The question for legitimate stores who buy from the public, how do you record
your purchases so that when the cops come knocking you can say with absolute
certainty that you bought them unknowing? I wonder if brick-and-mortar should
start using a tracking software like pawn shops do. Snap a picture of the seller,
their ID and record the sale. That is a long term expense, but better than having
your entire inventory carted off by the cops.
The question for legitimate stores who buy from the public, how do you record
your purchases so that when the cops come knocking you can say with absolute
certainty that you bought them unknowing? I wonder if brick-and-mortar should
start using a tracking software like pawn shops do. Snap a picture of the seller,
their ID and record the sale. That is a long term expense, but better than having
your entire inventory carted off by the cops.
Not sure how much of a problem that actually is - for official stores that pay
taxes and all that, you need to have receipts for your purchases anyway. If you
buy 6 figure amounts of Lego (or any other commodity for that matter) for resale
from unclear sources without proper paperwork, you should probably rethink your
business model.
Not sure how much of a problem that actually is - for official stores that pay
taxes and all that, you need to have receipts for your purchases anyway. If you
buy 6 figure amounts of Lego (or any other commodity for that matter)
My only comment about this, is that keeping receipts, over long time spans, may
be problematic. I know that I have some very old K-Mart receipts (printed on
plain paper with ink ribbon) which can still be read. The very old thermal paper
receipts not so much. So it's a two pronged strategy, keep your receipts,
and keep detailed records (of what was purchased where, from which store, on
what date, and what price was paid). The pairing of the two, should provide a
reasonably solid audit trail.
for resale
from unclear sources without proper paperwork, you should probably rethink your
business model.
My only comment about this, is that keeping receipts, over long time spans, may
be problematic. I know that I have some very old K-Mart receipts (printed on
plain paper with ink ribbon) which can still be read. The very old thermal paper
receipts not so much. So it's a two pronged strategy, keep your receipts,
and keep detailed records (of what was purchased where, from which store, on
what date, and what price was paid). The pairing of the two, should provide a
reasonably solid audit trail.
Definitely if you're concerned about the degradation of receipts, scan them
in/take a picture on your phone, and save them to a Google drive or whatever.
The question for legitimate stores who buy from the public, how do you record
your purchases so that when the cops come knocking you can say with absolute
certainty that you bought them unknowing?
A store that is buying new and sealed sets from the public for a fraction of
their retail price really should suspect that something is amiss.
USA, Georgia
Austria, Steiermark
