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To: Robohogs who wrote (7917)	6/28/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: IceShark	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 164687

Jonathan, That brings up an interesting competition issue. B&N and other outfits that have brick and mortar operations in a state are obligated to collect sales tax on mail order sales to that state. Outside of sale within Washington, which I seem to recall doesn't have a sales tax, Amazon has no obligation to collect other state's sales taxes. Now, the individual buyers are obligated to file a "use tax" return with their state and pay the tax, but how many people do you know that are even aware of this, much less comply with the law? -vbg- So this should give AMZN a bit of an edge when cut throat pricing starts. Regards, DWW