Petco deal tank- $1 per gallon
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carpediem212
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- Location
- Queens, NY
Damn save some tanks for the kids gold fish
- Location
- NY
Froggie said:
Mine came with the stock lighting and glass top too. Unbelievable deal for $33. :party:
Brett, I got the corner 36g. They had the 54g corner also. I would have taken it if I had room in my car. 4 tanks takes up the whole car when it's an Accord :biggrin:
R
- Location
- NY
TimberTDI said:
:biggrin: Glad I could be of assistance Steve.
swimmer
carpediem212
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- Location
- Queens, NY
Felt I got a pretty good deal on the 40breeder. Gonna use it as my sump .
scarf_ace1981
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- Location
- San Juan, PR
Froggie said:
i just lost my coral beauty. mean little guy but i loved him so.
carpediem- using a 40br for a sump. how dare you speak such blasphemy. :tongue1:
- Location
- Philippines
nonE in the ciTy spYkes 
onLy 40 breeDers...
onLy 40 breeDers...- Location
- NY
spykes said:
Dave, I believe the sale ends Saturday. Get on the horn and make some calls before you drive to any of them. They flew off the shelf the beginning of the week. I got one on Sunday, the only one the Petco by me had in stock.
I called today and they got a delivery of tanks today. The only thing they got were std 55's and some 10's (not part of sale). Nothing of any value really. They know the sale ends Saturday and aren't looking to restock the shelves at this time.
swimmer
- Location
- Crown Heights Brooklyn
Speaking of Petco I was there today and picked up a Pseudochromis fridmani for $11.99! Which I thought was a great price
- Location
- NY
Tax issue update:
When anyone in NY (not sure about other states) bought their $1/gallon tanks at Petco, they charged sales tax based on the original retail price. Not the actual price you paid ($1/gallon).
Buy one 33 gallon cube for $33 and it's not a real big deal. Approx. tax on $33 is $2.68. The normal retail is $150 and the tax on that is $12.19. The difference is ~ $10
Well I bought four tanks that day. They charged me $46.79 MORE in tax than they were due. I complained to them and they said there is nothing they can do. I took the tanks and paid the excessive tax anyway. I knew I was going to refute it to their corporate office. I got nowhere with them. They said their legal department advised them to collect tax in this manner.
So I called the NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance. They said that Petco was doing nothing illegal, providing that they were paying the collected tax to the state of NY. They said I could file form AU-11 Application for Credit or Refund of Sales or Use Tax.
I filed the form and yesterday I received a check in the mail for $46.79 reimbursing me for the excessive tax collected. Basically what this boils down to is this. Anybody can charge you whatever tax they want. If they submit that amount of tax to the state, they are doing nothing wrong. If at the end of the fiscal quarter, they calculate the amount of sales and submit only the 'correct' tax to the state, then that is illegal. If they submit what they collected, the state will accept it and they collect exhorbitant amounts of tax (my tax came to $57.68 on a $134.00 purchase = 43% tax rate!!!). If you file for a refund, they'll gladly give it to you. If you don't submit for a refund (and I suspect most people don't go through the trouble) then the state pads its coffers without question.
I've taken the time to search for the form AU-11 online and offer the link to anyone who wishes to submit the claim. It took me 5 minutes to fill out the form. Good luck and post your success here. :thrash:
swimmer
When anyone in NY (not sure about other states) bought their $1/gallon tanks at Petco, they charged sales tax based on the original retail price. Not the actual price you paid ($1/gallon).
Buy one 33 gallon cube for $33 and it's not a real big deal. Approx. tax on $33 is $2.68. The normal retail is $150 and the tax on that is $12.19. The difference is ~ $10
Well I bought four tanks that day. They charged me $46.79 MORE in tax than they were due. I complained to them and they said there is nothing they can do. I took the tanks and paid the excessive tax anyway. I knew I was going to refute it to their corporate office. I got nowhere with them. They said their legal department advised them to collect tax in this manner.
So I called the NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance. They said that Petco was doing nothing illegal, providing that they were paying the collected tax to the state of NY. They said I could file form AU-11 Application for Credit or Refund of Sales or Use Tax.
I filed the form and yesterday I received a check in the mail for $46.79 reimbursing me for the excessive tax collected. Basically what this boils down to is this. Anybody can charge you whatever tax they want. If they submit that amount of tax to the state, they are doing nothing wrong. If at the end of the fiscal quarter, they calculate the amount of sales and submit only the 'correct' tax to the state, then that is illegal. If they submit what they collected, the state will accept it and they collect exhorbitant amounts of tax (my tax came to $57.68 on a $134.00 purchase = 43% tax rate!!!). If you file for a refund, they'll gladly give it to you. If you don't submit for a refund (and I suspect most people don't go through the trouble) then the state pads its coffers without question.
I've taken the time to search for the form AU-11 online and offer the link to anyone who wishes to submit the claim. It took me 5 minutes to fill out the form. Good luck and post your success here. :thrash:
swimmer
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ
ur a rock star lol
- Location
- NY
Hope this helps. Wow, that's a blast from the past. I was a young man in those days
Not so much anymore :turtle: lolBest of luck with the process. Hopefully Petco has changed their policy since then and only charges the amount they are supposed to collect.
Russ
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