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    SONOMOSCASONOMOSCA Posts: 399 ✭✭✭

    5% Ebay Bucks until 2/12 with no minimum!

    BST transactions - Wondercoin, SNMAN , Mb423, Timbuk3
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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn't even pay the tax... but hey, it's better than nothing and does apply to small dollar amount purchases...

    ----- kj
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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 10, 2020 1:07PM

    Looks like they skipped me this time...

    Edit: Nope, it just came late, after 9:00 AM Pacific time...

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no deals available even if it were 8%

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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    blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It appears the days of 15%, 10% and even 8% eBay bucks are gone. Bummer.

    The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.

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    USASoccerUSASoccer Posts: 445 ✭✭✭

    Got it.

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    SONOMOSCASONOMOSCA Posts: 399 ✭✭✭

    8% Ebay Bucks until 2/25 with no minimum! Happy hunting!

    BST transactions - Wondercoin, SNMAN , Mb423, Timbuk3
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no soup for me

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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Empty soup bowl for me also. A very selective promo?

    ----- kj
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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not this time...

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    SONOMOSCA must have received the golden ticket.....

    ----- kj
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    blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got it on an account that hasn't received one in 9 months. Didn't receive offer on my other 2 accounts that almost always gets bonus bucks. The mystery continues.

    PS: I probably wouldn't find anything worth buying at current PM prices anyway.

    The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nothing here

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    new 5% app offer

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,373 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well crap,,,,, I got the notice and activated it on my phone and then hours later I purchased via the Web and just now realized why I didn't get the 5%. :s

    The shipper has already printed a label and I won't ask to re-do the deal.

    GrandAm :)
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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got mine...bought gold. The stacking continues...

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 9,964 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm getting tired of this garbage about the app , also 5% is a pitiful offer , it wont even offset sales tax

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hate doing anything on a stupid phone other than talking and the occasional text. To buy on ebay with the app I speed things up by adding my purchase to my want list which allows me to quickly find and commit to buy on the app. Then I use the desktop to make the paypal payment unless of course immediate payment is required to complete the purchase. In that case I work my way through the tiny phone keys to complete the transaction.

    After all, 5% is 5%, and I'm usually buying $1000+ plus coins.

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    5% no min 3/25

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got it, but no bargains in the metals.....

    ----- kj
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    aren't we due?

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ebay knows we are all at home and bored. They are thinking we will shop out of boredom with no incentive.

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    USASoccerUSASoccer Posts: 445 ✭✭✭

    I agree; no offers

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    rte592rte592 Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    ebay knows we are all at home and bored. They are thinking we will shop out of boredom with no incentive.

    More truth to that statement than ebay wants to admit.

    I sold an item that was listed for a year and a half on friday.
    It was an item that belonged to someone else so I didn't gain anything monetarily.
    it's one less thing I have to spend time on....so that's a plus.

    I've had a few low offers on a silver bar listed at $600 and when I countered at $550 the potential buyer?? went POOF.

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    bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 9,964 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rte592 said:

    @derryb said:
    ebay knows we are all at home and bored. They are thinking we will shop out of boredom with no incentive.

    More truth to that statement than ebay wants to admit.

    I sold an item that was listed for a year and a half on friday.
    It was an item that belonged to someone else so I didn't gain anything monetarily.
    it's one less thing I have to spend time on....so that's a plus.

    I've had a few low offers on a silver bar listed at $600 and when I countered at $550 the potential buyer?? went POOF.

    ;) must be a kilo

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    SONOMOSCASONOMOSCA Posts: 399 ✭✭✭

    5% Ebay Bucks until 4/23 with no minimum

    BST transactions - Wondercoin, SNMAN , Mb423, Timbuk3
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    tincuptincup Posts: 4,771 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    ----- kj
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    PachuckoPachucko Posts: 85 ✭✭

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    both accounts, doesn't cover tax

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    There are no ebay PM bargains at these premiums, but with a 5% discount eligible PMs can be bought cheaper. If you're buying anyway, why not do so at a 5% discount?

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    There are no ebay PM bargains at these premiums, but with a 5% discount eligible PMs can be bought cheaper. If you're buying anyway, why not do so at a 5% discount?

    Who would be crazy enough to buy at current eBay overinflated premiums? Certainly not this sheep. Buy low, sell high. Regards!

    The whole worlds off its rocker, buy Gold™.

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 21, 2020 6:34PM

    @blitzdude said:

    @derryb said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    There are no ebay PM bargains at these premiums, but with a 5% discount eligible PMs can be bought cheaper. If you're buying anyway, why not do so at a 5% discount?

    Who would be crazy enough to buy at current eBay overinflated premiums? Certainly not this sheep. Buy low, sell high. Regards!

    one who believes these overinflated premiums are an indicator of the beginning of a PM bull market. They just might get crazier. I've shipped eight registered gold shipments from ebay buyers since Saturday.

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pachucko said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

    Get used to it, because you won't find any purchase w/o a State sales tax if you live in a State that charges it.

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 23, 2020 2:53AM

    Found some bullion that is in an eligible category and no sales tax (ID doesn't tax bullion) and debating buffalo or a eagle.

    This buffalo seem like a good price

    or go for this eagle

    Or maybe fractional?

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    derrybderryb Posts: 36,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 22, 2020 4:23PM

    fixed it for ya, item numbers shows up in your bad links

    gold buff

    gold eagle

    My preference is the buff, but I'm using my bonus bux for silver.

