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eBay / Re: Do you think goods sold online should be taxed?
« on: June 25, 2014, 10:46:32 AM »
I asked stores many of times to match the prices on-line and they tell me no. I really don't understand their thinking. You either make $0 on the item or a few dollars.  They always choose $0 dollars.

I owned a retail store and as long as the price was above what I paid for the item, I would always match, no questions asked.  When it's below what I paid for it, then I will call the manufacturer and complain.  Sometimes this resulted an additional discounts from the manufacturer or kickbacks from the manufacturer's to make make me profitable. The last thing they want is a store dropping their products.


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eBay / Re: Do you think goods sold online should be taxed?
« on: June 24, 2014, 08:49:02 PM »
I think without taxing the online, it really hurts the brick and mortar stores..

Just the other day, I was in Best Buy. They were selling a speaker bar I wanted for $329.  I checked Ebay $299 and no tax.

I didn't buy it, I felt I would save $50 just buying it on ebay.  I got home, found a guy selling it for $299 and make offer. I offered $199 and he took it.

If it was just $30 more at best buy, I might of pulled the trigger. The sales tax made them lose a sale.

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Interesting this guy is selling the same unit on two auction sites...



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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 19, 2014, 11:25:57 AM »
A fool and their dollars was almost parted.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 19, 2014, 09:23:39 AM »
I did a little more research on the owner. He has a son, who is a good hockey player, but never made it to the NHL.

I'm assuming the clothing and the gear is all of his equipment.  Kids love beats by dr. dre. They put his items in storage, since he probably doesn't live at home anymore.

As a kid, he probably had some signed pucks, given to him as gifts. I can see some being his own, as a forward, he might of kept his own pucks he scored with.

The kid is 19  and the dates on one of the pucks in 10-12  - so it all fits the narrative.

So that's the story, in my head. Whatever a 19 year old kid might own $$ or Collected is probably in the locker.

Is it worth the 1600+ 10% buyers prem.  That's not the gamble I'm willing to take..


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 19, 2014, 08:35:07 AM »
Everything is pretty visible for the most part. Their is a big bag right of the jackets, when I'm guessing has hockey sticks and gear in it.

In the 7th Photo, their is a whole container you can clearly see fulled with hockey pucks, potentially all gamed played pucks..

Say there is 40 pucks in that container at $40 each = $1600

I'm sure this is what the bidders are gambling on..


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 18, 2014, 07:12:19 PM »
I agree, someone did store there stuff neatly and the unit is clean. $650- $700 max. It will probably go for $1200 by the time it is over.

You're right!

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I was wondering what the process was...

 1) Certified appraisal account to the IRS documentation.
 2) Donated to a Specific charity that qualifies for 50% reduction to your AGI.

What else is needed? I know it just can't be that simple..


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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 18, 2014, 12:19:18 PM »
It's not packed, it's just stuff on the left and right side and one side is full of Christmas trash.

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General Storage Auction Talk / Re: What am I missing..
« on: June 18, 2014, 11:08:26 AM »
I did some more research on this, the person who owned it downsized to a small condo. I have a feeling those are just the boxes for the items. The real items are in his condo.

Since condo's are small, I can see putting your extra Jackets, Christmas stuff, other miscellaneous items into a unit for storage.

The signed puck is most likely a panthers player, since he has a panther sweat shirt on the rack.

I doubt I would store my gun in a unit, I rather have that at my house. So all the extra stuff he put in here not to clutter his new home.

The thing is making a small profit sucks, for the amount of work it takes. If I can't triple my money, it's not worth the effort.

I just don't see 3k sitting in there, I can be wrong, the boxes can contain all the items and their can be some hidden gems.


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General Storage Auction Talk / What am I missing..
« on: June 17, 2014, 03:33:29 PM »
I really don't see the value in this locker to warrant the current bid.

I like that it's all neat and stuff, but a pressure washer, some decent shelving, plenty of plastic bins (If you can take it back), used clothes, cheap bike, used old electronics, possible blue ray player and Christmas supplies just don't seem to warrant it.

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eBay / Re: eBay's Global Shipping Program
« on: June 17, 2014, 03:28:27 PM »
There are no cons to it..

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The Lounge / Re: Obama rated as the 5th best in US history
« on: June 16, 2014, 08:40:26 PM »
Funny, but true.

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You do the first ten..

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When I first seen this thread, I was hoping you were going to post a list of items found on tv with two colums "Fake Value" and "Real Value"

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