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Originally Posted by aftermath
Yes, I did miss the continuity of this thread, as did some others by your admittance. My problem was not noticing the date on post #1. If you got the same motorhome for $8K less than that is a great deal. Congratulations. I have heard others talk about buying "out of state" and saving lots of money only to learn that they have to pay the sales tax when they return to the state. That was the point I was making.
Welcome to Washington, it isn't a bad place at all.
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Actually it's "welcome back to Washington". I was born in Seattle and lived in western Washington until about 10 days after my 50th birthday. (even while in the Navy, I was stationed at NAS Whidbey Is) My wife and I worked in the same profession and both transferred to the Denver area. I retired in 2004 and she retired in January, 2015. We then escaped back here. I'm very glad to be home.
I believe that many years ago, one could go to Portland and buy a car and bring it back to Washington without paying sales tax, but then sales tax was much lower. I think I remember a whole lot of moaning when they put a stop to that. Colorado has both sales and income tax, but the property taxes are much lower than here. I'd guess they're about 25% of what they are in Washington. But at least Colorado has found ways to fund education.
I can remember when I was very young, Washington had tax tokens (made of plastic and before that aluminum). They were worth 1/3 of a cent. I believe that was the tax on a dollar. All this is subject to a old and well worn memory.
Ken
Hi, Ken glad that you are going to hang around here; Post some pictures of your new motorhome and tell us all about it. Your cats should be happy too.
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