I have a TON of magazines from the 20's to the 80's to early 90's. A majority of them are National Geographic from the 60's/70's. I have about 10 from the 20's that are "The Carpenter" which is a union newspaper by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

Now that that's out of the way... Here's my question.. Many of the NatGeo's have little to no value, but if I remove the ads there is some value there. So, I'll be ripping ads out of those publications. The Carpenter... I have no idea the value. I can't find them anywhere. They're in pretty rough shape. But the ads in them could be fairly valuable. I saw some Dewalt, Skilsaw, Stanley Tools just to name a few.. Originals from the 20's could fetch up to $20. Do I tear them apart? Do I keep them intact and try my luck on Ebay? I just don't want to hang onto them forever..

I typically don't participate in New Year's Resolutions because nobody ever keeps them. I've never smoked. I do need to lose weight, but that's more of a daily thing than a resolution. I don't have any unhealthy vices like gambling or sex. If I were to resolve to do anything it would be business related, and what's the fun in that?

Maybe I'll resolve to START gambling, having sex with strange women, and smoking!

It is considerably less money ($0.20 for 30 days) to list 'Buy it now' items if you have a store.

I haven't had good luck with buy it now items. I list an auction with buy it now option when it's free. otherwise I just do standard auction listing. Could be that I want too much for my items as a buy it now.. but it's still about 60-70% of what the next cheapest is..

You think that one is bad, check out this guy. He got 49 negative just in the past month, all because he wasn't shipping fast enough

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&ftab=AllFeedback&userid=foxconnect&iid=-1&de=off&interval=30&which=negative&items=50

It seems to me that this guy needs an employee to help him get stuff shipped out! I've been slow with shipping especially with my last round of orders. But, I've been up front with my customers. If I can't make it in the 2 days that I promise, I just let them know. Most times they're cool with it. If they're not, I refund like 10% and that usually makes 'em happy. But with the news focused on UPS and FedEx not delivering on time, most folks are blaming the post office now.

I actually subscribed to them for about a year and have since stopped. Too many times has info been wrong. I found myself double checking against other sites, legal ads, etc. Since they're expanding it may entice me to come back, but the price can't go up. I'm not willing to pay more than $20/month for information that I could work a bit harder for and get free.

Depends on the type, subject matter, and age of the post card. If it's a post card with a car theme, good. Halloween post cards are hot now, as are hidden image post cards. If you pick up a post card with just people at the beach or something, not so good. Buildings that have since been demolished can fetch a pretty penny too.

This January, 2014 I will have been selling for 10 years on eBay and I never really saw the need for a store. There may be some other reasons I don't know about, but in this case ignorance is bliss.

I like the extra tracking you get in the sales manager. I also like the customer base building tools like newsletters, etc. I don't know if anyone actually clicks those options or "follows" stores, but I like that those options are there. I feel like having a store on Ebay brings credibility to your account. Especially ones like mine with lower feedback scores.

But the last 2 months now I've gone past my 50 posting limit and have run into insertion fees. I figure if I can get 3 x's the amount of free listings, with lower FVF's, it'll pay for itself.