JenStone
Shiny_Rock
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- Mar 13, 2006
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I''ve been a bad girl and kept asking my boyfriend where my ring is all weekend.
He finally caved in and told me what happened...
The ring was ready almost two weeks ago. The original plan was that we''ll have the ring shipped to NJ to alleviate the cost of the NY state tax (which at 8.25% is just crazy). We know many people who live in NJ, so I thought it wouldn''t be a problem.
However, everyone my boyfriend asked (including his brother) said they will not be home on weekdays to sign for the package, or they do not want the responsibility for it (I know, some friends). My boyfriend spent AN ENTIRE week looking for someplace outside NY to ship it to without any success. Finally, he had ERD send it to his office in Manhattan. Which meant about $1,000 in taxes.
Naturally I was angry to hear this. Why didn''t he just tell me that he was having trouble? My best friend (who lives in NJ) is a chef and only works nights - she could''ve signed for it. My other good friend (who also lives in NJ) is still in school and only has class on three days/week....she could''ve signed for it. If those two couldn''t do it, my mother has tons of friends in NJ who stay at home - they could''ve signed for it and my mother could''ve picked it up.
So at the end, my boyfriend ended up paying another grand, had to push back his plans for his proposal (which he had originally planned for this past weekend), and he has a very frustrated girlfriend (me).
The good news is, he received the ring on Friday and said it looks even better than in the pictures Gary sent us, and he was almost blinded by its sparkles.
The ring was ready almost two weeks ago. The original plan was that we''ll have the ring shipped to NJ to alleviate the cost of the NY state tax (which at 8.25% is just crazy). We know many people who live in NJ, so I thought it wouldn''t be a problem.
However, everyone my boyfriend asked (including his brother) said they will not be home on weekdays to sign for the package, or they do not want the responsibility for it (I know, some friends). My boyfriend spent AN ENTIRE week looking for someplace outside NY to ship it to without any success. Finally, he had ERD send it to his office in Manhattan. Which meant about $1,000 in taxes.
Naturally I was angry to hear this. Why didn''t he just tell me that he was having trouble? My best friend (who lives in NJ) is a chef and only works nights - she could''ve signed for it. My other good friend (who also lives in NJ) is still in school and only has class on three days/week....she could''ve signed for it. If those two couldn''t do it, my mother has tons of friends in NJ who stay at home - they could''ve signed for it and my mother could''ve picked it up.
So at the end, my boyfriend ended up paying another grand, had to push back his plans for his proposal (which he had originally planned for this past weekend), and he has a very frustrated girlfriend (me).
The good news is, he received the ring on Friday and said it looks even better than in the pictures Gary sent us, and he was almost blinded by its sparkles.