Mortage - Maine Bank
Insurance Agent = NH Allstate agent I've had for 20 years.
Boat payment = out of state but obtained from NH marina. Go figure
Credit Card = out of state but used just to pad FF miles
Truck payment = Ford Credit through dealer. Darn near interest free and no local bank would even waste paper chasing the deal.
For online ordering, I have wondered if NH would be at an advantage when the day comes that online places have to collect state taxes for all transactions. I order a ton of stuff online and its cheaper to buy from out-of-state and have it shipped to me than buy local. Not my fault the local guy has high overhead although I understand the plight of small business.
I have a Lowes AND a Home Depot that are 4 miles from me. The are across the street from one another. The local hardware store that is about 8 miles away has prices WAY higher than big box on essentially every item. At least the HD and Lowes employ local people.
I do have a local Agway that I spend a lot of money on miscellaneous yard stuff and their herbicides are cheaper than in big box stores. The local John Deere Landscapes gets a good chunk of coing out of me every summer too.
In the lakes region, the Shell station on Rt 11, Fox Run Mall, and a bunch of stores in Alton/Gilford get my money which includes money spent on slip. For shopping in Lakes Region its the Tilton Outlets or N. Conway
With my daughter starting school this fall all of my disposable income and then some is going out of state
