Several years back, a friend of mine said he found one of my old QSL cards for sale on eBay. It was a card I sent to a DX ham almost 31 years ago. While poking around on eBay recently, I saw it was still for sale.
I sent this card to VP9MZ in Bermuda for our 30M CW QSO back in June 1995. The card shows a fisherman, representing one of my other hobbies. The eBay seller, located in Canada, is asking $6.95 Canadian ($5.08 US).
I went back through my old paper logbooks and found the QSO. I was running my old MFJ-9030 (about 3 watts, CW) into my raingutter antenna. In the remarks column, I made a note that he remembered me. Apparently, we had worked each other previously. My log entry also shows that I received his QSL card via his QSL manager. While I was on that page of the logbook, I saw another QSO with him 5 days later.
One part of me is insulted that my card hasn’t been sold after being up on eBay for years. On the other hand, I’m not really sure why someone would want to buy it.
I have boxes of QSL cards I have received over the past 50+ years. Hmmm…. Maybe I should start selling them on eBay.
72, Craig WB3GCK
WB3GCK QRP Amateur Radio 
Craig :
That is awesome !
On a related note, a year or two back I decided to look up my Ham Radio mentor (Elmer) who helped get me started in Amateur Radio when I was a senior in high school. When I Googled his callsign I found an ebay listing with his callsign plate. How bizarre is that?
I have no idea what became of him, I am assuming that by now he must be a silent key. I think he moved away from my hometown and gave up Amateur Radio, making him hard to track. The callsign plate is still for sale on eBay and I have been tempted numerous times to purchase it, I still might for nostalgic reasons.
cheers
Michael VE3WMB
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