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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Online vendors sometimes charge this tax because they have multiple locations to ship from...in my case it is a Lenovo X220. I don't really know how this stuff works though, I know if you order from a store in another state you don't get charged tax, but these laptops ship from overseas so...
Anyways, sucks to live in California, a ton of the online retailers are here like Newegg (among many many more electronics etailers)...well I guess that's part of the deal for getting awesome weather.
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If I remember correctly, the sale tax is charged if the goods shipped and received within the same state. Once you cross the state border, there should be no sales tax. For example, shipping books from Nevada into Cali (I know Borders was doing that.)
Having said that, many vendors setup their distribution centers in states like Delaware, which has no state sale tax whatsoever. So if you buy goods shipped from Delaware, you would pay no sales tax.
Since you are in Cali, you really need to pick the vendor whether you would pay sales tax by buying online...