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'Has Shipping Cost Gotten That Outrageous'

It's an F-Bass BN5 . I've had it for 20 years now ,it was built in October of 2000 and I bought it new in November of 2002. Nitro sunburst over an ash body with a flame maple top. Pretty nice instrument.

Damn, that will be a very nice instrument donation for a lucky musician, in the future, if the sale is not achieved. I hope you have great success with the process!
 
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I use pirateship.com to save $$ but now the issue is with Paypal and the IRS...The IRS now wants to know everything about every used item that you own and already paid taxes on in most cases if you want to sell it for $600 and over.....Turns a lot of people off of shipping and selling online I would imagine...Cash is still King in my book.
The IRS $600 rule is to see whether or not you are operating a business by selling so they can clamp down on small businesses and squeeze people trying to make money on the side, not about what you purchase.
 
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