For a Christmas Eve edition of the Hot Finds I thought about what I'm thankful for. Then I came up with a couple of reasons why that relate right back to our hobby that I thought to share. So #1 I'm thankful for all of you that have been my customers over the years and allowed me to source and help you fill needs for your collection. I think 1/3 of my orders on eBay come from people who have purchased from me before and that's phenomenal.

I am also thankful that in my hobby so many people practice the Scout Oath and Law in their life and in dealings with others. I almost never have a problem with a buyer that can't be worked out and back when people wrote checks I never had a bad one come across my desk. Only recently have I had someone not send me something that I paid for but that person was NOT a Scouter which should have made me more cautious. We don't always get along in this Scouting memorabilia hobby but I think it's 10x better than other collector communities that I subscribe to on Facebook just as a watcher and learner.

I have 283 live auctions on eBay as I didn't take a break over the holidays. This might catch up with me a little bit as next week we will have a pile of orders to ship out. But I'm going to end the year with over 55k items in my eBay store so I am very happy with the growth this year.