ChiSoxFan

The PL list carries a lot of weight with a number of people here, and for good reason. I try to remember to check it whenever I buy or sell (I usually put PL members or anyone on my "personal list" on ignore to keep anyone from falling through the cracks). If he doesn't complete the deal or does so but with a lot of foot-dragging and excuse-making, the issue won't linger as long as a blatant theft might, but it'll still be that scarlet letter(s) that will keep a number of people from doing business with him in the future. There's people who were on the PL list who worked their way off (and none with the blatant worst offenses that can be found in some of the HOS inductions) who I still wouldn't deal with today, because I don't want to take a chance of a problem occurring -- so from my own experience, people can have long memories.

It never ceases to amaze me how, as someone already pointed out earlier, some people take their reputation and toss it onto the fire for whatever reason. Once that's gone, you can almost never get it back. I've always maintained that, for everyone commenting in here, there's dozens of people who aren't, but who silently update their lists of who they won't deal with. The damage one's actions can do to one's ability to buy or sell can't be underestimated, yet people do it anyway (someone could ask GOODNEWSCOMICS about that, if he hadn't been banned). As always, this clip from Fargo seems to sum it up.

I suppose that's true, in the sense that no one is likely going to compel you to honor the deal, but it doesn't seem like the recipe for a successful marketplace. There are a lot of people who go to a lot of trouble (myself included) to run sales threads. If a decent percentage of people start backing out of purchases because they decided to "just change their mind" sellers will take their wares elsewhere. This forum works as well as it does because people, for the most part, do what they say they will do. Take that away and all we have left is eBay will no fees and less security. Doesn't sound too great to me. Dead on, Andy.

Not free and clear. Not without penalty. Not with your earnest money. And probably not without a suit for reliance damages given what real estate contracts entail once due diligence, inspection and review periods expire. Because that person you're buying from is probably buying another place and the months of time lost to you (culminating in a walk out) kept them from finding another buyer. It also is going to stop them from closing on their new home. They've hired movers, and painters, and registered their kids in a new school, canceled the utilities, changed their mailing address, etc etc etc. All those dominoes fall as a result of your action of walking out on a firm contract. We can look at this a different way, for example, a Doctors office. I make an appointment. The time comes for the appointment. But I changed my mind the day of the appointment. I call and cancel a couple hours before the appointment. The Doctor has provided no service yet. However, the Doctor has a 72 required cancellation window that I blew off...and there's a penalty attached. I shouldn't be required to pay that penalty, right? I mean, I didn't get any medical care. The Doc didn't do anything for me. I just changed my mind. FREEDOM!!!!! As someone who once sold real estate for a dozen years, I can say comix4fun nailed it 100%. Doc Joe, you could have easily walked away from the closing table that day, but you would have ended up forfeiting whatever deposit you made on the house, which on a seven figure property would have been quite the hefty hit to anyone's wallet. And someone who was determined and who had the time, money, and ability to do so could have gone after you for more than that. If you didn't know that at the time, then your real estate agent either should have explained it to you better, or you should have listened to them better.

I have to wonder if it's actually another FS thread. It's the old self kudos. Not a bad idea, I haven't received any kudos lately On an update from a different front, the self kudos thread (for what was likely a phantom sale) has apparently gone poof, as I don't see it anymore.

I have to wonder if it's actually another FS thread. Between this guy and the train wreck that's GOODNEWSCOMICS, I'm not sure which one to watch dig themselves into a hole. Why was that locked? Child rape references made by GOODNEWSCOMICS,quite disturbing. (Aimed at Kav) Well then... that's messed up on multiple levels. And he repeated them multiple times -- as soon as the mods deleted one, he'd ignore it and post them again. One hopes he has a lengthy vacation coming to him. Watching him try to justify his shilling was somewhat entertaining for a while, but he's contributed nothing here but a reminder of how some people react terribly when their hand gets caught in the cookie jar.

I have to wonder if it's actually another FS thread. Between this guy and the train wreck that's GOODNEWSCOMICS, I'm not sure which one to watch dig themselves into a hole.

Re: the thread with the HOS 92, the "seller" has apparently started a kudos thread for himself for "selling" the book locally.

FWIW, I actually liked BVS more than I thought I would, and Affleck's portrayal of a weary, jaded Dark Knight was one of the reasons. I think the Batman solo film is going to be good, and while I'm not 100% sold on Deathstroke as the bad guy -- I don't see his as a Batman rogue, but with all of the main Batman bad guys having been done already (though some of them were done badly) -- it might be a good change to see something different.

You're an embarrassment. You've provided nothing to this board since you arrived, and the sooner you're kicked off of here, the better. Anyone who posts garbage like this has issues that go beyond anything I can imagine. I have no emotional baggage, and I rarely interject myself into the disputes that go on around here, but saying something like you did is reprehensible -- and on Christmas, no less -- and says way more about you as a human being than I ever could.

You'd like board members to be open minded about things like theft, fraud, and implying other board members are pedophiles, as you've done twice in the thread that got locked? You're probably not going to find what you're looking for here if that's the case. I'd suggest prison instead. Once the mod in charge of handing out strikes comes on you'll hopefully get a vacation for your awful comments in the other thread.

There are a few -- only a few -- sellers here who I'll jump on a book immediately if they post something I'm looking for, because I know from previous buying experiences with them that their grading is tight and their prices are low. That said, I've seen some 's thrown out so fast on some things that I've had to shake my head. There have definitely been cases where I'm content to wait on a book rather than rush to claim one only to make sure I get it. Unless it's an incredibly rare book, there will always be another copy down the road. But that's me. Other people's mileage may vary.

Just to repeat what everyone else has said. Robert grades tightly, has great deals, and he threw some freebies in my order that were better than anything I could have asked for. One of the best sellers here, without question.

As far as I know, the only difference is that the buyer, when invoiced through PayPal, gets interest free for a period of time (6 months I believe?) when using a PayPal credit line for purchases over $99. When I had a seller invoice me that way for the 1st time (I hadn't requested it, so it was new to me), I got an email afterward explaining that I had that grace period as part of the purchase when I used mine. If there's something else affecting a seller, I'm not aware of it. I've had a couple of buyers request I send them an invoice, and I've never seen anything different on my end.