Just the other night there was an NBC special covering the sweetheart deals that some cities are offering Amazon. I do not recall the small town but they offered to let Amazon use the land for $1. That created thousands of local jobs and a 35% increase in sales tax revenue.
i am buying locally and if that is not possible i try to buy direct as many manufacturers are selling direct now
if none of those are possible than i rethink the need or do without
so far have not had to use the amazon of last resort
nose spite face
That's peanuts. Amazon's going to want a lot more than a little land. Atlanta is favored (even odds) by the odd-makers and I'll bet Georgia will offer a package exceeding a $B to get it. Amazon is talking about a $5B payroll for the HQ2.
period
"They" still don't. Some sellers still don't collect it.
*NOTHING* is really free.Electric Comet on Tue, 23 Jan 2018
11:33:44 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:I'd love to do that. Now, if only they stocked what I am looking for.
Sometimes it is a tossup. The one time I found buying a text from the school bookstore cheaper was for a welding textbook. Cheaper w/ the sales tax than straight from Lincoln + shipping.
When I have that option, sure.
"Value to whom? value as what?" I recall getting a call from an east coast manufacturer "Do you have a particular router bit in stock? Send it." Cost more in S&H but he needed it yesterday to finish production.
Finding textbooks at Walmart for less than the bookstore - always a deal. In one case, the school sold a reprint of part of a text, I was able to find the original text for less than what the school wanted for their "special". Even found the original Magnum Opus for just a tad more than what the school wanted for their extract. If I was willing to wait for a shipment from the UK.
Ah a tangent, I know it is shipping and handling, but in the garage is an S&H Green Stamp sign, a bit over 40" x 40", the light works, tis wrapped in bubble wrap. Came from my wifes mom's house, the wifes brothers liberated it in the past.
Markem on Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:53:38 -0600 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
Cool.
"Shipping and Handling" - "Those fingerprints don't get on the merchandise by themselves. Someone has to put them there!"
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