I shop at the Commissary on base where everything's tax free. The only thing that sucks about shopping at the Commissary is the feeling you have to spend the money you just saved on tax and give it to the guy bagging your groceries. These baggers wear ID tags that state they work only for tips and they'll give you dirty looks if you don't tip them well. I'm usually a good tipper, but I won't tip when I only bought a few items I could've hand-carried myself. I think I should only tip when they take the bags out to my truck, but they think differently.

If you shop at the BX (the military's version of a mall, kind of like a Wal-Mart with a food court, but a little more upscale), everything is tax free. Plus, instead of making some jerk rich beyond belief, a lot of the dough you spend goes back into the community...like base schools, gym, bowling alley, library, etc. Because of this, I try to do most of my shopping at Tinker.

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