Athearn and Hobby Store vs Mail order.

This exactly the false belief I am saying is false.

Tell that to Horizon which just cut off hundreds of them.

Depends on which machine he is using. Not new, nor is the internet name.

CTucker NY

I see you trolling again. I have never been in Dave's store and never said I was. Who are you and what is your agenda? I am not anybody who you think I am but if you really want to get to know me send me an email with why you care and who you are.

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

Hudson Leighton wrote: (cut down)

There are several web services out there that currently provide this service. One of them is probably the local phone company in each area, since they have to do this for each end of every phone call made.

Actually, about 40 states are participating in a simplified sales tax project to standardize rates. It's still unclear what the exact effects might be. However, the states cannot enact a sales tax law on their own. No state has power to tax outside its border. In order for a state to require an out-of-state vendor to collect tax, the Federal government will have to pass a law.

Problems I can see if the law is passed:

- All but the smallest merchants will have to engage a service to figure out the tax for them.

- Only about 40 of the 50 are participating in the proposed standard rate.

- Even if rates are standardized, what's taxable may NOT be. Clothing is taxable in NY, but not in CT. Magazines are not taxable in NY, but are in MN.

- Politicians LOVE exceptions. They'll agree to standardize, but will start making exceptions immediately.

Another aspect ot sales tax that's frequently misunderstood: people hear that "there's no tax on internet sales". Well, sort of.

An internet vendor located in CA IS required to charge tax on items shipped to CA, because he has a "nexus", or physical presence, in CA. The state has the power to do so.

However, suppose that vendor has no offices or warehouses outside of CA, but is hosted on a server in Nevada. Nevada may NOT count the server as a nexus, and may not require the vendor to collect NV tax. Also, no state may enact a tax SPECIFICALLY aimed at the internet. (For example,

The mail order industry is watching this issue VERY closely, as it will have vast effects on all kinds of businesses. Least affected will be large retailers, many of whom already voluntarily collect tax nationwide. Small and medium sized retailers will be affected the most.

On the benefit side, state treasuries have the most to gain. Merchants without mail order sales will benefit some, but I don't think it will be a tremendous windfall. (Although those selling big-ticket items might benefit most. I suspect that tax savings is a minor consideration for anyone deciding on where to buy a low-dollar item.) Likewise, I don't think the consumer would be hurt greatly, and will adapt fairly quickly. There will be some grumbling early on, but it would soon be a routine matter.

Peter King in NY

Nope, not double posting. I'm the guy witht he double-wide, and a lounge chair up in a tree. Do a Google search for crosstie...after I got JoeJobbed, I had to configure my news client differently.

Here, I'll sign this one.

Jeff Sc. Not Ratty, Ga.

I am confused here. Is it Dave's shop or John's shop Ratty was suppose to have been in. I think he posted somewhere he has never been in Daves shop. John Do you remember him being is yours. Is there an upstairs to your shop. If so do you remember this guy in the pic. Then, if anyone does know him from the picture, so what then. Do what I have done, filter Ratty and you will hardly miss him except when someone copies his rantings. Jerry

Ahhh. Well I hope all is well in Georgia Jeff.

Got me. I for one never use those fake names people are apt to use.

Dave

You seem to be a decent guy so that is not surprising.

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Rathburne, I thought you said you were from west of the mississippi. You IP shows you to be in Franklin Lakes NJ. If this is true did you ever get to Mountian Lakes NJ. I have done business with a train store there. Jerry

Sorry, Dave, I got JoeJobbed once too often, so I have to obscure my email address. Sometimes I forget to sign my name.

Jeff Sc. Not Anonymous, Ga.

1. I thought you kill filtered me?
2. With AOL your IP address is meaningless.
3. I am nowhere near New Jersey.
4. Are you JR?

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

More like the latter. Somebody took the address I used here and sent thousands of spam messages using it for a return address. For weeks I was bombarded with undeliverable virii, bounce messages, and the occasional hate-filled diatribe from some unhappy Internet user who hadn't het learned to read headers.

Jeff Sc. Never Again, Ga.

You mean you actually opened and read messages from people you don't know? I got JoeJobbed last summer and even got some of "my own" spam. I got lots of email with subject headers ranging from "Don't ever send me any email again" to some too vulgar and crude to reprint here. I never opened a single one of them, so I have no idea whatever what they might have said. I never heard squat from my ISP, although I imagine that I was referred to the snipped-for-privacy@isp.net address multiple times. In my early usenet days I was naive and used my real name and real address. I am still flodded with spam on some days, but not like it was once. I get about 10% of what rolled in in the beginning, and it seems to get less and less as time goes on. I just delete it unopened and unread.

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snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

I unfiltered you. Ok, I just thought you might have visited the shop if you lived there. I am not JR but I have bought trains from a guy named John in Oklahoma City. Always gave a fair price. Jerry

I'm in my 2nd week of this. Got 2500 reject mail messages in the last

Spammer is forging my return addy buried in with about 2-3 others....

Kennedy