As mentioned by others... I'll buy from what I know to be a reputable dealer with the best price. I see prices that beat B&H by large amounts quite often, but when you look into them they are, indeed, too good to be true.


I'd say my general rule is around 10%. If someone gives me consitantly better service than another business and is less that 10% more I'll pay for the service (good example was CompUSA vs Best Buy - CompUSA was a little more, but Best Buys employees tend to be largely clueless about their own stores products, whereas CompUSA generally had knowledgable employees).


Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Browning


Did you know that you are evading taxes illegally?


The state of California (as well as my state and almost every other state, in fact) requires you to track all your out of state purchases, calculate how much sales tax you *would* have paid, then write them a check:


[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_tax]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_tax[/url]


Most people are not even aware that they are illegally evading taxes when they buy online or by telephone without sending the tax into their State Dept. of Revenue.
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Unless I'm mistaken it is the advertiser that is responsible for the taxes being collected and that California asks it's residents "Voluntarily" add up the taxes they would have paid and mail a check in to pay them. Hence, the buyer is breaking no law or doing anything illegal.