I just bought a 1600 points card at Gamestop with some credit I had and I was charged tax!? WTF is up with that? Is that new, or has Gamestop been doing that for a while?

gamestop has never charged me tax on point cards, the total has always been $19.99.

Originally Posted by ScottBigGame I just bought a 1600 points card at Gamestop with some credit I had and I was charged tax!? WTF is up with that? Is that new, or has Gamestop been doing that for a while?

Yea, they did this to me last time too. I think if you get the points code printed on the receipt instead of receiving a plastic pack/card, it's tax free.

Originally Posted by Xerostomia Got my code last night.

Glad to hear

Originally Posted by harry hood Yea, they did this to me last time too. I think if you get the points code printed on the receipt instead of receiving a plastic pack/card, it's tax free.

Damn, didn't know that was possible. I just grabbed a card off the rack.

I'm pretty sure this is new, I bought one 6-8 months ago and I know I wasn't charged tax. I'm in Philadelphia, PA

Originally Posted by ScottBigGame Damn, didn't know that was possible. I just grabbed a card off the rack. I'm pretty sure this is new, I bought one 6-8 months ago and I know I wasn't charged tax. I'm in Philadelphia, PA

I'm right outside of Philly in south jersey, and they didn't charge me tax 6-8 months ago either.
I actually bought points and got it printed on the receipt a few weeks back and wasn't charged tax.
To my surprised, I bought an actual card a week later and was charged tax. I returned it immediately and just bought a card online

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Anyone else having issues buying points off xbox.com or the 360 itself? I just need 400 but it wont let me buy them.

So when do we get the snoopy flying ace game? (bought the xbox live gold plus the game for 40 bucks)

Snoopy Flying Ace game will come via email in roughly 6-8 weeks. Which is total bullshit, but whatever...

Originally Posted by ScottBigGame Damn, didn't know that was possible. I just grabbed a card off the rack. I'm pretty sure this is new, I bought one 6-8 months ago and I know I wasn't charged tax. I'm in Philadelphia, PA

About half a year ago, I had gift cards for Blockbuster in CA and bought $20x2 of Nintendo points and was charged tax. A couple months later, I bought $20 of Microsoft points from the same store and wasn't charged tax.

I assume that the system is automated, so I'm thinking it might be where the cards are created?

Originally Posted by crushtopher Snoopy Flying Ace game will come via email in roughly 6-8 weeks. Which is total bullshit, but whatever...

There free deals always take 6-8 weeks. I bought 2400 points worth of merchandise on Live in September, and got the points in early November. Signed up for the Family plan when there was an 800 point bonus, which was in late October I think, and got those points in December. The ONLY time I got instant gratification is when I had to call MS about a problem with my account, and the account manager saw my gamerscore and gave me 800 points for the problem.

Originally Posted by Brother Daz gamestop has never charged me tax on point cards, the total has always been $19.99.

This has changed recently. Go ahead and try it now. Apparently there's some sort of legal dispute going on, and they've resorted to charging tax on those items.
For the time being, just don't buy your points there. Another reason not to shop there.

Originally Posted by dragonjud This has changed recently. Go ahead and try it now. Apparently there's some sort of legal dispute going on, and they've resorted to charging tax on those items. For the time being, just don't buy your points there. Another reason not to shop there.

Best Buy would sometimes charge tax on point cards, but not on the Zune Point cards. I think they have finally fixed it so as not to charge tax on them now.

Originally Posted by crushtopher Snoopy Flying Ace game will come via email in roughly 6-8 weeks. Which is total bullshit, but whatever...

That's a long time to wait but oh well.

Originally Posted by MaXx That's a long time to wait but oh well.

I'm still waiting for my Halo Reach helmet from the first promotion. I can only assume it'll arrive after my sub actually renews which isn't for about 6 more months...

Anyone know if the 10%/12% off coupon from Best Buy works on points cards?

Originally Posted by peanut_gallery Where were these in the Emeryville store? I looked all around last week and couldn't find them (and of course the staff there were completely unhelpful).

Peanut,

They were toward the front of the store on a rack of cards near checkout. You will see some controllers and other gaming stuff on one side, then on the side facing the registers and doors you should find the cards.

Discount does not work on points cards, tried right before Christmas.

Originally Posted by SteveGo Anyone else having issues buying points off xbox.com or the 360 itself? I just need 400 but it wont let me buy them.

Try zune.net it seems to be the best way to buy just 400 MS/Zune points. They work fine on Xbox and you can buy the small amounts there.

Originally Posted by TomoyoN Anyone know if the 10%/12% off coupon from Best Buy works on points cards?

Nope....I tried.

Rewards certificates (obviously) do, though.