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  1. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    I called eBay last week to help a buyer with a shipping issue and the first thing they did as thank me for my 25 years of selling there. They were helpful and we were able to take care of my buyer swiftly. I've met some flakes and had some issues, but none were as egregious as are occasionally...
  2. Andyman

    AK Retiree Club

    Remember, Roth accounts are tax exempt and RMD free. My IRA is basically my 401(k) rolled over to an IRA. I was not happy with some changes made to my 401(k) at work so I stopped annually contibuting after my 50% match was topped out, and maxxed out Roth IRA contributions for both me and my...
  3. Andyman

    AK Retiree Club

    I don’t understand all this RMD concern? Have any of those concerned ever looked at what the distributions actually are? The curves are interesting as the calculations extend about 50 years in the future; my chart covers my RMDs from age 72 to 130!! Also note that my balance is estimated to...
  4. Andyman

    AK Retiree Club

    Yep, that’s the biggest loss, the socialization with coworkers and clients. Hopefully, you find more time to spend with friends, family, neighbors, and like interested folks, and reduce contact with the irritating or uninteresting people that can come with work, even if one is self employed.
  5. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    I agree in general, but suspect the IRS believes most casual sellers will just cave and pay the 10%, 12%, or 22% and be done with it as they don’t want to screw around with it. But that being said, I do suspect many folks are logging costs, especially since this has been out for probably 2...
  6. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    Bingo! Who else but our government would knowingly spend more money than they collected on something?
  7. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    I had the exact same thought.
  8. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    I agree, but it doesn’t work that way; $600 is insanely low and we can only hope that the idiots in Congress straighten out the IRS. I expected a number around $5000 or more. $20,000 is really too high, and $600 is an indictment of the economic ignorance of those who determined the figure. It is...
  9. Andyman

    First AK Fest was 20 years ago, Feb 21, 2004

    Yep, I'd bet that's Gary. He actually surfaced here a few ekks back, Wasn't that the year he had the disco room with all the colored lights. It finally ame to me that Mrs. Bot is Gloria.
  10. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    That’s the case with a lot of the folks here, but not the IRS. There’s talk of dealing with personal items sold, like that deck you bought 20 years ago, but with the emergence of online sales there been a whole cottage industry started. I saw a while ago a suggested method of how the IRS wants...
  11. Andyman

    Cost to sell on eBay

    Why? You paid $10 and sold it for $610 and that IS exactly what a $600 gross profit is. Now you can deduct any costs you incurred in parts, tools, shipping and shipping materials, miles driven m, and tech fees above your time and labor. This scenario is exactly why these changes were made as...
  12. Andyman

    Grumpy is having a get together, come on over.

    Let’s get some pics!!!
  13. Andyman

    Mason Jar speakers?

    Lol, found this today on FB… That big glass bit probably cost more than a decent set of bookshelf speakers, which obviously lack the panache of whiskey bottles… https://www.facebook.com/share/v/84d37GrV4UAeBUH3/?mibextid=WC7FNe
  14. Andyman

    Can anyone identify these speakers?

    Nothing special. Probably rack system speakers of little value.
  15. Andyman

    Grumpy is having a get together, come on over.

    Wowsa! I'll be in Austin that day visiting Han! IDK her plans for us yet, and it's only a 4 day visit, but there's a chance I'll be able to make it.
  16. Andyman

    AK Retiree Club

    Congrats! One of my biggest health miscues was not getting enough sleep when working. I did 20 years on 5 hours sleep when I started at 5AM, and now get about 10, plus lounging around in bed on my phone like now. I doubt the extra now will undue any damage done, but at least it isn’t getting worse.
  17. Andyman

    We may be cool........

    Dead at 27 is quite a price to pay….
  18. Andyman

    AK Retiree Club

    Congrats on your impending retirement. There are plenty of posts in this thread about Social Security and you can search the thread for soical security to get the thread. The big thing one needs to evaluate is their needs and how much earned income one may have prior to reaching their full...
  19. Andyman

    Itching to upgrade, looking for opinions.

    You might consider coming to the lower 48 for a few days of auditions. Find a cheap flight to somewhere with a lot of audio stores to audition and come down for a few days. You could even drive and save some money on a flight and shipping, unless there are dirt cheap round trip flights available
  20. Andyman

    Fried Q???

    Well, adding a new option to my speaker purge. I decided to play the family room Fried Qs in the main rig down stairs, especially since I have a 4 way speaker selector set up. These guys are great! Switching them back between the AR-10Pis they are clearly in the race and quite probably will wind...
  21. Andyman

    What's your latest audio purchase?

    I picked up one of these Fosi 300W BT receivers w/48V PS about a month ago for $99.9 and very pleased with its performance in my system. It may replace one of my regular amps pretty soon.
  22. Andyman

    Confused about top notch tuners and my situation

    Do you stream? There are MANY stations nationwide that have internet feeds that can output via a DAC for listening and obviously have no distance constraits. I was listening to a WA state stream a while ago here in Detroit just fine and also sold my bedroom receiver to Bluetooth a local NPR from...
  23. Andyman

    Super Bowl Half Time Alternatives?

    Defensive battle makes for a dull game. Halftime show was on, but nothing enticed more than glances... FWIW, both the Packers and the Lions gave the 49er's more fight than the Chiefs so far.
  24. Andyman

    2007 Superbowl Prince Performance

    Click the underlined "Watch on YouTube" in the preview box. It works for me.
  25. Andyman

    2007 Superbowl Prince Performance

    This is the best SuperBowl show ever in my opinion and a lot of others. It's 12 minutes well spent; too bad it isn't in HD. Click the link in the block to get to YouTube
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