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Would you be more likely to buy new gear out of state if there was no sales tax

There is a retailer that advertises in the Absolute Sound that you can buy gear from him without paying sales tax. He is located in Delaware where they don't have sales tax. Being from California that would save me 9.5 percent off the top and that is without even negotiating. I don't know if he charges for shipping or not but it seems like it could be beneficial.

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tostadosunidos
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Texas already collects taxes  on online purchases in some cases.  I think they struck a deal with Amazon and I don't know who else to charge sales tax.  I believe they can do this since the distribution centers are in-state.
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jafreeman
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Lobbyists for retail corporations have argued in Congress for imposing interstate sales taxes on internet purchases as a way to force internet shoppers back into stores--they claim this unfair advantage is reducing corporate profits--even though they have also lobbied for and have successfully rigged the tax code to pay almost nothing in federal taxes.  Don't feel as if you are cheating anyone--it is mainstreet America that continues to be oppressed and cheated.  You deserve a tax break, as well.   

schubert
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Texas has a tax on breathing, double for minorities 
tarp38
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I live in Connecticut which has one of the most repressive tax systems in the country. Seventy-six new taxes were added a couple of years ago, additional taxes were imposed this year, and there are more to come. All this while the Democrat politicians' unchecked spending is driving the state into bankruptcy. General Electric has been forced out of the state by the upcoming new business taxes.

Buying out of state to avoid taxes is not a "violation" in Connecticut: It is an obligation.

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yogiboy
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These guys said it all 50 years ago!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQiVQuiu04
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