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Keyboards For Just a $1 at Office Max

I remember when Best Buy was clearing out a bunch of Memorex keyboards for like 10c a piece. A guy I know went around and bought about 50 of them and then donated the to Goodwill and took like a $1000 deduction from his taxes for $5 spent. Clever, but is that legal???
 
Originally posted by: VanillaH
is this online only? very sweet indeed, but shipping makes it less hotter 🙁
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I didn't check our system to see what the price was, but every officemax is instructed to match the officemax website, so just print it off and enjoy. Should be plenty at most stores since these were overpriced at $10-20 over the past couple years.

Cheers
 
Don't know about most people, but whe I tried on the web:
20216026 Item is not available for delivery in your area. Please call 800-283-7674 to check availability at a retail store near you.
14225581 Item is not available for delivery in your area. Please call 800-283-7674 to check availability at a retail store near you.
 
They have had these posted for weeks, they still have some 😀. I guess the market is flooded with keyboards.

I know that I have 3 extra's at my house.
 
Originally posted by: savoirfaire
went around and bought about 50 of them and then donated the to Goodwill and took like a $1000 deduction from his taxes for $5 spent.
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This I like.
 
A guy I know went around and bought about 50 of them and then donated the to Goodwill and took like a $1000 deduction from his taxes for $5 spent. Clever, but is that legal???
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Does it sound legal to you? You can assess the fair market value of an item donated to charity....unless you acquired the item for less than that fair market value, which would then define the ceiling. Of course, the question becomes, will he be audited? Charitable donations are among the most abused of all deductions and taking charitable donations that exceed a certain percentage of one's income does raise red flags with the IRS.
 
Originally posted by: Whiskyboy
Originally posted by: VanillaH
is this online only? very sweet indeed, but shipping makes it less hotter 🙁
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I didn't check our system to see what the price was, but every officemax is instructed to match the officemax website, so just print it off and enjoy. Should be plenty at most stores since these were overpriced at $10-20 over the past couple years.

Cheers
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My officemax will not pricematch the website.
 
http://www.surpluscomputers.com sometimes has a sale on regular brand new keyboards for $1. they are great. I bought 6 of them in their last yard sale.

BTW, there is a legend about the tax deduction. A guy bought a shell of a missle in an auction and donated it to a local museum for display and claimed the full price of the missle for tax deduction. He didn't have to pay income tax for his lifetime. the concept of 'ceiling' is created from that incident, says the legend.
 
I remember when Best Buy was clearing out a bunch of Memorex keyboards for like 10c a piece. A guy I know went around and bought about 50 of them and then donated the to Goodwill and took like a $1000 deduction from his taxes for $5 spent. Clever, but is that legal???
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This is VERY illegal. It's fraud!
An idiot that worked for me used to drop off old clothes and claim that they were designer dresses worth thousands of dollars.

He claimed that he told the attendant what they were and what they were worth. Once the attendant "signed" the donation form, he believed it "certified" what he dropped off.

That DOESN'T free him of his responsability of having to prove what he dropped off if the IRS wants to require him to do so.

The attendant is NOT a real value expert.

You are supposed to declare 1/3 of the original purchase price of the item if it is still in good, useable condition.

A designer dress with a huge chilli stain from the chest to the waist would be worthless. haha

Furthermore, how could he afford hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of designer dresses on his combined net salaries.

This guy thought he was entitled to everything and that no one should deny him anything. He wouild screw over anyone but think that no one should ever deny him anything or hold him responsable for anything. That would be wrong and unfair in his mind. The ass also bought stolen computer gear and would bring it to work. Mistakes in judgement, not being perfect and slipping up because you coveted something is one thing. This guy was a habitual abuser and belongs in jail.

Excuse me if I got off the beaten track.
Some people are too blinded by this "windfall" that they go over board and actually commit a crime.

Not that taxes are fair and not that millions of guys don't tell some babe that they make more money than they do, but taking credit for doing something noble that you didn't do to get out of paying thousands of dollars, read "steal" thousands of dollars, is criminal.

Good people who wouldn't pick-up a ten dollar bill off the 7-11 counter that didn't belong to them and who would return the extra $50 the bank teller gave them by mistake so the teller wouldn't lose their job sometimes go overboard on this donation think and commit fellony fraud.

Sure we're human and there's bound to be a little abuse. Losing site of limitting that abuse can get you into more hot watter than you think.
It's just amazing how pias, rightous and indignant some are at ascerting their right to steal and if caught, call it a sllight exageration.

"Dah, um, I thought that pez dispenser was solid gold officer."

Hahahaha
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