Back from Boot Camp!

It was an intense weekend! After an entire day of travel on Thursday flying from Baltimore => Denver => L.A. => Palm Springs, we started bright and early on Friday and didn't stop until Sunday afternoon. Lynn Dralle, The Queen of Auctions, packs a lot of information into 2 1/2 days of her eBay Live Boot Camps.

I decided to fly home Sunday night thinking that I could sleep on the plane and relieve my sister, Janet, early on Monday. She was pet sitting for me at my house while I was gone. It sounded like a good idea when I booked the flights. My itinerary had me flying Palm Springs => Phoenix => L.A. => Baltimore. Unfortunately, due to the late arrival of my connecting flight out of Phoenix, I had to be re-booked adding one more plane change to the itinerary. And don't you know that the gates are never near each other. I must have walked miles last night!

But now I am home. A little ragged but too wired to sleep thanks to a couple of lattes this morning.

I first went to Boot Camp in 2007 when I was a complete novice. Lynn's enthusiasm is infectious so not only did I learn a bunch, I was rarin' to go when I got home. Last year, in 2008, I went to my first eBay Live! in Chicago and came away very motivated. Going back to Boot Camp this year seemed a great place to go where I knew I would get the shot in the arm I needed to get me through this coming buying season.

So I am home and I am ready to make some money this holiday season! But after I get a good night's sleep {:-o yawn... zzzzzzzzzz...

Old Magazines - Why Not?

A weird eBay coincidence (or co-inky-dink, as I like to say) happened yesterday.

This week's ezine article from the Queen of Auctions was about bulk buying. I always love Lynn's ezines and strangely enough, they almost always relate to something happening in my eBay life. I had just sold a lot of back issues of POPULAR MECHANICS Magazine. I bought almost 30 years worth of the vintage magazine about a year ago and listed them in lots by calendar year. They have been selling slowly but steadily. Anyway, I wrote Lynn yesterday to comment on her article and tell her about my occasional successes with bulk buying and mentioning specifically about how magazines are another great bulk idea.

And then, yesterday evening, what do you know? I sold 3 lots of EQUUS Magazine! And then in the middle of the night, I sold another lot of POPULAR SCIENCE Magazine! Isn't that a strange co-inkydink?

I especially like vintage back issues. The ads are fun, the articles are interesting and I love looking at the old pictures! I recently purchased a stack of 40 movie magazines from the 1950's but I won't be listing them until I have had a chance to read and savor every one! ;o)

I currently have vintage 1970's PLAYBOYS like these (I also have many more) for sale in my store:

and I also have quite a few lots of vintage POPULAR SCIENCE, AMERICAN RIFLEMAN Magazines and more:


Just click on any of the above images to go directly to that eBay listing in my store or go to Sales by Trudy and search using the keyword magazine to see all the great vintage magazine back issues that I have for sale right now!

I hope you are having a great weekend and if you are yard saling, don't walk right by the box of old magazines... stop and take a look!