http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:38:25 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/06/090400.php#comment-56262 <i>That's cheaper than if I bought it at a store in town (which I couldn't because the chance of them having this particular model in this particular color borders on 0), 'cause Virginia's sales tax is 6%.</i> Actually, it may be that you're supposed to pay a 4.5% "consumer's use tax" on your Virginia state income tax return for any goods purchased over the internet. I just saw this on my online tax return and I've been asking around - nobody I've talked to knows anything about this. I don't know how strictly they would enforce this. It could turn out to be a not inconsiderable sum for me, as I've bought thousands of dollars worth of CD's and books over the internet in the past year; so let's hope I'm wrong about this. 56262@blogcritics.org Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:38:25 EDT