    Keep an open mind, or get financially repressed -Zoltan Pozsar

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    PachuckoPachucko Posts: 85 ✭✭

    @OPA said:

    @Pachucko said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

    Get used to it, because you won't find any purchase w/o a State sales tax if you live in a State that charges it.

    By "they" I meant eBay. I but from other vendors that definitely don't charge taxes.

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭

    @Pachucko said:

    @OPA said:

    @Pachucko said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

    Get used to it, because you won't find any purchase w/o a State sales tax if you live in a State that charges it.

    By "they" I meant eBay. I but from other vendors that definitely don't charge taxes.

    'They' will become fewer and fewer. Vendors don't want to risk having a State come back after them for sales tax on prior sales when there is no chance they can get it from the buyer. The bar is set low - $100,000 and banks give 1099K's to every State's tax department. Find a company unregistered with $5 million in sales and assume 2% goes to State A, then State A is going to send a letter asking about shipments into the State. They can go back to 2018 (Wayfair decision date) and collect sales tax on everything from that date forward.

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    OPAOPA Posts: 17,104 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pachucko said:

    @OPA said:

    @Pachucko said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

    Get used to it, because you won't find any purchase w/o a State sales tax if you live in a State that charges it.

    By "they" I meant eBay. I but from other vendors that definitely don't charge taxes.

    All major bullion, coin and online vendors will charge you a sales tax. Please let us know, which one does not, because I too live in a State that charges a sales tax.

    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
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    USASoccerUSASoccer Posts: 445 ✭✭✭

    Got it, bid on a pair of McIntosh speakers and lost... :/

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    fixed it for ya, item numbers shows up in your bad links

    gold buff

    gold eagle

    My preference is the buff, but I'm using my bonus bux for silver.

    Thanks for the fix. I deleted the link - tried to fix them and couldn’t so clearly my skills in the hyperlink department are lacking.

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    AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    ebay knows we are all at home and bored. They are thinking we will shop out of boredom with no incentive.

    I mean... they're not wrong.

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    AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OPA said:

    @Pachucko said:

    @OPA said:

    @Pachucko said:

    @tincup said:
    Got the offer... but where are the bargains??

    They charge taxes for my state now, so they're pretty much worthless for me.

    Get used to it, because you won't find any purchase w/o a State sales tax if you live in a State that charges it.

    By "they" I meant eBay. I but from other vendors that definitely don't charge taxes.

    All major bullion, coin and online vendors will charge you a sales tax. Please let us know, which one does not, because I too live in a State that charges a sales tax.

    I'm an Oregon resident and I'll be damned if a dealer ever charges me sales tax.

    I don't pay hotel, travel taxes or coin taxes in WA, either, just weed tax.

    It's always the weed tax.

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 23, 2020 12:37PM

    @Azurescens said:

    I'm an Oregon resident and I'll be damned if a dealer ever charges me sales tax.

    I don't pay hotel, travel taxes or coin taxes in WA, either, just weed tax.

    It's always the weed tax.

    You will pay all the taxes now when you purchase something in Washington (you always had paid hotel/travel taxes) and you can apply for a refund of the State portion of the tax each year - you will not get back the local portion of the tax any longer. The Qualified Non-Resident exemption went away on July 1, 2019

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    AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 23, 2020 6:44PM

    @taxmad said:

    @Azurescens said:

    I'm an Oregon resident and I'll be damned if a dealer ever charges me sales tax.

    I don't pay hotel, travel taxes or coin taxes in WA, either, just weed tax.

    It's always the weed tax.

    You will pay all the taxes now when you purchase something in Washington (you always had paid hotel/travel taxes) and you can apply for a refund of the State portion of the tax each year - you will not get back the local portion of the tax any longer. The Qualified Non-Resident exemption went away on July 1, 2019

    Really? I can dig them out, but I have hotel receipts as far back as 2015 and early as 2019 showing those two specific taxes removed and usually my driver's license number. I always get a kick out of it every year when I travel. It's a few hotels too so it's not that it's one place. Is this recent, and maybe some places just don't know? In 2017 I got a hotel with a friend in WA and he had me put it in my name so we didn't pay the taxes.

    Interestingly enough, three days ago my shopify added WA Tax, OR Tax, and either county or city-specific taxes. But nobody has paid them yet, in-state or out of state.

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    taxmadtaxmad Posts: 960 ✭✭✭✭

    @Azurescens said:

    Really? I can dig them out, but I have hotel receipts as far back as 2015 and early as 2019 showing those two specific taxes removed and usually my driver's license number. I always get a kick out of it every year when I travel. It's a few hotels too so it's not that it's one place. Is this recent, and maybe some places just don't know? In 2017 I got a hotel with a friend in WA and he had me put it in my name so we didn't pay the taxes.

    Interestingly enough, three days ago my shopify added WA Tax, OR Tax, and either county or city-specific taxes. But nobody has paid them yet, in-state or out of state.

    The only time a hotel wouldn't charge the tax would be for a Federal Government employee paying with a government credit card. Restaurant meals and motels are consumed in WA, so they can't be taken out of State like when a OR resident buys a sofa or a shirt. The exemption itself did go away last summer and switched to a refund. It may have been you got lucky with the hotel stays and the clerk made an error - clerks like that is why people like me have jobs :-)

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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 32,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 4, 2020 9:51AM

    5% 5/6 n.m.

    I'm not using it. I'm not going to feed the marketing bears.

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
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