Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim We have a large Reverse Osmosis Purifier. Our water comes from the Colorado River and several other places. It has improved in the time since you were here. Culligan water is loaded with sodium, and really ruined pipes. Wines are superb here and cheap since Costco and Trader Joe arrived on the fine wine scene. Jerry Jim Hemenway wrote: > Jerry: > > Do you drink from the San Diego water supply? Doesn't that water still > from the Colorado River and is heavy with minerals? I couldn't drink it > when I lived out there, it gave me the "runs". So I drank bottled water > or Culligan water for the 2 years that I lived in SD. San Diego is > where I learned to appreciate wine. > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > Henry > > > > Wow! Do people actually buy bottled STILL water in the US? > > I can understand that in some third world countries, but isn't tap > > water OK in the US? I do buy Pelligrino, but that is carbonated. > > > > Jerry > > > > Henry Ting wrote: > > > > > You're really splitting hairs here, just joking. > > > Now that's a real complicated issue on water > > > classification. I doubt as resourceful as our > > > government is, your posted question will have them all > > > scratching their heads. > > > --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > > > > At 12:48 PM -0600 4/23/03, Kit McChesney | acmefoto > > > > wrote: > > > > >Frank-- > > > > > > > > > >Not sure what others do. When you buy online (as > > > > with our site) you pay no > > > > >tax if you are outside Colorado. If you are in the > > > > UK, and buy from us, you > > > > >have to take care of the VAT on your end. We have > > > > nothing to do with that. > > > > >We just ship the goods and you get to wrestle with > > > > customs. I always tell > > > > >folks if they are going to buy from us, if they are > > > > outside the U.S., to > > > > >find out exactly what customs charges on their end > > > > will apply, so that there > > > > >are no unpleasant surprises. > > > > > > > > > >So our price is what you pay, period. Whatever > > > > quote I give you, that's what > > > > >you'll pay to me, for goods and shipping. What you > > > > pay to customs is another > > > > >issue! > > > > > > > > > >Kit > > > > > > > > I believe what Frank means (as I understand it) is > > > > that if he showed > > > > up at your store, and saw a price tag of $19.95 on > > > > an item, he would > > > > not get change back from a twenty, but would be > > > > asked to ante up more > > > > to cover the tax before being allowed to leave with > > > > the goods. > > > > > > > > That doesn't happen AFAIK outside of N.America. > > > > > > > > I ran into a truly idiotic version of this the other > > > > day. I wanted to > > > > buy a case of a certain sparkling water, and while a > > > > stock boy went > > > > to get it, the cashier rang it up. I paid, but the > > > > water that was > > > > brought was a different brand. The difference for > > > > the case was $3, > > > > and the bottle deposit etc was the same, so I handed > > > > the cashier the > > > > three dollars. But no, he wanted more. Turns out the > > > > incorrect water > > > > was still water, and while there is no tax on still > > > > bottled water, > > > > sparkling water is taxed, even though both types > > > > came directly from > > > > springs. > > > > > > > > So I asked the cashier how much CO2 there has to be > > > > in a bottle > > > > before it was taxed. Unsurprisingly, he didn't know. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > * Henning J. Wulff > > > > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > > > > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > > > > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > > > http://search.yahoo.com > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html