When purchasing big ticket items

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Don't forget sales tax. I'm not advocating tax evasion, as one is legally obligated to pay "use" tax on items bought out of state in most places----but how many do, and how strictly are those regs enforced?

Most web site stores charge tax is if they have a store in your State that the goods are delivered to,So in the long haul your paying tax's & S/H.unless you surf around and find a site that won't charge sales tax and has cheaper shipping rates,and if you don't mid waiting.

[EricM]

If you purchase a big ticket item from a big box store, you should know that most likely that store was built with local government support in the form of "tax income financing."

In plain language, that means that the big box store charges you sales tax, but they don't have to hand it over to the government...not a bad deal...if you are a big box store, that is.

I never tried it, but you could try to negotiate down based upon that.

[Joe]

More people are more price-motivated more than any other factor - that's why the parking lot at Wal-Mart and Cabelas is so big - and that's why they seldom close one once they open it.
There are other factors that influence purchasing - but taken collectively, all other factors do not equal the price determinate.