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BooksForABuck · 07-02-2011, 01:18 AM

I was an Amazon affliate until yesterday (when they canceled me for being in California). Nobody likes taxes, but it seems to me that we should have a level playing field... if you sell to California residents, you pay sales taxes. I like Amazon and think they're a well-run company with a lot going for them. That said, I think they built themselves largely on the affliate program and it's a shame that, now that they're dominant in the eCommerce arena, they are abandoning their affliates.

07-02-2011, 01:18 AM	#75
BooksForABuck Zealot Posts: 123 Karma: 150001 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach, CA Device: Color Nook, Kindle 2, Palm III, eBookWise, HP Jornada	I was an Amazon affliate until yesterday (when they canceled me for being in California). Nobody likes taxes, but it seems to me that we should have a level playing field... if you sell to California residents, you pay sales taxes. I like Amazon and think they're a well-run company with a lot going for them. That said, I think they built themselves largely on the affliate program and it's a shame that, now that they're dominant in the eCommerce arena, they are abandoning their affliates.