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From: andreast@athena.mit.edu (Andreas Turanski)
Subject: HELP: how to setup a small corporation/business CHEAP????
Keywords: help corporation setup cheap
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:01:08 GMT

Hi,
  I am starting to do some computer consulting and need to start
a corporation so that it/I can legally be a reseller and
have a Federal tax ID so that I can get things wholesale and w/o tax
and resell them and charge tax- oh joy.

  I am trying to find out the best/CHEAPEST way to do this.
I am currently living in Massachusetts, but have a permanent residence
in NYC with my parents (I go to MIT as you can see).  I had once
heard of an 800 number which would legitimetly setup a corporation
in Delaware or some other states for a VERY SMALL (i.e. <$100)
amount of money and charge it to your credit card and sent you the
stuff later.

  If this is true and anyone knows of the number and some more specifiecs
or if anyone knows of a better/The Best way please let me know.
I would appreciate responses via netnews &/or email.


Does a corp have to have an office in the state in which it
is incorporated (i.e. do I have to get a mailbox in Delaware?)


I am also wondering how taxing is done if I setup my Corp. in Delaware,
get stuff sent to me here in Mass. and sell them here or in NY?
Do I have to charge Mass state tax- I assume?  Is there some way
around this for my customers?  Maybe send the systems/upgrades from
my home in NYC to here?  Also if I ever get anything for _my_own_ 
system do I (the corp.) have to charge myself state tax? Do I have
to sell it to myself for what the corp. buys it for +tax or
can the corp. just sell it to "me" for say $1 and 
take it as a loss (I will be the only "investor"
pumping money into the corp except for sales anyway!!).



Any help clearing up the confusion would again
be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks a lot,
Andreas.
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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: smierch@madeline.com (Edward Smierciak)
Subject: Re: Tape rewinder (Re: Tape snapped at beg
Reply-To: smierch@madeline.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 21:07:24 GMT

In article 14285@cs.cornell.edu, karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes:
>In article <C0HuDw.6qy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
>>I have heard recommendation of using the rewinder instead the VCR to
>>rewind tapes.  The reason is to reduce wear on my expensive VCR head
>>mechanism.
>
>My impression is the heads will be nowhere near the tape when you
>rewind it.  I thought the reason was supposed to be to save wear on
>other parts, e.g. motors.
>
>-- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
>
>
>
Correct David.  All the whining and grinding that a VCR makes when you
pop in a tape is a result of bringing the heads into contact with the
tape.  The reasons for using a tape rewinder are:

	1.	Reduce the wear and tear on the electric motors and
		drive components.  Starting and stopping are hard on
		these.

	2.	Allow you to rewind one tape while watching/recording
		another.  A T-120 takes an annoying several minutes
		to rewind completely from one end to the other.

Ed



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Ed Smierciak, MTS
NYNEX Science & Technology
500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
From: cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus)
Subject: Re: HELP: how to setup a small corporation/business CHEAP????
Keywords: help corporation setup cheap
Organization: Taligent, a little subsidiary of two really big companies.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:34:13 GMT

The Nolo Press books (there are national, California and Texas editions,
at least) cost under $30, and can guide you through incorporation with
little or not hassle.
--
-- Christophe

"Bad analogy!  No biscuit!"
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: john@ice.stx.com (John DiMarzio)
Subject: Re: battery for AT&T 5500 (WHERE?)
Reply-To: john@ice.stx.com
Organization: Hughes STX, Lanham, MD
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:47:40 GMT

In article <EUGENE.93Jan4141528@trout.ksr.com>, eugene@ksr.com (Eugene Yi-jen Pan) writes:
}
}Is AT&T the only source for replacement batteries?  The price at the AT&T phone
}center is $16.75.  Thanks for any info.

I saw The AT&T batteries for my phone (5400) at Sears this weekend for
$11 and change.  

