Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter: Sunday Picks

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Sunday, August 21, 2022

This Weekend Is Loaded With Auctions

I got everything unloaded into the warehouse yesterday and back home after the Occoneechee TOR in North Carolina. This one had some excitement as a smell of smoke prompted a 911 call to the local fire department. We spent about 45 minutes outside before the all clear was given. But the patch trading went on!

Order of the Arrow Auctions Up For Bids

The cook crew at this event is just amazing. They fed us so well that it was ridiculous. For lunch on Saturday we ate giant pork chops with mashed potatoes salad and rolls. I guess this was partially leftover summer camp food but hey it's a brilliant idea! The walk in traffic was not as good as last year which was noticeable. I hope the thrill of getting out after COVID is not wearing off.

Auctions Are The Hot Finds Secret Sauce

One of the neat conversations I had was with Ryan Losonsky who is from the Baltimore area but has settled down near Fayetteville, NC after a career in the Army. He has a traveling Scout museum. Check out these YouTube videos. He shared that part of his framing strategy came from one of my most watched videos on how to build a system using Ryker and/or Boxware. We have made plans to stay connected and I hope to share ideas and get some inspiration in return from him.

Patchblanket Santeeswapper eBay Store

I have 206 live auctions running on eBay. Today, I will conclude all of my 2022 NOAC auctions. I set these up on 5-day runs and have cycled through multiple weeks of burning through my available inventory. I estimate that I've sold about 25% of what I traded for using this strategy and now I'll put the rest up in my store at a fixed priced.

6-Pocket Scout Clear Polypropylene Archival Page (center loading)

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Blank Cards For 6-Pocket Scout Pack of 25

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Patch Portfolio Binder - 10 Pages 11" x 17" With Grey Cardstock

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I really enjoyed catching up with everyone at the TOR. I especially got to catch up with John Pleasants who was situated next to me. Turns out I had a cache of many Brush Creek Trading catalogs and mailers from a collection clean out and John was happy to get some of those to add to his reference library. We didn't solve all the hobbies problems but I enjoyed talking to someone that was one of the major players when I was in college and influenced my early path in the hobby.