Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

can anyone tell me why GS does not charge tax when you use store credit?? On Tuesday i bought a brand new Wii, Wii Fit and Mariokart (Yeah I Know I got lucky finding all 3 at once) the total was 389 dollars. I had 570 in credit on the card to begin with so when i left i noticed i wasnt charged tax which is odd because i thought that was only if you buy used stuff there with your edge card??? Someone let me know how this works or perhaps he screwed up and I caught a break

Originally Posted by akokonas can anyone tell me why GS does not charge tax when you use store credit?? On Tuesday i bought a brand new Wii, Wii Fit and Mariokart (Yeah I Know I got lucky finding all 3 at once) the total was 389 dollars. I had 570 in credit on the card to begin with so when i left i noticed i wasnt charged tax which is odd because i thought that was only if you buy used stuff there with your edge card??? Someone let me know how this works or perhaps he screwed up and I caught a break

It depends on the state you live in I guess. We didn't used to pay tax on EB/GS credit purchases here in Utah until maybe a year, year and a half ago. Damned money-grubbing legislature brought the smack-down on that. =(

Different tax laws for different states. You're in one of the states that doesn't get charged sales tax with GS credit. NJ doesn't get charged either(yay). I've probably saved over $100 so far in sales tax due to credit.

But there's something weird for me... GS doesn't charge me sales tax on anything with store credit, but BBV does. What gives there? I never understood that.

And I finally finished my new spreadsheet with all the games except Xbox 360. I think I'm going to go through the bins at one of the blockbusters around here tomorrow. There are tons of games in those bins, but they are right in front of the cashiers and the BBV is usually empty. I just feel like they are always staring at me >_<. That and I've walked into that store so many times that they all know me by now.

Originally Posted by akokonas can anyone tell me why GS does not charge tax when you use store credit?? On Tuesday i bought a brand new Wii, Wii Fit and Mariokart (Yeah I Know I got lucky finding all 3 at once) the total was 389 dollars. I had 570 in credit on the card to begin with so when i left i noticed i wasnt charged tax which is odd because i thought that was only if you buy used stuff there with your edge card??? Someone let me know how this works or perhaps he screwed up and I caught a break

In some states the law says that tax is not charged when using store credit in this fashion. I don't think we've ever compiled a list of which states have this in effect though.

So In otherwords I can into GS and give them 100 dollars to apply to my Edge card and they would apply that to the card and If i make a purchase with the 100 dollars it wont be taxed? interesting because if i know im going to make a big purchase at GS i can go there a day in advance with cash, have that applied to my edge card come back the next day and save the tax on the purchase. I guess that would work too, Right??

Originally Posted by akokonas can anyone tell me why GS does not charge tax when you use store credit?? On Tuesday i bought a brand new Wii, Wii Fit and Mariokart (Yeah I Know I got lucky finding all 3 at once) the total was 389 dollars. I had 570 in credit on the card to begin with so when i left i noticed i wasnt charged tax which is odd because i thought that was only if you buy used stuff there with your edge card??? Someone let me know how this works or perhaps he screwed up and I caught a break

I get charged tax on credit at GR, but not at Gamestop, so I'm not sure how that works. GR PAYS you tax when you trade, though. And FYE (when they used to accept trades) didn't ad tax to your trades but still charged it.

Anyway... wow, hit up all 5 Gamestops in my area and din't see a single used copy of Octomania. At least I still went to GR and got to trade:

Soldier of Fortune: Payback (360) - $8

Awesome, found two PS3 HC:BftP at one store (!) to flip and Blockbuster #1 had Contra 4 used for 14.99 and I paired it up with Harvest Moon: Boy and Girl

I'm glad I didn't bite on Amazon's 12.99 + shipping a few weeks ago

Originally Posted by akokonas So In otherwords I can into GS and give them 100 dollars to apply to my Edge card and they would apply that to the card and If i make a purchase with the 100 dollars it wont be taxed? interesting because if i know im going to make a big purchase at GS i can go there a day in advance with cash, have that applied to my edge card come back the next day and save the tax on the purchase. I guess that would work too, Right??

In that case you will have to buy a $100 Giftcard and they will charge you sales tax for buying that gift card. You will not be charged sales tax when using the credit that's on the card.

