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Telling people to PM you stuff for things you would get a strike for if you posted it publicly should get you the same punishment. I didn't open this can of worms and honestly I have no idea what you're talking about. Its clearly politics and if you're telling people that they shouldn't post here or engage Gabe based on his political or religious beliefs than yeah, you deserve a strike. Is it that hard not to personally attack someone on the boards? no. Seeing as you've written that you have no idea what I'm talking about and that it's clearly political or religious beliefs and that you didn't open this can of worms .. I see no point in you replying to anything I wrote in my original post. But still you do.

.. very good, very good ... I am not posting here. If you want to see exactly why I think some people should make up their own minds about Gabe: PM me and I'll paste details there. Then you can be the one to share that info here. If you want. Or not.

.. like I want to get a strike here? .. no thank you. Besides, if you're not that bothered JL .. Scroll past.

.. like I said: PM me.

No, .. read it again .. " .. as some can't find Gabe's page .. " .. and " .. I will not be posting anything here .. " (meaning the stuff in question ... not forever)

Okay. Enough's enough. There are some important things people should know about Gabe that he has posted on his PUBLIC facebook page. I feel it is important for everyone to know what he has shared PUBLICLY so they can determine if this is a person who is deserving of any help. I will not be posting anything here. As some can't find Gabe's page, please feel free to PM me and then you can make up your own minds.

I would hazard a guess that he is still at his parents place as he has been busy posting about the "end of the world" and sharing other not so nice things on his Facebook Page. About 8 posts in the last 24 hours. ...I think Gabe is starting to go "down the rabbit hole" on top of his "other issues". Yes I'm still at my parents and the "not so nice things" are the truth of what's going to happen whether you believe it or not. .. would you mind posting a link to your Facebook Page?

Congrats! They are tough-cookies to find, for sure. Here's a link to my Cap La Prensa's. I managed to finally complete them a couple of years back .. Captain America La Prensa

Hudson, checkout the HP Scanjet 8300

.. perhaps you should.

Yeah, but that wasn't my point. I was just alerting you to the fact that that's the kind of book you should be finding. All you need to do now is grade them accurately, list them on eBay truthfully (so as not to mislead any potential buyers). If you do this right .. you might stand a chance of making some money (and if you do make some profit, rather than spending it on more books: Work on getting yourself out of that hole you've made).

Custom status? Here's the pink variant you need Uchicha. Haha I'm still OUT, but back in for this one reply. .. Gabe, OhBother wasn't joking or jerking you around at all. That FF #110 IS an unintentional, sought-after comic. When it was in production, a colour-plate was left off the press, hence the look it has. THIS is the stuff you should be going for .. stuff that is legit, not just used as a colouring-in book. Here's a link for one up on eBay right now .. I'm not suggesting you buy THIS one, as it's a poor copy .. but try and find a better one, cheap .. and go from there. DON'T tell us you're trying/getting better ... LEARN, man! LEARN .. Here's the link .. open up eBay .. post this listing number in the search bar: 311089124935

Well, Gabe .. it's been a rollercoaster-ride watching you ignoring advice from boardies with decades of experience, while taking advice from .. your friend. If he was my friend, I'd summarily kick his ass .. the advice he's giving you is worthless. It seems to me that you're content to go your own way and not learn or improve yourself. There's nothing that anyone says that you actually take on board and use to your benefit. Can you see yourself getting deeper into the hole? I can .. and it's saddening. For that reason ... Janet .... count me OUT. For good. OUT OUT. I hope you eventually get the help you need, Gabe. I hope you find a job. I hope you no-longer use your disability as a crutch (oh, yes you do) and I hope you find your place in the world, stand tall, act like a man and make decisions based on common-sense, not impulsiveness. .. and I sincerely hope you stop chasing your million dollar dream .. it's not working for you. Really isn't working for you. Really. 1000%. Not. Working. Bye, Gabe. Good luck.

That tells me you are running your coin business as well as your comic business. #1 priority? Consistency. Done and done. Gabe, you're very focused on buying and selling comics and coins despite your learning disabilities and clear lack of experience and aptitude; why? I can make money with it and with coins there are so many grades to learn, for each coin it's a separate grading process, and so many fakes you need to learn to identify I love the positive attitude. Shine on you crazy diamond. Thanks Roll the dice Gabe. Sell your sperm and your left lung and whatever else you can move and invest it all. Even though that's a joke I won't sell what I need but that's because you haven't seen results yet. ... you've made a profit?!?!?!

Gabe, I see you've changed your kudos-link (it now works), but it gives the reader no idea that it does link to your kudos thread. You have to ask yourself: Why would anyone click on what could be any random link, if it doesn't show what it's linking too? .. you need to work out why it's not doing that .. and make those changes. Yes, this is an exercise for you to do. It's applying yourself to a problem .. See if you can fix it

Not sure exactly but it was a bit after the million dollar comic thing Hmmm .. Okay .. I guess I must have just missed seeing it after all this time. By the way, your Kudos link doesn't work.

