Anyone else decide not to order online from a vendor due to sales tax?

[Mutescream]

Here's my own beef on it, aside from being cheap and simply not wanting to pay sales tax, if I can avoid it... A vendor that is in Florida (yeah, I live here, too, so know I can't get out of it entirely) is not just trying to hit up for state tax, but additionally their local county sales tax.

I mean, I get that logically it's really not that big of a deal... Especially when on a 50ml bottle for $25, it comes down to an extra quarter... And it is still a lot cheaper than a lot of the other stuff I vape... For some odd reason it just pisses me off.

I hadn't really worked out how little it was when I backed out of making the order... Now that I have, I realized how much the principle of that extra percent irks me (I had originally thought they had made a error, and just looked it up... to find that city has a higher sales tax).

Has anyone else backed out of an order due to sales tax, especially if it is from a county with a higher tax than your own?

 

[Nu2m0dng]

You are blaming the wrong person. It's not your vendor that charging you taxes. It's your state and local legislation that's hitting you up by passing all the new bans and tax laws.

 

[Bolivar]

If you drove to their store and paid over the counter, would you stop the sale for 25 cents ? A quarter doesn't buy much these days, but I agree with you...it seems like every time you turn around there is another fee, tax, surcharge...whatever. Always another hand in your pocket.

If it's something you really want, bite the bullet and pay up. If not....walk away.

In answer to your original question- no.





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[beckdg]

should have seen me when i figured this out. i was purchasing a ~$3000 Dell laptop back in 06. the price jumped by a couple hundred bucks on checkout. i was ready to strangle somebody. then i was informed that if the retailer you're purchasing from has a physical location in your state, they're bound by law to charge the sales tax that's applicable.

i had not seen any sales tax on any other online purchases prior to that other than site to store pickup items. i figured since i was going to the store, it was only logical for that... and they were all mostly nickel and dime items. arctic silver thermal compound would be a good example of a prior site to store purchase. just a few cents in sales tax off set the shipping price by nearly 5 bucks at the time. win/win...

 

[cocacola31173]

When I was getting my taxes done one of the questions was did you buy anything online from another state ( I guess my state was going to try to claim the tax....I was like ....uhh nope!

 

[AndriaD]

I agree with the principle, however when it's a small purchase, I usually don't let it stand in my way of buying something I really want. It's only when it's a large purchase that it really becomes a problem -- we bought a car once in a county with a lower sales tax than our county of residence, and the STATE made us pay up the difference on our state taxes -- it was several hundred dollars. But considering that the place we bought it does their own financing, and at the time we couldn't get any other financing, we had very little choice. Funny isn't it, how often these little add-ons affect those who can least afford to pay them! (are you listening, Bank of America??? People with a $1500 daily balance can AFFORD that $12/mo fee that you charge everyone else!)

But, when I bought an e-juice online from a shop based here in GA, the sales tax on $4.99 was so piddling that I didn't let it worry me.

Andria

 

[Jugband]

I only order battries from RTD. I'm in the same state and have to pay tax. But I figure the few extra dollars are worth it to order from such a reputable dealer. So I guess if you want something bad enough from a certain site, what the heck. I don't mind paying sales tax if I order from a vendor in my state, but I think a generic internet tax would be ridiculous.

 

[Harlen]

You never know if they are paing the tax to the state or not ?
I pay the tax at the end of the year if the tax is chardged when I buy I add it to what I got online and take off tax payd .
This way there are no discrepancy in my tax two years ago one online sealer got hit with a big fine for not giving the state it's money.

 

[scylla]

I use Amazon as much as I can to get out of paying sales tax. Works out pretty well too.
No such luck with my favorite juice though. He has a shop in my state so no getting around that. Good thing his prices are very reasonable.

 

[Mutescream]

I thought I made it clear (guess I didn't) that initially I thought there was a mistake (I try not to attribute to malignance, what can be explained by mere incompetence), since I know I don't pay 7% locally to b&m (6%).

It's actually still cheaper than the b&m, I'll prob still buy it at some point (now that I worked out that it's only a quarter difference)... It's just another politician reaching into my pocket, I get that.

That's not the point... The point is that while I get that I have to pay my state tax, I think it's a bit odd that I need to pay a county's tax in an online purchase. It's more of a principle than practical thing.

Being honest, if I didn't really really like this particular ejuice...And it wasn't pretty cheap to begin with... The paying sales tax in and of itself would prob kill the deal for me...

Especially once shipping gets worked into the mix, and it has a unit price that is higher than a competitor in another state and that ejuice comes in glass bottles with eyedroppers (as compared to the plastic bottles from the juice vendor in FL).

