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One box was bigger but cost less to send - Tom Ray's Day 200508



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As I make my morning coffee I just think out loud about how I could build my art podcast and webcomic subscribers. 

Then I send more retro items from my eBay store to supporters of the show. While packing items I have to cobble together a box for a large Battleship board game from the '60s. But when I weigh it I find that the price is very different. 

Also, I share a little thing I learned from an old Time magazine from the 1970s about the shipping labels I buy from Pirateship.com
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