Craigs- I know you deal in coins, but can you give me any tips on finding out what medals are made of?  I have 4 Special Olympics medals from about 1985 or earlier. They are heavy, 3 are silver and one gold and a magnet does not stick to it.  I cleaned the silver ones with silver polish, and the rag turned black (but I have noticed it will do that on almost any medal). Any insight??

I just checked my eBay seller account. Since when is there a fee on shipping costs???  Fee of  $1.62 on $14.77 shipping. Anyone else notice this? Sold the item for $35, which was an additional $3.85.

I agree with Cobia...don't even respond.

Anyone have any ideas on selling this? I did take off the duct taped label and cleaned it up a bit. I found one similar on eBay (1930's army foot locker, sold for $70). Mine only has one side handle, but everything is intact, even the inside shelf. Should I polish up the brass, etc or just leave it be??

Craigs...the Breyer horses almost always sell on eBay. I had over 100 when I was a kid, wish I would have kept them.  Even if they are scratched or flawed, you can sell them. They "custom" paint them or warm them up and re-mold them.

Here's an example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CM-Breyer-G1-SM-Stablemate-Dapple-Grey-MULE-CUSTOM-Made-OOAK-RESCULPT-/170754437622?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c1c1f1f6#ht_500wt_1261   This is one of the small horses, not the traditional size.

I'm not sure how other areas are run...but in our Goodwills, the employees are not able to buy anything unless its been on a shelf for over a week. That doesn't stop them from having someone come in and buy it for them.  I remember once seeing an employee "hiding" things...couldn't figure out what the hell she was doing. Now I know 

Tried looking up auctions around me, but our Goodwill stores only do the online auction. All the good stuff goes online (depending what you consider the good stuff is) but check this out:  http://www.nbc15.com/newsyoucanuse/headlines/Goodwills_Auction_Site_Tops_1_Million_Mark_In_Sales_138253929.html

So I just got done going through everything out of the unit we bought.  Its a given that I am going to return all the pictures (ended up being a large suitcase, and 5 boxes full), college degrees, baby books, etc.

Here is my dilemma: How much do you really need to give back? I went through about 30 boxes of personal crap. These boxes looked as though they were damaged in a basement and then taken to storage. All the boxes were junk (and the smell was horrendous).  This lady had this storage locker since 2002. She relinquished the locker to the storage facility. conditions were pictures, personal items and some ceramic tree be returned. Found the tree (of course broken because it was just thrown into the locker, found it in the back under a bunch of crap) but it will be returned.

Personal items included all of her kids homework, artwork, etc. Mostly ruined. Receipts dating back to 1990.  I am going to burn all papers that have any SS#, and real personal info.  If I return ALL of the personal item, I pretty much paid for her back rent, cleaned out the locker and put all her crap in new boxes. To me, that is too much. I would need the truck to take it all back. The storage manager is pissed that the owner agreed to give back anything at all as the woman hasn't been in there in at least 2-3 years.

I think after all is said and done we will at least break even. Of course all those water damaged, disgusting boxes were first in the locker, so no way to see them on bidding. That's the chance you take.

There are taxes and stuff in there, ruined and stinking...but none later than 2001. So its beyond the 7 years you need to keep something. I think if the stuff meant that much, she wouldve come up with the money to get it out.

Am I wrong about not returning EVERYTHING personal? Most of the photo albums are junk because of water damage, but I am still returning them and the broken tree