 

[Stosh]

I live in New Jersey, one of the highest taxed states in America, have for a long time. Long enough to be working when the sales tax was first passed, when the income tax was first passed, when the lottery was passed, when casino gambling was passed....each was said to be so that property taxes could be lowered.

Guess what, we have the highest property taxes in the nation....

p.s. I remember before all these were passed, we had better roads, better schools, better government services in general...guess the pols didn't steal as much back then.

Any tax I can avoid is done with relish....

 

[crxess]

Laws are laws. The B&M is simply complying with those laws.
Be a sport and Support............unless you prefer the B&M's in your state vacate for greener pastures.

 

[EvilZoe]

I use Amazon as much as I can to get out of paying sales tax. Works out pretty well too.
No such luck with my favorite juice though. He has a shop in my state so no getting around that. Good thing his prices are very reasonable.

Heh. I get dinged for tax every time I use Amazon because they operate in my state....lol

My Prime membership offsets that, though. It's still cheaper and more convenient than shopping brick and mortar.

 

[CommaHolly]

Here's my own beef on it, aside from being cheap and simply not wanting to pay sales tax, if I can avoid it... A vendor that is in Florida (yeah, I live here, too, so know I can't get out of it entirely) is not just trying to hit up for state tax, but additionally their local county sales tax.

I mean, I get that logically it's really not that big of a deal... Especially when on a 50ml bottle for $25, it comes down to an extra quarter... And it is still a lot cheaper than a lot of the other stuff I vape... For some odd reason it just pisses me off.

I hadn't really worked out how little it was when I backed out of making the order... Now that I have, I realized how much the principle of that extra percent irks me (I had originally thought they had made a error, and just looked it up... to find that city has a higher sales tax).

Has anyone else backed out of an order due to sales tax, especially if it is from a county with a higher tax than your own?

uhhhhhhhhh you have no income tax, what's the big deal about paying 6% sales tax??????

 

[MTFogger]

If its just sales tax....nope not a bother. If it was a excise tax that these nimrod politicians want to put on us vapers the yep I would be bothered and say sorry no sale.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

The point is that while I get that I have to pay my state tax, I think it's a bit odd that I need to pay a county's tax in an online purchase. It's more of a principle than practical thing.

Why is this hard to understand? You have different levels of government, with Florida at the top of the list. Extra tax levies can ripple down right to additional city taxes. Even a special tax based on where you live in your neighborhood (HOA). Then there are also different property tax assessments in those communities.

It goes on and on...

And since FL has no state income tax I suspect you guys are getting it from all different ways.

 

[Mutescream]

Why is this hard to understand? You have different levels of government, with Florida at the top of the list. Extra tax levies can ripple down right to additional city taxes. Even a special tax based on where you live in your neighborhood (HOA). Then there are also different property tax assessments in those communities.

It goes on and on...

And since FL has no state income tax I suspect you guys are getting it from all different ways.

Yeah we don't have state income tax... They get us in other ways. Not so much hard to comprehend, as wondering what makes them think they should get me for a city tax in an online purchase. I understand what they are doing, I think it is bs that they do.

You should see the utility bills (on mine $90/mo of stuff that would be funded by property tax anywhere else), you should see what they get for a driver's license down here... It goes on and on in other nickle and dime ways, and doesn't really touch as much on the typical items you expect would get hit on.

@CommaHolly- I'm a bit irked on the 6%. It's the 7% b/c the vendor is in St. Petersburg, that rubs me the wrong way. In the end, in today's economy, regardless of why, the bottom line final price cannot be ignored.

In principle, I find Wal-Mart abhorrent. In practicality, I do 2/3 of my grocery shopping there, and go take a nice long hot shower with an abrasive soap afterward.

 

[JaxMike]

They should not be charging local option tax for THEIR county; they should be charging any local (county) taxes where the product is shipped to (i.e., your county).

Personally, I have no problem with retailers following the law and avoiding revenue dept. hassles.

And with no state income tax, I really don't mind the sales tax in FL.

 

[Mutescream]

They should not be charging local option tax for THEIR county; they should be charging any local (county) taxes where the product is shipped to (i.e., your county).

Personally, I have no problem with retailers following the law and avoiding revenue dept. hassles.

And with no state income tax, I really don't mind the sales tax in FL.

I'd thought the same (wrt them hitting me w/7%, instead of the 6% that I pay where I live). When going to a store, it doesn't phase me to pay the tax, but online I have different expectations (I wasn't aware the vendor was in FL, until I saw the tax @ checkout). Dodging taxes is much of the appeal to offset shipping times and paying for shipping costs for mailorder.