Thread: SONY officially introduces the new line "Reader WIFI" @ $149 asking price
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Old 09-05-2011, 01:14 PM   #117
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Sorry that's €149 including all taxes and delivery.
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Originally Posted by Hellmark View Post
For the T1. The Kindle 3, which was also mentioned in the post I quoted, is €139.

Regardless of T1 or K3, you're still paying 19% VAT that is already figured into that price, where as the US price DOES NOT include tax. In the US, advertised prices generally never include tax, since it can vary so much depending on where you buy it. The reason for this is individual towns, counties, and states can have their own additional taxes. For instance, say I buy a case for my reader from Walmart for $20 plus tax in Chesterfield, Missouri, and my girlfriend buys the same one from a Walmart in O'Fallon, Missouri that is about 10 miles away in another county. We'll probably be paying two different amounts of tax, O'Fallon and Chesterfield have different tax rates, plus the counties have different tax rates as well. The final price could be a couple dollars different, due to the tax rates.
I meant, sorry, 149 'cause of a possible typo.

And, yah, you used to be able to cross the border to New Hampshire to avoid paying sales tax. I remember THAT about US sales tax, but what I'd LIKE to know:

Is it still possible to purchase a product online at an out-of-state retailer at the listed price, thus avoiding paying sales tax at all. There are plenty of stores offering free shipping.

I'm a bit vague about this, but there are efforts to bar this loophole. I seem to remember a so called "Amazon bill" introduced into California legislature.
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