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Here’s one of my theft deterrents - LOL. (Thought we could all use a laugh!)
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I tell no one in the area that I have valuable collections in the house!!! Very few local people know, only close friends!
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I use a simple method. A Post Office Box. No one knows what treasures live at my house!
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"Here’s one of my theft deterrents - LOL. (Thought we could all use a laugh!) "
eBay has a function called "Send Offer". They select some of your items that have watchers and allow you to send them an offer. It's maybe 5-20 items at a time. Since I sell covers I generally take my $1.99 covers and discount them a quarter to $1.74. It's been fairly successful and I always notice immediately on my sold list since $1.74 isn't a number I regularly list things at.
My text usually goes:
"Happy Friday! Sending this special offer to all the viewers of this great item! Grab it quick before someone does!"
I was doing one the other day, and looked at the text right before I sent it... note that the I and O are right next to each other!
"Happy Friday! Sending this special offer to all the viewers of this great item! Grab it quick before someone dies!"
I have no idea if I sent any this way... maybe this is why people instantly pony up the money?
Don't be surprised if you see me kicked off eBay for threatening people!
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" ... How ? ...."
With a .357 .
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In Canada, we have simpler methods of protecting our stamps - stamp mounts and lightweight open top page protectors!
No messy cleaning kits, nothing like that!
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I prefer one of my S and W .38 specials. The one with the long barrel. It’s very accurate.
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I have an attack cat by the name of Obie!!! He can be vicious when provoked. He's diabetic and gets his insulin shot twice a day and the other day when I snuck up on him to give him his shot he let loose a cat-fart that was so bad that any stamp thief would run for the hills. He's cute, but LETHAL!! 
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We protect our stamps in many ways - archival storage, shelving away from little hands, insurance, alarm systems etc.
Here’s one of my theft deterrents - LOL. (Thought we could all use a laugh!)
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
03 Jun 2022
10:24:39am
re: How do you protect your stamps?
I tell no one in the area that I have valuable collections in the house!!! Very few local people know, only close friends!
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re: How do you protect your stamps?
I use a simple method. A Post Office Box. No one knows what treasures live at my house!
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re: How do you protect your stamps?
"Here’s one of my theft deterrents - LOL. (Thought we could all use a laugh!) "
eBay has a function called "Send Offer". They select some of your items that have watchers and allow you to send them an offer. It's maybe 5-20 items at a time. Since I sell covers I generally take my $1.99 covers and discount them a quarter to $1.74. It's been fairly successful and I always notice immediately on my sold list since $1.74 isn't a number I regularly list things at.
My text usually goes:
"Happy Friday! Sending this special offer to all the viewers of this great item! Grab it quick before someone does!"
I was doing one the other day, and looked at the text right before I sent it... note that the I and O are right next to each other!
"Happy Friday! Sending this special offer to all the viewers of this great item! Grab it quick before someone dies!"
I have no idea if I sent any this way... maybe this is why people instantly pony up the money?
Don't be surprised if you see me kicked off eBay for threatening people!
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
04 Jun 2022
12:28:59pm
re: How do you protect your stamps?
" ... How ? ...."
With a .357 .
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re: How do you protect your stamps?
In Canada, we have simpler methods of protecting our stamps - stamp mounts and lightweight open top page protectors!
No messy cleaning kits, nothing like that!
Peter
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08:28:20pm
re: How do you protect your stamps?
I prefer one of my S and W .38 specials. The one with the long barrel. It’s very accurate.
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Back when I had a bunch! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
04 Jun 2022
09:39:28pm
re: How do you protect your stamps?
I have an attack cat by the name of Obie!!! He can be vicious when provoked. He's diabetic and gets his insulin shot twice a day and the other day when I snuck up on him to give him his shot he let loose a cat-fart that was so bad that any stamp thief would run for the hills. He's cute, but LETHAL!!
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