Yeah its ridiculous. I paid 371.54 for my 32 GB iPhone 4 (that included 9 dollars for the dock adapters, but still). Insane. Luckily the sale of my 3G is going to soften the blow a little.
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CA tax on unbundled price
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I'm happy, I live in California but will be in Maryland where my phone will be shipped and they updated the price to Maryland tax once I changed where the phone would go! So instead of $60 tax, I'll now be paying 18! 
at least in boston, ur a short drive over to tax free New Hampshire. In most of California, Oregon's too far away to be worth the drive.
I wasn't aware that Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile were willing to commit tax fraud to save you a few bucks. They should totally advertise that on their website.
No, that's why we need less bull sh** "public servants" doing nothing in the state house, making as much money as me while they "teach" for half the year, collecting overtime while sitting in cars near construction, collecting overtime while sleeping in fire houses, making more money out of high school than i make as an engineer, retiring in 20 years with 80% pension but actually retiring well before that on "disability", like the ridiculous percentage that do here in MA. Oh yeah, plus all the corruption...
F*** the state government and the $43.69 in tax on my 32 gb. If i wasn't lazy, i'd cancel and wait in line in NH.
Yes the State of CA requires the tax to be collected based on the un-subsidized price. You join two other fine states; MA and RI in this fine distinction.
Dave
The combination of these two posts made me lol hard.
Thanks you guys.
Your intelligence emmanates, like... wait no, seriously. You are not even trying to troll... that's sad.
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that's got to be the STUPIDEST law ever.... if something is "on sale" which techincally the phones are... then we should only pay sales tax on the price paid.... if a car is on sale... i pay on the price i pay... if a $300 dress is on sale for $50... i pay sales tax on the $50... NOT the original $300.... really we do get screwed here in cali.. but it's been that way forever... way back when i got my very first cell phone i remember being ticked about it... .GRRRRRRR
Is it a stupid law? California has taken it upon themselves to amend the California Constitution to add fundamental rights to things like pensions. Entitlements add up and taxes pay for them.
And, no, "technically" the phones are not "on sale." They are for sale; maybe you're conflating the terms. Buying a phone for a subsidized price, the remainder of which you will end up paying back, is not a sale. When you buy something "on sale," you typically do not pay the difference between the list price and the sale price back to the retailer over a period of time. If you decide that you want to stop reimbursing AT&T for the remainder of the unsubsidized price before your contract is up, you pay a cancellation fee. That fee covers the remainder of the cost of the phone that you didnt pay back.
Even with one the examples you chose, cars, you pay property taxes to the state based on the market value of the car, not on price paid. If you buy a new car for $1.00 through a sham transaction, I guarantee you that California will demand that you pay property taxes (this is distinct from sales taxes, obviously) on the market value of the car and not $1.00.
You may disagree with the law, but the grounds upon which you disagree are fundamentally flawed.
When I ordered my 32gb iPhone4 it showed on the order page through Apple.com that my price like $361 and my account has a charge pending for the same price.... but for some reason if I go to apple then to my account it shows my order as being $325 for some reason.
Has this happened to anyone else in CA.
If you paid the $361 or whatever it may be and your account got charged that but you haven't gone back into your Apple.com account and checked your order status... check it out and see if shows the the lower price as well.
Let me know what you find.
Thanks
Has this happened to anyone else in CA.
If you paid the $361 or whatever it may be and your account got charged that but you haven't gone back into your Apple.com account and checked your order status... check it out and see if shows the the lower price as well.
Let me know what you find.
Thanks
The combination of these two posts made me lol hard.
Thanks you guys.
Your intelligence emmanates, like... wait no, seriously. You are not even trying to troll... that's sad.
Learn to read.
Amazing collection of failure in this thread.