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One roundtrip voucher on Southwest Airlines
Fly anywhere Southwest flies in the continental U.S., more than 65 destinations nationwide! This Southwest Rapid Rewards Standard Award can be used anytime within one year of your trade. There are no blackout dates, but if you want to fly around busier dates, like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and some spring break weekends, be sure to plan ahead to ensure availability.
Be a baseball writer for a week
This is either of two things: If you’re a huge baseball fan, it’s a baseball-beat-writer fantasy camp. Full locker room and pressbox access, filing your story after the game, etc. On the other hand, if you’re trying to break into sports journalism, this is a bona fide audition for a paid position with phillybaseballnews.com, one of the most respected inside-baseball websites out there. It’s not a baseball blog — it’s a subscription-based outlet that’s required reading not just for hardcore seamheads but people inside the game as well. For (at least) a week, you’ll be a staff writer there.
You’ll have full media access to the Phillies single-A Lakewood Blue Claws or triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, over seven days – take them all consecutively, or pop in seven times over the course of the season, maybe when a big-league regular happens to be down on a rehab assignment (God forbid), or combine it with a vacation. Whatever you write will be published on phillybaseballnews.com, not only during the season but also over a full year.
This tradeup item also comes with a complimentary one-year subscription to phillybaseballnews.com (an $89.95 value), as well as a pair of tickets to both an IronPigs game and a Lakewood game.
Three-day weekend at Big Bass Lake chalet
You and up to 7 of your family or friends can spend a relaxing three-day weekend in the beautiful mountain community of Big Bass Lake, located in Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, just twenty minutes from Camelback Ski area and Camelback Beach and the outlets at Tannersville and the new Mt. Airy Casino.
This beautiful chalet home features lovely wooded views, easy access to community amenities and lakes, and all the peace and relaxation that the Poconos can offer.
At this writing any date is available except July 4th weekend. Current availability here.
Big Bass Lake features its own tubing area and ski slope, ice skating area, game room and indoor pool in the winter. In the summer, enjoy any of three private lakes in Big Bass with swimming, fishing and boating. Big Bass features its own clubhouse and snack bar with a heated outdoor pool, tennis courts, basketball courts and planned community activities.
This property is adjacent to Gouldsboro State Park, which offers boat rentals, fishing rentals, hunting, swimming, hiking and cook-outs by the lake. On rainy days, enjoy a relaxing stay at home playing pool, foosball, watching television or swimming in the indoor pool at Big Bass Lake. Pets OK! (additional fee).
Two tickets to see Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Susquehanna Bank Center, June 18
These tickets are in Section 201, Row V. Currently StubHub has similar tickets available in the $200-$300 price range (per ticket). I will provide you hard tickets, not just a bar code.
Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour is currently the third-hottest ticket in the business (only the Billy Joel/Elton John package and the touring production of Wicked are more popular), and these shows are Buffett’s only East Coast stops this summer, other than a single night at Boardwalk Hall in AC in late August.
Autographed, framed Chase Utley photo
This fully authenticated, beautifully framed, numbered photo is signed by Chase Utley, including the inscription "08 WS Champs". Size, including frame: 27×23. Authentication is attached to the back. Here’s a high-resolution image (huge filesize) of the photo, and here’s one of the authentication.
I’m not going to put a dollar value on this; it’s worth whatever someone’s willing to trade for it. But I will say that it comes with $75 of United States currency taped to the back, because after I bought it with the proceeds of the Elvis show, there were some proceeds left over.
The picture can be seen in person at my home in Jenkintown. If you want to arrange a viewing, please email me.
Personal appearance by Jerry Perna, Elvis Impersonator
Jerry’s offer of a thirty-minute Elvis show anywhere in the Philly area, normally a $300 value, is an act of uncommon Elvian generosity, given that he declined to take the housecleaning item in return (it went for $200 at auction). If your trade offer is accepted, Jerry will appear at your event in full Elvis regalia and perform a musical/comedy set of the King’s greatest hits, and might even throw in a Jimmy Webb or Burt Bacharach tune if he takes a shine to you.
If Elvis isn’t your thing, Jerry’s got a great Sinatra show, and the many pics and videos on his myspace page will give you a better idea of his versatility and experience. Jerry’s offer extends to any location in the greater Philly area, and is subject to his availability.
Thanks to Laura Ferrell, owner of Jenkintown Home and Office Cleaning, for offering this service, for which she’d ordinarily charge around $90, depending on the size of the home. She cleans homes & offices in Jenkintown, Abington, Elkins Park, Huntingdon Valley, Rydal, Glenside, and surrounding areas, offering reliable service at low rates. She’s a neighbor and a friend and has tons of local references you can check if you’re thinking of making an offer.You can reach her at 215-284-2893.
$25 Jenkintown Shops Gift Certificate
In these perilous economic times, it’s hard to remember when we could just stroll through a walkable and festive business district — like, say Jenkintown’s, to name just one borough served by four SEPTA lines and several major highways — and feel like we could buy anything we saw, just whip out the plastic and take it home, even if we didn’t need it — even if we actively hated it! That’s how much fun shopping is, or was.
Well, actually, I never felt like that, but some of you did, or else we wouldn’t be in perilous economic times. But let’s leave the "blame game" for after the holidays. Today we’ve got a new trade item, and it’s a magical piece of paper that will help you relive the frenzied consumerism of years past, all the way up until you reach the $25 limit printed so clearly on the certificate.
I’m not going to get into all the places that will take this, because there are so many. Of the variety of goods and services available, let’s just say this: Lots.
Want this? It could be yours. Just look around your house: What’s worth more than $25 that you could swap for it? Surely there must be something, or none of us would need basements or attics or garages.
2007 Charlie Manual Baseball Card
It’s the very first item, so I’m not going to go crazy telling you how great it is. On the other hand, you probably have something better to swap for it under your couch cushion right now.
I will say this. If this project is successful, and I’m able to raise a really large amount of money for the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the ALS Association, it would be pretty cool if you owned the very first item that kicked it all off, no?
Anyway, the specs on the current item:
- 2007 Topps card
- Mint condition
- Kind of goofy retro design
- Has Charlie’s stats on the back, but doesn’t mention his having won the World Series in 2008, because the card doesn’t know about that yet
- Perfect for any of the hundreds of uses for which a stiff cardboard rectangle is ideally suited
