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Why am I getting hit with sales tax?

Nov 27, 2012 3:54 AM

This might sound dumb but why am I getting hit with sales tax? I thought only those that lived in Texas got taxed on there Woot orders.I don't think my last orders in NJ got hit with it. Billing address in NJ but shipping to my in-laws in PA, kids.woot, and pop.woot? any oideas or did something change since i ordered last?

philosopherott philosopherott

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The deja vu feature didn't show these previous similar questions?

jsimsace jsimsace
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@jsimsace: even worse: one of the those previously asked questions was him

miquinn miquinn
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@miquinn: Yeah, but geez, that was nine months ago. There are newer users who might not have searched and seen the question. ;)

EDIT: The state has changed as well.

jsimsace jsimsace
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@jsimsace: lol yeah I know, but I couldn't resist

miquinn miquinn
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Effective September 1, 2012, Woot, Inc. was required to begin collecting sales tax on orders shipped to destinations in Pennsylvania.

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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Why? Because W..mart said so, mainly.

izzyizzo izzyizzo
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@miquinn: @jsimsace: ouch guys....
Just ....ouch....

@thunderthighs: thanks for answering my late night questions that apparently i should have looked for a little better. I went back to my question but now that i am out of Texas again I did not think it applied. THanks for the free info; I still think that that is the best deal this community has to offer is the free knowledge.

philosopherott philosopherott
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@philosopherott: No problem. A lot of people are surprised to find out that sales tax applies to the ship to address, not the billing address.

thunderthighs thunderthighs
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@thunderthighs: like me :c

miquinn miquinn

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