John DiMarzio
From: ray.normandeau@factory.com (Ray Normandeau) 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: DISPUTE OVER A BILL WITH
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:36:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Invention Factory's BBS - New York City, NY - 212-274-8298v.32bis
Reply-To: ray.normandeau@factory.com (Ray Normandeau) 

-> The $40 are not a big deal to me but I am seriously considering not
-> paying it.  However, I would like to know if I am legally bound to an
-> agreement that I thought I had broken by NOT renewing my
-> subscription.  Obviously, the San Francisco Examiner has lawyers
-> working for them that had some say when they decided on this
-> marketing
-> strategy.


Did you at any time sign anything that indicated that you were
automatically authorizing renewels? How about verbally?

I would complain about this deceptive trade practice to the Attorney
General of your state in a letter with copies to the newspaper and it
competitors showing at bottom who is getting the copies.
From: aem@symbiosis.ahp.com (a.e.mossberg)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Bread makers: recommendations?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 09:34:30 -0500
Organization: Symbiosis Corporation, Miami, Florida  (305) 597-4000
Distribution: na
Reply-To: aem@symbiosis.ahp.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: symbi1.symbiosis.ahp.com

lyson@mpr.ca (Angela Lyson) writes:
>	I also like knowing exactly what goes into my bread, and
>	being able to have unusual bread, with very little effort by me.  
>	For instance, I had zucchini almond bread in my sandwich today.  

But if you make your bread by hand, you know what's in it as well.

>	Our machine doesn't take up two square feet of counter space,

Mine takes up roughly a square foot, but you need room around it for
working space, ventilation, and room to vibrate should it feel suicidal
and aim for the edge.

>By the way, I agree with the assessment posted earlier that while
>there are many people who are happy with Welbuilt and DAK machines,
>many other people have had problems with those brands.  I have not 
>heard one complaint about National/Panasonic, Sanyo, and Hitachi.

Mine is the DAK unit.  Most of the others I know of (including the three
that bought on seeing mine) are the Welbilt or DAK units.


You didn't say how long you've had your bread machine, did you?

aem
-- 
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(305) 597-4110            fax (305) 597-4002           miami, florida 33166-6202
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From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Handheld Shower Massages
Date: 6 Jan 1993 14:14:32 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 1ic800INNbf2@symbi1.symbiosis.ahp.com, aem@symbiosis.ahp.com (a.e.mossberg) writes:
>dw@unislc.uucp (Dan Wright) writes:
>
>>drawback is that it is "low-flow", like most (all?) new showerheads are,
>>which means that not much water comes out ... 
>>I took that washer out.  I also took a drill and reamed out the
>>couplings at either end of the hose, 
>
>How very environmental of you.  Do you realize that increasing areas of
>the country have mandatory water restrictions in effect?  Clean water
>doesn't grow on trees.

Of course it doesn't -- it comes in through a metered pipe, and Dave
pays for it.  It's his water.

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  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.culture.japan,sci.electronics,soc.culture.african.american,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs
From: fester@island.COM (Mike Fester)
Subject: Re: DOES AMERICA SAY YES TO JAPAN? - Off track!!
Organization: /usr/local/rn/organization
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:53:24 GMT

In article <1ijdl0INNo0n@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> philb@cats.ucsc.edu (Philip Brown) writes:
>
>fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>
>>In article <thomasd.59.726252693@tps.COM> thomasd@tps.COM (Thomas W. Day) writes:
>>>I really don't think using Harley as evidence that U.S. companies are 
>>>capable of competing is valid.  
>
>>Well, then you could have responded to the earlier Pampers, MacDonalds, Toys-
>>R-Us, Coca-Cola, Dow-Corning, etc, examples. Then there's Sun, Microsoft,
>>Apple-MacIntosh, Boeing, Hughes (they make satellites, Mr Day), and all those
>>other "low tech" things that the Japanese buy just because they pity us.
>
>ha! Sony now makes Sun clones that are 100% Sun compatible, possibly
>faster, and cheaper, than the original. Microsoft sucks, and Apple's
>stuff is mostly made in japan anyways.

