JohnSwanda wrote:
Online retailers, who haven't been required to collect sales tax up until now, have been depending on people buying from them and not paying the required use tax to their states, because of the difficulty in enforcing the law. This decision just levels the playing field and will help local merchants. Of course the local merchants will have to provide good prices and service to take advantage of it.
Yes. I think so too. We are lucky that our local B&M shop will match any prices that he is able to. And his prices on used gear are always competitive. This is in a small college town of about 25,000 people, by the way.
We support him whenever we can, and with scanning, printing, and processing services as well. We're lucky to have him.