Amazon to start charging sales tax in CA starting Sept. 1st 2012 (for sale, credit)

[Youthanasia]

Originally Posted by venicebeachcalifornia

Have you cut back spending on Amazon due to the sales tax? I know I do. Their worst mistake ever.

I don't even go to the site anymore and I used to buy quite a bit from them.. they should have really thought about making a physical presence in this state.

[user_id]

Still buying things from Amazon.....

[Youthanasia]

I use the google shopping thing when I look for things I'm buying, I sort by price and I buy the first cheapest one that doesn't charge CA sales tax so I sometimes end up paying $5-$8 more for an item on occasion but CA isn't getting the money, in fact I'd rather line someone else's pockets who marks the price up more so long as CA isn't getting the money that's how much I'm tired of CA tax.

[user_id]

So instead of supporting your local economy, and your local tax base....you'd rather give your money to someone else. Yeah, that sure makes sense.

May I purchase you a bus ticket out of the state? We really don't need folks like you here. Heck, how about a plane ticket to Sudan?

[Youthanasia]

Originally Posted by user_id

So instead of supporting your local economy, and your local tax base....you'd rather give your money to someone else. Yeah, that sure makes sense.

May I purchase you a bus ticket out of the state? We really don't need folks like you here. Heck, how about a plane ticket to Sudan?

Yup, this state squanders the money then begs for more... if I can keep a few bucks from going to Sac to be siphoned into handouts for people who live off what I earn then you're damn straight that's what I'm gonna do. I can't stop paying every tax there is, it isn't possible, especially in this state but if I can keep just a little from Sac I sleep better at night. The local economy suffering lost revenue is a byproduct of the practices of Sacramento, so if they lose out in my quest to keep 9/10ths of that money from Sac so be it. Oh, yes on 30.

[user_id]

Yes some people live off your tax dollars and you benefit from the services they provided. That is how nations work.

So, bus ticket?

[JGC97]

Don't people follow the news?

Fulfillment/Delivery - Amazon will build two fulfillment centers in California - Internet Retailer

[EscapeCalifornia]

I still buy everything possible on Amazon. I have Prime so shipping is fast and free or cheap. The prices are good and you can't beat the convenience over driving to 3 different stores, all staffed by idiots, hoping to actually find the needed item. I have Amazon's credit card so I get 3x points for anything I spend there. Other than food and clothing, retail stores for me are where I go only when I need something immediately.

[Youthanasia]

Originally Posted by user_id

Yes some people live off your tax dollars

This is called SOCIALISM

and you benefit from the services they provided. That is how nations work.

How does a welfare mooch provide a service? ebt collectors? do tell...do tell. This is how nations collapse, when the takers outnumber the providers

Here's some food for thought for you today

“You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

[gone down south]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

Amazon had no business presence in California. Explain to me how they were subject to California tax laws.

I didn't say they broke the law, I said they skirted it.