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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Hey Bailey... for a minute I thought we lived in the same town... Same ting happened to my bank.. and unfortunatly.. the services changed along with the service so after a very unpleasant night in Korea, and then another awkward moment in Germany (because the NEW bank didn't have 24/7 psople)... I switched banks. Now I do about 99% of my banking online too.
I did an experiment last night... I went looking for a GPS. I only found one store that actually had ANY stock, but not the model I was looking for. Their "sale" price was $200 higher than the interenet price. Oh well... I tried. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I think we are all on to something here, we just need to figure out how to make sure we have reliable security. But that sure applies to banking outside the net also.
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Location: Canada | I just wanted to mention that shopping online must be great if you arent from like say Canada, where we CAN buy online as well BUT all the good sights appear to be American.Even if we do order products from the states there is; duty to pay,taxes(ours and sometimes theirs).Lets not forget the exchange,that means we have to cough up the difference(Canadian Peso).Sigh.... Tracey. |
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| There's a way to get around paying duty/taxes. Get the store you purchased from to send the item as a gift. Also, under what circumstances do we have to pay their taxes? |
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Location: NJ | if you lie on the forms and the item gets damaged you are SOL. Best is to pay the taxes and be done with it once you do the gift thing it can get you in trouble. personally I will not jeopardize my business to save someone a couple of bucks that can cause big problems in the end |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I love paying taxes, I wish there were more ways to give our government my money so they can pay all those wonderful congressmen and women what they so roundly deserve. Therefore I would strongly object to the idea of someone in the states buying for you in Canada and sending you the object like someone did for a friend of mine in Texas who needed a computer. If I knew the name of that person I would turn them in to the Texas authorities. This criminal in the states would obviously have to represent you in any warranty problems. Again, avoiding taxes is a terrible crime and undermines the strength of nations.
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Location: NJ | I hate taxes too unfortunately they exist. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Yes Al
And the IRS considers it a crime to promote the avoidance of the taxes I love so well. I'm sure they are surfing the net looking for the scum that would do such a thing. |
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