MusicDirect

Just what is the problem with paying a sales tax?

I've paid sales taxes all my life and admit to the pleasure of not paying some taxes on internet sales but that wasn't going to last forever.

All the best,
Nonoise

riley804 is correct. I like Music Direct. Nobody Packages LPs as good as them and they sell the best LP pressings. If you don't want to pay sales tax, there are other vendors that won't charge you the tax. 

I live in Oregon ( duh!). I bought a pair of speakers through Audiogon from a dealer in California.  In order to avoid shipping costs and damage, I proposed that I drive down and pick them up.  The dealer warned me: if I picked them up he’d charge me a hefty CA tax.  Freight shipping saved me hundreds of dollars compared to CA tax. 

rja is on track.  MD should move, will move in the future leaving the tax insanity of Chicagoland.  Sad, because I love visiting that city.

Although I enjoy paying no sales tax, there is nothing wrong with paying sales tax. The essential services and worker in your town are not free. But I have a problem with the origin based sales tax. I don’t live in Chicago and don’t feel I should pay Chicago’s sales tax. I will pay my town’s sales tax, thank you very much! So I only buy open box items for prices I can’t get elsewhere AND if at the time MD is offering a coupon to offset their Chicago sales tax. Otherwise, I shop elsewhere. If they want to put themselves at a 4% price disadvantage that is there problem and not mine. Other competitors to MusicDirect for many of their brands include DedicatedAudio.com in Scottsdale, AZ who are a pleasure to work with. Also Soundapproach.com, and moon-audio.com. There are others.