is this even legal? (ebay)

If you're not in Ontario he can't charge you that 8%....it even says on his page the rest of Canada is 7% only

Pay the extra tax. It is plainly listed with the auction, your fault for not reading it.

So long as it's disclosed up front!

No he can't legally do that. Since they are located in Ont (as I am) they only collect and submit the PST. They don't have the forms or the legal power to collect other provinces taxes...the main reason being is that provincial sales taxes are only payable if the transaction takes place in that province...since you both live in different provinces no provincial sales taxes are payable.

I bought a stack of computers from these yahoos a few months back, I called in advance to make sure my shit would be ready and they assured me it would, so I made the 4 hour drive to their location to pick them up, and they hadn't even started building the computers.. They made me wait an hour and a half while they did, and didn't even bother to test them (Didn't even bother plugging them in). Those guys are fucking jokes, if they insist, just tell them to go fuck themselves and buy it somewhere else. Seriously.

where does it say that? show me.

people always try to slide extra taxes in as within the states as well I had a webhost located in michigan that charged me michigan tax and I fucking live in florida and they have no office in florida there for they could not do it so to say I have left them for a much better host that is located in florida and does not charge me tax

Depends on how much you value your ebay rating. He is obviously pulling a scam but you know for sure he is going to leave you negative feedback. You definately shouldn't have to pay the PST.

I think you should stand up to your rights but as was mentioned before is $6 worth a negative to your ebay rating? It's up to you to decide.

I've had to pay close to $400.00 NY tax on an ebay auction, the guy was located in the city.

I only noticed this after everything was processed, it's tuff to fight a 2k+ Power Seller. Just take it as a lesson learned, and save yourself the hassles. That's not much money to loose in your case.

yah, I guess so...

Stop whimpering

You'll be finding less and less places/people online who won't be charging you the full HST anymore. Most people just haven't been bothering to comply, but I guess the Atlantic Provinces have been flexing their muscle or something.

http://www.ctf.ca/articles/News.asp?article_ID=162

"At first, the planned harmonization seemed only to affect businesses operating in the three harmonized Atlantic provinces, but it is now clear that any business is affected if it makes supplies to recipients in these provinces or acquires goods and services from vendors there. It is irrelevant where a business resides; the place where the goods or services are supplied or deemed to be supplied dictates the applicable tax rate. The place of supply rules are the crux of the HST and determine whether HST must be collected on any given transaction. HST must be collected on most taxable supplies into participating provinces even if a supplier has no presence there, a notable departure from longstanding PST practice. The rules for goods are fairly straightforward. Goods are considered to be sold where they are delivered or made available. If a vendor delivers tangible personal property to a participating province either directly or via a common carrier, it is subject to 15 percent HST. Special rules apply to rentals and leases."

That cant be legal. WTF

True, however it would be like you (in NYC) buying something from Alberta (Canada), and being charged 7% Alberta tax. It's not legal and not right.