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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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05-01-2003, 09:57 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
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A tax is a tax is a tax?
Speaking of taxes, how much sales tax do you pay where you live and is anything excluded?
We're at 9% with no exclusions. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
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05-01-2003, 10:01 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
6%, food (except prepared food) excluded. For big shopping trips, we go to the Mall of America in MN, where clothing is exempt.
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05-01-2003, 10:01 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Parsippany,NJ
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
9%?? [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Wow!! We're at 6 percent and food is excluded. But not if it's in a restaurant! And clothes are excluded too.
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05-01-2003, 10:51 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
We're at 6% too, and food is excluded (at the grocery store). I think for clothing it is not taxed until you hit $75, then you are taxed [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] . It's either $50 or $75. I don't usually buy anything that expensive so that's why I can't remember!! I'll have to wait for the other Nutmegger's to correct me [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-01-2003, 10:54 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
We pay 14% on just about everything. 7% provincial (excluded on children 14 and under's clothing) and 7% federal (included on children's clothing). Most food purchased in a grocery store is tax exempt except for junk food. Junk food and restaurant food is taxed at 14%.
Then there's the sin taxes: don't have a clue what they are up to now on cigarettes and booze.
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05-01-2003, 11:00 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
Our county is 7% (4 for the state & 3 for the county) Tax on clothing is 3% (no state tax there)Grocery food is excluded. Most of the counties around us are at 8% (4&4)
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05-01-2003, 11:04 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: York, PA , USA
Posts: 2,022
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
We are at 6% for everything except food (dining out is taxed though) and clothing. I'm not sure about the other necessities like T.P. and such... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
Cigarettes are taxed much more.
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05-01-2003, 11:55 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
I'll add to denwol. Cat and dog food is at 6%. Don't know what items at the grocery store are taxed. I think swimwear and hunting clothes are taxed. No idea about gas tax or cigarette tax. I think restaurant food is at 6%.
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05-01-2003, 02:00 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
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Originally posted by greystone98:
Speaking of taxes, how much sales tax do you pay where you live and is anything excluded?
We're at 9% with no exclusions. [img]graemlins/pout.gif[/img]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">[img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Are you SERIOUS Deb?! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] |
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05-01-2003, 02:05 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Posts: 5,641
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
Quote:
We're at 9% with no exclusions.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Yep, I don't know anywhere in Alabama that has exclusions. I was starting to think we were the highest before reading Donna's 14% up in Canada - WOW! |
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05-01-2003, 02:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
Virginia is 4.5% for everything but food, which is 3.5%. No exclusions either.
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05-01-2003, 02:28 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
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Originally posted by greystone98:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial"> We're at 9% with no exclusions.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Yep, I don't know anywhere in Alabama that has exclusions. I was starting to think we were the highest before reading Donna's 14% up in Canada - WOW! </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Wow that's amazing! - I thought Connecticut was bad! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
The good news is, if you go visit Donna and do some shopping, on your way home if you're willing to stand in line you can get all of that tax money BACK [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] . |
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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05-01-2003, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
None - here - that's right - none!!
Actually we do have a rooms and meals tax - so if you stay at a hotel, or eat a meal in a restaurant, we do pay tax - I think it is 8%, but nothing else!
If you buy something at a quick service place - like Dunkin Donuts - you are only charged the tax if you buy a single serving size and a beverage - otherwise no tax. So = no tax on a dozen donuts - but yes, tax on a cup of coffee. No tax on a box of Joe!
There are times it is good to live in NH!
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05-01-2003, 04:13 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
Quote:
Originally posted by Bert & Sully:
The good news is, if you go visit Donna and do some shopping, on your way home if you're willing to stand in line you can get all of that tax money BACK [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] .
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">[img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I just wish there was a line I could stand in to get my 14% back! LOL!
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05-01-2003, 06:00 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: A tax is a tax is a tax?
The county we live in pays 6% sales tax on merchandise. No tax on food items at the grocery. The only tax on food is fast food that you eat on the premises.
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