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InvstmntComcSuply
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Ive never been CAKedHe hit a $115 Buy it Now of mine for Mylars on ebay
Never paid
Never responded there or via PM here (although it was read)
At least I can say that none of my Mylars were harmed during his "sheathing" process
Someone told me to take a look across the street where CAK had a couple 500 word posts "justifying" his failure to follow through on his Buy it Now purchase of this 500-MYLAR-2-mil-Mylites2-standard-Bronze-Silver-bags-Case-FREE-PRIORITY
In those posts, he claimed that the Free shipping was actually for UPS Ground and then later snail mail, with an option for Priority. My individual 500 M2 comic bag listings have always shipped USPS Priority Mail. In fact, I have never even offered any other shipping method for 500 comic sized M2s as it is not cost effective for me. Of course, all of the shipping information was provided to him in the listing, prior to his commitment to purchase.
As an aside, I have never used Standard, Parcel Post or Media mail for any comic supply shipment and I only recently started listing UPS Ground on a few items.
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Hi everyone. I was hoping you could please help me.
I hope this is the right place to bring the issue about a buyer who has not yet paid after promising me since he put a claim on the books for $106.
the seller CopperAgeKids put a claim on a couple of books on 11/24/16 and few days later re negotiated with me on more books.
See attached screen grab of his message:
I have pm'd him a few days ago and never heard back. i have pm'd him today too and still have not heard back.
He claims he bought a set of comics, but his obligation should be to me with his claim to comics.
Any suggestions please?
This wannabe dealer did the same thing to me on a Captain Marvel #17 2nd Print that I sold on this forum a few months ago.
Through PM he asked if I would take $225.00 and to let him know if that is acceptable and he would pay right away.
I responded back that I would accept the deal and asked for his PayPal info, he read the PM and then just walked away.
I didn't make a big deal about it as I didn't like him from his posts and reputation on this forum and it sold to another client.
It looks like this is habitual with this dork.
These types don't last long in the business.
He hit a $115 Buy it Now of mine for Mylars on ebay
Never paid
Never responded there or via PM here (although it was read)
At least I can say that none of my Mylars were harmed during his "sheathing" process
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Woody
I joined the boards for serious discussions on comics not this kind of thing. I'm logging off.
Aren't you being a little heavy-handed when you bark at us like that?
I wonder if he's holding a palm tree?
No, it's a weeping willow.
Because he was being "knotty"?
Yes, so much so that he said to 'leave it out' or he'd call the copse.
Bugger, that should've been 'leaf it out'. One out of two ain't bad I suppose.
No worries, 75% of us just thought you were a bad speller anyway
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And, once more: the media mail regulation had in mind the initial distribution of periodicals from publishers (that is, Second Class mail), NOT the back issue exchange of those items after the fact.
Media mail had nothing to do with periodicals, as reduced rates for periodicals had been around for decades before Media Mail was introduced. Media Mail was originally "book rate" and later expanded to other media: audio, video, etc.
The back issue exchange of periodicals after the fact, has always been subject to standard (non-reduced rate) mail rates.
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Expired eh?
Yes. Expired as soon as its replacement came out, regardless of the continued existence of the product, as stated many, many times before.
Not difficult.
Your concept that ads are valid or invalid would require USPS personnel to spend countless man hours making often difficult and time consuming judgment calls. There is nothing simple, as you claim, about it.It is far simpler to enforce the rule as written. An advertisement is an advertisement, regardless of publication date.
And your contention that it would "require USPS personnel to spend countless..." etc, isn't the case at all. All they need to do is update the DMM. That's it. And, if they refuse, as they have refused for years (it's obviously an issue that has been brought to their attention), then it's still very simple: you take the customer's word for it, and handle disagreements on a case by case basis. Will some people take advantage? Of course...but that's what they're doing now. There will always be some people who take advantage.
And, once more: the media mail regulation had in mind the initial distribution of periodicals from publishers (that is, Second Class mail), NOT the back issue exchange of those items after the fact.
