tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post4821630738654780017..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: I'm no longer with Amazon.chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-56284651815563165692013-10-11T23:20:46.282-04:002013-10-11T23:20:46.282-04:00Stupid post eating blogger.
Evan, I agree that th...Stupid post eating blogger.<br /><br />Evan, I agree that the commerce clause is the only thing that makes sense, but the fact that they don't say it makes it seem the way Marcellus says something in Denmark is.<br /><br />Ana, Thanks. Not much to say beyond that.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-64778392069762392102013-10-11T20:17:22.484-04:002013-10-11T20:17:22.484-04:00Ooh, this makes me so angry. >.< I had your ...Ooh, this makes me so angry. >.< I had your affiliate link bookmarked and did most of my shopping that way. <br /><br />Amazon is a total asshole about sales tax. I agree with you that their email sounds whiffy. Ugh!!<br /><br />I'm so sorry. :(Ana Mardollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-19623279535629184962013-10-08T22:20:49.676-04:002013-10-08T22:20:49.676-04:00I submit to you Amazon's handling of the MacMi...I submit to you Amazon's handling of the MacMillan fiasco in January 2010 as to the high possibility, nay, probability, that Amazon will do astoundingly stupid things. <br /><br />KayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-19889664171733332762013-10-08T21:53:07.535-04:002013-10-08T21:53:07.535-04:00Hmm. From my past informal reading in Constitutio...Hmm. From my past informal reading in Constitutional law, I'm guessing they think it violates the dormant Commerce Clause: the principle the Supreme Court established in the late 1800's, saying that Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce means that states may not regulate it. Back then, they used it to overturn every state scheme to regulate railroads in an era where Congress didn't care to regulate them at all; now, it's used for all sorts of things. Since you live in Maine, Amazon is somewhere else, and the buyer is probably in a third state, your transaction counts as interstate commerce - which, they say, means that Maine can't tax it without the federal government's consent.<br /><br />Whether any of this is valid is another matter; I myself don't care much for the "dormant commerce clause." But then, I'm not even a lawyer, let alone a legislator.Evannoreply@blogger.com