Beau

I won that fiddle from you fair & square back in 1979. Times are tough though, and I mailed it in to "cashforgold.com" last month. I managed to capture a recreation of our battle on video, though...

Fair enough. Fair enough, again. Many people don't think that encapsulating books by CGC is good for the hobby. I don't agree, but you're welcome to your opinion. Got it, you're old school, and aren't going for "the CGC game". I think it kind of does matter, at this point. For someone who decries others for 'being caught up in the CGC game', you seem to use their encapsulation services quite a lot. Why the need for anonymity? Apologies to RMA for using his post-dissecting technique.

Usually it's poor form to engage in schadenfreude, but I gotta say I'm cackling with glee over here. CACKLING, I TELL YOU!

Oh, good lord. If ever there was a sign he still reads these forums, it's in the image he uses as his profile pic on Ebay. Some time in 2009, I started putting this image in every Robojo thread for giggles: I don't know how long he's had it as his avatar on Ebay, but it's definitely a case of him thumbing his nose at these forums.

Forgot to address this. As for his new habit of posting CGC'd books and declaring resto on some of his raws, he hopes to fool buyers who know his rep into thinking he's turned over a new leaf. Don't fall for it. He sprinkles his auctions these days with slabs and disclosed restored books like a hateful Johnny Appleseed, in hopes that people will think that his other books are indeed pristine, since he's being honest about a couple of them. Don't believe the hype. When he finally starts scanning books and makes his FB public, I might consider the thought that he's going legit...but I'd still never give him a dime.

You really should, there's a lot of good info there, including what I'm about to tell you so you don't have to search for it. At the bottom of the yellow-highlighted box, in the 'fine print', is this disclaimer: "There is a 7-day approval period from the time you receive your item to request a refund." Now, I don't know about you, but I sure can't get a comic sent to, graded by, and returned to me by CGC within seven days. As a matter of fact, you'd be hard-pressed to get a book graded and returned before the time limit for placing a Paypal claim runs out, especially these days. This is what he counts on. The only way you'll get a book CGC graded within that window is if you have the book graded on-site at a con. How many of his customers do you think actually do that? Not many, and this is why when someone does get a book graded as restored in time for a paypal claim, he's more than happy to refund the money. It's probably less than one percent of his auctions that he gets caught, and has to do a refund. For all the rest, he's laughing all the way to the bank.

Tight grader, and books were sent in excellent packaging...A+++. Wait, what? This isn't Ebay? I can ramble along as much as I want? Awesome! Well, maybe not so much. I thought I had more to say, but I've already made it known I was more than satisfied with the books he sold me. Drat. I was all ready to regale you all with the "Chinchilla Story", as it's become known around campfires. Maybe next time.

Packages his books double-boxed and 'bomb-proof'. Not only was the slab double boxed, it was also sandwiched in cardboard and bubble wrap. He shipped out the book the same day I paid, and charged exact shipping and not a penny more. All around great transaction and pleasant to deal with!

After getting scammed on Ebay, I Googled the guy and it led me here.

And the fact that it has been discussed previously has been mentioned in a post prior to yours, in this very thread. It's like rain on your wedding day.

Patience is a virue.

*condescension Condensation is the process of water vapor becoming a liquid. That's like a double whammy, being condescending towards someone who misspelled 'condescension'.

Great gum but it only lasted like 2 minutes... There's a dirty joke in there somewhere, but I'm just not on form tonight. The joke requires taking out dentures...

Steve is one of the rock stars of this forum, who gets extra props from me because he's also a horror fan. I've only gotten one package from him, but it was packed superbly. I only hate him a little bit because he's always getting paid to go golfing with clients during business hours. Just a little bit.

The fact that you had a successful sale with someone else for that book doesn't negate the fact that that CS didn't follow through on his end of the deal. I understand where you're coming from, but you had to wait 30 days to relist the book. What if you'd needed the money for some emergency? You were left swinging in the breeze for a month, and by the rules of the selling forum, couldn't relist until 30 days had passed.

This is just pure win: Eerily prophetic! also, how did he find out where I keep my 9.6 SA books? I need better curtains...

Nothing, I was escorted off the property. DRX At least she didn't try to feed you to the Rancor. You should have known your Jedi mind tricks wouldn't work on her!

I actually really liked that. I know jack about poetry, but that reads very well, and I could picture the scene you were painting with your words. I also liked the term 'urban lullaby'.

It's like a forum Roomba!

Both the band name and the song title are appropriate.

Tweenies? There's almost a decade's age difference between BL and CapFreak. BL can legally buy alcohol, Connor didn't even have a driver's license.

Oh lordy.