Madsen's is good to deal with! Washington retailers are required to charge State sales tax. Oregon residents can file a form at the end of the year with the State of WA to get the taxed refunded!
Coastal Farm has had a few 500i's in stock at Oregon City and Gresham, but pretty much list price.
Looking closer at this one... according to the WA state web site:
Effective July 1, 2019, the retail sales tax exemption is no longer available at the point of sale for nonresidents of Washington State who purchase tangible personal property, digital goods, and digital codes. You must collect retail sales tax from all of your nonresident customers, unless the customer or sale qualifies for another exemption. See our list of
common nonresident exemptions for more information and related documentation requirements. -Note about the exemption list: non-resident exemptions include purchases of cars, trucks, tractors, trailers, and large boats (over 30 feet in length)-.
The above was amended 6 months later with:
Starting Jan. 1, 2020, you may request a refund of the state portion of retail sales tax (6.5%) that you paid on eligible purchases in the prior year. See our
Qualified Nonresident refund page for more information.
Note: You may only make one refund request per year, for qualifying purchases made in the previous year. Total refund amount must be $25 or more (total purchases before tax must be more than $384.62). Refunds are only available to residents of Oregon, Alaska, Montana, Delaware, New Hampshire, Colorado, American Samoa, and in Canada residents of Alberta, NW Territories, Nunavut and The Yukon. And no sales tax rebate on buying WA state weed!
So seemingly I can get the state's 6.5% of the sales tax back in a year. Long time to wait for it, but hell, its cheaper to buy the saws there than here, even with no local sales tax in Oregon. So I will get on the Madsens 500i list. My price would be $1,353 out of pocket, but I would get $81 back from WA state for an actual cost of $1,272. That is $6 less than the price of a 462 R model with a 28 inch bar here in Oregon with no sales tax.