I hope you're not referring to the SonyNews. My first programming job in Japan
was on that machine. It was "creative" to say the least. 

>Coke. yay. Ditto for the other examples.

You mean Dow-Corning, who recently expanded their Japanese operation to keep up
with the demand for glass for the portable computers? Boeing, who supplies
JAL, ANA, etc? Hughes, who makes most of the Japanese satellites? MicroSoft,
who makes the DOS for NEC-PCs? 

Mike
>
>-- 
>  --------------------------------------------------
>"How do I love sea? Let me count the waves.." |philb@cats.ucsc.edu
>P.Anthony, "The Colo(u)r of her panties"      |philb@soda.berkeley.edu


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conveniently defined conspiracy, or b) my wife.
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
Subject: Re: Discmans for walking? (was: Re: Sony Car Discmans?)
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 7 Jan 93 12:12:23 CST

In article <1ihei8INNdfb@transfer.stratus.com> savoia@sw.stratus.com (Rick Savoia) writes:
>Can anyone recommend a good portable CD player that 
>doesn't skip or stop while walking?  

Sony sells a portable CD players that has a one megabit buffer that holds
something like 4 seconds of the music that's about to be played.  If the
player does skip, the player has up to 4 seconds to recover before you
notice anything at all.  

This is a perfect solution for walking and biking, though I don't think
jogging would work well.

						---Joel Kolstad
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.culture.japan,sci.electronics,soc.culture.african.american,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs
From: lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Cordless phone recommendations
Date: 7 Jan 93 15:44:32 GMT
Distribution: all
Organization: Drexel University Physics


Has anyone gotten experience with the Tropez 900MHz digital cordless
phone?  I've heard it mentioned on the net, but haven't seen it in any
of the usual electronics outlets around here.  Where do you find it?

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From: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Chase Visa Gold -- your opinion wanted.
Date: 10 Jan 93 22:16:37 GMT
Reply-To: duncan@ravel.ati.com (Jim Duncan)
Organization: K-FOX 94.5 Classic Rock (KUFX, Gilroy-San Jose, California, USA)

In article <1993Jan8.231348.26472@news.acns.nwu.edu> alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) writes:
>
>I just got a Chase Visa Gold card for no annual fee, and it almost sounds too
>good to be true.  I'm worried that the card may lacking in some area that
>could turn out to be important.
>
I got such a deal from them years ago and have been happy.  However, my
deal was that as long as I spent the credit limit in one year, the
annual fee was waived.  No problem there until the credit limit began
to rise...  At this point the limit would be more suitable for the
Sultan of Brunei, and so the card costs $45/year since I just can't
spend enough money to make it free :^)  Is this the way they work
presently??  I should dump it and just use my free ATT Gold card, but
there's inertia.   

>In general, I'd be interested in knowing about:
>--Chase's customer service record... have you been satisfied?
I've never had any trouble at all.  

>--Their Chase Bonus Dollar promotion... is it really worth much?
The Bogus Dollar promotion doesn't mean much.  Periodically, they send
a catalog of the usual stereos, cameras, watches, and TV sets.  They
show the full list price and then apply so many of your Bogus Dollars
to get it down to a typical sale price in Anytown, USA.  With Price
Club and Costco nearby, it's worthless to me.  I've accumulated many 
thousands of Bogus Dollars - maybe this can be one way I'll be a
millionaire someday!  Now if I could just use my Chase Gold VISA at
Price Club....   


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From: sritacco@wet.UUCP (Steve Ritacco)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: New Ikea Stores ????
Date: 6 Jan 93 06:06:45 GMT
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco

With the holidays I managed to miss the response to my posting.

Could someone re-cap?

