Oregon and Washington are really crazy states. I recall when moving to Idaho, I had been in Oregon but not driven. So I didn't know you aren't allowed to pump your own gas! That was odd. And then their taxes are super high. No bueno.
Oregon and Washington are really crazy states. I recall when moving to Idaho, I had been in Oregon but not driven. So I didn't know you aren't allowed to pump your own gas! That was odd. And then their taxes are super high. No bueno.
@Mary Rose- after driving cross country in 2009 from NY to Oregon, we needed gas. Husband got out and grabbed the pump handle and the attendant came running out and yelling at him. We had no idea we weren't allowed to pump our own!! Flip that to my Oregon sister renting a car and visiting NY- she pulled up to the pump and sat there until someone honked for her to get out and do it herself. Good thing she can laugh at herself!
Mary Rose, I grew up in WA and had a lot of relatives living in the Portland, OR area. For a long time, the best of both tax worlds was to live in Vancouver, WA with no income tax and shop across the river (Columbia) in OR which has no sales tax. We would take advantage of the "no sales tax" when we would visit the grandparents. I bought a lot of horse tack at the tack store near my grandparents' house as I didn't have to pay any sales tax!
I did have issues at the gas stations, as I would forget that I could not pump my own gas. They did pass a law a few years ago allowing folks to pump their own gas. If you do let them pump your gas, they now expect you to tip the gas attendants. Ai, yai, yai!
Oregon and Washington are really crazy states. I recall when moving to Idaho, I had been in Oregon but not driven. So I didn't know you aren't allowed to pump your own gas! That was odd. And then their taxes are super high. No bueno.
@Mary Rose- after driving cross country in 2009 from NY to Oregon, we needed gas. Husband got out and grabbed the pump handle and the attendant came running out and yelling at him. We had no idea we weren't allowed to pump our own!! Flip that to my Oregon sister renting a car and visiting NY- she pulled up to the pump and sat there until someone honked for her to get out and do it herself. Good thing she can laugh at herself!
That's kind of what happened to me, only the attendant was much nicer, probably saw my California license plates.
Mary Rose, I grew up in WA and had a lot of relatives living in the Portland, OR area. For a long time, the best of both tax worlds was to live in Vancouver, WA with no income tax and shop across the river (Columbia) in OR which has no sales tax. We would take advantage of the "no sales tax" when we would visit the grandparents. I bought a lot of horse tack at the tack store near my grandparents' house as I didn't have to pay any sales tax!
I did have issues at the gas stations, as I would forget that I could not pump my own gas. They did pass a law a few years ago allowing folks to pump their own gas. If you do let them pump your gas, they now expect you to tip the gas attendants. Ai, yai, yai!
Mrs. "the Knife"