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<p>[QUOTE="LMHESS, post: 3713292, member: 75003"]Dear Good Cents,</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful advice! I really appreciate it much more than you will ever know. I keep all receipts from purchases and sales and actually have all of my ebay sales itemized as well as their fees in a file. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am almost 60 now, so I collected many different types of collectibles in the 70's, 80's and 90's. That is why I sell every now and then. Ebay started in 1995. Prior to Ebay, there was a strong market for just about any type of collectible since most people were limited to just their local area. Sales were very strong, half of the fun of collecting was in the "hunt", (my father used to bring bags and bags of wheat pennies for us to hunt through) and there were many more flea markets, antique shops, and shops in my area that sold coins, stamps and baseball cards. Coin and stamp shows locally were just about weekly. I hate to say this, but since Ebay opened the market globally, I have seen many collectible type items literally hit rock bottom. Additionally, the younger generation didn't seem to have the same interest in collectibles. I am thinking of selling a lot of my Civil War Tokens since the schools in Ohio are no longer even teaching anything about the Civil War. They start the history lessons after the Civil War. They also no longer teach cursive writing, so anything with cursive writing on it would not be desirable since they would not be able to read it. Even though my tokens are not that expensive, at least some people still know about the Civil War and may find them interesting. Isn't that sad? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, regarding this taxing issue, Wayfair needed to be hit for tax money, my opinion. When people buy furniture, it is usually in the $1000's of dollars. Why wouldn't they ship for free?! A good bed alone can cost $3000-$10,000.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When Ebay started in 1995, I actually did sell some of my items at fair market value since there was still the frenzy out there for the "hunt" for your missing pieces to complete your collection. Now at almost 15 years after Ebay started, many items, coins included that were thought to be rare, turned out to be not so rare when all of the sudden the global market started finding many more examples. I suppose that is why they tell you to buy what you like and not for profit.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the tax issue was not addressed early enough, that is probably why many of the larger corporations started selling on Ebay. Now you can get your socks and vitamins there if you choose.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a huge difference of Wayfair making millions and billions of dollars and operating as the huge corporation and people like me that sell used items for maybe $2000 that I paid $2500-$3000 many years ago. Then I have to additionally figure in all of the fees. I hope that they get this mess all sorted out, but until then I will be taking your advice. It looks like we will have to go the nickel dime route. Thank you again!!! Madeline[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LMHESS, post: 3713292, member: 75003"]Dear Good Cents, Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful advice! I really appreciate it much more than you will ever know. I keep all receipts from purchases and sales and actually have all of my ebay sales itemized as well as their fees in a file. I am almost 60 now, so I collected many different types of collectibles in the 70's, 80's and 90's. That is why I sell every now and then. Ebay started in 1995. Prior to Ebay, there was a strong market for just about any type of collectible since most people were limited to just their local area. Sales were very strong, half of the fun of collecting was in the "hunt", (my father used to bring bags and bags of wheat pennies for us to hunt through) and there were many more flea markets, antique shops, and shops in my area that sold coins, stamps and baseball cards. Coin and stamp shows locally were just about weekly. I hate to say this, but since Ebay opened the market globally, I have seen many collectible type items literally hit rock bottom. Additionally, the younger generation didn't seem to have the same interest in collectibles. I am thinking of selling a lot of my Civil War Tokens since the schools in Ohio are no longer even teaching anything about the Civil War. They start the history lessons after the Civil War. They also no longer teach cursive writing, so anything with cursive writing on it would not be desirable since they would not be able to read it. Even though my tokens are not that expensive, at least some people still know about the Civil War and may find them interesting. Isn't that sad? Anyhow, regarding this taxing issue, Wayfair needed to be hit for tax money, my opinion. When people buy furniture, it is usually in the $1000's of dollars. Why wouldn't they ship for free?! A good bed alone can cost $3000-$10,000. When Ebay started in 1995, I actually did sell some of my items at fair market value since there was still the frenzy out there for the "hunt" for your missing pieces to complete your collection. Now at almost 15 years after Ebay started, many items, coins included that were thought to be rare, turned out to be not so rare when all of the sudden the global market started finding many more examples. I suppose that is why they tell you to buy what you like and not for profit. Since the tax issue was not addressed early enough, that is probably why many of the larger corporations started selling on Ebay. Now you can get your socks and vitamins there if you choose. There is a huge difference of Wayfair making millions and billions of dollars and operating as the huge corporation and people like me that sell used items for maybe $2000 that I paid $2500-$3000 many years ago. Then I have to additionally figure in all of the fees. I hope that they get this mess all sorted out, but until then I will be taking your advice. It looks like we will have to go the nickel dime route. Thank you again!!! Madeline[/QUOTE]
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