heimidal

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by heimidal 3y ago
No. Sales tax in the US is determined based on the location where the customer takes possession of the merchandise.
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by heimidal 3y ago
Unfortunately, that is not a political reality. The federal government does not have the power to enforce sales tax rules on the states.
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by heimidal 3y ago
Gotcha. In the US, if you tried to keep that system, you’d need a different printed MSRP per tax nexus and books in warehouses would no longer be fungible.
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by heimidal 3y ago
It doesn’t “cost extra”, it has a different tax structure. Sure, there might be no sales tax in OR, but there sure is income tax. Just north in WA, it’s the opposite where there is sales tax but no income tax.
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by heimidal 3y ago
My experiences outside the US do not match yours, I guess.
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by heimidal 3y ago
“Local” advertising is not practical. There are 13,000 sales tax jurisdictions in the US.
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by heimidal 3y ago
Yes, it's on top of VAT. It's usually "discretionary", meaning you can ask to have it taken off the bill, but you must ask and it usually results in being glared at.
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by heimidal 3y ago
What is certainly true is that Americans are culturally more friendly toward strangers. Americans smiling and talking a lot is a cliche at this point. However, I would bet the "best friend" experiences that you have had would be n
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by heimidal 3y ago
You're not wrong, so I'll revise to "what they believe he will sign."
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by heimidal 3y ago
I'd consider adding a fee that isn't included in the listed menu price to be predatory, even if you can ask to have it removed.
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by heimidal 3y ago
Given the only practical alternative I can imagine would mean to never show a price... yes, the current state of things is more beneficial to the consumer. Again, seeing an pre-tax MSRP price in an ad is better than not having any MSRP in a
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by heimidal 3y ago
In general, their stance has been "vote against anything the governor is willing to sign."
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by heimidal 3y ago
> If tipping is banned in a place (by the local government I mean), where exactly are the "best workers" going to go? Are they going to pack up and move somewhere else? Tipping was banned in seven US states about a hundred year
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by heimidal 3y ago
It would require a massive overhaul of the tax code in every state, not to mention that it would require state-by-state coordination because Congress cannot force them to comply. Other countries do it because their constitution generally do
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by heimidal 3y ago
You often see the same thing in the UK (a 12.5% "discretionary service charge" listed in small text that you must ask to have removed from your bill).
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by heimidal 3y ago
FYI, ZIP code is not enough to calculate tax rate. You need city and county. 9,000 ZIP codes cross county borders. Currently, consumers can generally tell if they are getting a reasonable price by comparing the MSRP they see in an ad agains
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by heimidal 3y ago
I'm curious, do books have prices printed on them in the UK? Here in the US, the suggested retail price (pre-tax, obviously) is generally printed by the manufacturer on the back or inside the dust cover of every book.
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by heimidal 3y ago
The "12.5% service charge" you see all over London would beg to differ.
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by heimidal 3y ago
> Core to this is that the US constitution explicitly enshrines federalism in the tenth amendment (the last part of the "bill of rights"), that explicitly limits the power of the federal government. I think this is the part tha
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by heimidal 3y ago
> They really shouldn't be advertising false claims in the first place. Just to be clear, you're suggesting that all pricing be removed from all advertising nationwide. This would clearly be to the detriment of the consumer. &g
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by heimidal 3y ago
Tax depends on the location the item is shipped to.
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by heimidal 3y ago
AFAIK (I'm American), the UK has a VAT rate for any good a consumer might find in a shop: 20%, 5%, and 0%, depending on product type. Because this rate is country-wide, the manufacturer can include VAT in their RRP. For example, if I g
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by heimidal 4y ago
She-Ra is a show that takes place in a world where people _wield magical swords while riding around half-naked on giant armored tigers_. Yet your chief complaint is that a friend group having several non-heterosexual relationships is a &quo
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by heimidal 5y ago
From the same article: > The researchers also found that people who had SARS-CoV-2 previously and received one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine were more highly protected against reinfection than those who once ha
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by heimidal 5y ago
"Squatting" a trademark generally isn't possible; if you can't prove use of the mark, the USPTO will simply cancel your registration. I imagine their activity related to the mark would be covered in any potential court p
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by heimidal 5y ago
If you want legal advice, you should seek out a trademark attorney. In general, though, you'd be infringing if the company has the name registered for use in your industry.
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by heimidal 5y ago
Their answer will probably be "Facebook knew they were infringing so they contacted us and attempted to purchase the mark."
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by heimidal 5y ago
If they have a registered, accepted trademark (and it appears they do), they can reasonably argue that Facebook has damaged their ability to establish the brand's identity despite significant outlay for design, marketing, and advertisi
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by heimidal 6y ago
I will echo this. After we were acquired, I was incredibly hesitant about Pat. Over the past year, I’ve come to believe he is an excellent leader who has fantastic vision and insight even if we disagree on many things. I’d be incredibly hap
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by heimidal 6y ago
None of the examples you've cited are the only option. Can't use Google, Facebook, or Twitter? Advertise on TV, buy billboards, or hand out flyers on the corner. Can't use CloudFlare? Buy another solution or spend millions

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