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Does anyone think it matters where you buy iPhone 4?

jsntrenkler

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Wait apple stores in California charge sales tax on the subsidized price?

No, in California they charge tax on full retail regardless of where you purchase. In Arizona they charge tax based on actual purchase price, so if it's subsidized then you only pay tax on that amount. If you purchase full retail you pay tax on the full retail.
 

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No, in California they charge tax on full retail regardless of where you purchase. In Arizona they charge tax based on actual purchase price, so if it's subsidized then you only pay tax on that amount. If you purchase full retail you pay tax on the full retail.

Oh ok thanks I thought you said it was the other way around.
 

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I usually buy everything from best buy but got my white iPhone at the apple store because they don't have the 10% restocking fee should I wanted/needed to take it back
 

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I'm getting ready to go out and buy a new white iPhone. Does it matter if I get it from Best Buy, the Apple Store, or ATT? ANy opinions

It does not matter at all, go where ever is the most convenient for you. No matter where you get it you have the same 1 year warranty from Apple as everyone else no matter where they got it. If anything ever goes wrong you just call them or take it to an Apple Store, they don't care where you got it.

For me the Apple Store is at least a 20 minute drive without traffic. Even then the place is normally packed and annoying. My first two came from AT&T and my 4 I got a Best Buy. Never took more than 10 minutes at either place to be out the door.
 

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+1 on the Apple Store *ALWAYS* being a zoo. We've bought all of our phones at one of the local Best Buy stores. ALWAYS friendly, ALWAYS helpful, they do free installs on screen protectors, let us try out any case in stock, etc. etc. YMMV

Haha, that clean industrial look is also horrendous for acoustics. Every Apple Store I've ever been too is mostly just annoying. It's so loud some times from all the voices bouncing off the bare walls and cement floors that I normally can only bare 5 minutes being in there if it's full.

Their staff are always awesome and extremely helpful for sure but I just can't take being packed in like a sardine and be bombarded by uncontrolled noise.
 

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