[Munroe]

Paid tax as well, and was told that you pay tax on the total dollar amount regardless, which makes perfect sense. If you are applying a 50 dollar gift card then you owe 150 and pay tax on that. So anyone who got the gift cards without tax it was a mistake considering you should be paying tax on the total of the purchase. Be happy the teenager at Best Buy you dealt with screwed up.

ALSO - You have to remember when buying the phone from anywhere else but the shack and bb, that you are paying tax on 300 bucks, so even if you get the mail in rebate you are still paying more tax then us on our pre-orders. I got my pre-order at a best buy here in Chicago on Saturday and I was told I was the 20th in line, and that all pre-orders will be honored and they will call us to pick up the devices over the course of the day considering everyone has to come in and upgrade their plans/contracts and they dont want a huge line of people waiting while they are doing so.