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Paul, Roger & NOIP - Thanks for the welcome. The partnership has lasted because basically we don't get in each others way too much and we try not to be accepting of what we all do and not be too critical. Plus none of us depends on this enterprise to pay the bills, though the limited income is handy... There are two original partners left, three have passed on over the years, and been replaced as we go on. We basically got two US guys, one foreign and postcard guy, one cover guy, one eBay guy and a postage guy. We fill in for each other as necessary. Two of us handle the business end. Two others do the buying. We share the shop time and shows - only about 8 shows a year. We have a bit of a monopoly now south of Indy, east of St. Louis, north of Tennessee and west of Columbus / DC. Not many stamp stores at all in this part of the country. The idea basically came from wanting a decent stamp store, that did only stamps and was collector oriented, not high end. There was and is an excellent coin dealer in Louisville, so we decideed not to go there. From 1978 until 1991 we were the Saturday only store. From 1992 til now we have opened more and played with the hours and are open three afternoons a week and Sat. Works for us. As regards to eBay, we could probably do a lot more, but are content to pay the rent for the store with sales here and we generally due that. Pretty much our store is cut and dry. Supplies, US, dime stamps and a few high end customers. Useful as much for buying as selling. Occasionally, a whale comes along. We brokered the Conrad collection that made up most of the US section of the Ivy Mader auction at Pacifica '97. Mader flew in here in April of '97 for that one, took back 182 White Plains sheets and a collection in a National album that brought over $400,000.
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