Yesterday my wife and I visited the Valley Mall, the Hagerstown area’s premiere shopping center. While there I noticed FYE, a leading specialty retailer of entertainment and pop culture merchandise in the United States, was having a huge sale on all their clearance items. We swung through the store looking for some deals. It turned...
Read MoreDo not take tax advice from RockstarFlipper
You should not take tax advice from YouTube content creator RockstarFlipper. Casey Parris, also known as RockstarFlipper, published a YouTube video on January 1, 2024 entitled How much Taxes do Ebay sellers have to pay in 2024? The aim of the video was to explain to his fellow eBay resellers on how much money they...
Read MoreJuan Soto is now a member of the New York Yankees
The San Diego Padres have traded former Hagerstown Suns outfielder Juan Soto to the New York Yankees in a muli-player swap. The Padres traded Juan Soto along with outfielder Trent Grisham to the Yankees for Michael King, Jhony Brito Randy Vasquez, Drew Thorpe, and Kyle Higashioka. Soto’s contract runs until the end of the 2024...
Read MoreDid this ‘Star Wars’ action figure collector commit retail fraud?
What exactly is retail fraud? Outright shoplifting is a clear example of retail fraud, but sometimes it’s not so clear cut. After a long break, I recently got back into collecting Star Wars action figures. Because of this, I joined a few Facebook groups dedicated to the hobby. In one of these groups, a member...
Read MoreShamans and druids may get axed from ‘Magic: The Gathering’
If you think the inclusion of shamans and druids in Magic: The Gathering is culturally insensitive, I have some good news for you. Maybe. From Wargamer: Magic: The Gathering is considering dropping the shaman and druid creature types, because of the terms’ significance as real-world religious identifiers, MTG head designer Mark Rosewater has revealed. This...
Read MoreWoman ‘accidentally’ sells expensive Pokémon cards at a yard sale
A Massachusetts woman held a yard sale last month. Included in the items sold were three factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes belonging to her father. Unbeknownst to her, the Pokémon boxes were worth a lot of money. TCGPlayer currently lists similar factory-sealed Pokémon Team Rocket booster boxes for around $14,000 a box. According to...
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