What time on Thursday are the packs likely to be available for purchase? I gots to get me some Cassus Fett armor!

It's hard to tell from your grammar and spelling, but are you claiming to be one of the top scientists on the planet?

Legally, I think you're probably right. However, they're already violating the law by collecting a nonexistent tax. Who's to say they won't break the law even further and keep the money? Actually, though, the identity of the entity that eventually receives the money isn't the most important issue to me. I object to the money being collected in the first place.

The phrase "tangible personal property" is a legal term of art with a very clear meaning: "Property that has physical form and substance and is not intangible. That which may be felt or touched, and is necessarily corporeal . . ." Black's Law Dictionary 1456 (6th ed. 1990). Cartel Coins do not meet this definition. EDIT: even if the term were ambiguous (which it's not), the Arizona Supreme Court has held: "This Court has previously stated that where there is ambiguity, a revenue statute should be construed liberally in favor of the taxpayer and strictly against the state." [Citations omitted] Ebasco Services Inc. v. Arizona State Tax Commission 105 Ariz. 94, 97, 459 P.2d 719, 722 (1969). EDIT AGAIN: Re-reading your question and my answer, I think I may not have sufficiently addressed your concern. Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of personal property: tangible and intangible. Physical objects like TVs, shoes, Xbox game cartridges, etc, constitute tangible personal property. Non-physical objects such as trademarks, licenses, downloadable software without physical media,etc. constitute intangible personal property. Like tangible property, intangible property can have value and can be bought and sold. States have the power to impose sales tax on sales of both kinds of property. My state, however, has chosen only to tax the sale of tangible personal property.

Arizona has a sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property within the state or shipped to the state. Tangible personal property does not include intangible property like Cartel Coins. Yet EA is charging an extra fee, which they're calling "sales tax," on the purchase of Cartel Coins by Arizona residents.

I have no problem at all with the Cartel Market. In fact, I like it. I only object to being charged extra money on the pretext of collecting a sales tax that does not actually exist.

This is within the control of Bioware (well, actually, Electronic Arts). It is not a state government problem. My state (Arizona) only collects sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property. Cartel Coins are not tangible personal property. Therefore, EA is improperly collecting additional money on sales of Cartel Coins to Arizona residents. It's no different than if EA tried to collect "sales tax" from Oregon residents (who have no sales tax at all).

Any update on this? I was going to buy more cartel coins in the near future, but I'm not willing to pay extra money for a nonexistent tax.

I also live in Arizona. Arizona has become much more aggressive in collecting sales tax in the last few years. I did a little research on this subject in 2011 (I think) when the state announced they were going to crack down on sales tax collection for online purchases. It's my understanding that Arizona sales tax does not apply to the purchase of intangible items, such as MMO subscription fees or purely digital content obtained by download. (Arizona sales tax DOES apply to online purchase of tangible items, e.g., purchase of a TV from an online retailer, as long as the retailer has a "physical presence" in the state, e.g., a retail outlet or a distribution center in the state.) So I agree with you that cartel point purchases should NOT be subject to Arizona sales tax. EDIT: I believe the operative Arizona statutes are: http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/42/05008.htm&Title=42&DocType=ARS and http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/42/05061.htm&Title=42&DocType=ARS Also, FYI, I purchased $39.99 worth of cartel coins on 1/30/13 and was not charged sales tax, so this must be something new. I heard that Amazon.com had signed an agreement with the State of Arizona agreeing to add sales tax to all Arizona sales, starting on 2/1/13. Maybe other companies also agreed to start charging sales tax effective that date. Even if they did, they shouldn't be charging sales tax on intangible property, because Arizona does not tax those purchases.

I did the exact same thing a few months ago. I submitted a ticket and was told that I cannot get the quest back, and that this is an intentional design decision by BioWare. The reasoning was something about our decisions having consequences . . . I can't remember the exact words.

That would explain the discrepancy, once rounding is taken into account. Thanks!

Never mind. HelinCarnate beat me to it.

I couldn't find an answer to this question, so I did some very limited testing. I thought I'd share the results in case anybody else might be interested. I tested using a Major Experience Boost purchased from the Cartel Market. I discovered three things: 1. Major Experience Boosts actually increase XP by about 20%, not by 25% as claimed in the Cartel Market listing. 2. Major Experience Boosts DO stack with the one Legacy XP boost I tested (Improved Exploration Experience). 3. Major Experience Boosts DO stack with rested XP. Here are the actual numbers from my test:

Never mind . . . I misread the OP. I agree with AlixMV, BTW.