Announcing Polk Audio on Ebay

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    Great suggestion 1422.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Russell
    Russell Posts: 20
    edited December 2007
    1422 wrote: »
    Great looking site. The only suggestion I have is alternate shipping. Some of us (that includes me) use a UPS store as a ship to address or a post office box number as we are located in a rural area. It would be nice to have the option of FedEx or UPS. Smaller items would be nice with USPS.

    1422 I'm glad you like the look of the site, lot's of people worked really hard to get it to this point. You have a great suggestion and we hope in the future we can offer other shipping options for various special needs. The system we use internally has to merge (not an easy task) with the ebay site.
    Today our system will support one shipping format and system. We chose Fed-ex based on the feedback from our distribution center that Fed-Ex worked best. UPS is a great organization as well and we ideally want to offer both.

    Thanks again for your feedback...Keep it coming.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    Russell - You make me want to be a better person.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited December 2007
    Mark - You make me want to eat pie.
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  • Russell
    Russell Posts: 20
    edited December 2007
    dorokusai wrote: »
    Russell - You make me want to be a better person.

    LOL! Now if I could just find a date! Actually, I'm having a blast selling and talking about audio everyday.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited December 2007
    Russell wrote: »
    LOL! Now if I could just find a date! Actually, I'm having a blast selling and talking about audio everyday.
    I want your job! ;):)
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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  • 1422
    1422 Posts: 19
    edited December 2007
    I made a trip into town today to pick up a item at the UPS Store and asked about Fed-ex shipping. It turns out that they will accept items shipped by Fed-ex, which I did not know before. All you do is have it shipped in your name c/o The UPS Store with the address of the one that you are using and you are good to go. I don't know if they all do this so it is best to check first.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited December 2007
    How is it that Polk is required to collect sales tax if you don't have an actual presence in every state? With your warehouse in CA, that makes sense, but I don't see why there's a legal requirement to collect sales tax based on the lack of a physical presence in states where you have no warehouse/offices/stores.

    Just askin........
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2007
    Interesting question.... can't wait for the answer why.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2007
    brettw22 wrote: »
    How is it that Polk is required to collect sales tax if you don't have an actual presence in every state? With your warehouse in CA, that makes sense, but I don't see why there's a legal requirement to collect sales tax based on the lack of a physical presence in states where you have no warehouse/offices/stores.

    Just askin........

    How about when one lives in a state like Delaware that has no sales tax? Would the tax have to be paid in these circumstances?
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  • Russell
    Russell Posts: 20
    edited December 2007
    brettw22 wrote: »
    How is it that Polk is required to collect sales tax if you don't have an actual presence in every state? With your warehouse in CA, that makes sense, but I don't see why there's a legal requirement to collect sales tax based on the lack of a physical presence in states where you have no warehouse/offices/stores.

    Just askin........

    We have 12 regional sales people that cover and conduct business throughout the U.S. I'm not a tax lawyer or CPA but according to those who are we are required to collect tax in each and every state that we have representation. The tax is calculated based on where we ship. We only collect tax if required by that state. If you ship to a non tax state you will not be charged tax. We would love to be non tax and pass that savings on to our customers but we will always be diligent in accordance to the laws.

    Hope that helps...BTW, since we're among family I would like to inform you that we are doing very well considering we just got started, thanks in part to your support in getting the word out.

    Stay tuned we have some really neat stuff coming as soon as we fix all of the kinks.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    No tax is collected in Oregon or Delaware. I need to move to Delaware somehow.....
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    How about when one lives in a state like Delaware that has no sales tax? Would the tax have to be paid in these circumstances?

    No, only if your state has tax. Technically you should only have to pay tax for something on the internet if the company you are buying from has a license to do business in your state and have to fill out state business tax forms. You gotta watch out for that on the internet. There are companies who inflate the price of their products by charging you tax (in a tax state) that they don’t operate in and they pocket it.
    I cant speak for Polk because I don’t know where and what states they file in, I’m just talking about generic companies.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited December 2007
    dorokusai wrote: »
    No tax is collected in Oregon or Delaware. I need to move to Delaware somehow.....

    no way, you don’t want to move to Oregon :)

    Oregon has income tax. People in Wa who work in Oregon have to not only pay it but then pay sales tax in Wa. Oregon is one of the most messed up states in the nation for taxing, no one wants to pay tax's and the schools are a cluster as is just about everything. Oregon is an example of how a state can go wrong if it can’t get enough tax's. You step across the border to Wa and its 10 times better. There has been a massive migration of people from Portland across the river to Vancouver in Washington (along with Californians) in the past 10 year. Wa has some of the best schools in the nation. 200 yards apart (Columbia River) but massively different.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited December 2007
    brettw22 wrote: »
    How is it that Polk is required to collect sales tax if you don't have an actual presence in every state? With your warehouse in CA, that makes sense, but I don't see why there's a legal requirement to collect sales tax based on the lack of a physical presence in states where you have no warehouse/offices/stores.

    Just askin........

    I sold a Holley carb that was sittin' on a shelf in my garage. It was never even opened so I listed it as "New, old stock". It sold to some jerk in Wisconsin who tried to low-ball me and skip out on the insured shipping he requested so I canceled his bid and went to the next highest one. It was a guy and his son in California restoring a '67 Mustang. They got sniped at the last moment so I took their highest bid and knocked like $20 off it to cover the insured part of the shipping. ($300 carb, insured shipping, two day express ain't cheap). But when the transaction was complete, ebay took sales taxes out of my proceeds because the part was sold in California and listed as new. I thought it was bogus but I wasn't going to fight with them over it. They did it to me with another auction I had up too but that one was listed as used and it went to some guy in Florida who tried to drop me negative feedback over it. Thankfully eBay stepped up and removed the feedback.

