I have ordered before and had things shipped to NY. I even bought my computer that way. Most places use the billing address, not the shipping address. At least the online places I was shopping at. Dell did charge me sales tax for my warranty or something like that, because that plan varied depending on what state you were in. I was in NY for a month or so at that time, so I didn't argue about it.
It probably varied based on if the company had a presence in that state or not. And NJ is a place a lot of companies have offices or shipping departments, so that's probably why you got slapped with the NJ tax. Amazon and Overstock have no actual company presence in NY, which is why they didn't have to charge before. Now that even affiliates count, it's changed.
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Date: 2008-06-12 10:27 am (UTC)It probably varied based on if the company had a presence in that state or not. And NJ is a place a lot of companies have offices or shipping departments, so that's probably why you got slapped with the NJ tax. Amazon and Overstock have no actual company presence in NY, which is why they didn't have to charge before. Now that even affiliates count, it's changed.
Fact remains -- not a New York customer, me!