Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter: The Good News

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Sunday, January 28, 2024

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This Weekend Is Loaded With Auctions

I want to give everyone some examples of why going to a Trade-O-Ree is a good idea. There is no better place to pick up discounted (some might say cheap!) items for your collection. This weekend there was a family there that was selling stuff from a Scouters estate. On Saturday they said "he we are not taking all this home" and went around the room telling everyone that the items on their table were now $1 each. Feeding frenzy begins!

Order of the Arrow Auctions Up For Bids

Another guy (I never got his story) walks in with some bags of patches. I walked past on my way to the restroom and see three people leaning over as he sorts out some old Dixie Fellowship patches. Then the next time I walk by a different group is watching him sort out early 1950s explorer patches in quantity. Who is this guy!? But if you weren't there you didn't get the deal. I was there and still didn't have my radar turned on.

Auctions Are The Hot Finds Secret Sauce

And this is why next weekends the Crossroads of America TOR is the best in the country. It's not a high end display case kinda show. Sure there will be killer stuff there. But the majority of the tables are people trying to get stuff moving. You can negotiate bags of patches, pins, just about anything for bargains. It's like everyone is cleaning out their closet and there is a little bit of a flea market mentality in the room. Plus with 200+ tables you have so much to look at.

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Just to share more of a report the SC TOR was a success. There might have been a few less tables rented than before but I feel like Friday night was pretty buzzing. We had some conflicts with a regional NLS that kept some of the top tier OA people away. Chris and his crew ran a bunch of silent auctions and treated everyone to pizza. One Scout troop made an appearance and got some cool stuff. Most of the dealers were from SC, NC. GA and VA. I think there was at least one from FL judging by the license plates in the parking lot. This one was the same weekend as the Dallas TOR so some of the far flung people had to choose between the two or staying home. I enjoyed having so many conversations with old friends and seeing some young faces in the crowd.