    It's hard to guess all the rules with the eBay stuff but one job I don't envy at all is whomever runs eBay's legal department.
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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2007
    Where are all the speakers ? Just went to the site and all that was there were car speakers and little portable music stations ? Lets get some good home speakers on the site....
    The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited December 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Where are all the speakers ? Just went to the site and all that was there were car speakers and little portable music stations ? Lets get some good home speakers on the site....

    There were, dude. You should have joined the party earlier. All those auctions ended.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited December 2007
    Russell wrote: »
    We have 12 regional sales people that cover and conduct business throughout the U.S. I'm not a tax lawyer or CPA but according to those who are we are required to collect tax in each and every state that we have representation.....................We would love to be non tax and pass that savings on to our customers but we will always be diligent in accordance to the laws.
    I wasn't aware that just having a representative in the area was the requirement for tax, because my understanding was that the 'presence' had to be a warehouse or retail store.....not just have a person in the state that is an account rep. I'm not at all implying you should break the laws.....just that you make sure you're not charging customers for something that may not be legally required.

    If you're only required to collect tax in the states that you have representatives, then you should specify those states out at the bottom in the TAX section rather than imply that every sale requires tax. If you look at the Harman/Kardon factory direct auctions on Ebay, you will see they specify the states in which they have a retail presence requiring them to collect tax.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2007
    Ok this discussion has confused the heck out of me. As some know I run a small corporation which is inc. in Delaware with the home office based in Florida. I collect Florida tax but not many have been sold in Florida where most of my business is mid west and west. Only Florida is taxed so if I sold this on ebay then everyone would be taxed? :confused:

    BTW I been thinking to do this before Polk did it.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • shadowofnight
    shadowofnight Posts: 2,735
    edited December 2007
    Jstas wrote: »
    There were, dude. You should have joined the party earlier. All those auctions ended.

    I meant some GOOD speakers...I saw the inception page... saw all the R30's and HT speaker sets....need some higher end stuff is what I mean. Have any LSi sets been up ?
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited December 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    I meant some GOOD speakers...I saw the inception page... saw all the R30's and HT speaker sets....need some higher end stuff is what I mean. Have any LSi sets been up ?

    I think you need to work on your words a bit....the R30's are GOOD speakers.....but the LSi's are BETTER. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2007
    dorokusai wrote: »
    No tax is collected in Oregon or Delaware. I need to move to Delaware somehow.....

    Real estate tax is also practically non-existent here in Delaware.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,840
    edited December 2007
    Can Polk Bucks be used on the site ?


    BTW, the site is a great idea, but it will take time to gather steam. I hope the bean-counters have the patience to see it succeed.
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  • Russell
    Russell Posts: 20
    edited December 2007
    shadowofnight wrote: »
    Where are all the speakers ? Just went to the site and all that was there were car speakers and little portable music stations ? Lets get some good home speakers on the site....


    "Hi Guys" , sorry for the delay in my response. Just landed in Atlanta (70 degree's) from Baltimore (cold).

    Right now we are working through a system compatiblity glitch with posting pairs of speakers on ebay and being able to make this reflect in our data collection system. We should have this resolved in a day or so and will be able to post more speakers. As you Guy's (men and women) know most ebay sales are generated by mom and pop type organization that don't have any IT merging issues. BTW, I'm a salesguy so I'm just as anxious to get all the speakers up on the site as you are.

    Thanks for bearing with us. I promise we'll get some great deals up on more speaker pairs very soon. BTW, We refer to the speaker as Best, Better, and Good. ;)
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  • Russell
    Russell Posts: 20
    edited December 2007
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Can Polk Bucks be used on the site ?


    BTW, the site is a great idea, but it will take time to gather steam. I hope the bean-counters have the patience to see it succeed.

    The system is set up to only work with Paypal... Right now that creates quite a process for our IT and Accounting dept's. We'll try to get fancy with other options in the future when we become more familiar with how these systems integrate.

    The people at Polk are very excited about this site and we spent a lot of time in discussion and planning. We will do our best to offer great values on the stuff we normally wouldn't sell through our dealer's. We believe if we do this and handle any and all purchase concerns promptly and fairly everyone wins.

    Can't guarantee what's going to be on the site day to day but, I'm certain from time to time we'll have just about everything.

    Thanks for your feedback... keep it coming
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2007
    Guys / gals - Mark and I talked with Al and Russell (cool name!) at length on a conference call this week. Growing pains, nothing more. Just keep the link handy, and check it often - and as always, suggestions / input / feedback are ALWAYS welcomed, if not encouraged. The bugs will be worked out in short order, and TRUST - there will be something for everyone, just keep checking in.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Real estate tax is also practically non-existent here in Delaware.

    There is no way in hell I'm moving anywhere close to you Joe.....I need my sanity, or lack thereof intact. ;)
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2007
    Well who is going to be the first to give this account some credibility? Are you folks going to include shipping to Canada?
    Michael ;)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2007
    Russell - Your name would be cooler if it was Mark but that's ok.

    What are your thoughts on offering the the "odd" speakers, in regards to finish and style, and "prototype" style speakers to the forum only? I've seen a bunch at Polk HQ over the years and some of them are pretty cool. They have unique finishes and I bet the Polkies would love to eat them up.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2007
    You the Man Sal.
    Michael ;)
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