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What's on your Work Bench?

Kim Dawson said:
Went to the foundry today and picked up 5 sets of step bumper end caps, 2 sets of front bumper extensions, parts for 2 short side steps, and the first front frame cover. I need to modify the cover a little where it goes over the frame rails for a closer fit. Got the end caps all drilled and tapped as well as drilling and tapping the step parts. So many projects.
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Saw some aluminum steps posted for sale on a FB page by a guy named Michael L. in Pennsylvania. Is that they guy you made them for?
 
Yes. I just sent him pictures today. Here they are. He must be anxious. What is he asking for them?
 

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Steps are $575 plus free shipping with a $20 packing fee on the FB page which I don't think the link I posted works if you don't belong to the group(Project survivor group). Probably no tax through FB, most states will get taxed through evil bay
 
He's looking to almost double his money on the cost of a pair but he did supply an original NOS step and pay for me to prep it for castings. I had hoped it would be sold for less but I don't know how many he is going to sell. Like taxes . . . the more they get raised, the less they collect. The higher the price, the less gets sold. Today Evil bay stopped payment to sellers until they receive a SS# so they can 1099 them and report to the tax man. Not only did they raise the cost of selling on EB (higher %) but now they have become an arm of the tax man as well. I wish there were a good alternative to EB.
 
Yeah, that whole EBay thing sucks. I used to use them a lot- but stopped for the last couple years. I’ve been cleaning out junk and selling again- but that adds a new complexity to tax prep. If it’s a recent purchase and you can show a loss, that’s great. But what about stuff you bought 10 years ago? What receipt! Not to mention paying taxes on resale of things you used taxable income to purchase in the first place.
 
Kim Dawson said:
He's looking to almost double his money on the cost of a pair but he did supply an original NOS step and pay for me to prep it for castings. I had hoped it would be sold for less but I don't know how many he is going to sell. Like taxes . . . the more they get raised, the less they collect. The higher the price, the less gets sold. Today Evil bay stopped payment to sellers until they receive a SS# so they can 1099 them and report to the tax man. Not only did they raise the cost of selling on EB (higher %) but now they have become an arm of the tax man as well. I wish there were a good alternative to EB.
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I was just about to send you a message on this... it popped up all over the place yesterday... saw it in the same places mentioned here.
I was surprised on the price, but everyone has an idea of worth, so maybe he knows something, who knows.

cb
 
Randyzzz said:
Yeah, that whole EBay thing sucks. I used to use them a lot- but stopped for the last couple years. I’ve been cleaning out junk and selling again- but that adds a new complexity to tax prep. If it’s a recent purchase and you can show a loss, that’s great. But what about stuff you bought 10 years ago? What receipt! Not to mention paying taxes on resale of things you used taxable income to purchase in the first place.
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Not to mention paid sales tax on (for you Oregonians amongst us, 'sales tax' is where the government taxes your purchase so they can give everyone 'free' stuff to buy votes).
 
Kim Dawson said:
Yes. I just sent him pictures today. Here they are. He must be anxious. What is he asking for them?
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Not sure how much work you did versus him but on FB, it seems like he is taking all credit for the creation them. Not cool in my book. I really feel like calling him out on it but don't know what kind of agreement or whatever you 2 made.
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......"if this was cheap and easy, someone else would have already done it."

I think it's way past time to call this guy out, but that's just me............velvet sledgehammer
 
Law of natural consequences. Fewer buyers at his price. We agreed he would sell them exclusively. John probably would have been a buyer at a lower price, and probably lots of others. If Mike sells 2 sets at his price, he will be in the green on the project other than the cost of the NOS step we used. 3 sets and he is definitely in the green. Give it some time and they either sell, or they don't. If they don't, he will probably lower the price. A lot of work has gone into making these, and he paid for it. Probably seeing the longer CJ side steps on EBay for 600 a pair had an influence on the price. Just goes to show that people can ask all they want, but that doesn't mean there will be many or any buyers at that price. I say let it be, and we'll see what the market has to say.
 
I don't like how he says "I have made" them in his original post
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On topic note, updated my bench TV. A friend was moving and gave me 65” TV. I added an Apple TV box and I can mirror my phone screen to it… helpful when reading directions for install or looking at wiring chart photos…
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