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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by Pet_Ant on Friday December 11, 2020 @03:42PM (#25390704)
Really? Don’t most of us going into a store, find something, Google reviews, and competitors, and competitors’ reviews and then see if the convenience of being already here outweighs the effort of going somewhere else plus it’s marginal utility increase? Honestly, I’ve shifted a lot of my regular purchases into Amazon subscriptions.
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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by squeaky-clean on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:09PM (#25391021)
Amazon is still a store though, unless you're exclusively buying Amazon brand products.
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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by Pet_Ant on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:49PM (#25391614)
I suppose. I think it more as a delivery mechanism or ordering portal. A far number of my purchases are shipped by Amazon sold by someone else. I don't think of Amazon as doing the curation I think of when I think of a store. I guess maybe it's a bit of a middle ground.
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Re:Sales tax creates more unnecessary pain than value added tax by Pfhreak on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:56PM (#25391736)
Not 'I suppose', it's literally a store. It has its own payment processing, inventory, storefront, brands, etc.
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