On line with West Marine

[dcobbett]

Earlier today, I did a "buy it now" on ebay and bought a propeller from West Marine. Checking out, they added a sales tax to the purchase price that was more than the rate for the state I live in (MA) I called to find out why a tax (purchase was made throught California), plus what the precentage was that they were using. I was told they had to add tax because West had stores in MA , and the tax rate was 5% (correct for MA), since it included the shipping charges because FedEX also does business in MA.
Anyone else ever run into this situation?