Gabe, apologies if I just hadn't noticed, but ... when did you update your signature line to include 'To buy and sell a million dollar coin'? .. is this a new thing?

Gabe, can I politely ask you to respond to the comment you made which I bolded? I'm not being facetious, but .. do you know that Grading should accurately represent the book, not which number will make it sell faster? I'm wondering if perhaps you haven't got to grips with what Grading actually means applied to a comic book. I do realize that and I grade as accurately as I can to make sure people are happy. Thay said I've had this comic for a while with four watchers and having a more accurate grade will sell it faster. Okay, thanks. I saw that and I did a double-take If it's Graded accurately, maybe lower the price to make it more palatable to a potential buyer? Lower the price = it'll sell quicker.

Gabe, can I politely ask you to respond to the comment you made which I bolded? I'm not being facetious, but .. do you know that Grading should accurately represent the book, not which number will make it sell faster? I'm wondering if perhaps you haven't got to grips with what Grading actually means applied to a comic book.

Hurts more to watch Star Wars Ep 2. .. .that's something I need to improve on. My emotions definitely get in the way. Sorry, Gabe.

That's the crux of the issue right there and unfortunately why he will never be successful at this. Yup, agreed

Past, present, or future, the statement "everyone deserves something career-wise that makes them happy" is never true. Believing it is true is why many people here have said you have an entitled attitude. You don't deserve a career that makes you happy simply by existing no matter how old you are. People who have careers that make them happy have earned their position in life through hard work and patience. This is what jcjames is trying to convey to you. Finally, it seems there are some here that are here simply to poke fun at or just flat out insult Gabe. If it's not constructive or at least funny (Gabe seems to have thick skin and a decent sense of humor), maybe try not to post here. And leave the election talk at the door lest this thread get scrubbed. Thanks for explaining that I always wondered why no matter what I said James would say I was entitled, having a sense of humor is needed in this world you can't be serious all the time or people won't want to be around you. Not even lip service to the main point this time? Acknowledge the fact that you (or me, or anyone) don't inherently deserve a career that makes you happy...such a situation is earned. This acknowledgement is typically the first step on the road to success. It seems like you're not even prepared to start down that road yet. I will admit it. No one deserves a career that makes them happy unless they earned it. Do you also admit that there are millions of people who hate their job but do it because they need to keep a roof over their head, pay for bills, etc??? Welcome to the real world, Gabe. That is what most people do. Yes but those are the type of people that refuse to change because they've settled in their positions and say that they can't leave for one reason or another. .. Gabe, if you lived in the same reality as the rest of us .. you'd know what you just wrote is absolute compostable_fertilizer. No it's not I've worked with many people like that and that's not to say everyone's like that but the ones I've spoken with are. Seriously, it is. You live in your own little bubble .. cossetted away, stuck in your own reality. But it's honestly not how the world works.

Past, present, or future, the statement "everyone deserves something career-wise that makes them happy" is never true. Believing it is true is why many people here have said you have an entitled attitude. You don't deserve a career that makes you happy simply by existing no matter how old you are. People who have careers that make them happy have earned their position in life through hard work and patience. This is what jcjames is trying to convey to you. Finally, it seems there are some here that are here simply to poke fun at or just flat out insult Gabe. If it's not constructive or at least funny (Gabe seems to have thick skin and a decent sense of humor), maybe try not to post here. And leave the election talk at the door lest this thread get scrubbed. Thanks for explaining that I always wondered why no matter what I said James would say I was entitled, having a sense of humor is needed in this world you can't be serious all the time or people won't want to be around you. Not even lip service to the main point this time? Acknowledge the fact that you (or me, or anyone) don't inherently deserve a career that makes you happy...such a situation is earned. This acknowledgement is typically the first step on the road to success. It seems like you're not even prepared to start down that road yet. I will admit it. No one deserves a career that makes them happy unless they earned it. Do you also admit that there are millions of people who hate their job but do it because they need to keep a roof over their head, pay for bills, etc??? Welcome to the real world, Gabe. That is what most people do. Yes but those are the type of people that refuse to change because they've settled in their positions and say that they can't leave for one reason or another. .. Gabe, if you lived in the same reality as the rest of us .. you'd know what you just wrote is absolute compostable_fertilizer.