Thanks.
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Bank questions and a Discover card questio
Date: 12 Jan 1993 14:58:35 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 16732@netcom.com, johnwu@netcom.com (John M. Wu) writes:
>
>1)  I have a friend with a checking account which is always below
>$500 and will go below $100 at least once a month.  [...]
>  Do you think he's
>getting a bad deal for paying $120/yr. for using this bank?  

I fail to understand why anyone who qualifies for membership in a
Credit Union would bank at a commercial bank.  For all "normal"
consumer banking needs (checking, savings, CDs, loans, VISA, notarites
public, ATMs, etc), every credit union I have ever been affiliated with
offers at least a comparable level of service, and costs FAR less.  In
fact, THEY PAY YOU!

>Please reply be email to johnwu@netcom.com since I do not read
>this group often.

Then you will miss this reply, and those of others who consider this
type of request to be rude.

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  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
Subject: Re: Can a landlord refuse cash?
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 9 Jan 93 11:23:53 CST

In article <1993Jan8.235403.9630@tellab5.tellabs.com> chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski) writes:

>There's no debt because they're not
>your Chee-tos yet.  (BTW if you ate them before paying you
>have committed retail theft, for which you may be prosecuted).

Actually, I've heard that it's perfectly legal to go into a store and do
something like this.  I go into PDQ's all the time and fill up a cup of pop
and start drinking it long before I pay for it...  It becomes a crime the
minute you walk out the door without having paid.  (Of course, the store
has a right to demand payment _immediately_ and kick you out as soon as
you've done so... no doubt they would, if you went to a store and started
eating bag after bag of Chee-tos! :-) )
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,soc.culture.japan,sci.electronics,soc.culture.african.american,misc.education,misc.entrepreneurs
From: prk@planet.bt.co.uk (Peter Knight)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: DISPUTE OVER A BILL WITH SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER!
Date: 8 Jan 93 08:47:05 GMT
Organization: BT Labs, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK.

henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch) writes:


I have been reading this thread with incredulity:

More civilised countries, eg the UK, have laws about unsolicited goods,
ie products you didn't order and so have no contract with the supplier.

Basically, if anyone does send you things you didn't want, then 

1	You don't have to pay for them;

2	You don't have to pay for them to be sent back;

3	You may dispose of them after a reasonable time.

The only obligation is that, if the supplier does request his goods
back within a reasonable time, you should make them available to him.

Peter Knight

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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: sasdvp@unx.sas.com (David V. Phillips)
Subject: Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:00:37 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

If you join BMG you may find that they are good about taking back
unopened but unintentionally received (or even accidentally ordered)
CD's.

You can also get you 'status' changed so that you don't have to return
the card inorder to avoid the default selection.  Just call
317-542-0414 and tell them that you don't want to have to return the
card all the time.  They'll warn you that if you don't order
periodically, they'll have to cancel your membership.  Thank them, and
insist that they change your status.

I have heard (but not from BMG) that you have to have been a member
for more than one year before they'll change the status for you.

The phone number is often busy, and I don't think they have a toll
free number.

Standard disclaimers.

--
David Phillips  sasdvp@unx.sas.com  SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC
"They that can give up an essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". -- Benjamin Franklin (1759)
"Gun control is being able to hit your target." -- Me.
From: abulloch@garnet.berkeley.edu (Anthony Bulloch)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Monitored security system for home
Date: 9 Jan 1993 22:54:16 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

We have found Knight Security to be very good. (I'll dig
out their phone number and address if anyone wants to
get in touch with them for more details.)

Anthony Bulloch
(510) 549-9127 (home)
FAX: (510) 883-9433
abulloch@garnet.berkeley.edu

Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: Op Mgr <drew@tigger.jvnc.net>
Subject: NiCad for a TI3000 (Texas Instruments) Notebook?
Originator: ENS@tigger.jvnc.net
Reply-To: lee%polarsun@rna.rockefeller.edu
Organization: ***
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:53:34 GMT

 Recently, the battery in my TI3000 notebook went totally kerplunk.
Has anyone out there had experiences, good or bad, in getting
replacements?  I.e. besides the obvious: going to TI.
From: STAN@VM.TEMPLE.EDU (Stan Horwitz)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?
Date: 9 Jan 93 04:49:40 GMT
Organization: Temple University

I have joined just about every popular CD  club on the market at one time or
another.  There  are more than just  Columbia and BMG.  There  are clubs for
classical music and laser video discs too.
 
