Sales tax on Heritage invoice?

[sycks22]

I just got that too with the sales tax and live in NC, nowhere near Texas or NY.

[jimross]

By the way, (kind of off topic) watch out for HA shipping fee charge back. They might send u another invoice later on for additional shipping fee since whatever amount they are charging u now might be less than the actual shipping fee.

[scooter729]

I'm not looking for a legal battle with Texas or anything like that; I just want to know what my final price is that I'll pay when I make a bid.

I know that if I make a $1,000 bid, I would have to pay $1,195 (their 19.5% juice) + some postage / insurance. So I make my decision on whether I want to make a bid which amounts to $1,225-ish.

But little did I know (nor is it ANYWHERE in their terms) that I would be paying an additional 8.25% sales tax. Had I known that, I could have factored that extra $100 expense into my bidding decision.

Next time, I will know and can bid accordingly. But when it explicitly states in their terms that Massachusetts does NOT pay sales tax unless the Heritage auction is held in Massachusetts, then I don't want to pay the extra 8.25%.

Link to Heritage sales tax terms, with state-by-state info:
http://sports.ha.com/c/ref/sales-tax.zx

[Runscott]

The complaint we have is that it was something new, and I doubt any of us factored this additional cost into our bids.

My invoice is for 30.42% above the hammer price - that is a significant surprise.