Originally Posted by c502cid
I wish I could get RA to ship to me. They quit selling to anyone in Colorado due to the crazy sales tax rules here.
I tried this out by putting in 80107 for the zip code at the RA checkout and didn't get any problems
I found
this in Rock Auto's FAQ:
Originally Posted by Rock Auto
Do you ship to my location? 7
We ship everywhere in the world, including APO and PO Boxes, unless prohibited by law. To see shipping options, add parts to the cart, then select your country and enter your postal code (zip code). If any restrictions apply, you'll see an explanation message.
No explanation appeared when trying to ship parts to the CO zip code
I then tried ordering a non-CARB catalytic converter to 90210, a CA zip code, and sure enough, I got this message, along with a link to the same page I linked earlier::
Originally Posted by Rock Auto
BOSAL Part # 099229 cannot ship to your location. Please change the destination or choose a different part. For more information, refer to the Shipping section of our Help page.
Originally Posted by hallstevenson
If I'm not mistaken, sales tax in CO is specific down to the city. In other places, it may be a fixed rate for the state while in Ohio, each county sets their own tax rate (on top of the states). Ohio has a sales tax of 5.25% and then counties add a smaller amount on top of that (varies between 0 and 2.5%) and there's 88 counties.
Plenty of other states do this, including NY and PA, and every site ships to those states with no problem, albeit at the highest sales tax rate for the state (8.825% for NYC vs 5% for upstate, for example; or 7% for Philadelphia rather than the 6% in the rest of the state). That is, people upstate ordering online are charged the NYC sales tax rate when ordering online.
As far as CO goes, they probably started selling there again after the supreme court decision requiring them to collect sales tax on every order shipped to every state that has sales tax. They probably have software that figures out the correct tax rate automatically