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    Tax Free Tomfoolery

    Weee! As our state deigns to bless it's citizens with a 'tax free' day in time for Back To School, you can imagine the ignorance that rolls out in droves...

    For the Record, most of the action happened in our kids shoes area...

    It's 10 a.m. and you're THAT dirty?

    Seriously, I helped several folks today before 10 a.m. whose kids feet (and bodies) looked like they hadn't seen a bath or shower since June. Guess what folks, jumping in the pool or slip n slide does NOT count as hygeine. Seriously, ewww...

    Cleats don't Count

    Sorry, folks, the Department of Revenue has decided that Cleats are not part of the Tax Free items. Tax free items are defined as items needed to be worn 'everyday'. I don't care that your son has practice or 2-a-days every day for the next month. Not my problem. Talk to the folks in your government. They have to pay for those car companies and health care somehow...

    Just Squeeze it In
    Ma'am or Sir, it's not my fault your son or daughter has wide feet. It's genetic. Therefore, when I suggest shoes that come in wide widths to better fit your child and be more durable - as in the sides won't 'blow out' right away - don't get pissy and offended with me. Sure, buy the Nikes if 'that's what you've always bought', just remember when you're back in two months to replace them because they've cracked or split on the sides... I told you so!

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    Quoth MiddleofNowhere View Post
    Guess what folks, jumping in the pool or slip n slide does NOT count as hygeine. Seriously, ewww...
    For some of the people in my neck of the woods, jumping in the septic tank apparently does count as hygiene.
    Last edited by Irving Patrick Freleigh; 08-09-2009, 01:48 AM.
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    • #3
      Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
      For some of the people in my neck of the woods, jumping in the septic tank apparently does count as hygiene.
      And in my neck of the woods we have people who are allergic to water. They probably go into a spastic fit whenever it rains. . .
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      • #4
        The nice thing about your state having the tax free sales, is that I can go to a store in my state (probably a neighbor of your state) and not have a hugenormous crowd of people to get thru to buy clothes for myself because a lot of our citizens run for the border when there's a tax free sale next door. (I just dont see the point in driving over the river to save a few dollars...I'm saving the gasoline and staying in my own state for shopping)

        I've been in a store in your state during a tax free sale, and (it may have just been that store) people just lost all their common sense and dignity in the mad rush to do their shopping. Almost worse than Christmastime.

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        • #5
          If I lived on the other side of the state, I'd go buy my clothes in Minnesota. Last time I was there there was no sales tax charged on clothing.

          Cheeselandialand taxes anything and everything. The idea of a tax-free weekend would be blasphemous I'm sure.
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          • #6
            Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
            If I lived on the other side of the state, I'd go buy my clothes in Minnesota. Last time I was there there was no sales tax charged on clothing.

            Cheeselandialand taxes anything and everything. The idea of a tax-free weekend would be blasphemous I'm sure.
            Meanwhile, the idea of sales tax on clothing boggles my mind. New Jersey doesn't tax clothes at all.
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            • #7
              Holy frak, that's coming up soon for Texas...

              Every friggin' year we get people coming into the store for tax free weekend. Yes, there's no tax on the t-shirts and hats and school supplies.

              That's IT.

              The mugs, the jewelry, the textbooks, the pepper spray, the stuffed animals, the grilling kits, the disposable cameras, the candy, the sodas, the flags, the...well, you get the idea, they are NOT tax free!!

              And EVERY year, we get people screaming at us that we're breaking the law, that they specifically waited for that weekend to buy their books, and so on and so forth, ad infinitum...



              We don't make the rules, people!

              I's skeeered now...

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              • #8
                We just had one of those here -- but the thing is, only STATE tax gets the exemption. Local/Parish taxes still apply, so people were paying 4.75% instead of 8.75% 'round here (5.25 vs 9.25 in the city, iirc)
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                • #9
                  The first year we had the tax free weekend, we had a printout at the registers listing the exempt and nonexempt items. The second year, not so much. So, they ended up having us take the tax off items that should have tax applied. Teachers were the greatest offenders "well, they told us to get our supplies THIS WEEKEND!!" Bah. No, I don't know why you can get diapers tax free, but not whatever the hell else you want to buy...

                  I'm not even shopping this weekend, despite REALLY needing to, since I'll have two in school next month, but gah. Serious lack of money, and desire.

                  Though, if I show up at a walmart at 10 pm, with my brats in tow, will you all forgive me?
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                  • #10
                    Our sales tax is up to 9.75%. When is it going to end, especially since our budget is never going to be balanced?
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                    • #11
                      Quoth wagegoth View Post
                      Our sales tax is up to 9.75%. When is it going to end, especially since our budget is never going to be balanced?
                      ours is down to 13%
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                      • #12
                        We had a guy flip his crap because plain printer paper was tax free but photo paper was not. We showed him a copy of the official North Carolina tax free inclusions, pointing out the part where it specifically includes printer paper but not photo paper. He stormed out of the store and proceeded to call our corporate office. They then called us with a fax number for the guy, so we faxed him a copy of the official North Carolina tax free inclusions with the part about printer paper obnoxiously circled, starred, and arrowed.

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                        • #13
                          I envy you. Our VAT (value added tax, comparable to your sales tax) has climbed up to 19% directly after federal elections in 2005, and odds are that, since the country is in desperate need of money ZOMGNOW, we'll see some 21% coming up immediately after the imminent elections.
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                          • #14
                            You and I might be in the same state because we had tax free weekend here and I made the mistake of thinking this would be a good time to pick up some new workout clothing. The hordes of screaming unwashed jackholes were complicated by the power grid going into total overload and going dark about the time the temps hit 100 degrees. I was actually in the store when this happened, had my workout clothes in hand (the last ones in my size I might add) when store management ordered everyone out of the store. I asked if they could hold those for me and I'd be right back the second the power came back on. Tried to explain except for one item those were the last of the items but the store refused to do it. Had to return everything where it went but I made sure to put the one ofs at the very back of the racks with the intention of coming right back when the electric was on. I live four blocks from the store. The item that there were two of I didn't bother to put on the back of the rack, I just stuck it where I got it and left. Came back 4 hours later when power was restored and lo and behold the things I wanted were still in the back of the rack with on exception, the workout pants that the store had two of was now just a bare hanger. Someone had shoplifted them after the power outage and me putting them back. People suck.
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                            • #15
                              We must be in the same state! I made sure on Thursday night to have plenty of things to do at the house over the weekend because I knew I for sure wasn't going out anywhere near clothing stores - I never did figure out if it was the traffic/crowds or idiot EW's I wanted to avoid more.

                              And for the record, no, cases for your DS, cellphone, laptop, or GPS unit are NOT clothes (even if they're made of cloth material - nice try) and therefore will be taxed. So, to the multiple people who came into The Shack on Saturday and blew up about that, I LOLed so hard at you behind your backs. Just thought you should know.

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