[Tigers] FYI: Is JEGS overcharging taxes?

[Jeffery Randall]

Contact  the state Attorney General  where the headquarters are, generally
they will take care of such type gouging.

On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 10:50 PM Daniel Eiland via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Just heard from someone on another car list who put in a test purchase
> from Columbus, Ohio and the JEGS site showed the tax on the purchase that
> was almost double the actual tax.
>
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> On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 6:07 PM, jimdamelio
> <jimdamelio at verizon.net> wrote:
> I have made several purchases from JEGS in the last couple of months.  I
> live in Virginia which has different tax rates ranging from 5.3 to 7%.  My
> area is 6%.  My parts came to $42.44 not including shipping.  I was charged
> $2.55 in tax.  That is 6%.
>
> My only problem with them is they list stuff and don't have it or it's
> been discontinued by the manufacturer.
>
> Jim D
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Daniel Eiland via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Date: 9/4/21 7:34 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: Tiger List <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] FYI: Is JEGS overcharging taxes?
>
> FYI, I went to JEGS website to order some parts and noticed a problem with
> the tax calculation on the bill. When I looked into it further I realized
> they had added an extra dollar to the state tax. I went on their chat line
> but they were no help They referred me to their tax site where I could post
> my issue but that is it. You have to be careful because they just increased
> the tax due without saying they were collecting more than what the state
> tax really is if you calculate it out yourself. The person on their chat
> site said he couldn't correct the issue and only left me the option of
> contacting their email site to their tax office. I imagine the company is
> collecting millions of dollars under the premise of taxes when it is not.
> Not sure who to report this practice too. Needless-to-say I did not
> purchase the parts. Anyone else noticed this practice before?
>
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