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Was I not charged gst?? Or did I get a discount?

warpdrive — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:16:42 GMT

When I initially signed up the email from Public Mobile said my plan and gst would be $126, yet my credit card was only charged $120. At first I thought the gst was not applied, or is it since I paid with a credit cart that they automatically give you the $2/month x3 discount on your initial payment?? That would also bring it down to $120.

Re: Was I not charged gst?? Or did I get a discount?

PhoneSeeker — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 15:45:00 GMT

Public doesn't charge tax for the first 90 days for some reason.

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AndreLaranjeiro — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:36:20 GMT

All hail PM for this nice gesture!

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warpdrive — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 16:45:04 GMT

Sweet!

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daredogg — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:01:57 GMT

I don't think it's a nice gesture, as PM is still accountable for those tax dollars. It's more like a glitch if anything!

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mhaider — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:06:46 GMT

When you are signing up, it actually tells you that you will be charged the tax amount on your next payment cycle based on your province location. I believe their system doesn't allow to verify the province at the initial setup so they must be adjusting the first 90 day base price on their end to account for the tax included price of $120 otherwise they will be scrutinized by CRA.

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warpdrive — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 19:35:24 GMT

Ahhhhhhh.... Gotcha.

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clavijo — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:42:22 GMT

well , i got the plan yesterday and got charged hst 13%

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jgorman — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:44:49 GMT

I was also charged tax.
13%

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daredogg — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 13:52:19 GMT

Yup, that's right... HST on transactions after the first initial one.

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Vickel — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 16:26:24 GMT

Its a glitch in the system.

I got charged HST on all of my SIM activations

Re: Was I not charged gst?? Or did I get a discount?

warpdrive — Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:46:24 GMT

I guess I got lucky. Activated 3 lines and no tax charged on initial payments. Added a few add ons and was charged tax for that...