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"HeyBub" wrote:

Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:

I have bought many items off Ebay. Sometimes I see an item I am
interested for say - $20 with free shipping. Another seller may list
exactly the same item for $.01 but charge $19.99 for shipping. If you
bought the item for $.01, do you actually believe you didn't pay $20.
What comes out of your pocket is what comes out your pocket. Don't
psych yourself or pretend it is only numerical semantics.

the second one is a better deal if you happen to live in a state that
will charge sales tax on internet items

Good point. Except the sales tax people tax shipping, too.

in my state labor generally isn't taxed. shipping is labor, so I doubt that it
is taxed