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[2709.44 --> 2711.02] There's crazy robots out there. |
[2711.02 --> 2711.06] There. |
[2711.72 --> 2719.50] This feels like a really advanced, like, project that someone on YouTube made. |
[2721.18 --> 2721.88] I don't know. |
[2722.84 --> 2724.26] I'm sure it's more complicated than that. |
[2724.44 --> 2727.18] I'm sure the thermal sensing stuff is actually quite complicated. |
[2727.40 --> 2727.70] Right. |
[2728.10 --> 2732.46] Like, the robot vision that they've programmed into this is probably pretty cool. |
[2732.46 --> 2740.36] And there's probably some pretty, like, some pretty onerous sort of safety, health and safety certifications that they probably have to go through. |
[2740.36 --> 2741.32] That sounds expensive. |
[2741.60 --> 2741.74] Yeah. |
[2742.62 --> 2743.14] All right. |
[2743.52 --> 2743.84] Yeah. |
[2744.38 --> 2747.18] Well, at any rate, why don't we move on to the next topic? |
[2748.12 --> 2748.80] So, oh, you're right. |
[2748.88 --> 2751.30] So, humans, your jobs are not safe. |
[2751.70 --> 2752.00] No. |
[2752.10 --> 2752.78] Except for now they are. |
[2753.66 --> 2755.74] Because Flippy is not that great. |
[2756.08 --> 2757.44] But someone will make a good Flippy. |
[2757.68 --> 2758.92] This is pretty crazy. |
[2758.92 --> 2759.32] We'll update that one. |
[2759.32 --> 2762.72] So, this was posted by Master Disaster on the forum. |
[2763.14 --> 2767.14] But the original article, is this, like, from our forum? |
[2767.94 --> 2771.50] Looks like one of the users of our forum blanked out their personal information and said, basically, |
[2771.50 --> 2777.72] Dear Taxpayer, Newegg has provided the Department of Revenue Services records of your online purchases. |
[2777.88 --> 2781.80] They put a dash in online because apparently they still live in 2002. |
[2782.22 --> 2782.54] Super old. |
[2782.62 --> 2782.82] Yeah. |
[2783.24 --> 2785.50] During taxable years 2014, 2015, and 2016. |
[2786.30 --> 2792.04] According to these records, you made purchases in at least one of these years but were not charged Connecticut sales tax. |
[2792.16 --> 2793.96] Therefore, you owe tax on the items. |
[2794.92 --> 2796.50] Tax, interest, penalty. |
[2797.34 --> 2797.90] Penalty. |
[2797.90 --> 2800.86] Total amount due, $103.10. |
[2801.06 --> 2804.30] Now, this is based on only spending about $1,000. |
[2804.76 --> 2813.30] So, anyone who was a heavy buyer or, like, maybe was the coordination point for group buys for their friends, for example, |
[2813.84 --> 2816.54] or, like, regularly bought systems and built them for other people, |
[2817.02 --> 2825.28] if they didn't go and pour through the Connecticut tax code to determine that Newegg should have been paying them tax |
[2825.28 --> 2830.16] or should have been submitting, charging them tax and then submitting it to the state of Connecticut, |
[2830.16 --> 2833.24] they could be on the hook for thousands and thousands of dollars. |
[2833.42 --> 2843.40] American online tax law is basically, as far as I know, actually the worst out of anyone. |
[2843.40 --> 2845.58] But it's pretty broken. |
[2845.58 --> 2852.06] And, like, the average person, I don't think the average person should be blamed for not being aware of this stuff. |
[2852.12 --> 2853.44] Like, on the one hand, yes. |
[2854.32 --> 2862.66] Officially, according to tax laws here in Canada, too, you should pay tax even if you weren't charged tax on the transaction. |
[2862.66 --> 2869.96] For example, if I were to buy something on Craigslist, or if I were to sell something on Craigslist, |
[2870.08 --> 2875.44] I'm supposed to pay income tax on the money that I made. |
