Would you take this deal?

[steve B]

I think I would keep the card I have if I might not end up with money to spend once it's all settled.

I mostly do low end stuff, so low we just include any hobby money I get as misc income(the gross, like if I sell a card for $10 i report $10. Yes, we pay extra in taxes, but in most years it's not even enough to worry about. And figuring out a reasonable cost for things bought in large lots 40 years ago seems crazy. Like is my Gretzky rookie the $50 the entire 5000 count box of hockey cards cost? Or is it .01 ...........

Of course this has brought up many questions for me, since I've collected for decades. I essentially have no records pre-Ebay. And after Ebay only have a messy archive of "you won!" emails.

And how does cost basis work trading the other way. Like I buy a lot of stamps on Ebay, $40 for six. They have a wide range of catalog values, all have varieties making them more valuable than the basic ones they were described as. Some aren't cataloged and are hard to place an accurate value on. One is around $2000 catalog value. Two years later I swap that stamp plus cash for a different stamp that has a slightly higher catalog value. ( literally the only way I could have ever gotten one) How the _ do I figure that one someday when it gets sold. Or more likely how do my kids figure the value.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by steve B

I think I would keep the card I have if I might not end up with money to spend once it's all settled.



I mostly do low end stuff, so low we just include any hobby money I get as misc income(the gross, like if I sell a card for $10 i report $10. Yes, we pay extra in taxes, but in most years it's not even enough to worry about. And figuring out a reasonable cost for things bought in large lots 40 years ago seems crazy. Like is my Gretzky rookie the $50 the entire 5000 count box of hockey cards cost? Or is it .01 ...........



Of course this has brought up many questions for me, since I've collected for decades. I essentially have no records pre-Ebay. And after Ebay only have a messy archive of "you won!" emails.

You can request spreadsheets from ebay now, that show all your transactions, I think going back to 2000. It is in your member area somewhere. If you can't find it, PM me, and I will walk you through it.

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[steve B]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

You can request spreadsheets from ebay now, that show all your transactions, I think going back to 2000. It is in your member area somewhere. If you can't find it, PM me, and I will walk you through it.

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I didn't know they did that now.
I haven't sold on there in years, not since a stage when they changed rules what seemed like weekly.
Having my paypal hacked was another strike against, my using them. They were useless in resolving it, and their 2 factor authentication was worse that useless. Like the next scam was at 4 AM our time, and they allowed it to go through after an hour because we didn't reply saying it was false. Plus for some reason they said it fit my normal pattern of use or some rubbish. Like I sat up until 4am to send money to someone in africa...
Anti virus/anti malware - multiple different ones over multiple scans found no malware or viruses, and yet things were still compromised.
I buy occasionally, but have my wife do the actual buying through her far more secure work computer.

I may return to Ebay at some point, but not for anything "good"

[brian1961]

You never, EVER, trade down on your crown jewel card. Afterwards, when you look at what you got in return, regardless of the cash left over after taxes, you would feel the most intense seller's / trader's remorse and regret the day you agreed to the deal.

In this day and age, or in the next few years, should you decide to replace that now-gone crown jewel with one that is very close to it in eye appeal and condition, you will spend a lot of time and effort to only find it cannot be done. You'll just feel all the more worse about your decision.

When ya get a card you consider to be a crown jewel, the time to part with it is when you're ready to call it quits and retire from collecting, and generate funds for your demise and your surviving family. Hate to say it; sell it while it's still very desirable and the price at least near its high. Sounds like a stock---but you better believe you must break off the emotional attachment you've enjoyed with the card to psychologically feel released to say goodbye to it.

These are decisions we ALL have to face one way or another. Ask God for wisdom as to what to do. --- Brian Powell