Wednesday, November 24, 2010

State governments worried about Amazon Black Friday 2010 deals

Complaints about Black Friday 2010 gross sales already started

The Friday after Thanksgiving is arriving quickly. This “huge” shopping day, however, is growing beyond the single day. Online store Amazon has already declared some of their Black Friday 2010 deals. Some state governments are starting to get involved. They say that the Amazon Black Friday 2010 deals are cutting them out of the loop. Resource for this article – Amazon Black Friday 2010 deals lead to state complaints by Personal Money Store.

Black Friday 2010 at Amazon

In an effort to capture even more sales during the holiday purchasing season, Amazon has currently begun announcing its Black Friday 2010 offers. Each dealer is hoping to undercut other Black Friday specials from other businesses in the Black Friday 2010 strategy. Amazon is no different. You will get to start seeing deals for Amazon all this week. They’re adding to get Black Friday 2010 and Cyber Monday 2010 started. Amazon.com prices are 5 to 20 percent below regular retailers already most of the time.

Complaints from consumers over Amazon Black Friday 2010

Consumers are filing grievances already, almost as easily as the Black Friday 2010 offers went up. The majority are mad the Amazon Black Friday 2010 deals are not staying long enough. They sell out too fast. Others say the offers aren’t really “deals,” as the advertised price lasts only a few hours or minutes. The fact that deals are selling out so easily has even spurred discussion of “discrimination” of buyers with slower internet connections.

Amazon dealing with sales tax for Black Friday 2010

Amazon Black Friday 2010 prices are unreal. They seem impossibly low to some. Amazon is often able to offer affordable prices for one simple reason – sales tax. In all however a few states, Amazon doesn’t have to charge gross sales tax. That can make a difference of almost 10 percent within the final price of a product. A "use tax" is designed to be paid by people. This is if product sales tax isn't charged on the product bought out of state. This use tax isn't paid by buyers generally. That means anything purchased on Amazon is inherently cheaper because states are losing out on the cut that brick-and-mortar stores have to charge. That means that on Black Friday 2010, a ton of cash will be saved by consumers at Amazon. States, though, argue that these cost savings are driving their budgets to the ground.

Information from

Slate

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Google News

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