Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry: Do you drink from the San Diego water supply? Doesn't that water still from the Colorado River and is heavy with minerals? I couldn't drink it when I lived out there, it gave me the "runs". So I drank bottled water or Culligan water for the 2 years that I lived in SD. San Diego is where I learned to appreciate wine. - -- Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > Henry > > Wow! Do people actually buy bottled STILL water in the US? > I can understand that in some third world countries, but isn't tap > water OK in the US? I do buy Pelligrino, but that is carbonated. > > Jerry > > Henry Ting wrote: > > > You're really splitting hairs here, just joking. > > Now that's a real complicated issue on water > > classification. I doubt as resourceful as our > > government is, your posted question will have them all > > scratching their heads. > > --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > > > At 12:48 PM -0600 4/23/03, Kit McChesney | acmefoto > > > wrote: > > > >Frank-- > > > > > > > >Not sure what others do. When you buy online (as > > > with our site) you pay no > > > >tax if you are outside Colorado. If you are in the > > > UK, and buy from us, you > > > >have to take care of the VAT on your end. We have > > > nothing to do with that. > > > >We just ship the goods and you get to wrestle with > > > customs. I always tell > > > >folks if they are going to buy from us, if they are > > > outside the U.S., to > > > >find out exactly what customs charges on their end > > > will apply, so that there > > > >are no unpleasant surprises. > > > > > > > >So our price is what you pay, period. Whatever > > > quote I give you, that's what > > > >you'll pay to me, for goods and shipping. What you > > > pay to customs is another > > > >issue! > > > > > > > >Kit > > > > > > I believe what Frank means (as I understand it) is > > > that if he showed > > > up at your store, and saw a price tag of $19.95 on > > > an item, he would > > > not get change back from a twenty, but would be > > > asked to ante up more > > > to cover the tax before being allowed to leave with > > > the goods. > > > > > > That doesn't happen AFAIK outside of N.America. > > > > > > I ran into a truly idiotic version of this the other > > > day. I wanted to > > > buy a case of a certain sparkling water, and while a > > > stock boy went > > > to get it, the cashier rang it up. I paid, but the > > > water that was > > > brought was a different brand. The difference for > > > the case was $3, > > > and the bottle deposit etc was the same, so I handed > > > the cashier the > > > three dollars. But no, he wanted more. Turns out the > > > incorrect water > > > was still water, and while there is no tax on still > > > bottled water, > > > sparkling water is taxed, even though both types > > > came directly from > > > springs. > > > > > > So I asked the cashier how much CO2 there has to be > > > in a bottle > > > before it was taxed. Unsurprisingly, he didn't know. > > > > > > -- > > > * Henning J. Wulff > > > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > > > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > > > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > > http://search.yahoo.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html