As for "countless man hours making judgment calls"...how do you think the crackdown on mm happened at all? Countless man hours devoted to opening up packages, and finding auto parts, clothing, food, etc. How do you think it came about that comic books do NOT qualify, according to the interpretation of some? Right...countless man hours devoted to checking. But it need not be difficult at all.
The DMM could easily be updated...easily...to say "anything newer than 6 months (or whatever) is exempt." Problem still solved. But, they don't, even though they know it's an issue (because it's been directly addressed by someone at some administrative level.)
Ever wonder why that is....?
No, I don't wonder at all.
Because the rule as stated is far easier to implement than one that says "new advertisements are verboten but old advertisements are ok".
It need not be difficult. Do you think all this hubbub over the last however many years has resulted in easier implementation? How many countless man hours have been devoted to dealing with this issue, regardless of the outcome?
The rule that isn't consistently applied, not because of corruption or graft, but because of a lack of clarity, isn't an effective rule.
The rule is crystal clear. It is not consistently applied due to the bureaucratic nature of the USPS.
You keep implying that since the DMM has not been updated to address your specific argument, that your position is correct. Do you want them to update it for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and any other similar products with ads. Why? It is simple now. Anything with ads does not qualify.
Yet, you think by clarifying the DMM position on advertisements to "anything newer than 6 months (or whatever) is exempt." would be less cumbersome to implement? The amount of turmoil that that would cause is specifically why they don't care how old the ad is.
It doesn't matter, because it's not necessary. Once the ad is expired, it's no longer an advertisement, paid or not.
Who said?
Common sense, and ad companies.
Common Sense says an advertisement is an advertisement regardless of the age.
Ad companies will tell you that the best ads are timeless.
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Expired eh?
Yes. Expired as soon as its replacement came out, regardless of the continued existence of the product, as stated many, many times before.
Not difficult.
Your concept that ads are valid or invalid would require USPS personnel to spend countless man hours making often difficult and time consuming judgment calls. There is nothing simple, as you claim, about it.It is far simpler to enforce the rule as written. An advertisement is an advertisement, regardless of publication date.
And your contention that it would "require USPS personnel to spend countless..." etc, isn't the case at all. All they need to do is update the DMM. That's it. And, if they refuse, as they have refused for years (it's obviously an issue that has been brought to their attention), then it's still very simple: you take the customer's word for it, and handle disagreements on a case by case basis. Will some people take advantage? Of course...but that's what they're doing now. There will always be some people who take advantage.
And, once more: the media mail regulation had in mind the initial distribution of periodicals from publishers (that is, Second Class mail), NOT the back issue exchange of those items after the fact.
As for "countless man hours making judgment calls"...how do you think the crackdown on mm happened at all? Countless man hours devoted to opening up packages, and finding auto parts, clothing, food, etc. How do you think it came about that comic books do NOT qualify, according to the interpretation of some? Right...countless man hours devoted to checking. But it need not be difficult at all.
The DMM could easily be updated...easily...to say "anything newer than 6 months (or whatever) is exempt." Problem still solved. But, they don't, even though they know it's an issue (because it's been directly addressed by someone at some administrative level.)
Ever wonder why that is....?
No, I don't wonder at all.
Because the rule as stated is far easier to implement than one that says "new advertisements are verboten but old advertisements are ok".
I think you are misunderstanding what I am stating would take countless man hours, which would be the determination of new vs old advertisements. Which is clearly unnecessary as the rule is written as: any book with advertising does not qualify for media mail.
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I just think there should be some consistent regulations.
There are:
Only these items may be mailed at the Media Mail prices:a) Books, of at least eight printed pages, consisting wholly of reading matter and containing no advertising matter
I omitted all the stuff that doesn't apply, which is a lot.
But this is the first first sentence (a) of a large list covering anything and everything that qualifies for media mail.
The regulations are absolute. What is inconsistent is enforcement.
You are dealing with human beings. We are easily swayed.
