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BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 29, 2022 7:58AM in U.S. Coin Forum

You have an offer from the seller.

Because you showed interest in this item, the seller sent you this private offer.

A few other interested buyers also received this offer it won't last long.

Hurry and take advantage right away!

Discount 1% :o:D

To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tell him to keep it.

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Treashunt said:
    Tell him to keep it.

    Ha, I couldn't believe my eyes as why even bother?

    Made me laugh though! :D

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I will double that offer. Hit me up for 2% off any of my coins :)

  • CommemDudeCommemDude Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If a seller offers a meaty discount, I think they can expect at least one truly interested party to bite.

    I recently "watched" a coin listed at 225, then offered to me for 175 and although that discounted price was strong retail, I appreciated the seller's gesture and bought the coin.

    Maybe that turned out to be a clever marketing ploy by the seller? Get a fish to bite then reel him in? LOL

    Dr Mikey
    Commems and Early Type
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Listed at $315 on average fair retail is $180.

    Doubt I'd get there if the seller feels $3 is what it takes to hook a buyer.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I will double that offer. Hit me up for 2% off any of my coins :)

    Might be the smoking deal of the day! :s;):p

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I will double that offer. Hit me up for 2% off any of my coins :)

    Might be the smoking deal of the day! :s;):p

    I just offered a client an ever better deal (as a private transaction) instead of going thru my website or ebay ;););)

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    I will double that offer. Hit me up for 2% off any of my coins :)

    Might be the smoking deal of the day! :s;):p

    I just offered a client an ever better deal (as a private transaction) instead of going thru my website or ebay ;););)

    3%? :D

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don’t go getting crazy, @Broadstruck !

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @PerryHall said:
    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Listed at $315 on average fair retail is $180.

    Doubt I'd get there if the seller feels $3 is what it takes to hook a buyer.

    Agree. When a seller grossly overprices his coin, making him a fair and reasonable offer is usually a waste of time.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks but no thanks

  • Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,406 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @PerryHall said:
    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Listed at $315 on average fair retail is $180.

    Doubt I'd get there if the seller feels $3 is what it takes to hook a buyer.

    Pretty standard on eBay 😕

    BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I took marketing in school many years ago we were taught that any discount of less than 10% was a waste of time.

    Vplite99
  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pnies20 said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @PerryHall said:
    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Listed at $315 on average fair retail is $180.

    Doubt I'd get there if the seller feels $3 is what it takes to hook a buyer.

    Pretty standard on eBay 😕

    I think you mean "common" not "standard".

  • Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,406 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Pnies20 said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @PerryHall said:
    You can always message the seller with a counteroffer.

    Listed at $315 on average fair retail is $180.

    Doubt I'd get there if the seller feels $3 is what it takes to hook a buyer.

    Pretty standard on eBay 😕

    I think you mean "common" not "standard".

    I appreciate that. Thank you.

    BHNC #248 … 130 and counting.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @vplite99 said:
    When I took marketing in school many years ago we were taught that any discount of less than 10% was a waste of time.

    5% is pretty commonly offered by sellers.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 29, 2022 6:01PM

    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have put items on 'watch' on ebay many times. Never received an offer though. And 1% would be insulting.... Cheers, RickO

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have seen cases where I am unable to know if there will be a sales tax imposed unless I commit to buy first. This is a concern because my home state exempts tax on coins/bullion.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 30, 2022 7:31AM

    @Broadstruck said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states on sales not on eBay. ;););)

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states. ;););)

    While a seller has the option of collecting taxes when he creates a listing, Ebay algorithm automatically determines if state taxes will be charged.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states. ;););)

    eBay collects the sales tax which you should know being their posterchild >:);):D

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states. ;););)

    eBay collects the sales tax which you should know being their posterchild >:);):D

    Outside of eBay, duh :)

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you are a buyer on Ebay and concerned about paying sales tax to an out of state seller, you may be able to contact the out of state seller and ask for a private transaction where the seller is not required (or suppose to???) to collect out of state sales tax.

    As a bonus, you may be able to also get a better discount on your item as the seller is not paying the eBay fees ;););)

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reported. LOL

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    Reported. LOL

    Buyers can do whatever they want. It is a free country.

    eBay sellers are not allowed to circumvent eBay fees through the eBay system. If a person contacts you outside of eBay, you as an eBay seller can do a private transaction outside of eBay and not pay eBay one cent. All my coins are on eBay, on my website and many are on Instagram and some even here on this forum.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states on sales not on eBay. ;););)

    Am I reading this right? Your explaining how someone can evade taxes due??? :o

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 30, 2022 11:43AM

    @amwldcoin said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @Broadstruck said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @derryb said:
    A seller will see this but his offer has to be at least a 5% discount. I assume when a potential buyer puts the item in his watch list the seller will see it as a "listing eligible to send offers." I've made a number of sales by offering 5% discount. There have also been times, as a buyer, I got the 5% discount offer after placing a 'watch' on an item I wanted to buy.

    Actually, it can be less than 5% on higher priced items.

    I usually offer discounts in the 5 to 10% range, and they do result in sales. Whether they created the sale or just moved up the timetable for purchase is harder to say.

    10% usually gets me to bite as my biggest stipulation not instantly pouncing on eBay BIN items is the additional sales tax.

    If your seller is out of state, contact them directly as small out of state sellers are not required to collect sales taxes for other states on sales not on eBay. ;););)

    Am I reading this right? Your explaining how someone can evade taxes due??? :o

    No, not at all.

    I have a California resale license and I collect sales tax on sales made within my state. If the sale is on eBay, then ebay collects the CA sales tax for me.

    For my personal sales outside of eBay, I am not suppose to collect sales tax from sales made outside of my state.

    So, no taxes due on out of state sales. It is not tax evasion, it is smart buying allowed by law.

  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    For my personal sales outside of eBay, I am not suppose to collect sales tax from sales made outside of my state.

    It is your buyer's responsibility to report the purchase to his state and pay taxes to his state for the purchase.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 30, 2022 12:55PM

    @derryb said:

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    For my personal sales outside of eBay, I am not suppose to collect sales tax from sales made outside of my state.

    It is your buyer's responsibility to report the purchase to his state and pay taxes to his state for the purchase.

    So let me get this straight... If I buy something from EOC and he doesn't charge me sales tax, I as the buyer am to report the purchase to his state?

    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 30, 2022 1:16PM

    @Broadstruck said:

    So let me get this straight... If I buy something from EOC and he doesn't charge me sales tax, I as the buyer am to report the purchase to his state?

    No. As a buyer you are required to report and remit, to your home state, online out of state purchases if sales taxes were not collected and remitted to your state by the seller or his payment processor. Ebay, as a payment processor is required by law to do this on behalf of its sellers, removing the responsibility from the seller and the buyer.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @derryb said:
    your are required to report, to your state, online out of state purchases if sales taxes were not collected and remitted to your state. Ebay does this (required by law) for most transactions which removes the responsibility from the seller and the buyer.

    The small out of state seller has zero responsibility.

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