Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 8, 2017

This was the scene from my patch cave two days ago. The bulk of this collection was activity patches and in order to do anything with them they had to go through a human sorting machine. I pulled subsets that I thought people might be interested in like SOAR, klondikes, space themes etc. The rest were sorted by council name....Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 6, 2017

I will work up an infographic on this topic but I'd like to share a couple of key findings from my research on the topic that I think can be helpful to collectors. Many smaller sellers in the category may assume that having an eBay store is not a commitment they are prepared to make. However, my numbers show that...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 3, 2017

If you are an eBay store owner then don't forget that you have a valuable coupon waiting on you for free shipping supplies. You need to go under Manage your store> subscriber discounts to get the link. I'm sitting on all the envelopes and tape I can use but you can bet I'm placing a new order today. I saw...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter January 1, 2017

I thought I'd share some of the things that I'm looking forward to patch-wise in the new year. First off I'm hoping to attend about 1 TOR per month starting in January with South Carolina and then in February driving up to my first ever Indy TOR. This year I will help host a TOR in Charlotte which hasn't happened...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 30, 2016

I want to say there was an ISCA article at some point that told the story of the Golden Gate Exposition. It was happening during the same time frame as the New York Worlds Fair in 1939 and people are more familiar with the memorabilia issued for the Boy Scouts that attended. The neckerchief below is doing pretty well with...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 27, 2016

Now that the holidays are winding down many people are allowing them to think about 2017. The hobby is going to have a good year and some popular TORs are just around the corner. A friend asked me this week about going to the Dallas TOR which is a well attended show. I have to save my family free pass...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 25, 2016

This morning I got to put my Eagle Scout skills to use. My mother-in-law tripped bringing in stuff from the car and badly scraped her wrist. While she and another member of the family were about to pass out I took a page out of first aid merit badge and cleaned and dressed the wound. We might go to Urgent...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 23, 2016

In order to start back up I'm going to switch to a predictable and easy model. I'm going to record a completely live show on Wednesday nights for about 30 minutes. This format means other than lining up some guests I can try and eliminate all the editing and extra work that kept this project on the shelf. The usual...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 20, 2016

Someone sent me a message earlier today asking if I was going to start collecting camp patches from the council that I have just moved into it. The thing about starting a new collection is there are so many old collections that have lots of wholes including all of these combination ranks ending soon that I don't have! One of...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 18, 2016

A good patch friend told me about an ecommerce solution he just started using to have an online store that integrates with eBay and Facebook. Now some of you who have been long time readers will know I'm on version 5 or 6 of some kinda off-eBay store setup. This one looks promising but after spending some time last night...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 13, 2016

After blitzing the Old Hickory TOR and getting checks and commitments I'm excited to say that we've sold out of 8' wall tables for the Charlotte TOR. I guess pricing them at $2 above an inside table was too tempting but hey as a new TOR we wanted to keep the price cheap! We still have about fifty 8' inside...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 11, 2016

In this one picture I captured 5 good characters in the hobby. Jimmy Arthurs and David Cody from Eswau Huppeday 560 are talking to Chris Jensen while Richard Mori and John Pleasants are checking out some cool pieces behind the table. This show was sold out and the organizer told me he had a number of guys that wanted tables...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 9, 2016

Last night across the Mecklenburg County Council each of the 3 districts held their volunteer recognition banquets. This is a picture of the display that i set up for the one that I attended to promote theCharlotte TOR. The Dist. Chairman Bill Rhyne gave us a great shout out at the beginning of the program. But other local Scouters had...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 6, 2016

I got an email this morning from my lodge adviser stating that he was stepping down for health reasons. I think being a lodge adviser would put most people in the hospital. It takes a special kind of talent to shepard all those adult egos and teenage hormones. However, somehow Rondal Johnson of Santee 116 found a way to plug...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter December 2, 2016

I have been trying to think outside the box to promote the Charlotte TOR on March 31-April 1. It's been nearly 20 years since there was a Trade-O-Ree in this council. The metro area has about 2.5 million people and Scouting is very strong in this part of the woods. So our #1 push is to get publicity to the...Read More

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