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| | | Author: | jfksdca  | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 05:26 | | Subject: | "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 161 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed? |
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| | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 05:34 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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No, this is a crime and it has at at least 5 years behind the bars.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 05:45 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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If a seller does not propose an onsite payment method (PayPal Onsite or Stripe),
then BrickLink can’t fulfill its obligation to collect the sales tax from buyers
in California (or from one of the 40-some other US states that have sales tax
and a marketplace law that makes BL responsible for tax collection).
When there’s no shipping method linked to an onsite payment method, the website
says “seller does not ship to you” instead of “you can’t pay the tax on BL, therefore
you can’t buy from this seller.”
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| | | | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 06:04 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | When there’s no shipping method linked to an onsite payment method, the website
says “seller does not ship to you” instead of “you can’t pay the tax on BL, therefore
you can’t buy from this seller.”
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I hope BL can change this message to reduce confusion.
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 06:53 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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What makes you believe they will ship to every other state ?
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 11:19 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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It's definitely legal to not ship to CA.
Usually, it's done by some larger retailers to avoid CA's prop 65 law
that only seems to benefit the lawyers.
"According to settlement data released by the California Office of the Attorney
General, in 2019, 909 businesses paid close to $30 million to settle Proposition
65 claims asserted against them... Of this staggering sum, almost $24 million,
or 80%, went directly into the pockets of plaintiffs’ lawyers."
So CA sets up this law about warning labels. and then predatory private enforcers
team up with lawyers to make claims against businesses and then the businesses
usually end up paying gobs of money to settle the claims.
"Violations of Prop 65 are subject to civil penalties of up to $2,500 per
day for each violation. This statute may be enforced by the California Attorney
General, local district and city attorneys, or private citizens if the state
declines to do so or does not act within 60 days after it is notified of an alleged
violation. Success in such a suit entitles private citizens to 25% of any penalties
assessed by the courts and possibly attorneys' fees (often referred to as
bounty hunters fees). Businesses paid more than $29 million to settle Proposition
65 lawsuits in 2014, a 68% jump from 2013, according to the California Attorney
General's office. Of the $29 million, 71% went to trial lawyers."
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| | | | | Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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As long as he's not shipping to people living in CA and not people
born in CA, that's legal 
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2021 16:26 | | Subject: | Re: "Legal" for US seller to not ship to CA? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, jfksdca writes:
| | The seller in question will ship to every state but CA? Is this allowed?
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I ship to CA and get many many Cali buyers because of other stores with this
restriction
I'm also orignally from Southern Cali, not that it matters 
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