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They are trying to shift the seller from being B&H to individual consumers who can more frequently be exempt from collecting sales tax.

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Why would you think that? That would mean the first buyer would have to be from an tax-exempt state to begin with. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, or Oregon.

Also that would potentially create problems with Warranties. Equipment purchased from an unauthorized reseller often comes without a valid warranty.

I'd be more inclined to think that they cooked up some solution so it becomes a Product as a Service - since you don't pay taxes on service in most places.

I understand the confusion but this is not the case at all. B&H is the seller and each individual customer is the buyer. -- Henry Posner / B&H Photo-Video

Thank you for the clarification Henry. Indeed I was speculating on the nature of the service based on the wording of the service description in the trademark application and now that the new details have been released, we have a much better understanding about payboo. Very interesting concept indeed although I believe the trademark service description is a little misleading.

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