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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Sales tax on top of the $99? They do collect sales tax from TN residents. I'm OK with it, but I'd like notice as well. I buy enough shit (tools for my work, in many cases, that are the same or equivalent as on the tool trucks, are 25-50% less) from them that the shipping pays for it. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Says here that
Difference between $99 and $108.41 is $9.41, which is 9.5% of $99. Here it says
So it looks like, unlike other states, just about everything is taxable in TN. So it looks like sales tax may indeed be the reason for the increase. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I would spend more than that in gas going to stores to buy what I purchase on Amazon. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm. |
I get charged sales tax on Amazon purchases.
Yeah, every sale of everything, even groceries which some states don't tax, is taxed. I don't mind too much because there is no income tax (on wages), but it would give me pause when buying a car. | |||
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| No double standards |
I am in CA. If a product is "sold and shipped by Amazon", there is sales tax. If a product is "sold by whamfram and shipped by Amazon", the product is on consignment. And if whamfram is not a CA firm, there is no sales tax. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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I don't like any auto renew involving increases without advanced "opt out"offering. That said, At $108 Amazon Aprimebus still a good value, Se use the streaming Amazon TV, free shipping and music. No brainstorm for me. __________________________ If attacked by a mob of clowns, go for the juggler. ----------------------------------- KC P220, KE P226 | |||
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Here's another vote for sales tax. Amazon opened up a warehouse here a couple years ago, and we started getting sales tax for a lot of things, to include, prime renewal. | |||
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| Member |
Dropped prime and reduced ordering when politics became clear. Plan ahead and get what they have thats cheapest but go ebay or other stores online. | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
Interesting. I'm due this spring for my renewal. Even if tax is charged, I'll still be renewing because we use the Prime video option a lot. We cut the cord with cable TV and the kid really likes the kids shows on Prime such as Peg + Cat and Daniel Tiger. _____________ | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
The price increase allows YOU to further subsidize the folks on food stamps: Amazon Prime now available at a discount for recipients of government benefits like food stamps By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times - Tuesday, June 6, 2017 Recipients of government welfare benefits are now eligible to subscribe to Amazon Prime at a discount, TechCrunch reported Tuesday. Program members will pay just $5.99 a month. Full price is $10.99 per month. Eligibility is confirmed by entering the registrant’s Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card number, although the EBT itself is not an acceptable means of payment for the service, TechCrunch said. The tech-news website reports that the Seattle-based company is offering its full benefits to discount users, a move which could help it compete among low-income Americans with discount giants such as Wal-Mart, especially on household essentials and infant-care products. After all, Prime memberships include a 20 percent discount on diapers and baby wipes, TechCrunch noted, and the free home delivery could be beneficial to EBT recipients needing to cut down on commuting expenses. Earlier this year, Amazon made another play for expanding its customer base into lower-income Americans, TechCrunch observed, with the introduction of Amazon Cash, a payment method aimed largely at Americans who lack bank accounts. http://www.washingtontimes.com...ilable-ebt-recipien/ "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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| Freedom is the oxygen of the soul  |
Amazon has been charging sales tax in Tennessee since 2014 when they built a couple distribution centers in the state. My Amazon Prime went from $79.00 to $86.51 (9.5% sales tax) in 2014. When Amazon increased Prime membership to $99.00 in 2015, my Prime membership went to $108.41 (9.5% sales tax). It's still a great deal! NRA Benefactor Life Member Μολὼν λαβέ | |||
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Better Than I Deserve! |
The extra is sales tax, that isn't amazon's fault. ____________________________ NRA Benefactor Life Member GOA Life Member Arizona Citizens Defense League Life Member | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
Yes, I saw this as well. Why do food stamp recipients and other gov aid recipients need Amazon Prime? Marketing is why. Jeff Bezos is a socialist that's why. Money is why. I will rethink my membership. Dropping it sure would save lots of money. Too damn easy to buy "stuff". RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
I like many of you use Amazon for many of my purchases but I must be in the minority as I can't see where Prime is worth it. Amazon recently lowered the threshold needed to qualify for free shipping from $35 to $25 and this makes it a no brainer for me. I don't stream anything or use any other service. So for the collective...What's the big deal with Prime? ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Well if the $99 is too much you could always claim to be on the government dole and get a discount.. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money...r-BBCaggW?li=BBnb7Kz | |||
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Tax or no tax, it's still a great deal. Prime video is pretty good, but Prime music is all I listen to now. They have a huge selection of full album and playlist downloadable content so I can save data when I'm away from Wi-Fi. Shipping is a pretty good deal too. I couldn't tell you how many times I've ordered a $5 part or tool on a Thursday for a weekend project. It saves me the trip to the hardware store, and probably $100 in other stuff I would have bought if I had gone to the store. | |||
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Info Guru |
We buy pretty much all of our Christmas thru Amazon - the savings on shipping alone covers the cost of the membership. But we also use the Prime Video, Music and online storage. Also have an Amazon credit card that pays 5% back on all purchases made on Amazon and 2% back at some places and 1% on everything else. We get a couple of 'free' orders a year using the cash back credits. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Like the OP, I recently re-upped my Prime membership without receiving a warning notice. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
Going after Wal-Marts market share. I'll still continue with Prime. The amount of videos and music I stream is enough for the price alone. Not to mention photo storage. The shipping is nice but I get my money's worth with just the other perks. Not to mention I have the Prime credit card and get 5% cash back on all Amazon purchases. I have Carbonite as my main online back up it expires in a month I'll switch over to amazons full drive for $60 a year same as Carbonite. My only gripe is one must manually start uploads from the computer. It auto uploads from phones or devices one can certainly figure out how to have a folder on the computer that automatically uploads new files when added on a computer. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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I buy enough through them that my membership fee pays for itself...couple of months ago, I bought some OE parts for my vehicle that would have been over $100 more locally plus I still would have had to have the store to order it for me, instead I saved the cost of a Prime membership and got the parts quicker than the local store. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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