Correct. And the vast majority of comic books consist of at least eight pages, and contain no advertising matter.
Those pages that WERE ads in, say, X-Men #94, are no longer ads. Being no longer ads, they are now reference material, that is, reading material.
If the material that was formerly advertising is now expired, it is no longer advertising, and thus qualifies under these rules. It's really quite simple.
If you're going to use the USPS' arguments, it's perfectly suitable to use those arguments against them. Funny how the regulations aren't as absolute as some might claim...
The word in the DMM is "advertisement". It is further clarified with:
Advertising includes paid advertising ....There is no clarification of "current, valid, recent, etc. (although we have had this argument before, eg: When is a 40 year old coke ad expired?) Regardless, one does not get to parse words, when their MM package arrives postage due at the Priority Mail rate.
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It doesn't matter, because it's not necessary. Once the ad is expired, it's no longer an advertisement, paid or not.
Who said?
Note you are still calling these ads. Just with a qualifier of "expired". No qualifiers are used by the USPS, because they are not necessary. An old ad is still an ad.
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I asked specifically about comics WITHOUT ads and was told-as you can see in USPS response- that any comic, regardless of presence of paid advertisements is not media mail because they are serialized. However, again in cases of one-shots without ads- they aren't allowed either.
They are simply incorrect.
The DMM is the gospel.
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Expired eh?
Your concept that ads are valid or invalid would require USPS personnel to spend countless man hours making often difficult and time consuming judgment calls. There is nothing simple, as you claim, about it.
It is far simpler to enforce the rule as written. An advertisement is an advertisement, regardless of publication date.
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I just think there should be some consistent regulations.
There are:
Only these items may be mailed at the Media Mail prices:a) Books, of at least eight printed pages, consisting wholly of reading matter and containing no advertising matter
I omitted all the stuff that doesn't apply, which is a lot.
But this is the first first sentence (a) of a large list covering anything and everything that qualifies for media mail.
The regulations are absolute. What is inconsistent is enforcement.
You are dealing with human beings. We are easily swayed.
Correct. And the vast majority of comic books consist of at least eight pages, and contain no advertising matter.
Those pages that WERE ads in, say, X-Men #94, are no longer ads. Being no longer ads, they are now reference material, that is, reading material.
If the material that was formerly advertising is now expired, it is no longer advertising, and thus qualifies under these rules. It's really quite simple.
If you're going to use the USPS' arguments, it's perfectly suitable to use those arguments against them. Funny how the regulations aren't as absolute as some might claim...
The word in the DMM is "advertisement". It is further clarified with:
Advertising includes paid advertising ....There is no clarification of "current, valid, recent, etc. (although we have had this argument before, eg: When is a 40 year old coke ad expired?) Regardless, one does not get to parse words, when their MM package arrives postage due at the Priority Mail rate.
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I just think there should be some consistent regulations.
There are:
Only these items may be mailed at the Media Mail prices:a) Books, of at least eight printed pages, consisting wholly of reading matter and containing no advertising matter
I omitted all the stuff that doesn't apply, which is a lot.
But this is the first first sentence (a) of a large list covering anything and everything that qualifies for media mail.
The regulations are absolute. What is inconsistent is enforcement.
You are dealing with human beings. We are easily swayed.
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A prettier Frazetta no doubt.
Creepy 9 is actually one of my favorite Warren covers outside of Vampirella
Just something about it.
Dead ringer for Frazetta too.
Sweet Frazetta Creepy 9.
borrowed from comicbookbrain.com
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I would have done something like this:
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They say they've graded more books than I would have thought.
As of 9/7/16 at 9:44pm CT, a total of 133 books have been graded.
I assume it's his own stock just to get the ball rolling.
I can't believe you didn't do this
Silveracre EGC Listings at 105
Slacking blowie
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Can you try to print another label from the transaction details page in ebay as if you were shipping to him again? If so, and under his address it say "Eligible for Seller Protection", you are definitely covered.
