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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 1653950, member: 38849"]Tom B, I do BELIEVE that you and I are in AGREEMENT, LOL.  You even thought of some significant issues that I didn't. The trouble with an eBay Store - you immediately have ten thousand competitors - and you lose the "local" advantage.  But it requires much less capital, and you can "work" in your skivvies at 3 a.m., a significant benefit. You still have a target painted on your back, as crooks know many ways to pry your home address out of you, and having a Post Office box doesn't help, as the USPS is obligated to supply the home address of anyone who engages in commerce.  Having a private non-USPS box isn't much help either.  As the less-reputable citizens of this bankrupt country become more and more desperate, small business is at the top of their scam list. Chinese junk?  Enters the U.S. by the bucketful.  Here's some BU half cents, large cents, and Indians: [ATTACH]241855.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]