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PSA: Newegg Sharing HISTORICAL Customer Purchase Histories with Foreign State Tax Collectors

178 22 February 17, 2018 at 08:30 AM Get Newegg coupons
I live in Connecticut and have been shopping online with Newegg since at least 2004 (and I believe a lot earlier than that). I learned the other day that Newegg voluntarily gave the State of CT its customer purchase history files without any legal mandate such as a warrant, subpoena, or court order. This has allowed CT to impose retroactive "use taxes" that circumvent the Supreme Court's holding in Quill. I knew that the politicians and bureaucrats in Hartford (the capital) are a bunch of blood sucking leeches, but I never expected Newegg to voluntarily share its customers' purchase data with them particularly in the absence of an enforceable criterium (i.e., physical presence within the state). The taxes I expect because insatiable blood-sucking parasites like politicians and bureaucrats don't care if they kill the host ... but when Newegg betrays its long term customers, that's another issue. I know some Marxists are going to criticize me for complaining about taxes, but if you can ignore your propaganda filled public school educations (and yes, I went to public school) and actually READ what I'm writing here, you'll see that I'm concerned about a business entity with established relationships betraying its customer base, not about taxes per se.
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Dr_Chaos
02-17-2018 at 08:32 AM.
02-17-2018 at 08:32 AM.
I could see if Newegg were expanding its own warehouse distribution system and agree to provide purchase history GOING FORWARD, but NOT retroactively. This is an outrage.
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02-17-2018 at 08:37 AM.
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Tell them you lived in Compton and have gangsta rapping skills
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02-17-2018 at 10:59 AM.
02-17-2018 at 10:59 AM.
I hate to say it, but when you live in a tax-and-overspend state like CT which is going bankrupt, they are searching for every penny they can scrounge.

Your best bet is to do exactly as you say. Move to a more friendly, less authoritarian state. Move down South.
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02-17-2018 at 01:01 PM.
02-17-2018 at 01:01 PM.
Quote from The Raddish :
I hate to say it, but when you live in a tax-and-overspend state like CT which is going bankrupt, they are searching for every penny they can scrounge.

Your best bet is to do exactly as you say. Move to a more friendly, less authoritarian state. Move down South.
Another perk of southern states is that cousin marriage is legal if u don't get caught...
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nope89
02-17-2018 at 01:26 PM.
02-17-2018 at 01:26 PM.
A google search shows that Connecticut doesn't even have a statute of limitations on use tax. So they can go back as far as they want and make you pay (plus add penalties). That's pretty harsh. Sounds like you need to vote in some new representatives if you don't like the use tax.
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Iaaaiws
02-17-2018 at 01:40 PM.
02-17-2018 at 01:40 PM.
I'm all for limiting the amount of money any government can collect but the reality of this is if you cheat on your taxes and get caught you are going to suffer. Suck it up and pay what you owe.

You always owed these taxes and were supposed to be paying them and now you got caught. If you don't like the taxes in your state either move or quit voting for the big government/big spenders in either party.
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02-17-2018 at 01:50 PM.
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Quote from fsyowad :
Another perk of southern states is that cousin marriage is legal if u don't get caught...
It's legal to marry your first cousin in NY, CT, NJ, MA; RI; NH as well. In case this information is important to you.
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02-17-2018 at 01:54 PM.
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It's legal to marry your first cousin in NY, CT, NJ, MA; RI; NH as well. In case this information is important to you.
Now u tell me. Where were u when I was 25?
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02-17-2018 at 01:58 PM.
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Now u tell me. Where were u when I was 25?
Thanks for the compliment, but I wasn't your cousin then, and I'm not now. Blowkiss
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02-17-2018 at 02:03 PM.
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Thanks for the compliment, but I wasn't your cousin then, and I'm not now. Blowkiss
Thank god ...I thought u would take my post the wrong way....
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02-17-2018 at 02:07 PM.
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Quote from emelvee :
It's legal to marry your first cousin in NY, CT, NJ, MA; RI; NH as well. In case this information is important to you.
Good information to know but it is strange that you have it tattooed on your arm where it can be readily accessed.
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02-17-2018 at 02:08 PM.
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Good information to know but it is strange that you have it tattooed on your arm where it can be readily accessed.
Duh...at my age, you expect me to be able to remember all them thar states?
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02-17-2018 at 02:10 PM.
02-17-2018 at 02:10 PM.
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Duh...at my age, you expect me to be able to remember all them thar states?
I was thinking that maybe after enough generations it was just a birthmark.
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02-17-2018 at 02:29 PM.
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Now u tell me. Where were u when I was 25?


Don't you mean 14?
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