PWCC heading north to Oregon

galaxy27

More precisely, Lake Oswego. Merry Christmas, CA buyers.

begsu1013

when? good news for consignors, wondering what this means for buyers...buy prices are above pretty respectable already.

itzagoner

new space place

akuracy503

Does anyone know if Brent has a team that he works with or is this an independent venture?

I'd be curious if he's looking for local help.

bigdcards

<< <i>Merry Christmas, CA buyers. >>



Woo Hoo! Thank you Santa!

I always pass on their auctions, even though they regularly have listings that interest me. The way I see it, if I bid high enough to win, then I'm already at the value of the item. Add 9% and I'm getting ripped off.

KendallCat

Both LO and Tigard are suburbs of Portland across the river and to the south about 10-15 miles. Great thing is I am there at our headquarters 3-5 times a year so I will be pretty close to where they are located several times a year - can you imagine checking out all that inventory in person?

vintagefun

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<< <i>Merry Christmas, CA buyers. >>



Woo Hoo! Thank you Santa!

I always pass on their auctions, even though they regularly have listings that interest me. The way I see it, if I bid high enough to win, then I'm already at the value of the item. Add 9% and I'm getting ripped off. >>



+1

PhilG

Seller charges sales tax for items shipped to: CA(7.5%).

I always pass. To bad they have some nice stuff. Can't wait for them to move.

Dpeck100

Get ready for some even higher prices on cards.

I have noticed there is quite a bit of activity from CA in the card world. The cost savings will be passed onto the other buyers.

wrestlingcardking

I live close enough to Oregon that I pick up items like TVs, BBQ, home improvement, etc. Love this move.

JustinsShoebox

This is great news for us.

While being a Californian has not stopped me from buying from Brent, I am more cautious about bidding on the higher ticket items. I lost an item recently that was already over VCP and I didn't want to have to then pay the extra 7.5%. It kept me from putting in that extra bid to top the 2K price tag.

Justin

seablaster

<< <i>The cost savings will be passed onto the other buyers. >>



This is quite the intelligent observation.

I hadn't considered this at all when I received the email, but it is entirely true.

This news isn't so good for non-Californians especially Oregonians.

SidePocket

And another business leaves our great state of California.

I passed on a 59 Mantle recently when it dawned on me right before I was going to bid that the sales tax would be added.

akuracy503

There is no Sales Tax in Oregon so no harm no foul.

akuracy503

No one has chimed in on my question about Brent's operations.
Does he have employees? Or is this an independent operation?

begsu1013

i'm curious as to why so many people passed on stuff that lived in cali. don't get me wrong, I fully and I mean fully understand the sales tax implications...however it's not like they only know people in cali or that the state is some long lost island out in the middle of the pacific. send the damn thing to aunt flo in az. have her send it to you. or better yet, what's the cost of a resale cert in cali? a lil thing like sales tax would never have stopped me....

number one rule in golf: use the rules to your advantage.

PSASAP

His employees are making the move to Oregon.

itzagoner

or: raise your hand if you resisted paying California sales tax to Brent, but have willingly paid a buyer's premium to an auction house on top of a moonshot bid.

come on, i know you're out there.

JustinsShoebox

<< <i>i'm curious as to why so many people passed on stuff that lived in cali. don't get me wrong, I fully and I mean fully understand the sales tax implications...however it's not like they only know people in cali or that the state is some long lost island out in the middle of the pacific. send the damn thing to aunt flo in az. have her send it to you. or better yet, what's the cost of a resale cert in cali? a lil thing like sales tax would never have stopped me....

number one rule in golf: use the rules to your advantage. >>





<< <i>however it's not like they only know people in cali or that the state is some long lost island out in the middle of the pacific. send the damn thing to aunt flo in az. have her send it to you. or better yet, what's the cost of a resale cert in cali? a lil thing like sales tax would never have stopped me....

number one rule in golf: use the rules to your advantage. >>



Not all of us have the hook-ups out of state that they would trust with a high dollar card. I do not have family out of state that I would trust with a 2K+ card.

Getting a resale cert in California for the purpose for avoiding paying tax is a misdemeanor. Each offense is punishable by a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to one year in the county jail, or both.

