For Sale: Geforce 4 Ti 4600 video card to highest bidder

Daovonnaex

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<< This is almost as lame as those "V" 6000 auctions. LOL >>

Getting driver support for the Voodoo 5 6000 must be a blast.
 

Kali

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From the eBay listing:



<< Your payment is tax deductible with all proceeds going to the Children's Health Council. >>



Hardly lame, considering you've got a chance at getting a tax-free Geforce 4 and giving your money to a good cause.

 

Scootin159

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$2,501.00 and it's still got 7 days left!?!? Dang, that's gonna be a nice chunk of change for the Children's Health Council
 

Daovonnaex

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<< From the eBay listing:



<< Your payment is tax deductible with all proceeds going to the Children's Health Council. >>



Hardly lame, considering you've got a chance at getting a tax-free Geforce 4 and giving your money to a good cause.
>>

But you'd still be out thousands of dollars for basically a GF3 on steroids.
 

Scootin159

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<< But you'd still be out thousands of dollars for basically a GF3 on steroids. >>



I don't know about you guys, but it seems the biggest improvement for the GeForce 4 to me would be nView & VIVO.
 

nRollo

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Let's see:
Pay $2500.00 now for a vga, or wait 2 weeks and pay $350-$399.?

That IS a tough choice.....
 

Scootin159

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<< Let's see:
Pay $2500.00 now for a vga, or wait 2 weeks and pay $350-$399.?

That IS a tough choice.....
>>



You'll wait 2 weeks anyways....there's 7 days left, and then a few more days in shipping.
 

Daovonnaex

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I'm going to go buy a GF4 MX and try to auction it using only "GeForce 4" and see how much people bid. That would be legal, unlike when I sold overclocked Ti200s as Ti500s.
 

Auric

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I am not familiar with the CHC. It could be a front or scam by evil-doers.

In any case, if you want to donate to a charity you can do so without such auctions. Obviously there are people with more money than sense that want to one up the Joneses for a few weeks in a sad little way. :)
 

HendrixFan

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Because it it tax deductable, if you make enough, you can write it off. Essentially, you would be getting it for free.

Say at the end of the year you are supposed to pay $3000 in taxes, well, you can deduct $2500 from that total by buying the card.

For me it wont work, but for someone who makes big money it would.
 

merlocka

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Say at the end of the year you are supposed to pay $3000 in taxes, well, you can deduct $2500 from that total by buying the card.

I want you as my accountant. LOL.
 

Scootin159

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<< Say at the end of the year you are supposed to pay $3000 in taxes, well, you can deduct $2500 from that total by buying the card.

I want you as my accountant. LOL.
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What he's getting at is that you don't deduct the full price, but rather a (small) portion.
 

MesBoogie

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HendrixFan - Just wanted to correct you. You do not get to lower the taxes you owe by $2500 in your example. You are able to lower your taxable income by that amount or a percentage of that amount as allowed by law. In essence, you will lower the amount you owe but not by nearly as much as you would think.

It would be nice if it were true though!

:)

-mb
 

Rand

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<< I'm going to go buy a GF4 MX and try to auction it using only "GeForce 4" and see how much people bid. That would be legal, unlike when I sold overclocked Ti200s as Ti500s. >>



So your in the habit of selling Ti200's and Ti500's?
Remind me not to buy from you. :p



<< I don't know about you guys, but it seems the biggest improvement for the GeForce 4 to me would be nView & VIVO. >>


There were already GF1/2/3's with VIVO, and any dual head GF2 MX can take advantage of the nView options in the 27.XX series drivers.



<< Getting driver support for the Voodoo 5 6000 must be a blast. >>


To hell with actually using the card, it would be cool just as a collectors item :)
 

spanky

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<< Because it it tax deductable, if you make enough, you can write it off. Essentially, you would be getting it for free.

Say at the end of the year you are supposed to pay $3000 in taxes, well, you can deduct $2500 from that total by buying the card.

For me it wont work, but for someone who makes big money it would.
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hehe... looks like the IRS is gonna be knocking on someone's door :p
 

Auric

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Sillyness. If charity auctions were fully deductable it would be a huge racket. For instance, the winning bidder could turn around and sell it to the next highest bidder and "profit" that amount. Although, if that were the case the next highest bidder would unlikely be interested in buying an insanely overpriced non-charity item. As said, they may only reduce your net income by some pittance.
 

EdipisReks

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hey, if the deductible kept you out of the next tax bracket you could concievably save a LOT of money. a friend of mine just went from like$120k a year to $145k (i'm not totally sure of the numbers), and because he is in the next highest tax bracket he will actually be making LESS money than he did before the raise. if he had a $2500 charitable deduction, he might have been able to keep all that money.

--jacob
 

HendrixFan

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Actually, as long as you make enough money, you can claim the entire donation as a tax write off, not a percentage. First, the total donations for the year (which would be more than just the card) would have to exceed your standard deduction. The standard deduction is something like $4550 for a single person or $7600 for a married couple or widow/widower (the numbers may be incorrect, but they are relatively close). Then, the charitable donation deduction cannot be greater than a certain percentage of your income, Im not sure of the number. So, like I said, if you make enough money, you can claim the entire card as a write off.

And for EdipisReks, if your friend moved up in payscale to the highest tax bracket, its impossible for him to "earn less". I dont know the cutoffs for the 5 brackets, or the rates offhand. For example, if he was making $120k a year, and the rate in the 4th bracket (and we'll say that amount is the cutoff) was 30%, then moves up to $145k a year and into the 5th bracket, ONLY the money ($25k worth) above the 4th bracket cutoff is taxed at the higher rate. So the first (I dont know the exact numbers or rates, this is just an example) $15k will be at the lowest rate of 10% or so. Then the money beyond that up until $40k will be at the next bracket of 17% or so, with the first $15k only being taxed at 10%. Then the money above $40k up to $90k will be at the third bracket of 24%, and the money between $15k-$40k at 17%, $15k and under at 10%. You get the point, right? Any tax breaks for the lower brackets trickle up for the higher tax brackets. Thats why GWBush's tax cut looked proportionate, until you realize the cuts for the 4 lowest brackets ALSO went to the highest bracket, before they even got their tax cut (which was still the largest percentage).