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Old 11-18-2007, 02:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
camp185
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This does not sound very legal if they are only targeting the "major electronic retailers". I could also see a few ego driving CEO's say "Go ahead and try", and hopefully fight this till N.Y. gives up on the idea.

What is to stop a company like Amazon from creating two more companies. One in N.Y., and one in Calif.. You could call one AmazonNY, and one AmazonCA. Then when someone visits Amazon.com from, say N.Y., it auto forwards them to the Amazon.com website that is owned by AmazonCA. All receipts will say purchased from AmazonCA. New Yorkers do not have to pay sales tax then, or vice versa if from Calif..
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