Posted on 06/22/2004 8:57:52 PM PDT by dixie sass
Crack whores for legislators bump...
Again, the "idiots-who-want-to-save-the-world" will just screw up things. Don't these fools know this will just create an underground trade, a black market?
california's ecconomy continues to tank.
This is a way of tracking when people sell for cash and avoid the oppressive taxation system.
Remember in real terms, 50 cents of every dollar the ordinary person makes in CF is gone to taxation in one form or anther.
This is not anticrime, this is government taxation tracking.
What dealer is going to throw away cash at one of these events buying any high dollar merchandise presented to him in the dealers' room by anyone who does not already have a booth there? Buy it and sit on it for 30 days? Most dealers look to turn around the good merchandise at the same show. And who wants to walk around with black ink on their fingers? What dealer will let a customer with black ink on his fingers handle merchandise?
At these events, there are also a lot of people from out of state and other countries that attend. They could also present merchandise to sell. It won't just be Californians making such sales.
It is possible to engrave personal electronics or to include serial numbers in such items. Artwork is a unique item and can be documented. Collectibles are mass produced and attempts to "tag" them don't work.
You send him to me! No if's, and's or but's - okay? Please.
I'm with my husband at the national E-bay convention in New Orleans, believe it or not. I haven't been to any of the sessions that might deal with the law, and so I don't know if anyone here is talking about this.
My husband would know better than I how the Pawnbrokers fought the bill, but the way I remember it was that they united and lobbied that the customers were legal buyers and had no reason to submit to fingerprinting - as well as convincing the lawmakers that their income would be improved if the pawnbrokers weren't harmed. (I hate the implications of that sort of lobbying, but understand that campaigns must go on....)
Ebay is an unbelievably diverse bunch of buyers and sellers. But, I can imagine them uniting to convince California that if their income goes down, the tax incomes for the State would go down - not to mention the problem of all the other resalers and those they support going on the unemployment lines.
My friend had some things stolen from her garage this weekend. She called around to the pawnshops and they told her that it's not like she sees in the movies. Here in San Diego apparently the sellers must be fingerprinted and show ID. Every night the receipts are faxed to the police Dept.
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