and it is STILL not a tax....since not everyone has to pay it...and does not apply to AMEX customers
New Tax's and fees for credit card use.
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and sometimes they don't even charge you the 10.50 they just wave you off....I have had it happen more then once....
LOL! It happens more often if you slip them that contraband orange you are carrying.
Seriously tho...I don't know how they get away with waving the charge off if it is in the books that all should pay....that is taxpayer income right there that they are blowing off...
I guess I look at it in a different way. It is NOT taxpayer income. I am a "taxpayer" and I see NO income from it. It is simply a "stealth tax". They SHOULD be charging the offending party to destroy products that are not allowed. They are NOT entitled to MY wages to cover those expenses. A joke is, after all, a joke.
I have NEVER spend $205 dollars in a year on that stealth tax. They are LOSING a LOT of money on that transponder. Just charge what it cost PER CROSSING, and there would be many more buying them. That of course makes sense, which is why it will never happen.
I had trouble getting reimbursed for the $10.75 each time, but my carrier agreed to pay 100% for the transponder. For me, it's a great deal. I've been to Canada 3 times already this year. It's saved me paying $32.25 out of pocket already.
Plus this year some crossings, like Port Huron, are using cash lanes or transponder lanes. It should help get across quicker using the transponder.
Plus this year some crossings, like Port Huron, are using cash lanes or transponder lanes. It should help get across quicker using the transponder.
It's just the difference between a government imposed tax and a merchant/business imposed surcharge that you can't tell apart, eh?
Oh - and watch the 'faux cussing' - some folks take exception to it.
It's just the difference between a government imposed tax and a merchant/business imposed surcharge that you can't tell apart, eh?
Oh - and watch the 'faux cussing' - some folks take exception to it.
Well, riddem fraddum! Best read the act that led to this. No "faux cussing" either, EnglishLady's faux hunter got rid of all the fauxes. GEEZ, even OVM knows that!
THIS is a GREAT example of "faux taxes" that the DAMAGE they cause!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU
"Faux cussing"? NOPE, just the English ('Mercian) spelling of a Russian word! If'n you spoke Russian as gooder as I did you would know that. Bet you don't even know what the "ROOSIAN" language either.
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It's just the difference between a government imposed tax and a merchant/business imposed surcharge that you can't tell apart, eh?
Oh - and watch the 'faux cussing' - some folks take exception to it.
Let some folks take a hike.....IMO