Re: Re: OT - winter clothes on sale in USA - NY Tax

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not in the price. In our property taxes and income taxes. they still get

the money, it's just not by way of a sales tax. A refrigerator costs

$1000, that's what you pay. It scares me that should a large expensive

item be wanted or needed that you're ending up paying so much more for it

because it's expensive. I couldn't imagine buying a car and then having to

tack on 8%. ouch! I like it like this... a candy bar is 2 for $1... you

hand them a dollar bill and walk away with your candy bars. Pretty slick huh?

Kori

At 07:17 AM 2/8/2005, you wrote:

>Same here, Missouri and Illinois both will tax you til you drop. I

>just can't imagine not paying tax on stuff, but I guess they probably

>get you somewhere else in the price.

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> > >Yep, the only cold place you are going is New York. Although it

>was pretty

> > >warm this weekend but who knows what is going to happen from one

>day to the

> > >next. To bad you weren't here this past week because it was " tax

>free " .

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> > >HAVE FUN!!!

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> > >Mommy to (12-17-98) and

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> > >Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB (nights only)

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> > >From: susan.shook@v... [mailto:susan.shook@v...]

> > >Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:21 AM

> > >To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> > >Subject: Re: OT - winter clothes on sale in USA

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> > >Hi Sharon.

> > >San Diego and LA will be warm. Usually 60-70 degrees this time of year

> > >(or warmer). NY will be cold! In fact, you will be freezing! I can't

> > >imagine you would find winter clothes in California, because their

>winters

> > >aren't that cold. However, you may find some in NY. All winter

>clothes

> > >are on clearance already, so you should find some great deals!

> > >

> > >Have a wonderful trip!! You are going to all the best cities. You

>will

> > >have a lot of fun.

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> > > Shook

> > >Retail Operations Manager/Baking Instructor

> > >Vie de France Yamazaki, Inc.

> > >2070 Chain Bridge Rd. Suite 500

> > >Vienna, VA 22182

> > > x374

> > > x374

> > > fax

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[Guest guest]

Gas in running about $1.79/gal around here for reg. and then the

tax. Which seems to fall in line with about everywhere else. I don't know

where they get the $ to pay the attendants but they don't get tips and make

minimum wage. And yes, I love being waited on! I'd be pretty darn upset

if they changed the laws here. Plus it gives people a job.

kori

At 08:02 AM 2/8/2005, you wrote:

>That is just not right! We have a few full service gas stations but

>you pay extra for the gas, as if it isn't expensive enough already

>when you have the attendant pump it for you. And to top it off we

>have to pay sales tax on that gas that we just pumped ourselves!

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> > >You and me both! LOL!

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> > >Okay, I'm back...sorry it took so long...I must have passed out

>when I hit

> > >the floor..

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> > >In a message dated 2/7/2005 8:51:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, Kori

>writes:

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> > > > I am weirded out having to pay sales tax. Right across the river is

> > > > Washington State and I can show them Oregon ID and not have to

>pay tax

> > > > (except for the restaurants). When I look at a price on the

>shelf, that's

> > > > what I expect to pay, not more.

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[Guest guest]

At 11:10 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote:

>More than once driving through Oregon, I have gotten out of the car and

>put my hand on the pump only to have the attendant come running, looking

>alarmed and freaked out. I don't know what the fine is for pumping your

>own gas. Perhaps it depends on how much you pump???

I have never heard of anyone being fined. But yeah, if you make moves to

touch the pump the attendant does freak out a bit. Next time I go get gas

I'll ask about this law and what it means and report back lol.

>My understanding is that all states used to have laws forbidding self

>service but that only a few states have kept those laws. In OR, it was a

>populist kind of move to ensure jobs for pump jockeys(that's what my

>husband calls them--is that a terribly politically incorrect term?).

yes, that's true. Apparently we did feel at one point when everyone else

was going self serve that we wanted to keep these jobs open. In Oregon

it's true when you say *it's not like he can't pump gas* (referring to

those people who won't get a job). I do believe that going self serve also

had something to do with the highly toxic effects of benzene which is in

gasoline. Interestingly enough, as far as OSHA is concerned all employers

must be very careful with benzene and the allowable PPM is rather low,

there's a whole standard for Benzene in the code (CFR) and it's a huge deal

as far as industrial hygiene. But if you're a gas station attendant you

can spill the stuff all over yourself because you're exempt from the

Benzene standard. Go figure...

>Gas is at $2.23 here on the North Coast of CA. And we pump it ourselves.

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>We try to buy biggish ticket items when we are passing through OR. Our

>Britax carseats, the bike trailer, that kind of thing. They do get you on

>taxes if you buy, for example, a car and then take it home to CA. When

>will they put an IKEA in Portland?

who knows? My IL's drove to Seattle to go there about a month

ago. Unfortunately, by the time you get as far away from the border as

Seattle the reciprocity thing doesn't work anymore. You tell them you're

from Oregon and don't want to pay sales tax and they look at you like

you've got 3 heads. Works pretty good in Vancouver though.

Kori