Question Samsung Preorder Overcharging for Sales Tax!

[cpufrost]

I see they are up to their shenanigans again!

They assess sales tax at the FULL PRICE of the handset instead of the discounted price. This is not correct. Instead of paying sales tax on $829 I am paying sales tax (6%) on $1379!

 

[dscline]

The final charge hasn't hit my CC yet, but basesd on the initial receipt, they aren't charging me for the full price.

 

[cpufrost]

It's in the invoice from the original order. I used paypal and that's what they charge.
I just ordered a 512GB Ultra because I guess I'm a sucker for one, and TBH I'm interested in the buds pro. Which show Feb 19th shipping?! WTF is up there, the remorse period ends when those ship? What kind of crap is that?!

I guess I should have ordered earlier, shipping on everything else is Feb 5th.

It's like Christmas, every year it gets earlier (the ads, etc.).

I wonder if this year's Note will be coming in July. I remember when those came AFTER iphones LOL.

 

[dscline]

Ah, ok, you're getting the buds as a freebie? So I guess you're not in the US? Maybe different rules. My phone was 522.49 after $700 phone trade-in, and I had another $24.08 accessory charges after $200 credit. My tax rate here is 8.9% I'm not really sure where the $53.50 comes from... it's not correct for the after discounts number, nor is it correct for the pre-discounts number. But it's at least close to what it should be, not on the complete pre-discount number.

 

[cpufrost]

In USA (Maryland), and sales tax assessed on the full price of just the phone.
I'm getting $550 off that for trade in (S10e).

$200 credit buys buds pro and rugged carrying case with nothing left over.

 

[dscline]

Oh ok, I think they get free buds in Europe, so I thought maybe that was your case. We have similar deals then, but I have a bigger trade-in (S20U). The only accessory I wanted was the case with the S-pen, so I spent the rest on a tablet that I'll sell (which ended up putting me $24 over the allowance). The estimated tax on my invoice corresponds to a taxable amount of $601.12. I have no idea where that came from, but it's definitely not the full price of the phone.

 

[peterg21]

I see they are up to their shenanigans again!

They assess sales tax at the FULL PRICE of the handset instead of the discounted price. This is not correct. Instead of paying sales tax on $829 I am paying sales tax (6%) on $1379!

I am in Canada and they do the same here. My sales taxes are based on the full price.

 

[Sambolet13]

It's not fair and there's nothing we can do about it.

 

[superflyboy]

It's not fair and there's nothing we can do about it.

I tried shipping a S21 Ultra G5 to my forwarding warehouse in Delaware (no taxes) and Samsung repeatedly flagged all subsequent orders as fraud when I tried to reorder - to *any* address, subsequently.

(India) agents would never disclose this - even though they *know* it is the fact - and I found this out when they sent me a copy of my online chat with them - where the Subject line was clearly flagged - stating "fraud" - which is ridiculous...

 

[bANONYMOUS]

I have nothing really useful to add other than the fact that you're lucky you don't live in Canada.

Since the list price of the S21 Ultra is like $1200 USD, that's $1520 CAD, yet our list price is $1999. And tax here is 13%. The phone comes out to $2260, or just shy of $1800 USD lol.

Considering the S22 Ultra is only like $100 USD more than the S21 Ultra. They're probably just going to match the S20 Ultra price tag of $2300 CAD since that at launch was $1380 USD.

Even though you're over paying for tax on that preorder, you're not nearly getting as man handled as the Canadian market.

Cause if you look at the current list price of $1380 USD, that's almost $1800 CAD, yet our list price is going to be similar to the S20 Ultra at $2300. We're over paying by about $500 CAD or $400 USD.

I mean, it sucks over paying for tax, but, it could be a LOT worse lol

 

[jericho246]

It's not fair and there's nothing we can do about it.

Why necro this old ass thread?