cloudofwit

My latest arrivals were total suckage

Suckage = below 9.2? :shrug:

My latest arrivals from CGC. US 4, 5, & 9. Grades 8.5, 8.5 & 9.2 respectively. The #9 is tied for top census.

 

Very nice books!

Kudos to boomtown for some sweet Hero for Hires and a couple of high grade Bronze Age #1s --Doc Savage and Shield); they arrived this morning safe and sound :smile:

Big-time kudos to bronzilla (again) for a trade transaction involving a boatload of ASMs. He was about to ship 'em off to the Bay, but now they're nestled in my home. It wasn't just a decent trade either--he went out of his way to make it a great deal for me.

any key mickeys? examples please.

No, I don't have any Mickeys.

 

That was just me being a dork.

 

 

(worship)

 

Mickeys for everyone's drinks tonight....., at the online, cd4ever, Kiss hatin', PARTAY!!!

 

:banana: :banana:

Kiss haters unite? :shrug:

Kudos to mschmidt for some nice cheap books (that he labeled ). He mailed out my package the same day I mailed his check, which was a pleasant surprise.

Ah ,.... common sense would tell me that if I was to do a deal w/ the guy that's in charge of the Probation thread (Divad) , ..that I might want to conduct a smoth transaction . ............BH

 

First of all, a smoth transaction is a bit different, like smooth as in a moth which can be a bit dusty. Second, knucklehead, the initial infraction (50 Cent's) was what caused Divad to start the probation thread in the first place. I might be mistaken, though--and if so, someone give me a return

 

Don't worry Noob !.............................. .........................BH

 

Noob? You ain't exactly a veteran there, Texas lad.

 

Sorry twit ! , ...I just like the sound of saying "noob" to someone else . In your case though , I'm sure I could come up w/ much better superlatives ....... .BH

Superlatives. Wait a sec, what the heck is a superlative?

Ah ,.... common sense would tell me that if I was to do a deal w/ the guy that's in charge of the Probation thread (Divad) , ..that I might want to conduct a smoth transaction . ............BH

 

First of all, a smoth transaction is a bit different, like smooth as in a moth which can be a bit dusty. Second, knucklehead, the initial infraction (50 Cent's) was what caused Divad to start the probation thread in the first place. I might be mistaken, though--and if so, someone give me a return

 

Don't worry Noob !.............................. .........................BH

Noob? You ain't exactly a veteran there, Texas lad.

Just got this back and I am THRILLED! Consensus was a 2.0 on the grading forum (which I agreed with) and I was even afraid it might drop to the 1.5 or 1.8 range.

Whoo-hoo!

 

:hail:

Ah ,.... common sense would tell me that if I was to do a deal w/ the guy that's in charge of the Probation thread (Divad) , ..that I might want to conduct a smoth transaction . ............BH

First of all, a smoth transaction is a bit different, like smooth as in a moth which can be a bit dusty. Second, knucklehead, the initial infraction (50 Cent's) was what caused Divad to start the probation thread in the first place. I might be mistaken, though--and if so, someone give me a return

Sure, but I'm talking about the longterm, hardcore disputes that will never be resolved.

Hardcore disputes never resolved. :frown:

Kudos to Foolkiller for more than making it right with a mix-up on my order. :thumbsup: I've procured my 2nd Golden Age superhero book--a nice Wonder Woman #108.

Yeesh. It's not like I haven't sold a ton of nice books here in the past.

 

Here. An unrestored VG+ Detective 6. Satisfied?

 

:hail:

Big-time kudos to bronzilla for a great trade where I landed an ASM #25--1st Mary Jane Watson. Package traveled from Arizona to Georgia in the U.S. and arrived safe and sound. He even threw in a solid copy of ASM #48 as a freebie. Who does this kind of thing? BRONZILLA! Great guy to do business with.

An eight-month long computer malfunction? What was he using, HAL-9000???

 

My Atari is in the shop . . .

:laugh:

Kudos to the following folks who recently mailed comic book goodies to my apartment.

comicdey

shiverbones

KingOfRulers

Rich_Henn

 

Time for a "Chainsaw Massacre" sale?

