The one time we crossed from southern Oregon into northern California on
Highway 101 in the early 1990s we had to drive into a large wooden shed,
stop and declate our car's entire contents including personal effects,
clothing, candy bars, etc, etc..We had inspectors busying themselves in the
trunk, engine compartment, under the vehicle, and in the vehicle. What were
they looking for ......? Undeclared lunchtime food such as loose cherries
and oranges. They were paranoid about taking oranges into the state. Even
taking one or two in for lunch was considered to be a major concession. We
never bothered going back to the golden state. Oregonians were so much nicer
to deal with.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 18 August, 2005 01:54 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Is Olympus going bankrupt? Am I a creditor?
>
> California is actually telling people that they need to declare items
> bought over the Internet on their state income tax and pay the
> equivalent CA sales tax, or some such nonsense. I fail to see how they
> could ever hope to enforce such a provision.
>
> ---
> Scott Gomez
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Keller [mailto:jeff-keller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: [OM] Re: Is Olympus going bankrupt? Am I a creditor?
>
> So if you drive to New York, buy a camera, drive home, then open the box
> in Georgia you owe sales tax to Georgia? (and probably New York) Reminds
> me of a comment made by someone in another country that the government
> makes everything illegal then the government officials decide who has to
> obey the laws ...
>
> Nearly 30 years ago I received a letter along with the rototiller that
> came from New York, that although the company doesn't collect taxes for
> the state of California, that I am obligated to pay the appropriate
> taxes. IRRC California had been pushing to get everyone anywhere in the
> U.S. to collect the taxes before shipping. They didn't succeed :) -jeff
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