Some of your "rules" are not legal.

Justin

Griffins

<< <i>i'm curious as to why so many people passed on stuff that lived in cali. don't get me wrong, I fully and I mean fully understand the sales tax implications...however it's not like they only know people in cali or that the state is some long lost island out in the middle of the pacific. send the damn thing to aunt flo in az. have her send it to you. or better yet, what's the cost of a resale cert in cali? a lil thing like sales tax would never have stopped me....

number one rule in golf: use the rules to your advantage. >>



Begsu, you broke 2 laws in one post. If you've ever been audited by the SBof E (and if you have a resale license you will get audited at some point) they go thru everything with a fine tooth comb. It's sales and USE tax, so even if you buy it out of state you still owe tax on it- I got caught that way and had to pay back tax and penalties and interest on camera equipment bought from NY. Sending it to aunt flo is fraud, and they will really throw the book at you- much worse than the IRS.
Having a resale license will make you a target of an audit, but if the seller has one and they see your pay pal address in CA but a shipping address in another state you will get a call, and a visit.
In regards to PWCC, moving to Oregon means that CA buyers have more buying power than when he lived in CA, so you've just greatly increased your competition in bidding.

Constantine

I am just a few mile away now!

Dpeck100

All of the new listings from PWCC look like 10 day auctions. Are they changing their format from 7 days to 10 days?

CollectorAtWork

I'm not the consignor (or friends with them), but I'm kind of curious to see how high the Ruth rookie will go: Link. Apologies for outing the auction if anyone was planning on bidding on it, but I think it's already out of the price range for most of us.

Dpeck100

<< <i>I'm not the consignor (or friends with them), but I'm kind of curious to see how high the Ruth rookie will go: Link. Apologies for outing the auction if anyone was planning on bidding on it, but I think it's already out of the price range for most of us. >>




Not to worry. There is no way that card would go unnoticed on EBAY.

galaxy27

<< <i>All of the new listings from PWCC look like 10 day auctions. Are they changing their format from 7 days to 10 days? >>



Appears that way. I have a few goodies in #1 and had no clue. A pleasant surprise.

He also has a revamped webby.

Dpeck100

139 watchers and 29 bidders already on the Ruth.

KendallCat

New format looks good, and curious to see how a few lots go. I have been playing around with a new scanner as well as using photos for some cards I am going to be selling soon - either private sale or possibly a few with PWCC. One thing I notice with the photos versus the scans is the colors are much brighter with the photos. Also, on the scanner I don't like the black background - do you guys put a black piece of cloth or paper when scanning or just leave the lid up?

That Ruth is nice but one or our board members has a really sweet one with great centering that I remember seeing a while back.

Dpeck100

<< <i>New format looks good, and curious to see how a few lots go. I have been playing around with a new scanner as well as using photos for some cards I am going to be selling soon - either private sale or possibly a few with PWCC. One thing I notice with the photos versus the scans is the colors are much brighter with the photos. Also, on the scanner I don't like the black background - do you guys put a black piece of cloth or paper when scanning or just leave the lid up?

That Ruth is nice but one or our board members has a really sweet one with great centering that I remember seeing a while back. >>




You can achieve the black background with having the room pitch black and the lid from the scanner open.

KendallCat

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<< <i>New format looks good, and curious to see how a few lots go. I have been playing around with a new scanner as well as using photos for some cards I am going to be selling soon - either private sale or possibly a few with PWCC. One thing I notice with the photos versus the scans is the colors are much brighter with the photos. Also, on the scanner I don't like the black background - do you guys put a black piece of cloth or paper when scanning or just leave the lid up?

That Ruth is nice but one or our board members has a really sweet one with great centering that I remember seeing a while back. >>




You can achieve the black background with having the room pitch black and the lid from the scanner open. >>



Thank you for the tip and I will try that. Also, do you save your scans as a JPEG or a PDF? Does it make a difference?

charrigan

JPEG

KendallCat

Thank you. Wife bought me a new Epson scanner and has been scanning my PSA inventory this past weekend. Need to get this stuff organized and thinned out!