Re: B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)

"G.T." <getnews1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:135i3fosplfeb2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Happy Traveler wrote:
>> With the states pu****ng online retailers to collect their sales tax
(and 
>> some large retailers already complying), the equation is changing back
in 
>> favor of the locals. I priced several carbon fiber tripods and
ballheads 
>> yesterday in a local store, then compared to B&H. In most cases the 
>> difference was between zero and $10. And then there is ****pping: the 
>> expense, the delay and the hassle if you are not at home when the brown

>> truck arrives.
>
> Well, the solution to that is to shop places that don't use UPS.  UPS 
> sucks and is the most inflexible of all the delivery services.  With
FedEx 
> everywhere I've lived I've been able to pick my package up at a FedEx or

> Kinkos the very same day I've missed deliveries.  And the farthest a 
> FedEx/Kinkos has been from me is 3/4 mile, UPS is far too centralized
and 
> the UPS depot is 15 miles through heavy traffic, and their hours are
much 
> poor.
>
> Greg
>

I think the ****pping company performance depends a lot on where you live.
In 
this area, UPS is the best ****pper.
The nearest Fedex or Kinkos is over sixty miles; the nearest UPS depot is
15 
miles. Personnally, I won't shop places that don't use UPS.

But the ****pping company has nothing to do with sales tax. If I buy 
something from out of state, and no sales tax was charged, I am obligated
to 
pay 6% to the state (Indiana). The average Joe, of course, isn't going to 
even think about making the effort, but as a retail merchant, there is a 
line on my sales tax re****ting form where I am required to enter sales tax

due from out of state purchases. Since I have to sign that the re****t is 
"true and accurate", I fill in that line...