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Delaware’s tax-free Apple Store sells more iPhones than any other store

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Ever been curious to find out which Apple Store sells the most iPhones? Look no further than the Apple Store in Newark, Delaware in the Christiana Mall. This might come as a surprise, but the fact of the matter is that the state of Delaware has no sales tax. The Christiana Mall is conveniently located halfway between Newark, Delaware and Wilmington, Delaware and attracts customers along the borders of New Jersey to the north, and Maryland on the west, as well as New York and Pennsylvania.

The Specialists at the Christiana Mall are eager to report how well they perform. One Specialist told ABC news, “We sell more iPhones than anyone.” Another employee compares the Christiana Mall store against the Fifth Avenue Store stating, “The only store that does more volume is the glass box on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and that is open 24 hours a day. But no one sells more phones than we do.” A third employee told ABC News that because of the lack of sales tax, customers buy dozens, or even hundreds of phones at a time and resell them in foreign countries at a significant profit.

The store is guarded with at least two state troopers at all times for crowd control, which is something Apple pays for, not Delaware taxpayers.

Apple has refused to comment on these claims.

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Comments

  1. William - 10 years ago

    Reblogged this on William's iBlog and commented:
    Tax-free? That’s pretty sweet!

    By the way, for those of you living in the West, Oregon is also a tax-free state

  2. Mitch Harden - 10 years ago

    Just purchased my air here! At university in PA, Christiana mall is 45 minutes away! :)

  3. mindthunder479 - 10 years ago

    One of the many reasons I love living in delaware.

  4. Wait, WAIT just a minute, so libertarians are correct that LOWERING taxes would boost the economy??? SAY. IT. AIN’T. SO!

    O_o

    • tallestskil - 10 years ago

      It’s almost as though people have more disposable income when their taxes are lower or something.

    • Pierre Calixte - 10 years ago

      lowering taxes for the poor and middle class, the people who have to spend their money, yes. lowering taxes for the rich, the people who have more money than they know what to do with, no.

      • tallestskil - 10 years ago

        Great double standard there; you sure sound like someone to listen to¡

  5. Roger - 10 years ago

    Wow, your geography is terrible! Wilmington is north of Christiana Mall, and Newark NJ is oh, another 100 miles or so north of Wilmington. Maybe you meant mid-way between Newark DE and Wilmington? And Maryland is SOUTH of this part of Delaware. Yikes.

    • Roger - 10 years ago

      No wait, my bad, you fixed Newark NJ/DE here, but it’s still wrong on Flipboard.