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Strike two Turtle, this (combined with grebal's first response) does answer your question. Why do some sellers here choose a return policy that is not as "good" as the standard eBay return policy? BECAUSE THEY CAN. I'm not saying "because they can" in the sense that some sellers here are taking advantage of something...it's not like that at all. What I mean by "because they can" has been alluded to by other posters: one of the beauties of selling books here on the boards is that, as a seller, I can choose to sell books how I see fit (subject to a basic bare minimum rules structure). This includes holding BUYERS to a higher standard than I'm able to on eBay. Another beauty of the system is that if you as a buyer don't want to be held to that standard, you don't have to buy my book. (for this discussion, I'm using "I", "you", "my", "your", etc., in the royal sense, of course...) That is, if I want to use a "no return" policy, I'm holding buyers to the following standard: don't buy my book unless you are sure you want it, and you aren't going to be able to return it to me for any -and-bull reason that you want to, like you could on eBay. I love that there is the ability here to hold buyers to a higher standard...especially since we're not all comic dealers...I'm just an average Joe who wants to sell books I no longer collect to other collectors and then move on with my life. (while saying this, note that I offer a return policy for both raw and slabbed books when I have sales threads here...but that's my choice, and that's beside the point for purposes of this philosophical discussion) Have you ever hosted a garage sale? If so, do you offer your buyers a return policy? Like...if I come to your garage sale and buy your used pair of sneakers for $10, will you give me a money-back return policy? If not, WHY? Why would you choose to have an inferior return policy on something you're selling relative to some eBay seller who is selling used shoes with a 14-day return policy? Ed, per the norm your comment is logical and well-thought out. I think the disconnect for many of us on this is that the massive marketplace that this place has become is built on the infrastructure of a small community of like-minded collectors. Not a massive consumer platform like EBay. For many of us, there have been more and more rules added, and the marketplace has become less and less friendly, and more and more mercenary. Now, I am neither waxing nostalgic nor longing for the halcyon days of the past, but what I am saying is a reality for many of us. Case point, as it relates to Adam (Turtle) - I would send him a book before he paid, let him return anything, work any type of time payment that he wanted. I know him, and we have spent time together. So to sum up, from a commercial standpoint, you are exactly right. Why not hold buyers to the highest standard possible? That is the way that business works. But scratch under the surface of the massive commercial marketplace this place has become, and you will find a lot of guys who have shed the same comic blood in the same comic mud, to borrow a war movie analogy.

Watched the first two episodes last night. I like it. One of the things that doesn't resonate with me is the "reluctant hero" theme that permeated JJ and now LC. I think part of the reason that it seems slow to hardcore comics fans is that we know the backstory. We don't need any set-up; we need less characterization, because we already "know" the characters. They spend a lot of time "world-building," and it feels slow moving. I don't get the bashing on the acting or the writing. Looking forward to getting further in!

When compared to ebay, I also hold the buyers here to a higher standard when selling here. That expectation isn't just on the seller. Like you mentioned, when I sell here I think the chance is slim that someone will initiate a return on a book due to the waviness of the label or any other random small issue that is a non-issue to those who spend time around slabs. I expect the base knowledge of CGC slabs to be higher among buyers here than buyers on ebay. If anything, this would make me MORE prone to list a reasonable return policy. I'm sure sellers on ebay would LOVE to just say "no returns" and not have to deal with uninformed buyers, but ebay won't allow that. Why then, when given a choice to be better and when working with a more informed buying pool, would a good seller state "no returns" here? Like you said, returns on damaged slabs will be accepted and considered in the event of a disagreement with the assigned grade. So why not state something to that effect instead of "no returns". Laziness? When the return policy became mandatory, i toyed with the idea of having a no-return policy. The reason was simplicity, finality, and yes, laziness. After I thought about it, I went the other way and formalized a no questions asked any-time return policy. It is just as simple. I have sold a lot of books on here, and I don't think I have never had one returned.

Let's get ChrisinBaltimore in here!

This would have had to have been a period piece, set 40 years ago, for those words to not come off as pure camp. It would have also been fun to see them make Cage like Joe in Idiocracy. Wake him up Cage after 40 years in cryo-sleep and he could be all "Hey, Momma, You're So Fine" and "Honky" and "Jive Turkey". It would have made a great fish-out-of-water sitcom. Black Dynamite did it about as well as it could be done.

You should update your sig line to say "To buy a million dollar comic - and sell it for $585,000.00."

Those are cool, but the amount of time saved is negligible, and they are "one size fits all." I have cut hundreds of window bags for hundreds of different books, and what is sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander. Give me painters tape and a sharp Ex-Acto, and I can be almost as fast, but with the ability to custom-cut my openings.

