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New York Affiliates and the Tax Man

I am sure most of you are well aware of the new NY Tax courtesy of Eliot Spitzer.  ABestWeb has setup NYAffiliates.com where they are listing all of the Merchants who have dropped New York Affiliates from their programs, along with the communications sent to affiliates.

As of this blog post, here is the list of merchants who have dropped New York based affiliates from their program:

4Checks (Shareasale) temporarily deactivating NY affiliates
Acorn Media (Linkshare)
Amerimark (Linkshare)
Baby Universe (Linkshare)
Backcountry.com (CJ, Avantlink)
Binoculars.com (CJ)
Bodybuilding.com (CJ)
CCVideo (Linkshare)
Celebrate Express (Shareasale)
Checks In The Mail (CJ)
Checks Unlimited (Shareasale)
Collectors' Choice Music (Affiliate Future)
Compact Appliance (CJ)
CSN Stores (Shareasale)
Deep Discount (Affiliate Future)
DVD Planet (CJ)
Eastwood Company (CJ)
eToys (Linkshare)
Fingerhut (Linkshare)
Footsmart (CJ, Performics)
Gaiam.com (Linkshare)
Geeks.com (CJ)
Jewelry Television (CJ)
Karmaloop (Linkshare)
KB Toys (Linkshare)
LampsPlus (Linkshare)
Leaps And Bounds (Performics)
LinenSource (Linkshare)
Luggage.com (Shareasale)
Musicians Friend (CJ)
MyTwinn (Linkshare)
NetShops
Northern Tool (CJ)
One Step Ahead (Performics)
OnlineShoes.com (Linkshare)
Oriental Trading (Linkshare)
Overstock (Linkshare)
Palo Alto Software (Independent)
Red Envelope (Performics)
ReStock It (CJ, Shareasale)
Ritz Camera (CJ)
ShopNBC (Linkshare)
Silhouettes (CJ)
Spilsbury (Affiliate Future)
Thompson Cigars (Linkshare)
uBid.com (CJ)

Does anyone out there in wiseaff land know of any large NY based super-affiliates and how they are doing?

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