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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mirtek" data-source="post: 6760286" data-attributes="member: 40810">No, it's a semantic sleight-of-hand to classify this specific transaction as anything but a sale. A semantic sleight-of-hand that doesn't fly in front of the state, otherwise it would not be subject to sales tax. Of course they can. There are different kinds of transactions, some are sales, some are not. The state checked the transactions happening at kickstarter and came to the conclusion that those are sales at the end of the day and is taxing them accordingly. You'll note that no one even tried to contest this, despite there being a lot of money involved if you win a case saying that it's not sales you did on kickstarter. It's one of the key parts of a retail activity. There are other legal constructs containing this arrangement that are not sales. So we have to check which category kickstarter pledges belong to.But as far as the specific case of kickstarter is concerned the responsible state departments already did the check for us and concluded that those are sales. Like said above there are millions involved and yet no one even tried to dispute that. They all paid, makes you wonder, doesn't it?They can't sell it to me because at this moment WotC is using a different distribution channel that cuts out the man in the middle. It's no different than WotC deciding that henceforth no new books will be delivered to retailers and all sales are done exclusively through the newly opened WotC webshop. No FLGS would be able to sell them to me as they would no longer receive them in the first place, they're now cut from the value chain they were previously part of. That's the point why it's hurting them.</blockquote>

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