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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 9:22 am
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Originally Posted by Jaimito Cartero
I know the USPS discounts stamps that it sells to it's contract stations and Costco. I don't know if it's a 5% or 10% discount, but they could be coming from someone able to get them at wholesale pricing.

The max discount that you could get on them, that I'm aware of is 2-2.5%, from cashback on a card, although if a promo came out, maybe as much as 5%.
Right - that's what I'm figuring. So by the time you pay PayPal fees and eBay fees and shipping, how can you make any money?

More and more, I think it's a tax scam. Deduct the stamps as a business expense, and don't report the proceeds.
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