Praesul Presul
On Target.....Sometimes
Last year it was arguing with Cabela's over reloading supplies which in the way the Holiday is written is a little gray (another thread). Asked this year - same answer "Nope". Fine I'll go to LA Reloading, Hebert's, etc.
So I bought ammo on the Saturday at Walmart Oneil and said what's this tax before I swiped my card. Multiple dummies also known as Managers/CSM's came by and said "no you have to pay local taxes still." I said no you have it wrong. I tried to point out to them that looking at their system it appears an "X" next to the item means it is taxed and "N" it isn't. I then told them it looked like some of my stuff was taxed and some not eventhough it was all ammo plus the bottom said "9%" which is the full tax. Found an old receipt in my pocket to show another purchase from a few weeks ago. No one understood it. Cashier said I just had a customer who bought ammo and paid no tax. So then I got a "maybe its only one certain ammo" BS. Seriously I don't work in retail but I did once for 7 years. I realize it is time consuming to alter your system for special things like this for a few days, but God sakes print stuff out like below and hand it out to managers and others in the know.
Go back in last Wednesday with these:
http://rev.louisiana.gov/sections/publications/viewrelease.aspx?id=356&view=print
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=668895
Of all people I get the same CSM. She argues initially and I give her the above stuff and off she goes to "see the Wizard". Eventually it is all worked out but she asks if she can keep the above so she can mail to corporate as she says they have no control over stuff like this. "Arkansas does it all." she says. Walmart is really run like that - no local involvement on a local issue?
Next year I am arming myself with all of these documents - maybe everybody should.
So I bought ammo on the Saturday at Walmart Oneil and said what's this tax before I swiped my card. Multiple dummies also known as Managers/CSM's came by and said "no you have to pay local taxes still." I said no you have it wrong. I tried to point out to them that looking at their system it appears an "X" next to the item means it is taxed and "N" it isn't. I then told them it looked like some of my stuff was taxed and some not eventhough it was all ammo plus the bottom said "9%" which is the full tax. Found an old receipt in my pocket to show another purchase from a few weeks ago. No one understood it. Cashier said I just had a customer who bought ammo and paid no tax. So then I got a "maybe its only one certain ammo" BS. Seriously I don't work in retail but I did once for 7 years. I realize it is time consuming to alter your system for special things like this for a few days, but God sakes print stuff out like below and hand it out to managers and others in the know.
Go back in last Wednesday with these:
http://rev.louisiana.gov/sections/publications/viewrelease.aspx?id=356&view=print
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=668895
Of all people I get the same CSM. She argues initially and I give her the above stuff and off she goes to "see the Wizard". Eventually it is all worked out but she asks if she can keep the above so she can mail to corporate as she says they have no control over stuff like this. "Arkansas does it all." she says. Walmart is really run like that - no local involvement on a local issue?
Next year I am arming myself with all of these documents - maybe everybody should.