[2875.84 --> 2881.76] And if I was to sell something on Craigslist, I am supposed to, I think, over a certain amount. |
[2881.84 --> 2886.40] So, if I was doing it regularly, I am supposed to collect provincial and general sales tax |
[2886.40 --> 2890.64] and submit it to the appropriate governing bodies on behalf of the buyer. |
[2890.64 --> 2901.38] But, like, going all the way back to 2014 to 2016, and then just sending letters to everyone? |
[2903.28 --> 2903.76] Wow. |
[2904.68 --> 2906.76] No subpoena or warrant was involved. |
[2906.98 --> 2908.44] The DRS just sent New Egg a letter. |
[2908.58 --> 2909.24] They complied. |
[2909.76 --> 2913.06] Which, I mean, yeah. |
[2914.60 --> 2917.04] Would they have a legal justification to not? |
[2917.10 --> 2919.38] Yeah, I mean, I guess that's people's personal information, right? |
[2919.38 --> 2920.92] Like, that's pretty BS. |
[2921.30 --> 2921.56] Yeah. |
[2927.56 --> 2927.96] Man. |
[2931.30 --> 2932.74] Well, how would they be able to mail them? |
[2932.74 --> 2933.28] New Egg only sent the amounts? |
[2933.36 --> 2935.28] How would they be able to mail them with their personal information? |
[2936.34 --> 2937.66] Yeah, so name, address, I guess. |
[2937.66 --> 2937.80] Yeah. |
[2938.00 --> 2938.46] So, okay. |
[2938.54 --> 2942.02] So, apparently, the DRS submitted the names and addresses and asked New Egg for the amounts. |
[2942.22 --> 2942.58] Oh. |
[2942.58 --> 2943.70] So, okay. |
[2943.70 --> 2947.98] I can see New Egg supplying that, but I don't know, man. |
[2948.04 --> 2953.34] Like, this is one of those things where this is not the consumer's fault. |
[2954.18 --> 2956.26] NH Massacre said, I'm screwed. |
[2956.36 --> 2958.18] I spent over $13,000 on New Egg. |
[2958.24 --> 2959.00] Are you from Connecticut? |
[2959.38 --> 2960.16] I think you have to. |
[2960.22 --> 2961.52] I think this only applies to people in Connecticut. |
[2961.52 --> 2963.28] This only applies to Connecticut for now. |
[2963.28 --> 2965.72] But this is a can of worms. |
[2966.16 --> 2966.26] Yeah. |
[2967.78 --> 2974.38] Because even here in Canada, the way that the taxation has worked for online purchases has been a little bit complicated at times. |
[2975.14 --> 2979.06] And as far as I know, nothing was ever done retroactively. |
[2980.06 --> 2988.44] And as far as I know, when the laws changed back in 2008, 2009, somewhere around there, when they introduced harmonized sales tax, |
[2988.44 --> 2991.16] the onus was on the retailer to deal with it. |
[2991.20 --> 2991.44] Yeah, you have to try. |
[2991.44 --> 2992.92] And we were the ones who were in trouble. |
[2993.42 --> 3001.10] And that seems a lot more fair to me than putting it on, you know, individual Joe Average in Connecticut. |
[3001.28 --> 3002.04] No, I completely agree. |
[3005.92 --> 3006.78] Crap, what was I going to say? |
[3008.72 --> 3009.08] Right. |
[3009.08 --> 3016.94] So, a lot of tax law was made before it was reasonable to buy something in one area when you are in another area. |
[3016.94 --> 3023.74] And then when that started becoming more popular, it was mostly like calling in to order stuff. |
[3023.82 --> 3026.66] And that was such low volume that nobody cared. |
[3027.14 --> 3031.12] And even once you started buying things on the internet, most people were pretty skeptical about buying things on the internet. |
[3031.30 --> 3033.24] And there wasn't a lot of that going on. |
[3033.28 --> 3035.00] And then Amazon blows up. |
[3035.52 --> 3037.12] And all these other sites blow up. |
[3037.30 --> 3043.66] And now a lot of people are doing a pretty hefty portion, possibly most of their shopping on the internet. |
[3043.98 --> 3045.12] Now it's a big deal. |
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