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 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 12:36 AM   
 By:   drivingmissdaisy   (Member)

Also cool for people living in TN like me. Not. Perhaps I can try to hold you to "we'll rectify it, no issue"?

We don't have to refund you a dime, as this was posted by me on the internet on another site NOT MAINTAINED, OPERATED or FUNDED by Varese Sarabande Records. Though since I'm a nice guy, I have sent a note to Varese to refund ONLY your tax for this ONE order. All future orders IF YOU PLACE ONE, you will be paying sales tax.

Have a WONDERFUL and BLESSED evening! Thank you for your kind comments and I look forward to more happy joyful pleasurable exchanges with you "Dervish Sanders" ...

 
 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 12:45 AM   
 By:   Graham   (Member)

Yeah, Dervish needs a more affordable hobby. Who amongst us wouldn't like to collect yachts? Who amongst us collects yachts even though our bank accounts say otherwise?

 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 4:49 AM   
 By:   w-dervish   (Member)

I was confused as to why sales tax was added when it never has been before. I utilized a resource available to me to get an answer, and much faster than by email or phone. So I am satisfied with the result (getting an answer-wise -- even if it is weirdly overly saccharine. Not the answer itself, which is that I live in 1 of 2 states where a sales tax is now being charged and I'm going to have to pay sales tax on every Varese order going forward). If a situation arises in the future where I can utilize this board to get a question answered - I WILL do it again. Despite the 2 complaints (people who oddly object to someone using the board to get answers from a Label representative willing to provide them). BTW, my bank account does say I can't afford to collect yachts. Luckily I am among the few (or none, according to Graham) who have zero interest (even if I could afford to do so) in collecting them.

 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 4:56 AM   
 By:   w-dervish   (Member)

*duplicate*

 
 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 6:41 AM   
 By:   TerraEpon   (Member)

I was confused as to why sales tax was added when it never has been before.

Because....it's the law?

It's the same reason why some states pay sales tax at Amazon and some don't. If Amazon has a warehouse in that state, even if that particular WH isn't shipping to you, you have to pay tax. Since Varese is outsourcing their shipping to Naxos of America, who is based in TN, you have to pay tax if you live in TN.

It's pretty straightforward to me.

 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 7:39 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

Can't you buy Varease titles from say Movie Music and avoid the tax? Though I suppose the mark up in price may be the same or higher than the tax. I dunno. But then again MM has one dollar shipping!

 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 11:58 AM   
 By:   w-dervish   (Member)

I was confused as to why sales tax was added when it never has been before.
Because... It's the law? It's pretty straightforward to me.


The original announcement does say "...but all future orders will be fulfilled by Naxos Of America in Tennessee"... But, no, I did not read it. I read the info regarding the sale (everything above the graphic). The particulars of how they run their shipping department did not interest me. Did DMD read it? Instead of referring me to the original announcement, he told me no tax unless I live in CA.

BTW, Amazon does have a distribution center in TN, so I do pay sales tax on Amazon purchases. Yeah!!

 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 11:58 AM   
 By:   w-dervish   (Member)

Do you only post when you have something to complain about or are you just extremely unlucky in general?

Yes.

 
 
 Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 1:21 PM   
 By:   Disco Stu   (Member)

Well Miss Daisy, you cost me more than $130.- because I just ordered 9 CDs because of your post..... YOU FIEND!!!

Now here's wishing and praying the customs office lets it be or otherwise this discount will actually cost me a lot.
At least I got kicked into motion to order those CDs I have been intending to order for several months now. So, thanks......... maybe....................YOUR FIEND!!!

D.S.

 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:26 PM   
 By:   w-dervish   (Member)

DMD: ...all future orders will be fulfilled by Naxos Of America in Tennessee....

I believe I've seen some other complaints (other threads that I'm not going to hunt up now, as it took me awhile to find this one) but Naxos is NOT doing a satisfactory job shipping Varese CDs. Not in my experience at least. Another complaint I recall is that the Stephen King set was shipped in mailers when it should have been sent in a cardboard box (and people were reporting damage).

My experience is that 2 out of 3 shipments I have received thus far have arrived with damage. Some minor cracks in the boxes (one of the 2 shipments for which there was damage) and now very cracked (pieces of the jewel boxes breaking off, hubs inside destroyed with the tines rattling around inside the boxes).

How this happened is easy to see. The cardboard box was too small. The (7) CDs JUST fit inside. The corner of the box was bashed in shipment. If the box had been a little larger the bash would have pushed the CDs back in the box (and there would have been no, or a lot less damage). But because the CDs JUST fit, the jewel boxes suffered major damage. Additionally there was some minor damage to some of the rear inserts (small tears due to jewel box shards).

Anyway, I just wanted to let Varese know that, in regards to Naxos handling their shipping, IMPROVEMENT is needed. Padding and larger boxes (that better accommodate the product) are cheap fixes and SHOULD BE DONE. I can't recall any issues, BTW, with shipping when Varese was handling it. Nothing similar comes to mind in the 10 or so years previous that I received packages from Varese.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 2:43 PM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

Some changes to our shipping department that may interest you. Information is below. Varese Sarabande Records is still located in Beverly Hills that isn't changing..... So to recap, your CD's will be shipped from TENNESSEE not CALIFORNIA anymore. For conspiracy theorists, I thought I'd nip this in the bud quickly as most will start saying "OH MY this is it Varese is about to close". No, far far far from it. We are doing just fine!...

Uh-huh. Well it does seem the opposite of the Clampetts - when you get rich you move from the backwaters to Beverlee, not the other way around. wink

 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 3:14 PM   
 By:   Lokutus   (Member)

That's it... no more Varese orders until this Naxos BS is over!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 8:25 PM   
 By:   jonathan_little   (Member)

Naxos isn't going to change their shipping ways. They have been packing CDs like this for ages.

 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2018 - 9:20 PM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

They should switch to stork's for delivery.

 
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