How do you handle too many cards??

[gwynn_fan]

As being old sucks enough...about ready to hit... 60 next month...and having to deal with "She Who Must Be Obeyed " and on top of that, now Paypal has to inform the IRS...birds...when you have over $20,000 in sales or 200 different payments; I don't really like collating sets and the guy I did have doing it...retired and moved to San Antonio...so the last two years the majority of the boxes I have bought to appease the habit are just sitting in stacks.
I also have about 70 almost completed sets...lots of completed sets including 1982 Fleer $225 mainly because 1982 Fleer #176 Cal Ripken RC and
1983 Donruss $186.50 lead by some guy named Gwynn.

Then I have two 5000 count boxes of minor inserts and higher end sets like Topps Archives Reserves that aren't listed and my better insert boxes list on freewebs that haven't been updated in over a year.

I don't mind helping people out, but twice I have gone and pulled a bunch of cards to sale only to have the people back out...and I haven't gone back and collated them back in. 1998 Pacific Aurora anyone?

So, how do you guys make time to deal with the tons of cards you have and still keep "SWMBO" from kicking you out of the house?
lmk Bob

 

[otgoal]

As being old sucks enough...about ready to hit... 60 next month...and having to deal with "She Who Must Be Obeyed " and on top of that, now Paypal has to inform the IRS...birds...when you have over $20,000 in sales or 200 different payments;

Bob,
Not sure if it's going to matter in your case, but I believe Paypal has to inform the IRS when a seller reaches $20,000 and 200 transactions in the same year.

In my case, I'll get to the 200 transactions, but not the $20,000, so it won't apply to me. Just want to give a heads up.

 

[Scobes]

Bob,
Not sure if it's going to matter in your case, but I believe Paypal has to inform the IRS when a seller reaches $20,000 and 200 transactions in the same year.

In my case, I'll get to the 200 transactions, but not the $20,000, so it won't apply to me. Just want to give a heads up.

Are you sure of that? I too remember reading it as "OR" and not "AND". Can you verify?

Scobes

 

[Jeffo65]

Are you sure of that? I too remember reading it as "OR" and not "AND". Can you verify?

Scobes

Here you go

New tax law for online sellers


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[gwynn_fan]

While the Paypal problem is intriquging...how do you guys handle the abundance of cards and stuff?

 

[cmcjr99]

While the Paypal problem is intriquging...how do you guys handle the abundance of cards and stuff?

personally , i still tend to walk VERY CAREFULLY between the not-so-carefully stacked mountains of boxes that fill my entire house in hopes i don't trigger an avalanche or get hit by a fire/flood/tornado/theft before i can get them sorted , organized , and either stored properly or sold/traded




and sadly , no , i'm NOT joking....if only i had a way to get pics as proof....

 

[rotorob]

While the Paypal problem is intriquging...how do you guys handle the abundance of cards and stuff?

For some of the "bad wax" years, I've taken them to my son's T-ball games and just handed them out to the kids on both teams. The get a real kick out of it.

 

[biggiocollector]

I have a room in my house completely dedicated to my collection and the stuff I have for sale/trade. Things tend to pile up on my desk/cabinets in there until I have time to sort things...sometimes if it gets too overwhelming, I just close the door and ignore the room for a few days.

I have a pretty busy job and then obviously need to have time for other priorities in my life like wife, friends, house work, etc. If you find making time for cards is too difficult or the amount of cards you have is too stressful, then maybe it is time for a break.

I know last year I was really getting bogged down with too many cards, so I gave about 50,000 of the ones I knew I had little hope to trade or sell to my brother, and haven't missed them since! It gave me more room for stuff I am interested in keeping.


Also as a side note, I am a CPA, I would suggest anyone who has a significant amount of sales (I mean more than a couple hundred dollars over the course of the year) to keep track of that information and report it on your taxes. The chances are slim, but if you do get audited, not reporting the amount could really come back to bite you.

Thanks,

Craig

 

[BiggioDiogu759]

Give them to Goodwill or a Hospital or charity or something

 

[David K.]

Normally try to get rid of them by helping other traders finish their sets. Then I move on the next product! Best regards, David

 

[David K.]

edited....

 

[gwynn_fan]

Normally try to get rid of them by helping other traders finish their sets. Then I move on the next product! Best regards, David

Well...that being the case...I think the last set I personally put together was something like 1992 Leaf.
Bob

 

[oldmarine0311]

wanna get rid of the junk i'll take em i have been building sets and selling em off or giving them to the local schools. kids love em even out here in the sticks. i myself have a second bedroom or rather a card storage room lol.

 

[shortstopsport]

Do you have a list of what you might want to get rid of?

 

[gwynn_fan]

It not so much getting rid of stuff...it is the TIME involved with pulling stuff and not something I really want to do for free. Pretty much a little bit of everything in the late 80s and early 90s...stuff with inserts...look what I have on my insert and company book pages and should have base stuff. But, if I can't get something for customers (who don't need base cards)...then need something to make it work for me.

 

[mikefri]

i pretty much just dump the 80s and 90s junk to dealers for $8 to $10 per 5000 instead of wasting space storing them .usually thats half the clutter in most collections and have pretty much no real value.

 

[gwynn_fan]

My problem isn't storing or not...it is collating new stuff and figuring is it worth my time to go through boxes to pull stuff.
If I can get something to I can easily turn around...usually np...otherwise I find it boring.
Bob

 

[Motown G]

I have been giving my cards to my nephews to keep lately. When they start to pile up, I know it's time to go.

 

[porkchops]

Over the past year or so,I've actually tossed out(trashed)
alot of suff that people just don't want/need.Takes up alot
space!
Ken

 

[gwynn_fan]

Over the past year or so,I've actually tossed out(trashed)
alot of suff that people just don't want/need.Takes up alot
space!
Ken

Sorry to hear that...better to give them to the local school or childrens hospital...at least you get a write off...
Bob