 

Genius!

 

It is official. Tuesday will be my first

 

[font:Comic Sans MS]Chainsaw Massacre Sale![/font]

 

In addition to the Strange Tales, I think I will be adding a few surprises. Maybe Silver Surfer 1? Conan 1? Cap 100? Maybe a few horror books? Let's see what happens Tuesday (thumbs u

:laugh:

Glad that chainsaw didn't reach the member, ahem, of one of our fellow members. Seriously, though, may you recover quickly and reflect on the blessing!

I purchased a number of CGC graded books, totally about $4,000 from Silver Age Comics. Each purchase I made from SilverAgeComics was completely random in every sense of the word. They simply happen to have the books I was looking for. When I bought his X-men#1 at NYCC, someone pointed to Gus by name and I turned to him and said, 'Hi, I'm the guy who picked up book XXX from you two weeks ago. Thanks!!" So, thankfully, everything has worked out for me with SilverAgeComics and I have no qualms about buying from them in the future.

 

As a side note: I do NOT buy RAW books online for a number of reasons. So, I cannot make any claims as to how well SAComics is with RAW books. Slabbed books, I have had ZERO problems.

 

-Issa

 

Well, to each his own Issa, but as far as I am concerned this is about more than just a satisfactory transaction.

 

Greg Jortner is an absolute fraud. This is indisputable. If there were any question that a reasonable person could differ in opinion about this, I would never have created this thread.

 

Silver_Age_Comics/Gus continues to do business with Jortner despite unequivocally knowing about the fraudulent misrepresentations and unlawful transactions Jortner has engaged in, some of which were actually under the monocle of Silver_Age_Comics. If Gus' company doesn't have the ethical wherewithal to stop doing business with an individual such as this because financially it behooves them and means more than their reputation, then this is a company I would never ever consider doing business with, and I would hope others would take this into consideration before doing otherwise.

 

Whether dealer or collector, we complain about the fraud in our hobby, particularly on the Internet, and yet too many people allow the conduct to perpetuate because their individual transaction went smoothly. If we want things to change, if we want fraud minimized, then we need to be above the notion of "I want that book and don't care who is selling it", or "well, they treated me right so I have nothing to complain about."

 

Otherwise, there is no message sent and people like Gus and Jortner keep trodding along waiting for the next sucker to come along. It might be you one day. I hope not.

Rhetorical slam dunk.

Best wishes that the court will rule in your favor and you'll be able to see your kids--and someday get all those FFs back with less resistance from your wife. :smile:

Wow fish! You're a gutsy fella for cracking it out the slab! You should show us the 4.5 too!

 

I have to touch,feel and smell them...that's what collecting is all about. I know it's a 2.5 , I have the label still, and I can always re-slab it if necessary. I've posted the 4.5 before in this thread, but here it is again:

 

 

 

Is it for sale? Do you really need two copies?

 

But here's one of the most (if not the most) bizarre juxtapositions:

 

#68:

9.6 $552

9.4 $1,355

 

 

 

Is this a case of buy the book not the grade or is this someone getting caught up in a bidder's war?

Must have been a nasty bidding war. I'd feel dirty if I had won and then saw how much the 9.6 went for. :doh:

I know it's been said that ComicLink is the premiere auction place as far as fetching prices...well, how 'bout:

ASM:

#31 9.8 $21,961

#50 9.8 $32,500

#61 9.8 $6,900

#100 9.8 $3,103

#122 9.8 $5,050

#129 9.8 $8,601

#135 9.8 $3,433

But here's one of the most (if not the most) bizarre juxtapositions:

#68:

9.6 $552

9.4 $1,355

Sweet lot, Fishbone--reel 'em in!

Speaking of lots, I wonder if a ComicLink focused auction has ever had this many ASMs in 9.8 (17 in all and they're all up for grabs until later tonight):

#31

#50!!

#61

#64

#69

#97

#100

#107

#122!!

#125

#126

#128

#129!!

#133

#135

#151

#182

Man, if I could only have one. :frown: By chance, anyone bidding on any of them?