I went to Office Depot yesterday to pick up a printer for resale. I figured I could just walk in with my tax certificate, they'd put it on file, and I would walk out with the printer. No deal, I guess. I was told I'd have to fill out a form and fax it (seriously? It's 2010. I don't have a facsimile.) or send it to headquarters. In two weeks I'd have a "tax exempt" card I could then present if I needed to get something for resale.
The problem is that my business, however slow it may actually be, still runs a little faster than a two-week turnaround. Office Depot FAIL. Amazon.com SUCCEED. I'll have that printer in tomorrow, at a lower overall cost, even with one-day shipping. No more trips to Office Depot. I'll order markers and pens from Amazon if I need to.
