It depends on which inventory the product actually comes from. Anything I buy from Amazon's Office Depot store has sales tax attached to it. Curiously, things in the Toys R Us portion of the store don't carry California sales tax.
Oooh, I just found a list:
[code]Amazon.com LLC: ND and WA
Amazon.com Kids, Inc.: ND and WA
Amazon.com Baby, Inc.: ND and WA
Babiesrus.com, LLC: All states other than AK, DC, DE, MT, NH, OR, and WY
Borders teamed with Amazon.com, Inc.: ND and WA
Circuit City Stores, Inc.: All states other than AK, DE, MT, ND, NH, OR, and SD
J&R Electronics, Inc.: NY only
Office Depot, Inc.: All states other than AK, DE, MT, NH, and OR
Synapse Services, Inc.: WA only
target.direct LLC: AR, MN, NV, and WA
Tech Depot, an Office Depot Company: CA, CT, NC, and TN</pre><hr></blockquote>
In other words, Amazon's policies haven't changed, but they seem to be broadening their selection quite a bit with all these partnerships. There are some crossover products. As an example, you can buy inkjet cartridges at the Office Depot portion OR the Electronics/Computers portion of Amazon. In one case you'd have to pay tax, but not in the other.
Amazon's actually gotten quite a bit better recently. They still don't charge tax for most things. They have free ground shipping for most orders over $25. They've also engaged in pretty aggressive online pricematching.
The PowerBook G4 667 is currently $100 below retail at Amazon. The 800 MHz model is $155 under retail. Curiously Amazon has no iBooks in stock at all...
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Oooh, I just found a list:
[code]Amazon.com LLC: ND and WA
Amazon.com Kids, Inc.: ND and WA
Amazon.com Baby, Inc.: ND and WA
Babiesrus.com, LLC: All states other than AK, DC, DE, MT, NH, OR, and WY
Borders teamed with Amazon.com, Inc.: ND and WA
Circuit City Stores, Inc.: All states other than AK, DE, MT, ND, NH, OR, and SD
J&R Electronics, Inc.: NY only
Office Depot, Inc.: All states other than AK, DE, MT, NH, and OR
Synapse Services, Inc.: WA only
target.direct LLC: AR, MN, NV, and WA
Tech Depot, an Office Depot Company: CA, CT, NC, and TN</pre><hr></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468512/"; target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/468512/</a>;
In other words, Amazon's policies haven't changed, but they seem to be broadening their selection quite a bit with all these partnerships. There are some crossover products. As an example, you can buy inkjet cartridges at the Office Depot portion OR the Electronics/Computers portion of Amazon. In one case you'd have to pay tax, but not in the other.
Amazon's actually gotten quite a bit better recently. They still don't charge tax for most things. They have free ground shipping for most orders over $25. They've also engaged in pretty aggressive online pricematching.
The PowerBook G4 667 is currently $100 below retail at Amazon. The 800 MHz model is $155 under retail. Curiously Amazon has no iBooks in stock at all...
[ 10-09-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>