I bought a cell phone today and it was discounted down to $20 if I agree to 2 years - nothing unusual there.
The question/problem I have is that I was charged state sales tax on the RETAIL price of the phone ($320) even though my actual cost of the phone was $70 ($50 mail in rebate).
I questioned this in the store and was given typical salestalk mumbo that was clearly double talk because they didn't know either.
Does anyone have a reference to laws on this? I didn't have much luck via the Google route.