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Jay, I watched a couple YouTube videos and it looks like with a $3-$4 replacement snap off of eBay you can repair it with sewing machine. I am probably over-complicating a $25-$30 sale, but curious if anyone has tried this route.
Retro Treasures WV, if you make it to San Diego, I would happily play the Balboa Park course with you.
Yeah, Temudgin, but not desire to sell them and pay fees on the sale. I would rather use them slowly over time. I am known for the eclectic and colorful stamps on my thank you notes.
My dream would be if we could apply existing postage to eBay labels as we print them. If they upgraded the shipping service to allow us to add our own postage amount, I would be ecstatic. For example for a first class package that needed $3.06, we could add one forever stamp ($.55 at today’s prices) and $2.51 in printable voucher. USPS would charge you $2.51 and know to look out for the forever stamp on the package.
The deals are not in Forever stamps, unfortunately. I inherited a sizable amount of raw postage from a collecting relative who would buy sheets, but only use one or two the stamps in the sheet. I am inundated in stamps ranging from $.25-$.41. This is a blessing and a curse. I was constantly going to the post office to buy small denominations to get enough postage for a first class letter. That is until I found deals like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-POSTAGE-STAMPS-GUMMED-200-FACE-LOW-DENOMINATION-DISCOUNT-UNUSED-/401754781566?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=BOsaU2PMk0Mt3REqyN2sefdd8hk%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc
Yes, they are gummed and small, but $120 for $200 of face is a steal. Now if anyone has any ideas about using raw postage to ship eBay items and turn those unused stamps to cash, I am all ears. I have found that it requires a trip to the post office and you don’t get the negotiated discounts from eBay. But for large items where the shipping is considerable it can be worth it. Just be prepared for an angry postal clerk. It takes a special person to see the beauty in a package with 30 $.41 stamps attached.
