Nintendo lies like a whore looking for a tip.

Here's the response I got from a Nintendo representative in regards to sales tax being applied to the online purchase of Wii Points:

Hi [Dirt],

Thanks for the e-mail. The reason Nintendo charges sales tax in your state is due to the fact that we have a company of some sort located there. All companies are required to collect sales tax from buyers in other states in which the company has a physical presence. A physical presence means having an office, a factory, a store, or a warehouse in that state. Nintendo has shipping, repair, or packaging facilities in each of the states for which it collects taxes.

I hope this is helpful in answering your question!

Sincerely,

Nintendo of America Inc.
Brandon Smith

So, now I have to jump through more fucking hoops and send another email asking what Nintendo's presence is in the good ol' state of Nebraska. I mean, I guess I'm just an ignorant redneck, but I don't remember ever hearing that Nintendo has any sort of "office, factory, store, warehouse, or shipping, repair, or packaging facilit[y]" in the 37th state to join the Union.

What a crock of shit.