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Pillar of the Community
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We not only visited the main Air and Space museum, we also went out to Dulles Airport and visited the Udvar-Hazy Space Center where they have the space shuttle Discovery, the Concorde and the SR-71 Blackbird (among many others) on display.
The AGE set is 2012.
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Pillar of the Community
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When you buy at the mint store like that did they charge you sales tax?
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Pillar of the Community
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Nope, no tax. Which is surprising, given the fact that DC has 6% sales tax, 10% meal tax and 14.5% hotel room tax...
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The mint also has a booth at Union Station on the main floor.
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That is like a dream vacation for me. Very nice pics.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Barry thanks for the info. The 0 percent tax is shocking considering the usual price of things in dc. I may have to stop ordering anything from the mint and just go check out the store from time to time
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the lack of sales tax has to do with it being considered bullion and therefore an investment. You might have to pay tax on other things, like proof sets or medallions.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That could be it, I wonder if they just have a special exception being a government agency. Either way thatd be great to be able to pick up bullion ASEs with no shipping and tax
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Thank you for sharing.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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You're very welcome!
I just took the gold set back out of the safe and fondled it a bit let my son look at it again. Definitely something to make the trip more memorable...
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Pillar of the Community
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When I was in DC in July, I stopped at the store in Union Station (while the wife was upstairs shopping) and got the 2012 Proof and Silver Proof set.
No tax on purchase.
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Cool about the tax. I ask because I knew tax was high in DC and also because I found out recently that there is tax on Bullion in New Jersey but not in PA. And in California, where I am residing now, bullion is taxable unless I spend $1500.00 I am wondering now do they sell ASE in the stores because they dont't from the web site. |
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I live near DC and was unaware these stores had opened up as I mentioned previously. I have a Dr appointment in DC on wed, if I get out of there in time Ill try and swing by the store and get a check on the inventory for those that are curious
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just an update for everyone. Stopped by the store today. There is indeed no tax. They have almost everything currently being sold on the mint website but I didnt see any first spouse gold of platinum eagles. The pucks they had looked amazing. I had a 100 dollar gift card from a present with me and picked up the coin and currency set as theirs on display looked flawless. The one I got not so much. Had I seen it there I would have returned it.
Basically everything they had on display was perfect, and didnt see any bullion ASEs
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08/29/2012 2:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote:I am wondering now do they sell ASE in the stores because they dont't from the web site. How do they do it? You buy $1500 worth of stuff (Coins and bullion) or you pay sales tax. Otherwise the shop owner has to pony up the tax out of his profit margin. Which pretty much leaves him no profit for paying the rest of his expenses let alone anything for himself. This is why bullion dealers in sales tax states tend to lose a lot of sales to out of state dealers that don't have to collect sales tax. |
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