phretbored

On 4/14/2024 at 2:04 PM, phretbored said:

 

One day... this thread's gonna end.

the reason I poasted this and the reason I think it fits is because Kilgore says that line with regret

he's in his element and is expressing disappointment

i am still  hopeful all possible books that can be returned actually get returned

and  am still hopeful people who are out funds get the funds back but that is a tougher hill to climb

One day... this thread's gonna end.

humor/humour is a necessity

sometimes that's all we have

speaking of Canadians...

WOLVERINE turns 50 yrs old this year yeah? 

the character I mean

in the stories he's much older I don't remember his age but with the fuster that Marvel is just pick a number !

damn as much as Mike has been able to fix some issues there is still a bad side here at the end of the day per Sauce Dog's comments

i feel bad for those victims

use any and all tools and resources available to get some kind of resolution

that sounds like wytchkraft !

On 2/4/2024 at 7:42 PM, Roadhawk84 said:

Glad I checked back in on this thread. Just found out my book is on his ebay "sold" listings...

that link just goes to the main Ebay home for me

I was about to poast that this thread got stale but now I see some new activity!

Roadhawk84 I am really sorry to see that you got caught up in this situation.

That's a tougher spot to be in if your book is showing up as sold but at least there is a trail to follow.

How did you find out about this thread?

There have to be some others out there who might not be aware is my guess.

If you are a long term customer of that bank or company and your credit rating is strong that can also yield a better outcome.

Also having multiple accounts with the same bank or company factors in.

They do like low risk long term customers.

I also expected there would be a shorter time frame to take action on a claim...but if they are rolling with it then no reason to stop the process.

It's time to review my terms and conditions to know better these things.

I have to also say the credit companies may like low risk long term customers...but  they really love customers who might be higher risk and carry a balance long term and get dinged with late fees and etc

Those are the "good" customers. 🤩

On 1/20/2024 at 8:09 AM, CJ Design said:

Yes, The Blue name is gone...now Geekbay_since_2003

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?item=256365494993&rt=nc&_ssn=geekbay_since_2003&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

when i click that link and view the sold listings are these all books that belong to victims?  is there any way of knowing what books if any at all that Mike had as a personal collection?

On 1/18/2024 at 6:14 AM, Flake Tapper said:

Hi all:

I have some big books with Mike.  I am pursuing all legal remedies to resolve this situation.   

 

If you are in the same situation as me,  please send me a pm and join me.

Enough is enough. 

Thanks.

are you able to share anything more specific as to which books?  were they submitted for restoration or for cleaning and pressing?

For those who understand, No explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, No explanation is possible

On 1/16/2024 at 3:22 PM, JC25427N said:

Is the FBI involved yet?

Oh wait sorry wrong thread.....

 

the FBI is probably the people doing the CGC reholder scam

That bomb drop poast from KindaMistyish would not surprise me if it's 100% true.

Especially if Mike is an addict.

It starts with  "I have the answers to what you want to know (with proof)!" which to me looks like some time was spent reading thru the thread to have context.

Fraud, negligence, misappropriation of property, theft.

That's quite a collection.

I am not a lawyer so idk if these specific crimes were committed so I am only speculating.

He was working hard at not working on books though that does seem to be apparent.

Do we have a new total on how many people were victimized?

On 12/19/2023 at 1:56 PM, Sauce Dog said:

Spoke with contacts again today and got clarification from them regarding some of the important stuff:
 

• There is no hard evidence that any customer books have been sold yet, however due to the proximity of these contacts in Mike's life they strongly felt worried this is a very real possibility based on knowing him personally. They did mention there are several other comic stores / dealers in the Corvallis area, so those able to do so might want to check with those businesses (this is out of my hands).
• The large amount of contempt of court charges you were all curious about are not all related to this current incident, those are something else entirely different regarding past actions (so best not to jump to any conclusions about charges when we don't know which is which).
• Some customers have expressed that they are currently looking into legal action; I am not your point of contact for that - I just happen to be the one everyone seems to be reaching out to, so if you are looking for other fellow American's to go in on any sort of legal action or discussion please put out a call in the thread, or reach out to people via DM, and start your own discussion.

We need to find those stores and contact them see if Mike showed up with some books for sale.

Will that alone resolve this mess no I don't believe it will but doing nothing is not an option.

Maybe it yields more information maybe it yields books maybe it yields nothing worthwhile.

But I would rather try and get nothing than look back and wish I had tried.

On 12/22/2023 at 5:22 AM, KCOComics said:

Yes - and I apologize for saying we haven't seen evidence that he sold your books earlier in the thread. While we still haven't seen evidence of it, I don't think we can give him the benefit of the doubt on anything,  any longer. 

 

Another thought that's occurred to me,  opening a store doesn't just happen. It takes,  time,  commitment and money.  He had to move all that stuff,  price things,  set up payment systems and so on.   

How does he have the time,  energy and money to do that,  but he can't finish pressing and shipping books?

Forget pressing and finishing the work he was paid to do, why can't he simply find the time and money to ship people's books back? 

Unfortunately I'm beginning to fear the worst.  His health certainly doesn't seem to be holding him back.  If he can't ship the books back,  I can only conclude he no longer has them.

The whole situation really sucks.

I really want to know what happened one way or another as I am sure everyone here does.

wow there is some interesting new info in this thread

at this time idk for sure if Mike sold my books or any books but it can't be ruled out

after seeing the pics of this shop and of Mike and learning more about his situation sure i can see other possible reasons why books were not shipped back

but Mike never said books were relocated to a shop or gave any info that he doesn't have access to them or etc

he simply said they were on the way or said several times that he would ship them and he never did

this story has many twists and turns