PSA - $22 per card

BobC · #1 09-10-2022, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nwobhm

Is the sales tax added to the $22?

Technically you are not buying a tangible item from PSA, you are paying them for service, and services are typically not subject to sales tax in most states. Also, since you're sending the card to them, the service is actually being performed in whatever state they are in, not your home state, and as such, any potential sales tax due would most likely be based on the sales tax laws and rates where PSA has the work done, not where you live.

nwobhm · #2 09-10-2022, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike D.

I just checked and I've never been charged sales tax by PSA. I live in a state that has a state sales tax (RI).

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Originally Posted by BobC

Technically you are not buying a tangible item from PSA, you are paying them for service, and services are typically not subject to sales tax in most states. Also, since you're sending the card to them, the service is actually being performed in whatever state they are in, not your home state, and as such, any potential sales tax due would most likely be based on the sales tax laws and rates where PSA has the work done, not where you live.

Thank you for the info….. I didn’t know that.

Tyruscobb · #3 09-11-2022, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by BobC

Technically you are not buying a tangible item from PSA, you are paying them for service, and services are typically not subject to sales tax in most states. Also, since you're sending the card to them, the service is actually being performed in whatever state they are in, not your home state, and as such, any potential sales tax due would most likely be based on the sales tax laws and rates where PSA has the work done, not where you live.

I�d say it is a mixed goods and service contract. The grading is the service. The plastic case and flip are the goods. The goods have more value than the service. PSA simply grading (the service) the card and communicating it�s opinion does not have much value without the plastic case and the flip that proves the opined grade and creates liquidity.

BobC · #4 09-15-2022, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyruscobb

I�d say it is a mixed goods and service contract. The grading is the service. The plastic case and flip are the goods. The goods have more value than the service. PSA simply grading (the service) the card and communicating it�s opinion does not have much value without the plastic case and the flip that proves the opined grade and creates liquidity.

You can call it what you like, but the grading service is the main thing.

If you go to an attorney and ask them to draw you up a will, they don't separately charge you for the paper copy(ies) of your will they create either. The service provided is the main thing in both cases, with the flip/holder or the paper hard copies just being ancillary items to the actual work/services being performed.

hockeyhockey · #5 09-15-2022, 03:54 PM

for bulk, the $18 national special seemed reasonable for the $199 max value. for $22, i dunno, probably just hold onto anything in that bracket for next summer's special. or bump to $30 for anything more valuable.

Snowman · #6 09-15-2022, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BobC

You can call it what you like, but the grading service is the main thing.

If you go to an attorney and ask them to draw you up a will, they don't separately charge you for the paper copy(ies) of your will they create either. The service provided is the main thing in both cases, with the flip/holder or the paper hard copies just being ancillary items to the actual work/services being performed.

So does that mean we can expect to buy all graded cards at their raw prices plus grading fees going forward rather than what the market values those same cards in the PSA slabs for?

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