Tag: OVERSTOCK

If you can muster the time to get your online shopping done today, you'll be among the last to take advantage of free super saver shipping from Amazon this holiday season; the same goes for many other large web merchant sites. A whole host of retailers have proclaimed today "Free Shipping Day," offering free shipping on certain items and delivery by 12/24 at certain stores (not all, check ...

It's not unusual to see a Republican politician promise not to raise taxes. But California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent promise not to sign any legislation that would force internet retailers to collect sales tax was designed specifically to keep companies like Overstock.com and Amazon doing business with affiliates in California. In recent weeks, Amazon and Overstock have shut down ...

New York, the state that brought us taxes on items bought over the internet is at it again. This time governor David Paterson is considering a 4% tax on music and other digital media downloads. To be fair, times are tight and Paterson is also proposing raising taxes on soda, cable and satellite TV, gas, cigars, beer, and movie and sports tickets in order to balance the state budget. But at a ...

The state of New York recently adopted a law that requires online retailers to collect taxes for items sold in New York if they have affiliates based in the state. That might sound like a reasonable request if New York shopping malls were littered with Amazon and Overstock.com kiosks. But the affiliates the law refers to are web publishers and bloggers in NY who happen to post links to stores ...