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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Please do. An "activation fee" should be labeled as such, if not part of the purchase price, not TAX. My guess is they do it all the time (and likely pocket the $). Make sure you speak wit a manager and notify BBB. It sounds like fraud an they should know better. Small time thieves figure they can get away with it simply because " it's not worth the trouble" to pursue.
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Or maybe...
The register was not programmed (or programmed correctly) for gift cards. The employee at the register simply rings in a $20 purchase and the register does what it does - in this case it applied sales tax like it does for every other $20 purchase. No attempt to deceive, no intentional fraud, no theft, just a simple error that could be pointed out and possibly corrected with a ten minute visit to the store.
Talk with a manager at the store and see if they will correct the mistake. If they refuse to make it right then follow up with the county. It isn't that you need the $1.40 or that it's worth your time, it's just the right thing to do.
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