Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 25, 2025

I posted a great question in the Facebook group last night. How do you get youth walk through at a Trade-O-Ree. This was in response to me sharing that last night I visited a Pack meeting and then zoomed over to a 40+ Scout troop meeting to personally promote the upcoming Charotte TOR.   One of the really good tips i...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 23, 2025

A lesson from my Sunday school class this morning is something I can see reflected in our hobby. It's the who not the what that will make you happy. In other words the relationships you build and maintain are very important to making you happy. To me that's another reason why I really believe in the power of community that we gain through meeting...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 21, 2025

Take a look at this week's unboxing to get see what came in 2 huge Home Depot boxes from the Motor City this week. You might be surprised to see that I actually do take T-shirts in collections as I've had luck selling them online.   The Charlotte TOR is just 2 weeks away! Yesterday, I spoke with the facilities manager at the church...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 18, 2025

I just got a very good phone call! Thursday I was planning to drive over 3 hours (one way) to meet a guy and purchase a collection. But he has decided to just mail it to me instead because his plate is full. So I just got about 7 hours of my life back and now I don't have to...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 16, 2025

Being gone a week does reset your priorities. I was able to go by the UPS Store where my mail comes Saturday and get some packages that had been waiting. One of these is a pretty dynamic collection that I feel lucky to have landed. The struggle is always do I spend my week tending to the brand new stuff...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 14, 2025

Today I'm flying home from Las Vegas with my head swimming. Not from booze but from all the ideas I heard and people I met over the last 4 days. There were people at the conference who had never sold anything online and some that were million dollar a year Amazon sellers. Among those was Richard known on eBay as...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 11, 2025

Take a peek at the latest unboxing video that I just got published. This one shows that often times I am buying shoebox size collections just to make sure these items get recycled. But one cool find in the video is going in my collection for now.   I have really enjoyed my visit to Vegas. So far they have...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 9, 2025

I am a little later in the day getting today's issue out as it had to wait to when I got to Vegas to publish. But I do want to pass ahead onto anyone that is in the Amarillo TX area. An older Scouter is trying to unload his collection of mostly books and mugs, camping gear and all the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 7, 2025

Some times in running this patch business there are some stories I'm willing to share but are not fit for the public. That's some of the behind the scenes content I post in my Patreon Group - the Scouting Hot Finds Insiders. Today at noon EST I am releasing the video that goes with the thumbnail above. If you join for free before...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 4, 2025

Later this afternoon I have an appointment locally with a bookkeeping and tax service that I want to interview. For some years I have used out of state services including one that was based in Utah. But the communication was terrible, the results were late and just overall it wasn't working. So I've started a spreadsheet of all the local...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter March 2, 2025

I am thinking about a tag line that I learned in Woodbadge back in 1996 that went something like "know and use your resources". In my case that will be the retired Air Force Colonel who does most of my shipping. I met her through Sunday school at church and when I asked her to recommend someone who wanted to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 28, 2025

Sometimes I get Boy Scout collections mailed to me on preview. In this case the family knows for sure they want to get the items recycled back into Scouting and they trust me to give them a fair offer. In this video I have two boxes that came this which both needed to be opened and evaluated. These collections were from opposite sides...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 25, 2025

If you are planning on coming to the Charlotte Trade-O-Ree and want to rent tables please don't hesitate. After promoting the show at the VA Beach TOR we have rented a dozen tables in the last week.   In a little less than 2 weeks I'm flying out to Las Vegas to attend the BOSS Reseller Remix. This is a conference put...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 23, 2025

One of the best things about TORs are the people you get to meet and fellowship with. I got this picture with Chip Elliott yesterday to commemorate that we are "Ranger Dads". This summer our daughters will both be on Philmont Staff working as rangers at the ranch leading crews out on the trail.   I got to also talk...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter February 21, 2025

As soon as i hit the publish button on today's Hot Finds I am wheels up to the VA Beach TOR. I made the joke this week that in going to this show I have actually never seen the beach. Jokes on me as they got some snow mid-week so instead I will surely see some of the white stuff....Read More

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