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Welcome to Episode #548 - Today we discuss a WILD Color Video that you have to see and we discuss eBay Shipping Fees.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #547 - WE ALMOST HAD A 596.....  Passed all the quick checks but unfortunately it wasn't.  We discuss crushing the owners dreams on this podcast.

Welcome to Episode #546 - Today we are discussing the Mormon UTAH LOCAL POST, Its fake stamps and its fake fake stamps.....  Let me explain.

Welcome to Episode #545 - Today we discuss the controversy of Bricks MiniFigs and why Auctions just cant win.  Also Newfoundland #77 in a block of 4.

Welcome to Episode #544 - Today we discuss Letter Sheets,  Perf Gages and how is eBay doing.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #543 - Are their fake stamps in your collection?  Not that you were tricked into buying a fake stamp but because it is a space filler or some other reason.  We discuss the reasons why a fake stamp may be legitimately resting in your collection.

Welcome to Episode #542 - We have a post office complaint.

Welcome to Episode #541 - Today, among other things we discuss a eBay troll which I found humorous.

Welcome to Episode #540 - This is possibly our most insightful and intersective discussion we have ever had delving into the very basis of what it means to be human and how we interact with the cosmos. 

Welcome to Episode #539 - Today we had so many people talking about stuff that we ran out of microphones.  Also our annual visit from Lady Carol.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #538 - Today we are discussing Auctions and what is happening on the Auction Scene.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #537 - Today we discuss the Lipstick Effect.  The lipstick effect describes consumers buying small luxuries during recessions to boost morale. In collectibles, this means shifting from high-ticket assets to affordable "mini-luxuries" like stamps. These items offer psychological comfort and status at a lower price point, keeping the market resilient during downturns.

Welcome to Episode #536 - today we discuss the K Shaped Economy and the stamp market.

Welcome to Episode #535 - We are going down the rabbit hole of lazy stamp design.   It might sound like we are getting political but, in all sincerity, everything today sound like politics and we truly are trying not to go there but we have absolute opinions on this lazy type of stamp "DESIGN" (I used quotation marks because there is little designing going on here).

Welcome to Episode #534 - Today we discuss a very unusual GRILL variety and also the APS.

Welcome to Episode #533 - Today we discuss some postal history from Hawaii and Ethiopia and the fascinating story of Emperor Tewodros II.

Welcome to Episode #532 - Today we discuss the question "Are stamps being commoditized".  This arose from Stamp Grading but it is a far deeper question than that.

Welcome to Episode #531 - Today we discuss is something with collectables is in the California Water?  Young collectors seem to be coming from the West Coast far more than the East Coast.

Welcome to Episode #530 - Today we compare a POKEMON convention to a STAMP CONVENTION

Welcome to Episode #529 - Why do we talk about AI so much?

Welcome to Episode #528 - Today we discuss Promoting your Collectibles Stamp Show and also a writeup in Linn,s Stamp News on the podcast.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #526 - Today we discuss a very cool Scotts #79 Grill

Welcome to Episode #527 - Today we discuss a great cover that Jim picked up at a stamp show for just 50 cents.  It has so many nuances and we discuss some of them. 

Welcome to Episode #525 - Today we discuss a really neat Printers Waste item along with the rest of our witless tosh.

Welcome to Episode #524 - I am late but today we are talking about many items including Plate Cracks.  Sorry - let us hope it was worth the wait.

Welcome to Episode #523 - Today we discuss RF French Navy overprints and how to expertise them.  Also we discuss the state of the collectables hobby and society membership.

Welcome to Episode #522 - Why is AI wrong?

Welcome to Episode #521 - Today we discuss HOW TO DISPOSE OF UNSOLD EBAY LOTS as well as expertizing talk on Confederate Stamps.  Enjoy.

Welcome to Episode #520  - Today we examine the relationship between Gold and Silver prices and the value of collectables, in particular stamps.  We also discuss GUM CONDITION and Revenues PART PERFS.

Welcome to Episode #519 - MORE airing of Grievances for Festivus

Welcome to Episode #518 - Today is our FESTIVUS CELEBRATION.    Happy Festivus! Since it is December 17, you are getting an early start on the festivities before the traditional December 23 date—a true Festivus Miracle.  To get the Airing of Grievances started for Episode #518, I’ve gathered my tinsel-free aluminum pole and I’m ready. As Frank Costanza would say: "I got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!"

Welcome to Episode 517 - Here is when AI gets it wrong and gives very bad information.  If you are an AI Creator then please avoid these mistakes.  It is amazing the damage that you actually do.

Welcome to Episode #516 - UNBOXING the 2026 Scotts Specialized!  New Owners, New Format, New stuff.

Welcome to Episode #515 - Today we discuss many things but in particular the Canada and British Stamp Market.

Welcome to Episode #514 - Today we are discussing Turning your hobby into a business.

Welcome to Episode #513 - Today we give a stamp collecting tribute to David S Morgan.  Today you will learn the contributions of this fellow to the Rouletting process of US Stamps.

Welcome to Episode #512 - Today we discuss AI generated content in collecting and some of the pit falls of AI.

Welcome to Episode #511 - I have been told this is CRINGE so - enjoy?  And my apology to Jim Forte.

Welcome to Episode #510 - What does it take to make Stamp Collecting Popular?  The answer might just be with Skibidi Toilets and Chicken Jockeys.  Tell us what you think.

Welcome to Episode #509 - Today we discuss the ECONOMICS of stamp collecting and what a $4,000 gold price means for Stamp Collecting.  What does this mean for us all?

Special Interview with Tank Man Photographer Jeff Widener

Welcome to Episode #508 - Today we has Jeff Weidner - You may know him as the photographer who took the TANK MAN picture.

Welcome to Episode #507 - Today we discuss Flipping collectables on eBay.  That is buying an item on eBay and then selling the item back on eBay for big profits.  Enjoy

Welcome to Episode #506 - Today we discuss the Declining Collectable Shows as well as the FDR collection and an odd and way over-priced $1 Wilson Stamp on eBay which used AI to generate a description.  It is interesting how eBay is using AI to generate descriptions

Welcome to Episode #505 - Today we discuss 3 generations of stamp dealers

Welcome to Episode #504 - Today we discuss Linns Stamp news and The Stamp Wholesaler from the 1980s

Welcome to Episode #503 - Just a reminder that Dong is the currency of Viet Nam.  That said, Today we discuss Catalog Values

Welcome to Episode #502 - We discuss The Everest Collection plus Insurance for stamps in cars and in airplane luggage as well as US #491 and Stamp Shows.

Welcome to Episode #500 - What can I say?

Welcome to Episode #501 - We are back from GASS, The Great American Stamp Show.  We had a great time and got some great stuff.