ebay question

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Nov 6 09:17:15 2003

At 08:16 AM 11/6/03 -0500, R. D. Davis wrote:
>Quothe Joe, from writings of Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 07:25:10AM -0500:
>
>At 10:02 PM 11/5/03 -0800, someone wrote:
>>I rather figured this was the case, and was part of why I recommended
>>getting professional advice. Any idea if storage costs go towards showing
>>that you didn't make a profit? Unfortunately in my case, I don't have
>>receipts that show how much I paid for all this junk, and I sure can't
>> remember in most cases.
>
>If all else fails in dire straits, surely the person in question has
>enough different printers, and printing calculators, in their
>collection, that can produce different types of print, from dot-matrix
>to thermal and laser, as well as aged paper, to fudge a few receipts
>if necessary. ;-)

   Hmm. This got me thinking. I often find paper work with this stuff
showing it's original costs (in the tens of thousands of dollars!) or it's
estimated used value (still in the $1000 range). I wonder if the IRS would
accept that instead of the reciept showing that I paid $2 for it :-)

   Joe
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