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Chuck Gould Chuck Gould is offline
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On Nov 15, 4:32�pm, "BillP" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:inmpj3dh56dkht4tpabvc0k3m4ofofhreb@4ax .com...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:43:04 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:


Try ordering some boat stuff on line. Many suppliers will charge you
your local sales tax as part of the transaction.


I buy a lot online and haven't paid state or local tax yet.


Ever.


As long as your not buying from a store with a presence in your state you'll
never pay any sales tax, it's illegal.



Somebody better tell Amazon.com. They don't operate a single retail
store anywhere, yet there are four states that require Amazon to
collect sales tax on shipments.

Details:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...?nodeId=468512