains or other hobbies in the store.
>> According to John Verser of PRS, I was the largest S dealer west of Chicago,
>> and from personal observation of Caboose Hobbies in Denver and Whislestop in
>> Pasedena, I believe he was correct. Made no difference. I had more
>> international customers come in than the ones from the bay area or Los
>> Angeles. A big part of the deal was that I had to charge sales taxes to CA
>> residents...
>>
>> Having fun?
>> Bill Winans
>>
>>> After over 10 years of promoting S
>>> as a dealer in northern California<snip>
>>> the buyers in California fail to think of
>>> the bountiful S in their own back yard<snip>
>>> Howard Sheffield
>> I will have to admit that I was blown away at the first sight of Howard's
>> tables at a local California convention. I never knew so much S was actually
>> in stock out here on the west coast.
>> ...Ed L.
>>
>>
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