The state Board of Equalization says the tax will raise $200 million a year...
That's the really stupid part here. If that was their honest assessment, they should be immediately euthanized. That level of gross incompetence is an insult to humanity. They had to know that Amazon - and everyone else of any size to matter - would immediately cancel the program. And it won't even hurt Amazon's bottom line. I'm sure any lost sales (of which there will be very few) will be made up for by not having to pay the associates.
There is no upside here. None. The only possible reason they did this - besides stupidity - is because they didn't like the precedent being set and had to assert their power because someone had some freedom they didn't approve of.
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"ATTENTION: Customers browsing porn must hold magazines with both hands at all times!"
Board of Equalization? That shit just sounds like shades of 1984.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
They started charging tax so Ohio would give them massive tax credits on some new data centers near Columbus.
So today I started checking newegg for stuff before I shop on amazon. Newegg has started having stuff aside from computer parts, and usually with free shipping and never sales tax in ohio.
Fuck Columbus.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
NewEgg's Shell Shocker deals and TigerDirect's Daily Slasher deals have almost completely supplanted Amazon for my electronics needs. Almost forked over $150 for a 480GB SSD yesterday. Will think about that more seriously when my 240's 90% full.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
I read somewhere that Amazon cuts into profits of the big search engine companies by a huge amount. More products are searched for (even the initial generic search) on Amazon's website than all other search engines combined or something like that. The article pointed out that such advertising in search engines are their bread and butter.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
I read somewhere that Amazon cuts into profits of the big search engine companies by a huge amount.
You mean Google?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."