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X buyers: after insurance, cases, protectors, chargers, sales tax... what will your final price be?
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Apple insurance is for people bad with money
$30 silicone case on my 6 has been great, grippy, will do it again.
I might pick up a screen protector... some day.
Wireless charging is obviously a hokey solution or apple would have provided the parts. Ill pass for now.
9.8% sales tax
1128.74
Apple insurance is for people bad with money
$30 silicone case on my 6 has been great, grippy, will do it again.
I might pick up a screen protector... some day.
Wireless charging is obviously a hokey solution or apple would have provided the parts. Ill pass for now.
9.8% sales tax
1128.74
So my total including sales tax would be $1266.77, if I were paying cash. I’m with AT&T Next, so I’ll pay taxes in full, and monthly payments on the phone until I upgrade again.
9.8% ouch
Might I ask what state you live in? I believe it's pretty darn high (9.5%) here in So Cal as well.
No sales tax?
Edit: Nevermind, taxes added to Ntombi's post afterward.
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$1149 -- 256gig iPhone x
$50 -- Tax
$14 -- Amazon bumper case
$29 -- Samsung Wireless charger Puck
$26 -- car wireless charger (with Magnet mount)
$priceless -- Pissed off wife x2 (first for me waking her when i get up at 2:30am to preorder, second when she sees the CC bill that i spent over $1k for a phone that she knows i will replace next year)
Aprox $1300 + pissed off wife, Will i get it anyway yes, Why cause im a tech geek addict
$50 -- Tax
$14 -- Amazon bumper case
$29 -- Samsung Wireless charger Puck
$26 -- car wireless charger (with Magnet mount)
$priceless -- Pissed off wife x2 (first for me waking her when i get up at 2:30am to preorder, second when she sees the CC bill that i spent over $1k for a phone that she knows i will replace next year)
Aprox $1300 + pissed off wife, Will i get it anyway yes, Why cause im a tech geek addict
$1,319 - 64GB iPhone X
$249 - Apple Care +
$204 - 13% HST (Harmonized Sales Tax - federal and provincial)
$1,772 - just for the phone (EESH!)
$50 - 2 Qi chargers - one for the SUV
$12 - 4.8A dual USB car charger
Edit: Mind you, my SBSS 42mm Series 0 Apple Watch with Link Band was around $1600 at launch, so it doesn't seem quite that bad.
$249 - Apple Care +
$204 - 13% HST (Harmonized Sales Tax - federal and provincial)
$1,772 - just for the phone (EESH!)
$50 - 2 Qi chargers - one for the SUV
$12 - 4.8A dual USB car charger
Edit: Mind you, my SBSS 42mm Series 0 Apple Watch with Link Band was around $1600 at launch, so it doesn't seem quite that bad.
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I’m in SoCal too, and it’s 10.25% in my county.9.8% ouch
Might I ask what state you live in? I believe it's pretty darn high (9.5%) here in So Cal as well.
No sales tax?
Edit: Nevermind, taxes added to Ntombi's post afterward.
10.25%
Bleh! I had heard about that in LA County, but didn't know when it would go into effect. Pretty disgusting IMO. Makes you wonder when they will eventually keep hiking it to 12 or even 15% in the future. At least we usually have great weather (when it's not 100+ degrees like it has been the last few days)
Loved the "pissed off wife" part you added as you already know you're fate
Happy wife happy life... except when it comes to iPhones eh?
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9.8% ouch
Might I ask what state you live in? I believe it's pretty darn high (9.5%) here in So Cal as well.
No sales tax?
Edit: Nevermind, taxes added to Ntombi's post afterward.
Georgia. The deep south. I might can get tax down to 8% at an apple store in a different county. Will depend on how much I want to drive(not very much).
Can we not talk about the weather? I’m still traumatized.10.25%
Bleh! I had heard about that in LA County, but didn't know when it would go into effect. Pretty disgusting. At least we usually have great weather (when it's not 100+ degrees like it has been the last few days)
Honestly, it was horrible. It’s not supposed to be that hot just blocks from the ocean. The only time I left the house at all was to walk my dog, and it was my birthday!
9.8% ouch
Might I ask what state you live in? I believe it's pretty darn high (9.5%) here in So Cal as well.
No sales tax?
Edit: Nevermind, taxes added to Ntombi's post afterward.
In Ontario Canada our tax (combined federal and provincial) is 13%... but I guess this is why we have things like free health care and can pay teachers decently, so I don’t complain.
9.8% ouch
Might I ask what state you live in? I believe it's pretty darn high (9.5%) here in So Cal as well.
Funny what Americans consider high when we in Germany have to pay 19% sales tax alone ...
Try with 25% sales tax like we have here in Denmark
Funny what Americans consider high when we in Germany have to pay 19% sales tax alone ...
Crazy. Guess it's like they say: It's all about perspective... that and I should quit whining about my piddly 9-10% sales tax rate
Crazy. Guess it's like they say: It's all about perspective... that and I should quit whining about my piddly 9-10% sales tax rate
Not just perspective, but culture. Citizens in many countries pay far more taxes than in the US, but people are fine with it because it pays for many social services like free healthcare, free college education, social assistance, and other things. But Americans tend to be put off by anything too socialist.
What your missing is in the US we have State Sales tax not fed sales tax, Some of us pay nothing in fed tax (those should NOT be buying a $1k+ iphone) while others pay over 100k a year just in Fed tax so well over the 15% sales tax that other states have. NOTHING is FREE
The fact that nothing is free is kind of my point. The places the pay the highest taxes usually also have more “free” services provided by their government.
It's largely about flexibility. Government has a history (sure they do some things really well) but they also have a history of doing some things really poorly. And it's monumentally difficult to change government. Waiting years on election cycles, getting group think to coalesce on an agreed position so that those changes can go through.
Don't like your Toyota? Buy a Hyundai, on a dime, on a whim.
Don't like your doctor, walk down to another.
Don't like your insurance plan. Dump yours and switch.
It's also why Americans hate their internet carriers. Government bureaucratic propped up organizations. Not enough choice, and what little ability there is to cause change, it takes years if not decades to get that change.
More than a fear of socialism itself. IT's a fear of being unable to fix broken systems.
$999 iPhone X for the wife
$0 sales tax in Oregon
Passing on AC+ for now, may revisit in a month. Have a CC that doubles the manufacturers warranty in case these arent reliable, but will have to consider screen damage costs.
$0 sales tax in Oregon
Passing on AC+ for now, may revisit in a month. Have a CC that doubles the manufacturers warranty in case these arent reliable, but will have to consider screen damage costs.
$1149 iPhone (tax free if I pick it up in person)
$10 case from Amazon.
$15 wireless charger
= $1,174
I will soon sell my iPhone 7 plus to recoup as much as I can.
$10 case from Amazon.
$15 wireless charger
= $1,174
I will soon sell my iPhone 7 plus to recoup as much as I can.