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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby
I disagree with this, purely on the basis that Target and Best Buy don't seem to be hurting. While they may not be getting your Blu Ray business, they are obviously selling quite a number of them
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According to them they are hurting (or, at least that overall sales are down)-- which is the reason for this law being passed in the first place. Their argument essentially is that anyone buying off of the internet gets an automatic discount because they don't pay sales tax, and that they simply cannot compete with that. I think that's a load of BS.
Certain items are keeping them going -- people generally want to buy an iPad or a smartphone from a brick-and-mortar store, for instance, or if they HAVE to get a video game on release date they'll reserve it at Best Buy or Gamestop rather than wait for mail delivery. See i.e. the article below:
http://www.startribune.com/business/123809429.html