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Undrstm8ed wrote:
Big_John wrote:
I've been paying sales tax for some Amazon items for a while now. I also have to check a box on my New York State income tax return that says I buy stuff online. They add a small fee to cover the sales tax that I didn't pay.
So do you end up itemizing those specific invoices in your taxes? How do they determine said "small fee"?
I've gotten so that I really hate doing any shopping at the brick and mortar stores. It's often cheaper and more convenient for me to order whatever I need online. Let's face it, personalized service and product knowledge has been eliminated from the shopping experience. Let's call it the Walmart business model. Rude and indifferent employees are the norm rather than the exception. They have no idea what they are selling and really don't care one way or another. I can go on Amazon, read a decent description of what I want to buy, compare prices, read reviews etc. and have the item on my doorstep within two days.
Thus here lies the problem in of itself that I've seen cause John, you aren't alone in that matter at all. You've certainly got a plethora of issues that compile here.
Few companies offer any real incentive beyond offering you a paycheck to be a body on a floor if you will. Few can prevail let alone handle a performance related job where your remaining on the schedule is perpetuated via your dedication to perform and not just enough to get by either. The social engineering of removing commission based sales has stagnated the workforce in creativity and drive to "be better". Another side effect of what happens when everyone has to be equal no matter what. All bullshit..! There's enough European countries to prove that which always drives the the saying certain political groups keep saying.. " OH we should be like this euro country or that one.." NO, they should be more like what America used to be before it became a service oriented country. No sense of pride in some of these F*@%#r's...
At the same time there is the value of tangible communication that has been circling the drain for some time now. The easily offended and mentally taxed with instant gratification of todays world doesnt help any either.
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