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Originally Posted by Calgarian
That would go over about as well as HST did in BC. Not saying I disagree with it, just saying.
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I happen to fully agree with mintz on this. I know everyone is shocked that I still file my taxes in BC, but simply because its a lower tax burden.
before you all start in, when I moved here I barely noticed a difference in savings of not having the PST. Many goods I have bought were higher than the BC price plus GST/PST.
one example was I went to get some new bedding at a national chain, BC price was $32.99+12% and the AB price was $49.99+5%. this item was not on sale and there was only a day between me being in both stores. The BC item was $15.54 cheaper, which is a huge margin difference.
Now I'm not saying this always happens but it has happened more than, I would have been lead to believe.