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And like Christ on the 3rd day.. This topic has risen from the dead...!
So, pressures are mounting up in the retail world.. I randomly still get copies of things to my sons email which he needs to turn that off finally.. But
We are writing to inform you that PlayStationâ„¢Store, PlayStationâ„¢Vue, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStationâ„¢Now, and PlayStation®Music, will start collecting sales tax in your state starting October 1, 2018. The sales tax charged on each order is determined by your state, county and city tax rates.
For additional information please visit: https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article/PlayStation-Store-Sales-Tax-Collection
Thank you,
PlayStation
I wouldn't put it past this to extend to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu or other items due to the fact they could possibly prove two-way communication between devices much like cell phones; pagers back in the day were exempt due to being only a 1 way communication from devices.
In other news... all of those eager to buying due to "FREE shipping" - Some newsflash.. IT AINT. If its a 100% American made product the shipping is compounded into the price, which means your still paying for it, they lied about it, and ya still bought it from a liar.. imagine what they may be stealing from you as a company as a whole since the worlds on paranoia if an item doesn't reach your porch within 4 hrs of ordering it.
And if its not an American made product and it says FREE shipping - its a a guaranteed Chinese [knockoff of sorts] product - Proof?
A lot of people think that Chinese government subsidizes parcels to stimulate it's economy. This statement is completely wrong. Chinese government doesn't subsidize their post office. The thing is that the Universal Postal Union (UPU) establishes the rates for what it calls “terminal duesâ€. Terminal dues are the fees which a country can charge another country for delivering incoming mail. The formula used to calculate terminal dues is quite complex, but they set the lower prices for so called “transitional†countries and actual costs are compensated by “developed†countries. Therefore it is more expensive to send goods from US to China than vise versa. China will likely be transitioned in 2016 into a category for more developed nations, who generally pay higher terminal dues and therefore the price of online Chinese goods can jump.
Anyway currently worldwide customers can enjoy Chinese free shipping (in other words very cheap shipping) and that is why shipping from China is free.
So in reality, a couple decades ago, the UPU had China setup as a 3rd world country. In 17 years they have done what America has done in 50 years of its own industrial revolution and that includes all the bad things too, like a failing economy and their money becoming worth less due to mass printing.. [sound familiar?] So the UPU set up China to pay very little to ship out of the country in order to develop the country and the UPU has not yet, despite talks of it happening in 2016. It has NOT reset the Postal Service to include them as a internationally recognized 1st world country like many.
Now again, didint vote for the man but Trumps new tariffs on all things are likely going to change cost and make the UPU take a closer look at the "Transitional" Status of China. Eventually we will see not only those companies come back to the U.S. to escape the Tariffs but you may see Free Shipping go away someday.
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