It's a moot point in this case, because I work for a tax-exempt organization. But thanks for the advice - I had checked several resellers and didn't find much difference in price. In fact, our local dealer came in with the best price of anybody, so that worked out very well. Thanks again for the suggestions. On 4/26/06 7:52 PM, "Al Poulin" <alpoulin at cox.net> wrote: > On Apr 26, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Randy B.Singer wrote: > >> Steven Rogers said: > >>> just saving state sales tax can make a >>> significant difference. >> >> >> That is good advice, except the places that you mentioned are not >> where I >> would check. Especially not MacMall, which, if you do a Web search, >> you >> will find that they often screw over customers. > > I did not receive Steven Rogers's original message. > > On the point about sales tax, in most states, one is still obligated to > pay tax on out-of-state catalog, telephone, and internet purchases. In > Virginia, it is called a "use tax" which is equivalent to the sales > tax. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 Lee Morgan IT Support NC Eye Bank (336) 765-0932 ext. 9305