Guild Wars 2

Yesterday, I bought 800 gems through the Black Lion Trading Company for $10. Today, I tried to do the same thing, but it wants to charge me $10.89 instead. Is anyone else seeing this? Did tax mysteriously get added overnight?

By the way, I live in New York City, and I’m assuming that’s relevant because a friend in Massachusetts checked for me and was not seeing tax being charged in the gem store.

I didn’t have the extra amount on my last gem purchase. It was an exact quote.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gem_Store

Gem prices in USD ($) do not include Sales Tax. This is added at the time of gem purchase depending on the State of residence.
Gem prices in EURO (€) already include 20% VAT.

The moral of that story is that Europe sucks….your money up.

Seriously…20%!!!?

I understand that the $10 for 800 gems price doesn’t include sales tax. My question is why I would not be charged sales tax yesterday but be charged it today.

intrepia.5983:

I understand that the $10 for 800 gems price doesn’t include sales tax. My question is why I would not be charged sales tax yesterday but be charged it today.

It may just be the timing of New York’s implementing this recent decision. I could see them setting a start date of April 1st. Maybe that is their fiscal year beginning. No idea why it took till the 3rd to get added though.

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s move on Dec. 2 rejecting challenges by Amazon and Overstock to a New York state law may give legislatures greater ability to collect existing sales tax from Web retailers operating in their states. "

Cut from this article. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/10/supreme-court-opens-door-for-online-sales-tax-loophole

Brother Grimm.5176:

The moral of that story is that Europe sucks….your money up.

Seriously…20%!!!?

Yep, VAT in UK. But since it’s added into the price already, it’s not as noticeable. The price is the price.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_value_added_tax#VAT_rates

I went back to check again just now, and the gem store is once again not charging me tax. So bizarre.