Freestyle is an excellent company.

Oxleyroad · Feb 20, 2020

I can't say anything new that what everyone else has said. Their customer service has been great especially on supposedly stocked items that were out, I err with the shipping but adjust my orders to give me my purchases delivered for equal or cheaper than that NY based store. They have a number of the european film products that I used to use in Oz that are not available as easy on the east coast. All in all they are one of my prefered sources.

Andrew O'Neill · Feb 21, 2020

When I lived in Japan, I ordered from them, as well as B&H. Back in Canada, I prefer to support local and Canadian businesses.

Sirius Glass · Feb 21, 2020

Sal Santamaura said:
That might be evidence of just how much lower Adorama's sales volume is than B&H's. B&H has been charging sales tax since last year. Either Adorama hasn't yet shipped $500k in merchandise to California or it's ignoring the law. Either way, if you receive an order from Adorama that didn't include sales tax, you're obligated to submit the equivalent amount in use tax to California. Your signature on your annual state income tax return means failure to submit any use tax owed makes you subject to prosecution for tax fraud. Good luck!

Oh gosh golly I will get right on that. Probably around the Twelveth of Never.

Sal Santamaura · Feb 21, 2020

Sirius Glass said:
Oh gosh golly I will get right on that. Probably around the Twelveth of Never.

The FTB might get on it for you, Steve.

Sirius Glass · Feb 21, 2020

Sal Santamaura said:
The FTB might get on it for you, Steve.

Man, now I am never going to be able to sleep!

Sal Santamaura · Feb 21, 2020

Sirius Glass said:
...sometimes I can get it cheaper from Adorama and save almost 10% sales tax.

Apparently you haven't purchased anything from Adorama since January 1. That's when it started collecting California sales tax on orders shipped to this state. Here's a discussion on a Mac forum about the change:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/adorama-now-collects-sales-tax.2218431/

I guess you and the FTB will sleep well beginning this year.

Sirius Glass · Feb 21, 2020

Sal Santamaura said:
Apparently you haven't purchased anything from Adorama since January 1. That's when it started collecting California sales tax on orders shipped to this state. Here's a discussion on a Mac forum about the change:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/adorama-now-collects-sales-tax.2218431/

I guess you and the FTB will sleep well beginning this year.

Now I am going to hold my breath until this changes!

Sal Santamaura · Feb 22, 2020

Sirius Glass said:
Now I am going to hold my breath until this changes!

Have you prepaid for your final arrangements?

fdonadio · Feb 22, 2020

dkonigs said:
But when you order as much random stuff as I do, harder-to-dispose packing materials can kinda become a dealbreaker.

Some time ago, I got a message (or was it a pamphlet inside the box?) stating that the “foam-cheetos” used by Freestyle are biodegradable.

dkonigs · Feb 23, 2020

fdonadio said:
Some time ago, I got a message (or was it a pamphlet inside the box?) stating that the “foam-cheetos” used by Freestyle are biodegradable.

I know that. The kind they use are infinitely better than styrofoam peanuts. However, they're still an extreme pain in the butt to deal with when it comes time to collapse your boxes without completely filling the trash can (or using a huge vat of water to dissolve them).

Freestyle is an excellent company.

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