Re: Hooking Up Two Printers
- From: Rumpelstiltskin <PleaseDoNotReplyByEmail@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:24:20 GMT
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:46:15 -0800, Jeffrey Beaver
<justuschickens@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Glenn <minorgo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:14:23 +0000, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The shipping cost, adds a considerable amount to your purchase price when
>>> it is shipped to Hawaii....
>>
>>I see an opportunity. Jeff says most of the products come from Asia;
>>therefore, they have incurred the shipping cost from there to the US and
>>then back to Hawaii. Order your parts from the Asian source, or at least
>>a Japanese retailer and cut your shipping costs by two thirds.
>
>Nope, that might seem to make sense, but shipments to and from Asia
>are very expensive, and usually are economic only on small high value
>items like high end A/V equipment. Payment can also be a pain. Then
>there is the issue of the warranty. Sony projectors, for instance, can
>sometimes be bought from Hong Kong for a few hundred less than a US
>source, but if you need warranty service, Sony USA won't touch it. You
>have to ship it back to Hong Kong.
>
>Amazon, on the other hand, sells a lot more than books, and most items
>over $25 ship for free -- and their prices are usually good. I just
>bought a toaster oven from Amazon, and it's on it's way free of
>shipping and sales tax.
I get stuff from Amazon and other places free of sales tax too.
In fact, the tax is a disincentive to buy stuff through the internet
that's shipped from inside California, which I expect is something
you consider too. I can see why the states are ticked off about
that and are always trying to grab sales tax for things bought
through the internet. I bought something from Gateway once
and was charged California Sales Tax though, because, I was
told, Gateway has a "presence" in California. I would have had
to pay sales tax on my current Dell if I'd bought it from the
"personal" facet of their mail-order business rather than from the
"small business" side. There would have been a $50 discount if
I'd bought from the personal side, but even with that added in, I
still saved about $100 by buying exactly the same thing from the
small business side. I think I would have had to pay tax from
the personal side but not from the small business side, though
I'm not sure if I'm remembering that correctly. Figuring out how
to get the best deal from Dell struck me at the time as a rather
surprisingly byzantine process.
>I'm about to buy a cartridge for a laser
>printer, and that will also ship for free. Overstock.com, if they have
>what you want, can be another good source, since everything ships for
>$2.50. I bought three teak benches from them for half of what I would
>have paid locally. Total shipping weight, 120 pounds. Since it was one
>order, I paid $2.50 shipping. I even bought a pair of high end toilets
>over the Internet, and although I paid $75 for shipping, they were
>delivered to my door for $200 less than the local stores -- and no
>tax.
Thanks for "overstock.com". I don't need anything right now, but
I'll look it over anyway and add it to my "annoying necessities of
life - shopping sites" bookmark folder.
.
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