No, not everyone, not even close. That assumption will prevent you from succeeding. Yeah. That's what it is. It's that assumption.

Rich Henn has tried very hard to get her scheduled for SS to no avail.

Quadrant #1 was on my very first handwritten master wantlist of books. I had never seen it, but I wanted it because I loved Hsu so much from the Adventurers. I never saw a copy of it until the Internet age. I meandered away from my master #1 list, but that book is still just an amazing time capsule of awesome.

Cage had a completely schizo rogue's galley. Some very cool villains (Chemistro, Stilletto,) some silly ones like Lionfang and Mr. Fish, and a bunch of forgettable, mostly stereotyped "ghetto rogues."

Agreed. It will be hard to match the emotional intensity that the first movie had. We rooted for John because he had changed his life and he was wronged. If they can't figure out how to re-capture that animus, it becomes nothing more than a hitman movie.

This whole thread should get moved in to the "Out of Context" thread . . .

Tons of BS going on in the marketplace these days. See stuff that I would expect from barkers not fellow forum members. via Imgflip Meme Generator

I always rebag, for the reason you stated (not catching a book on a Mylar window) , and also so I can re-use the window bags. Those two together make it an easy decision to take the time and rebag.

Wouldn't they first see if he is a popular guest appearance guy in flash/green arrow/supergirl first? This is a pretty obscure character. Heck, when he was in the Superfriends in the late 70s they weren't even allowed to use his name for some reason and called him Black Vulcan. I wouldnt call Black Lightning obscure more than I would, say, Wonder Twins.. And look at how much their first appearance is going for. TV show or not, this character is well known among people my age, I loved BL as a kid, more than I did Black Panther or Luke Cage, which I think were the only 3 major black characters on the DC/Marvel universe... Even Falcon didnt have his own title in the 70s. Why did Black Lightning not receive as much attention is beyond me My introduction to comics was through a science fiction/comic store where I used to get my Doctor Who stuff back in the '80s. I ended up getting a bunch of free comics at one of their trivia contests (when I got a free book for each of the Doctor Who companions I could name, and I knew them all), so I decided to sample some other books. One of my first purchases was the first 7 issues of the Baxter Outsiders series. It became my favorite series, so the Outsiders (including Black Lightning) were some of my favorite characters and will always hold a special place in my comic memories. I wish I could have met Mike W. Barr and/or Jim Aparo before either of them passed away. It would have been great to have signed copies of my original books. Mike Barr is still alive. I met him at the Gem City Con a couple of years ago. Super nice guy.

Yeah, but he is getting some type of government subsidy payments. If I were Canadian, I would be pissed. If I got money every month for doing nothing, I would probably kick it in someone's basement, too.

Those are fantastic!!

*You are ignoring this jerk*

I don't have any info either way, but I think trying to go young is a decent way to separate this movie from the rest of the MCU, another genre within the comic genre. GOG was space comedy, CA2 was spy thriller, Ant-Man was thief, Hulk was boring, CA was era piece, etc. Spiderman can be the 'teen movie' I think the diversity, while some of it might feel forced to some people, could be construed as more of a modernization to reflect modern times, or be as simple as the best actors winning auditions. Or just a director or studio saying "I want this actor/actress" without ever giving a reason. We can read things into it all day long, but in the end most people just care about whether or not it's a good movie, which generally is not dependent on the superficial changes. The whole argument is nuts. If Shakespeare's works can be cast in Outer Space ("Forbidden Planet/The Tempest"), with all Japanese characters ("Ran/King Lear") or changing the sex of the main character ("Il Bisbetico Domato/Taming of the Shrew") is there really an issue with movies based upon throwaway children's pamphlets? Is there to be no artistic license? Is there to be no way to modernize pre-civil rights era stories for an era over 50 years later? Are shots of Queens with all white people even more fantasy-based than spider-bite-induced superpowers? Should the Spidey movies all have to be shot with 1962 era vehicles, clothes and lingo? Should Petey have wheatcakes with Uncle Ben in the morning? Get over yourselves comic book fans. This is not high literature. And high literature has been mauled by Hollywood (and elsewhere) for years. Comics are not sacrosanct. Quite frankly, they are decades old storyboards.

The buyer got stiffed on that. If those were legit. That was a five figure screwing.

That's how I do it. Because I put tons of people on ignore as a result of the show that the Modern area became circa 2013. And also there are other people that I have on Ignore who are completely trustworthy when it comes to transactions. I've never had anyone avail themselves of it, but I always put it in the sales threads.

Very sorry about all this, Doug.

Beats me.

I thought it was my choice. Or is this a debate? Or are you the boss of me? Please let me know so I can decide which place to tell you to go. You can stick your eyeroll up your fundament.