Munich Germany? How are you getting it past state inspections and smog control laws?
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I wonder how aghast people would be. Most people don't conside how >> much the sales tax would be before making a purchase. Do people drive >> to a different city to make purchases because the sales tax is lower? >> Even on major purchases like cars where even a 1% difference is a >> substantial sum of money. I don't know anyone who does this. >> > > Now you do! I drive to Wisconsin to lease cars. Ken Vance's Auto > World in Eau Claire. > > In truth, you can't avoid paying your state's sales tax since when you > pay the registration fees you have to pay the fees of the state in > which you're registering the car. If I could do that, I definitely > would. (technically I could register it in WI and then drive it in MN > but that's risky). > > So why do I do it? Because ole Ken is willing to cut me a super good > deal - enough to make it worth a 1.5 hour drive. > > In August I'm flying to Munich to pick up a car and then drop it off > for shipment to Maryland. Then I'm either going to drive it back from > there or have it shipped (which is like $600). It's WAY cheaper. > > We also routinely - based on hotel promotions - check into hotel rooms > in town, mess up the bed, take the paper and soaps and shampoos, and > then leave. We do this because of the points arbitrage: we can score > an internet special for, say, $60/night and if it's done during the > right promo it gets up a $1500/night room in Europe or Asia. > > And that's just the tip of iceberg ; > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339887 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
