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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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inna
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I try to buy from overseas or Canada as much as I can by mail. Not the audio equipment though, this I buy used here. But if I had to buy an expensive new piece from a dealer I could just ask him to take the price a little lower to cover the tax or I might not even care.

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grannyring
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Rja, correct. 
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oblgny
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davehrab...
True. I have had to declare "internet" purchases from out of state for as long as I can remember.  And I have.  To the best of my ability.  I do not maintain records of everything I have bought online;  99.5% of what I buy is from within the state I reside in,  and the state gets its due from me.

Except for the clock with the horse in it's stomach....I mean the horse with the clock in it's stomach....  (The Honeymooners)
devilboy
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No.
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jafant
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I concur from above- all taxes are legalized robbery, to say the very least!
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