stjohnjulie
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Joined: June 2, 2008 11:27 am
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RE: vitacost.com - It's Great!!

They frequently run sales as well. So make sure you check your email for the coupon codes. I used to order from them quite a bit in the past but hav...

3 years ago
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RE: Tax Benefits - individuals

As already said. Everything is the same except federal taxes are paid to the local VIBIR instead of IRS. Social security and Medicare are still paid ...

3 years ago
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RE: Buying new car in US for export to VI

If you call around some you may be able to find a dealer that will export and has done it before. The problem with Toyota specifically is that there ...

3 years ago
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RE: Buying a 2-bdrm

Which island are you looking at? The realtors and price point varies quite a bit based on that.

3 years ago
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RE: Virgin Islands shrinking population

My post is missing as well.

3 years ago
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RE: Recent shipping of HH Goods experience/reference?

You make a good point. Shipping on a 40’ isn’t that much more. But weight can be an issue. 20’s can be loaded to just over 38k lbs. and 40’s to ab...

3 years ago
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RE: Recent shipping of HH Goods experience/reference?

You can hire Tropical/Crowley to consolidate for you. You can just ship all of your things to them and they will load it in a container for you and s...

3 years ago
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RE: New Virgin Islanders

The newly registered cars having to be inspected is recent in the Covid changes/restrictions. We haven’t had to do that until recently. Between wor...

3 years ago
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RE: New Virgin Islanders

Newly registered vehicles have to be inspected. I recently shipped a new vehicle and also sold an old old one and both of them had to be physically in...

3 years ago
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RE: New vehicle shipping

Left a message on the other thread. I use Boynes Trucking to deal with all of this for my new to the territory vehicles.

3 years ago
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RE: New Virgin Islanders

Have you already started the process of customs and excise? I usually just hire Boynes Trucking to handle the clearing and road ready if my new to t...

3 years ago
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RE: Cistern Coating Recommendations

The Xypex is to fix the crack. Thoroseal to seal things. Sorry I’m not much help on where to purchase since I always purchase in bulk, wholesale, s...

3 years ago
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RE: Cistern Coating Recommendations

Look into xypex. Also should advise that anyone doing DIY cistern cleaning or repairs should be extremely careful. The space needs to be highly venti...

3 years ago
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RE: landlord and tenant laws?

I’m not sure that anything can be done after the limitations wore out. (Which happened probably 10 years ago now). The people at the courts certain...

3 years ago
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RE: landlord and tenant laws?

My husband won a wrongful termination suit and was awarded 12k or so. The people never paid and after calling weekly, then monthly, for 10 years they...

3 years ago
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RE: Shipping SUV and boat together

I haven’t done this before. But I have shipped many vehicles and many containers. The shipping on a 40’ container is going to be less I would think...

3 years ago
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RE: landlord and tenant laws?

Just read an article in the Source that said eviction cases are intentionally being put on the last of the list. So I’m guessing landlord tenant iss...

3 years ago
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RE: Any accountants moving to St Croix?

Most of the local taxes and forms are pretty simple. The problem I constantly run into is with the chart of accounts. I’ve had to completely chang...

3 years ago
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RE: Any accountants moving to St Croix?

I’m not an accountant. So I can’t tell you much about that aspect. The biggest problems I run into are with local taxes. Mainly gross receipts an...

3 years ago
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RE: Any accountants moving to St Croix?

You have to be careful with stateside accountants. The laws here are different. Can’t tell you how many sets of books I had to fix that were done ...

3 years ago
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RE: Why is finding dog friendly housing impossible?!

Not sure what island you are looking at, but long term housing is in high demand in general and people get to be more choosy. Since many places come ...

3 years ago
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RE: Question re: IKEA PR shipment to St. Croix via Tropical - Excise Tax?

For shipping quotes you can contact Tropical by email at customercare@tropical.com. They respond pretty quickly. Just provide them with a commercial...

3 years ago
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RE: New vehicle shipping

I have bought several new cars in the states and had them shipped down. You have to poke around a bit to find a dealer who is willing to, and knows h...

3 years ago
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RE: Wanting to move from GA to USVI

The food service industry on STJ is in desperate need of workers. Like others said, almost no one is going to hire you unless you already live here a...

3 years ago
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RE: Moving to STT later this year, advice for an 18 yr old girl 🙂

I’ve seen some inexpensive places at $700 a month posted on Facebook recently. But they tend to be in areas that have history of being sketchy. So ju...

3 years ago
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