HA Sales Tax

[Kawika]

Try living in Canada and buying from Heritage. Twelve per cent Goods & Service Tax for anything that crosses the border. Throw in our 75¢ dollars and Heritage's high shipping charges ($110 for two baseball cards . . come on!) and things can get very expensive. On the other hand they auction off some super-amazing stuff.

[chriskim]

Originally Posted by Kawika

On the other hand they auction off some super-amazing stuff.

So.. u got no choice.... I hear u!

[The Nasty Nati]

20% buyers premium and 7% sales tax is pretty rough.

[ramram]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

20% buyers premium and 7% sales tax is pretty rough.

Throw in the seller's fee, roughly another 20%, and it sure makes the Net54 b/s/t page look pretty attractive.

Rob M

[marzoumanian]

I live in the city. The (unofficial) sole reason was to be able to collect taxes, taxes, and more taxes is what an HA employee told me when the office first opened about three years ago. It sounds like HA was losing out by NOT having an office here from a tax perspective.
Take care.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by marzoumanian

I live in the city. The (unofficial) sole reason was to be able to collect taxes, taxes, and more taxes is what an HA employee told me when the office first opened about three years ago. It sounds like HA was losing out by NOT having an office here from a tax perspective.
Take care.

They dont keep the tax?

[conor912]

BP + WA tax (10%) + crazy AH shipping now equals ~45% of my winning bid. I'm pretty much reduced to buying in person or on the BST at this point.

[oldjudge]

They don’t get to keep the tax but they probably get float on the money. I don’t know when they have to remit the taxes to the government, but for a while they get to hold the money and either earn interest on it, or use it to run the business.