dhurley

12 minutes ago, reddwarf666222 said:

Do you need a Snickers?

Why do you have a exclusive deal with them?

Yeah I was never able to get any cool books until stable practice started 

you hit the nail on the head 

If Chandler did a post like this back about 6 years ago the Thunderdome would of been going nuts .. but as i stated the community / family aspect of the program is no longer here 

 that's about right 

Just now, HighRadArea said:

This thread is on its way to getting locked...

why?

the video i posted is a facilitator @dscott who has about 6 tables set up for talent at the show in Dallas this weekend. SO he has his hand in both cookie jars ..taking your books and making money off the talent that sign your books.

#merica

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  take 10% off asking prices 

**Will listen to reasonable offers and will ship for free in lower 48 if you buy more then one slab**

man I missed a lot this weekend! 

I have seen facilitators who follow the rules at cons and bust their asses while others do not even break a sweat and just pull CAW strings from an artist's table in their stable ... I just hope SS program doesn't suffer from the lack of respect they show.  If I was a facilitator who made my livelihood off SS/Comics the combo of not following the rules / stable talent would drive me mad! 

@BeachBum is not a internet troll but he is a in-person troll... I ve seen it : 

This is not about customer service .. if you pay the price they will treat you well

this is about the SS community going from who can help who to who can lock up the most creators and charge the most money possible for a sketch/ and or sig.

12 hours ago, RattyLa said:

I have had the pleasure of getting items from Dre, toast, stevefrench, and rich in the past year when I just starred this hobby. I have never had a bad experience with these guys and even offered my standing in line getting stuff signed services to Rich for cons in Texas that I atttend.

Facilitators you mentioned here don't play the stable game .. these guys grind at each show or with one off private signings to get amazing books done for their customers. 

Love the profile pic and I Never heard of Walking Dead I'll google it 

Well you can't blame me for asking 

1 hour ago, Lego said:

Those Garfields are really cool. 

and they are for sale... i would be very surprise if Jim Davis signs at a show again 

Hey at least he didn't announce setting up a Ditko opp 

At least put up a profile pic 

First post and asking for $ and books to be sent

welcome! 

10 minutes ago, BeachBum said:

Sometimes there may be a legitimate need to pay the celebrity up front or make sure you have the cash on hand when payment becomes due but if someone is taking more than just a deposit on a large $$$ transaction you're pretty much giving that facilitator an interest free small business loan IMHO (and others).

In the case of my sales threads - when I sell something I pay for it first 99% of the time or have a deal in place before I even sell it. I don't invoice customers until after the show is over and all books have already been subbed to CGC. This way customers know what they are getting and know they will be getting a 9.8 in the mail whether it be blue or SS. I and many others have been doing this for years without customer issues. The cash grab as of late has led to many the headache in the marketplace where some were receiving less than promised.

another one of the good guys

6 minutes ago, Rich_Henn said:

I miss dhurley  

Get ready I will be at SDCC  

3 minutes ago, seanfingh said:

I'm just saying that we've all made good bread on books before, and it is not fair to paint with too broad of a brush.

 

 

I totally get that I guess when I break it down the community that once was here is no longer even 1/10th of what it was in the SS community. I strongly feel that "stabling of talent" has caused this 

1 minute ago, seanfingh said:

I'm not sure why "true cost" enters into it.  Do you research the "true cost" of a $50 steak or a $45,000 roadster?  These are luxury items, and it is either worth your discretionary spending dollars or it isn't.  I have paid anywhere between $175 and $350 on numerous occasions for books with free signatures. Why? Because I wanted it, and I wasn't able to get it done myself.  Did I get "bent over?"  No more so than the last time I went to Ruth's Chris.

shut up noob  

1 minute ago, Rich_Henn said:

You can't afford my bar tab  :

#fact 

p.s. this is one of the good guys 

23 minutes ago, Dwitkin82 said:

I will say having made some recent commitments to some large (IMO) celebrity books, that for those of who live in areas where these celebs never attend, or don't have the time, knowledge or information to coordinate it on our own, it is nice having someone you can trust to get a book done. Yes there is an expense for that, and in some cases that expense is not worth it, but if we want something bad enough and we don't have any other choices what else can we do? Yes paying double is ridiculous, and more often then not WE don't know the true cost so you have to just go with it...

Back before facilitators stabled talent you could ask around the boards for help and people where willing to help and get this........ for free or some extra paypal thrown in for a beer after the show -- I know crazy!!.

I know I dont offer help anymore because I would have to deal with certain facilitators I choose not to give business to. I work with a very select few who I consider friends and have hung out with after the show. 

I also understand these guys need to make money but some of the prices are out of this world compared to what the cost actually is ...some guys are successful with out the crazy amount of greed I see now a

days.

13 minutes ago, BeachBum said:

Personally, I think if you're the rep of an artist you shouldn't be the exclusive facilitator for the artist. Seems like a conflict of an interest. This was brought up by a major Facilitator recently and I tend to agree.

I agree 100% with this 

it was some sort of Horror show in NJ ...could of been the Daredevil sig 

WD 150 Moore

SS Kirkman/Adlard

100 

Walking Dead 156 SS Kirkman/Adlard 

Death of Alpha

100