I never pay attention to that note, because I always thought if it was NOT there a popup came up about being sure to protect oneself, blah, blah blah.
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What happened, Buzz? The guy bail somehow?
I accidentally deleted it when I was writing while on hold... I updated it.
DO NOT ship any items to:
Pavel Borisov
600 Markley St # 063333
Port Reading, NJ 07064-1813
United States
Buyer bought a lego set this morning in the amount of $50 using the account of:
lunaxxxchik
Their feedback was (92)
eBay notified me that the buyer account was fraudulently used and that I should not ship the item.
eBay notified me after the Post Office was closed and with priority shipping the item has a transit time of one day. It will be at its destination by the time I am able to contact USPS tomorrow.
This is the problem with shipping fast.
eBay was useless and is having me call a post office in New Jersey.
New Jersey Post Offices are closed.
When I asked what is the next course of action, because it will be in the buyer's hands by tomorrow, I was told that it is the cost of doing business.
With that said... I am now open to doing offline eBay sales.
Buzz,
You shipped to the address ebay provided?
You should be covered, correct?
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Breathtaking.
Truly a special collection.
Never break it up.
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I always felt there was so much bang for the buck when I was working on this set. Spectacular painted covers.
Congrats!
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The Vamp #5 is one of my favorite Frazetta covers. Congratulations someone. Jealous
It would be interesting to correlate prices/blue label census #s/SS census #s
The Blue foil was RMA's
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maybe 7-8 years ago, some on the boards will recall I had 2 boxes of detective comics stolen while in UPS high value care ...I didn't properly insure...I lost a ton of money (legal actions were persued, but ultimately failed for a myriad of reasons)
the ultimate ending, was that the burden of value was on me, and because I hadn't insured for my ex post facto stated (and easily proven) value, I was responsible for the loss, even though UPS investigators were able to determine the boxes had, indeed, been stolen by an employee, while in their care...
will continue to hope for a positive resolution in this case, but ultimately, this thread can serve a good lesson to all to properly (and FULLY) insure collectibles...especially in today's environment
I'm sooo sorry to hear this happened to you. I can't imagine the emotional roller coaster you must have went through. Is it safe to say that you still scour the marketplace for these stolen gems 'till this day? I know for one, that would have questioned my faith in humanity. A very sad story indeed
they were discovered a year later, but because UPS had paid some insurance on them, they technically owned them and wouldn't proceed with trying to reclaim , so they were sold to whomever
I would have thought that they would offer them to you at the insured value as recompense.
If it comes to it, could the OP refuse a $100 insurance reimbursement and retain ownership of the page?
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What I don't understand is, legally, how can FedEx ever stop searching for the package if there's evidence of it entering their facility and zero evidence of it ever leaving?
By reimbursing you the $100 it was insured. Done deal as far as they are concerned.
You are really barking up the wrong tree and should be focusing your efforts in a more positive direction, especially when dealing directly with fedex. You want them to help: think outside of the box, search the damaged parcel section, rescan all the "stale" packages, check the previous location, re-check the destination location, call "bob" and see if he has seen it, etc.
By approaching them negatively you are going to get the minimum amount of effort from them. Which at this point is probably going to be nothing more than they have already done.
The good news is that there is still a good chance that it shows up.
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As soon as I saw this, it was on! But alas, it was the only one I could find...
I have never seen anything like this in the wild or at shops for that matter. I imagine there is less of it in the South than other areas. The over the top nature of some of the men's magazines through the 60's is astounding.
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Only bought 1 Transformer.
Patrick
I'm not familiar with Patrick the Transformer, what does he turn into?
My point was to illustrate that there are as many failures as there are successes.
I failed to previously mention that I drove a LONG way for pretty much nothing.
That's the way the cookie crumbles.
Patrick
But you still got the Patrick transformer, right?
General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean
in Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area
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Dang, 25 new posts!
I thought at least there would be arguments about whether or not when you throw CAK against the wall, it sticks