Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints

Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by eyeareque on Friday January 31, 2014 @03:21PM (#7158948)

Amazon's advantage in this space is not what is once was: You have to factor in that we now get charged sales tax in California. Also, no-hassle and no time limit return policies at Lowes, Costco, Bed bath and Beyond, etc, and internet price matching, Amazon purchases are not as appealing to me as they once were.

Example: I can buy Nest Protect on Amazon for exactly the same price as it is from my local Lowes. However, with Lowes I get the ability to return it at any time for any reason, in person, without the return shipping price or hassle. I'm going to buy it from Lowes, where in the past I would have just used my Prime account to buy it from Amazon.

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Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by ac29 on Friday January 31, 2014 @04:13PM (#7159212)

>You have to factor in that we now get charged sales tax in California.

You have always been obligated to pay sales tax on purchases in California, its just that seemingly most people lie on their taxes and dont pay it.

see: http://www.boe.ca.gov/pdf/pub217.pdf

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Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by eyeareque on Friday January 31, 2014 @06:20PM (#7159849)

Yeah, but how many people actually do that? I bet it is a fraction of a percentage of the population.

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