July 1st: Amazon begins taxing purchases

[v-rog]

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/amazon-3/

and,

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/ ... eId=468512

[Beiruty]

If total price plus tax is no more biased to Amazon, I will stop ordering from Amazon and drive to, shop and pay, collect the items I need from local stores. To the rescue are CTD, Cabelas, Costco, Walmart, Sears and maybe Bestbuy. I hate to pay MSRP.

[Jumping Frog]

Canceling my Amazon Prime membership ...

[knotquiteawake]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

[Oldgringo]

Are y'all intentionally leaving out the cost of going to the store and back at $3-4/gallon for fuel?

[3dfxMM]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

We have been obligated to pay the sales tax all along. Most people never have and never will until forced to do so. Amazon is now obligated to collect it on our behalf.

[Beiruty]

Are y'all intentionally leaving out the cost of going to the store and back at $3-4/gallon for fuel?

Still you get the enjoyment of visiting a store of CTD, it's like "Victiria Secrets" for big boys. Driving on HW is still fun, most of the time and off-rush hours.

[chasfm11]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

We have been obligated to pay the sales tax all along. Most people never have and never will until forced to do so. Amazon is now obligated to collect it on our behalf.

Sales tax is supposed to be collected on items sold within the State. This decision changes that. If I buy from other retailers outside of Texas, I don't pay Texas sales tax - nor in my opinion should I. It was already a stretch to me that if an organization had any presence in Texas, even though I was buying from say Oregon, I was changed the sales tax.

I feel the same way about my not being allowed to have an unused boat on my property and still having to pay TPW fees on it. If I don't or cannot put it into the water, why does it have to be registered? Register it or sell it. Hmmm.

[3dfxMM]

We are supposed to pay sales tax period. It has nothing to do with where the company we are buying from is. The companies are only obligated to collect it if they have a physical presence in Texas. All of us good citizens are supposed to voluntarily send the tax into the state for items we purchased from companies that don't collect the tax. I have never met anyone who does so.

[57Coastie]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

Doggonit! You ruined my watching this thread waiting for the inevitable "blame the Feds" to show up, knotquiteawake.

Jim

[The Annoyed Man]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

This....

....because this....

Are y'all intentionally leaving out the cost of going to the store and back at $3-4/gallon for fuel?

OTH, I don't do all my online shopping at Amazon.

[WildBill]

This....
....because this....

Are y'all intentionally leaving out the cost of going to the store and back at $3-4/gallon for fuel?

OTH, I don't do all my online shopping at Amazon.

I still buy most of my DVD, CDs and books on Amazon. For most other things I check with Amazon and then do my shopping for price and shipping.

[The Annoyed Man]

This....
....because this....

Are y'all intentionally leaving out the cost of going to the store and back at $3-4/gallon for fuel?

OTH, I don't do all my online shopping at Amazon.

I still buy most of my DVD, CDs and books on Amazon. For most other things I check with Amazon and then do my shopping for price and shipping.

My wife says she can buy groceries from Amazon. Meh.... I actually like Amazon, I just don't want to buy everything from them; and I do try and support local businesses whenever I can.

[AEA]

Canceling my Amazon Prime membership ...

Cancelled mine long ago. Was not happy they way they kept pushing things at me and not allow me to opt out of their heavy marketing.

[teri]

This will not likely change my online shopping habits much. I've had a prime membership for 6 years now and the free shipping or next day shipping (life saver when I forget about a birthday/anniversary/Fathers day/Mothers day etc) makes it totally worth it. We also use the free streaming video we get with our prime membership (its like Netflix but with slightly different selection). If Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas where their products ship then we need to pay sales tax. Keep in mind that its not Amazon.com's fault here, Texas pretty much left them no option.
Now more than ever its more important to comparison shop though.

Tax to them or to the brick and mortar...if the price is right, I'll still buy from Amazon. The Prime membership fee covers shipping so I can save on the gas...and I watch movies which alone is cheaper than Netflix. My husband NEVER worries about the cost or who has it cheaper (too impatient...childlike LOL) so I finally have him buying from Amazon whenever he makes an online purchase so at least we have a better chance of getting the cheapest price.