My CD collection  contains about 400 CDs.  Many of  these have been acquired
by way of clubs.  In fact, many times I join the same club concurently using
my work address and my home address.
 
When I  get a  CD in  the mail  which I did  not request  I always  open the
package and see what's  in side.  If it looks like  something decent, I will
buy it.  If not,  I send the unpaid bill back with a  note asking for a free
return  postage slip.   Every club  I have  ever joined  complies with  such
requests quickly and they always credits my account with the return.
 
The quality  of these clubs'  CDs seems  fine to me.   I have a  rather good
stereo system and haven't  heard any poor quality sound from  the CDs I have
purchased this  way.  The prices  of the  discs are not  exactly competitive
with some stores in  this area especially since there are  some good used CD
shops near by here.   As such, I usually quit these clubs as  soon as I have
met my minimum purchasing obligation.
 
Be  careful when  selecting a  club's membership  offer.  I  have seen  many
instances where clubs  such as BMG and Columbia House  make different offers
in different magazines.  Once, I purchased  a TV Guide and a Popular Science
(I think) at the same store at the same time.  One mag had an add for 3 free
CDs and  the other mag had  an add from the  same club for 8  CDs.  I forget
which club it was though.  Try to browse  through a few mags to look for the
best offer from a particular club before you sign up.
 
A good way  of expanding the deals for  free CDs from these clubs  is to get
one or more friends  to sign up to them with you as  a reference.  This way,
you get a CD or 2 as a reward  for bringing in a new customer and they get a
few CDs for becoming a new members.  Just remember to quit the clubs as soon
as you meet your purchasing obligation so  you don't waste too much time and
money sending back cards for monthly selections that you do not want.
 
This has always seemed like a sleazy tactic  to me, but I am not the one who
invented  this method  of  doing  business.  The  CD  clubs also  implicitly
encourage  it by  rewarding  former subscribers  to  resubscribe again  with
offers of even more free CDs.
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.consumers.house
From: pauld@cs.washington.edu (Paul Barton-Davis)
Subject: Re: Washer,Dryer,Fridge & Stove All At Once!
Keywords: appliances, washer, dryer, fridge, stove, buy
Organization: Precipitating Pendulums Postal Party Poopers
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 19:19:41 GMT

In the interests of snobbishness, I'd recommend:

Miele Washing Machine
Miele Dryer
Sub-Zero or Snow Frost fridge/freezers
Viking Gas Range

If you shop carefully, you can keep the total to about $12,000.

:-))

-- paul



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Newsgroups: misc.consumers,athena.misc
From: cep@taligent.com (Christophe Pettus)
Subject: Re: HELP: how to setup a small corporation/business CHEAP????
Keywords: help corporation setup cheap
Organization: Taligent, a little subsidiary of two really big companies.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:55:15 GMT

In article <C0Dsxq.Ivq@news.iastate.edu> bron@iastate.edu (bronwyn) writes:
>There is a Problem if you don't incorporate: liability.  Sole Proprietors
>are fully liable for any damage done.  If you screw up someone's system,
>they *can* sue you, taking your house, car, toilet..

It is VERY unlikely that you, personally, can escape liability in this
way.  If you personally performed the services, you personally can be
sued for negligence, and the corporate shield will not protect you.  It
_will_ protect you against things such as debts of the corporation, but
very few companies will extend credit to a new corporation without the
personal guarantee of an officer, thus piercing the liability shield.
--
-- Christophe

"Bad analogy!  No biscuit!"