Originally Posted by nietzsche74 Anyway... wow, hit up all 5 Gamestops in my area and dind't see a single used copy of Octomania. At least I still went to GR and got to trade:

The chance of finding that game used is so small that it's not worth looking for used. If you really want to flip it go to Best Buy and buy it for $9.99. I'm gona be doing that soon actually . I have 2 people that want to buy Harvest Moon and Dungeon Siege that I got at BBV for $10 each. Great way to transfer credit to cash . Trying to stick to BBV/GS credit with all this flipping.

i dont think you get charged sales tax when u buy a gift card. I never have before

Originally Posted by DarkRider23 In that case you will have to buy a $100 Giftcard and they will charge you sales tax for buying that gift card. You will not be charged sales tax when using the credit that's on the card.

Note also that there are Edge cards and gift cards and they are separate things. It is highly annoying here in OR because I have some of both and they often can't use one for one kind of transaction and vice versa. For example, they couldn't put credit on a gift card - I'm guessing because of the tax issues in other states. Damn other states ... I think I had the gift card because I returned a game once and they couldn't put that credit on my Edge card, even though I used it originally to pay for it.

could you technically trade in a 5 dollar game and have the credit put on your gift card? And then make a purchase and maybe u wouldnt get charged tax because there would be a trade in that was applied to the card. U think that make work

I dont see how there computers would know tht considering i must have traded 50 copies of golden compass in last 2 weeks.

Tax fraud, bumbumbum!

No really, akokonas, now you're thinking too much. Damn. Enough talk of this tax fraud. You don't get charged with store credit. That's it. There's no way to get store credit other than trading in games/accessories.

Word of mouth is that the new coupon is "Buy SCIV and get $5 off any used game." What a stupid coupon. I'm going to cancel my SCIV pre-order at GS and get it at BBV... Terrible, terrible. The only problem I have now is that I only have $40 in BBV credit and there are no good flips w/o a coupon. I think I will be hitting up a couple of stores and using cash tomorrow to build up more credit. I'm actually having fun searching for these games at BBV to flip to GS.

Today was a pretty good today. Got an EoJ off of Half.com for $9 shipped. 4 copies of Fatal Inertia for $60 shipped, and I snagged 7 Octomanias for $9 each at Best Buy. I just hope that EoJ & Fatal Inertia hold past Tuesday.


I did notice that Superman 360 dropped from $9.99 to $6.99. I dont think its worth flipping even with the 40%, but I just thought i'd mention it. Two of the stores already got their Soul Calibur 4's in, but they cant legally sell them (blah blah blah). The store I pre-ordered at (non GR) said they'll be open at midnight on Tuesday to sell it.

Originally Posted by DarkRider23 No really, akokonas, now you're thinking too much. Damn. Enough talk of this tax fraud. You don't get charged with store credit. That's it. There's no way to get store credit other than trading in games/accessories. Word of mouth is that the new coupon is "Buy SCIV and get $5 off any used game." What a stupid coupon. I'm going to cancel my SCIV pre-order at GS and get it at BBV... Terrible, terrible. The only problem I have now is that I only have $40 in BBV credit and there are no good flips w/o a coupon. I think I will be hitting up a couple of stores and using cash tomorrow to build up more credit. I'm actually having fun searching for these games at BBV to flip to GS.

There are almost always 1:1 from GS to BBGR, almost always better. Octomania new is one of them.

Originally Posted by nlyonssmith There are almost always 1:1 from GS to BBGR, almost always better. Octomania new is one of them.

I know that, but it's just that I don't really feel like biking for 5 miles just to trade in a 1:1 game XD. I will do it if I have to, but I think I'm going to pick up some Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast's or something. I'll figure out a way =/.

And all the games in the 2nd post will still net you a small profit after Edge.

Ok, I guess the GS->BB->GS combo has ended since the coupon officially sucks for at leas another week and the b1g1 should be over by then.

But there still is some good flips out there if you can find them at tru, warioware and DK BB. But I'm done...done I say. The itch has finally subsided and I got a lot of sh*t to do tomorrow since I'm transferring to Garden Grove. Can you f*cking believe that since my company assigned me a pc I am responsible for it. I have to take it with me to Garden Grove. So weird, but I guess it makes employees less likely to f*ck up their pcs if you pin it on them. Plus I dont mind taking the 24" acer monitor they got me anyways...

I hope you guys can still net some profit in the coming days, as for me I'll keep checking in and hoping for something to break in the new GS and BBs near my new work.

What is the best current GS promo if you can't use the xtra $15 coupon? Also, is BB taking in wii sports? I never could quite reach a conclusion by reading this thread. I will call tomorrow if I don't find an answer? Also, TIV please or I'll get that too tomorrow. Thanks!!!