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If you sell physical goods online, and you live in the United States, you will eventually have a need to buy United Stated Postal Service (USPS) postage online. Not only is it more convenient, but it's substantially cheaper than buying it at your local post office, where they charge the retail rates. Big time sellers can sign up for many different services and pay monthly fees, but what about us little guys and gals? What options are there for us? Well, I thought I would take a quick look at five postage stores that sell USPS postage without charging a monthly fee.

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Warner Bros. is releasing the Batman 4-Film Collection - consisting of Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Batman Forever (1995), and Batman & Robin (1997) - on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray disc on September 17, 2019; though the four individual combo packs are being released three months earlier on June 4th. What's included and is it worth an upgrade? Read on to find out...

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Isn't It Romantic was just released on home video this past Tuesday, May 21st. I don't know why Warner Bros. didn't release it two weeks earlier, as it would have been perfect for Mother's Day gifting. It's out now, but is it any good? Read on to find out...

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Krull arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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Songwriter arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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This is another in a series of articles exposing eBay's shady business practices.

About 15 years ago, before eBay was a corporate monolith, the site was tailor-made for the "little guy". The men and women who sold odds and ends from their home in that "worldwide garage sale", as Weird Al put it. As the company become more and more corporate, they have gone out of their way to prevent the little folk from being able to sell there. Instead, they favor their "power sellers", who are true businesses with the goal of making profit from a continuous supply of inventory to sell. The people Weird Al sang about in his 2003 Backstreet Boys parody, "eBay", are not welcome by eBay anymore.

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Sheena arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is the successful follow-up to 2014's The Lego Movie. Is it as good as the original? Read on to find out...

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The Legend of Billie Jean arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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Neighbors arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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