White House: Internet Sales Tax ‘Will Level The Playing Field’

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93. My online shopping has already dropped dramatically

Main reason is the sales tax thing. One of the places I used to buy a hell of a lot of stuff from recently sold their company to a corporation and now they charge sales tax, shipping charges, return shipping charges, etc.

It isn't worth doing any more because most of the time I have to return to at least 1/2 of what I buy online (like clothing specifically as all of the stores where I live have pretty much closed down) because it does not fit or is not as I expected it to be.

So, I pay the tax, the shipping to me, the shipping back to them, waiting for the refund to be processed and then hopefully have enough time between these incidents to pay off the credit card before it begins to accrue interest on the balance due which may be not really due but is pending posting after being returned.

So, I've about given up on it and that is a blow to the economy. I know the place I mention above now has some big problems with their sales because of who they sold their company to, the quality of the products they sell are no longer the same, they have different people working there now and no, it is not the same any longer and no, I do not buy much from them anymore because they have also raised their prices along with adding in the sales tax.

That said, this trend will also prevent many from buying on Ebay too. I try not to buy from the mega sellers if possible but it is not always so easy.

The computer I am typing on right now sold for $2,000.00 new and it is one hell of a damn good laptop being it is basically new and was in storage most of its life of 10 years. I picked it up on EBAY for $53.00 total (shipping charges included) and to my huge surprise it is new and in unused condition! What a deal it was to find but I think deals like this are a thing of the past as the profit for a seller like the person I bought this from (a single person that simply never used this A31 IBM Thinkpad probably because it weighs quite a load -- abt. 8 lbs. or more and not really something to be considered a "mobile" computer because of this) will find it not to be worth the effort (seller made less than $45.00 total on this but the ad for it was not very descriptive so it was a total gamble).

As for amazon.com, etc., never was a great fan of them after their bogus Master card offer sucked me in and no, there was no "discount" of $50.00 off of the purchase I made from them which I quickly closed out being angry and pissed. And also, amazon.com charges me sales tax! is this amazon.com argument all about anyway? They are collecting the taxes if I buy from them as it is I suppose part of the law in Calif. best I know.

So, I guess I'd say I was about done already and now I suppose I am indeed "done".