[Leica] Was Found a pre-owned MP already Now Tax stuff

[Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>]

I promise this is my last post on this subject. My original question 
was actually to Joseph Yao in Hong Kong who said he could get an MP 
cheaper than was being advertised by Ffordes, Ffordes price would 
include tax and I wondered if his did - this can make the difference as 
to which source is actually rather than fictionally :) cheaper. I was 
curious as to whether anywhere else in the world had the same system as 
the USA and Canada, from list replies it would appear not.  This US 
sales tax seems uniquely bizarre and must be expensive to administer.
I wish Joseph every success in his battle with the SARS epidemic.
Frank

> WOC noted
>
> Law here in PA is simple.  If the vendor has a brick and mortar 
> operation in
> the state the consumer pays tax.  I.e., you buy something considered 
> taxable
> from COMP-USA or Sears for example over the internet or thru the 
> catalog,
> you pay sales tax on the item.  If you go to a border state like 
> Delaware
> that has no sales tax but have it delivered, like furniture, you pay 
> the
> tax.  This has been the law for decades and the internet has not 
> changed it.
> On the other hand if I buy something from Kit or Pat, they are not 
> obligated
> to charge me tax because neither Pat or Kit has a presence in PA.  
> However,
> to follow the law, I should then calculate the tax and send it along 
> to the
> state.  Same as if I go to Delaware and buy something across the 
> counter.
> I'm sure that happens all the time.
> Bill

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