Bought 2 of them since I'm running low on points. I got charged tax for them and they'll ship instead of being directly e-mailed to me but I'm saving enough on them that it's still a good deal.
I'm pretty sure the tax depends on which state you are buying it from and whether buy.com operates from within your state. No tax from Michigan here makes this a great deal for me. I've ordered this 3 times so far, the last time was the quickest and I got it within a week.
[quote name='Flesseck']How do you know if they're charging tax on this? Does it show it in your purchase review?[/QUOTE]
From the auction FAQ:
Q: Sales Tax?
A: You must pay sales tax if you ship to: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, or Washington. By law, sales tax is automatically computed on products and shipping charges.
Ugh, the deal buyer in me wants lol But don't really need jsut yet with 7200 points banked as of today, well i got points when tru did their sale a couple of weeks ago.
2,210 sold as of a minute ago, and this deal is still rolling? Pretty amazing. I bought another 4k card even though I have plenty of points banked . . . hard to resist this kind of deal! Thanks OP for the heads up.
Had $7 that had been refunded to me sitting in my paypal from an Ikki Tousen figure I bought that was damaged and a $1.04 paypal gift card balance, so that combined with no tax meant it was an easy buy.
went ahead and got one last night. Mainly just for techno kitten adventure, as my niece loves that game. I usually hate getting DLC games because its not something you can really keep for long term. What with drm bs and stuff =(
ah well not sure what i'll do with the rest of the points
[quote name='chimpmeister']From the auction FAQ:[/QUOTE]
I'm sure that's a generic FAQ that is meant to cover products.
I can walk into a local Gamestop or Best Buy in California and pay the face value of the card without paying tax. I've never paid tax on a points card. You can buy the points through Microsoft online and you only pay the face value as well.
It might be a new California law. Who knows. But I dread the day that happens.
These are hard to resist... and I already had 6000 MS Points stocked up But I like using these in combination with the XBLA sales.. true value! Thanks OP.
[quote name='dirtyvu']I'm sure that's a generic FAQ that is meant to cover products.
I can walk into a local Gamestop or Best Buy in California and pay the face value of the card without paying tax. I've never paid tax on a points card. You can buy the points through Microsoft online and you only pay the face value as well.
It might be a new California law. Who knows. But I dread the day that happens.[/QUOTE]
ya i thought the tax was bs. STill bit on it though, but it wasn't as good a deal as i thought. I think this guy is just scamming people out of 3 or 4 bucks
[quote name='dirtyvu']I'm sure that's a generic FAQ that is meant to cover products.
I can walk into a local Gamestop or Best Buy in California and pay the face value of the card without paying tax. I've never paid tax on a points card. You can buy the points through Microsoft online and you only pay the face value as well.
It might be a new California law. Who knows. But I dread the day that happens.[/QUOTE]
I agree, they shouldn't be charging tax on these 4000 point cards at all, it isn't appropriate . . . but they do it anyway, so what can you do? People in those states are pretty much screwed when it comes to this kind of auction, since buy.com doesn't differentiate. Bummer.