Where in the hell did you learn that Expenses - Revenue = Profit??? It's the other way around!!. Otherwise if your expense is $100 and your revenue is $150, then your profit will be a NEGATIVE number (i.e. a loss). Come one man, this is BASIC BASIC accounting! Stop everything and start LEARNING. And like I posted a page or so ago..... Why the heck do you use a different tallying system for "Little books" compared to your "Big books"??? What's with all the extra additional numbers in the Little Books rows? Little Books Bought $2455.12+247.01+699.53=$3401.68 Sold $4007.43+1679.24=$5686.67 Losses $1079.43+637.19= $1716.62 Profit $568.37 Big Books Bought $5329.03 Sold $2340 Losses $2989.03 Where do all those extra numbers come from??? I don't have my business books on me anymore but I was always taught this Amount paid - Amount sold = Profit If that's not how it goes then I can fix that so basically I do the opposite of what I've been doing? Those numbers aren't extra at all it was calculated the max number my calculator count count at that time so I wrote do each one then added them. the correct way to calculate profit it is: GO TAKE A BASIC BUSINESS CLASS. If you can't pass it, business is not for you. its like you're trying to be a pro soccer player because you are physically capable of running and kicking a ball, but don't even know the rules of the game. And yes occasionally you can kick the ball in the right direction, but mostly its wrong and occasionally you get run over. Yes I guess you could keep running around the field and pick up some of the rules if you're an observant person and people are trying to tell to yell at you from the sidelines, but no rational person can possibly think that's the best way to become a pro soccer player. Why not take some time to understand some of the rules? Or if its apparent that your kicking isn't strong and you don't run very fast, why not work on those first before you get onto the field? If you never bother to learn the rules or learn to kick accurately, you will never be a pro soccer player. for the Canadians or other internationals, soccer = football (non-American) = futbol = footie I need to get better at the calculations and formulas I know that much Calculations and formulas??? It addition and subtraction not something you have to go to school for unless you're five years old. Seriously, for a person your age to be so lost is just pathetic. I know you want to be a success in life but the reality is you're probably going to be a lifer as a dish washer unless something worse comes up. I really sympathize for your parents. brutally harsh, but brings up a great point. Not everyone can be good at everything, whether it be math, reading, music, art, fighting, running, listening, etc., though all of those things can be worked on and improved over time, with a LOT of effort. More valuable than understanding of math is a self awareness of one's strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and limitations. The OP doesn't appear to recognize his failings as a result of his limitations, but rather a lack of repetitions from which to learn from. Some things are like that, some things are not. Since you don't appear to have the sense to see that, please talk to someone you know, love, trust and think is genuinely smart to help you see those things. You might think the business math we're throwing around is tough, or requires a math wiz, but honestly most people find that math painfully simple and intuitively understand it without ever being taught. I'm not sure if that's ever been made clear to you. IT IS BRUTALLY SIMPLE, and if you never master it you will never be a success at selling comics or any type of sell owned/self run business BUT now knowing that (assuming you accept that), there's only three rational outcomes. 1. You honestly, genuinely want to be successful so bad, that you are willing to work 5x harder to LEARN THE MATH, whether its going to school, getting a tutor, going to the library and starting from the beginning of grade school math, asking your family for help, anything and everything. I was being sarcastic when I said you could just keep buying and selling and you'd magically learn math. You won't, especially you. 2. You decide there's too much math and decide to pursue any other job/career that doesn't involve math: telemarketing, customer service, uber driver, dishwasher, delivery person, chef (some math maybe), janitor, gardener, farm hand (don't knock this, can be a super lucrative job), truck driver, door-to-door sales, etc. With hard work, these can all be very lucrative. 2a. You've stated before you wanted to be a voice actor. Did you even do everything you could to do that? Make recordings of yourself reading things day in and day out (and then listen of course)? Practice inflections? Mimic recordings of other actors? Read scripts along with muted televisions? Read out loud in church or school? Star in school plays? Practice accents? Did you have lessons or coaching? 3. You can continue to ignore it. And your life will never get better. Which is fine, if you're satisfied with it. You've gotta roof over your head, I assume you don't starve, you've got enough $$ to play video games, surf the net, and lose a couple hundred here and there selling comics. Its not a terrible life, you've got farmworkers in California picking fruit in the sun for 12hrs per day for less than minimum wage who have to clothe and feed their kids and sleep in 1 bedroom shacks. You've got an ok life, nothing wrong with being satisfied there. Its just that you claim to want more... Again, I/we don't need answers to any of these, would strongly prefer silent action to vociferous inaction. I'm tired of my limitations holding me back, I'm tired of my learning disability getting in the way, I'm tired of people looking down on me, I'm tired of people take their abilities for granted, I'm tired of the state I'm in, I'm tired of people thinking I'm being lazy, making this up or being plain stupid. I have stated many time that "What you find obvious and simple to do" isn't the case for me. I'm going with the 1st option you gave me and guess what? I asked a teacher for basic math she laughed and refused it. I'm willing to work hard on math to make this work, I want to be smart, I want to be as smart as my friends in math. 2 a) When I was doing voice acting I just did my best to copy what they did. Inflections were hard for me because at times I didn't know the context of the grammar I was reading. I used to print out -script and read them. I had no lessons or coaching nor did I star in any plays. I did however do a couple demo's to get a evaluation and they said I have a clear voice with no problem but it's very rough and take a lot of work to become top game, that's not even speaking about learning grammar and the dozens of other things that they do. So, what are you going to do .. accept what she said .. ask another teacher .. or give-up? You seriously need to get the skills in order for you to be able to do what you want to do: sell/flip comics .. and I, as well as many, many others urge you to do the following .. just for now: Better your educational and personal/social skills etc. Seriously, Gabe. We know how much you love comics, but right now .. this seriously is not what you should be concentrating on. Comics will never go away, but you have zero chance of accomplishing what you want to achieve if you do not stop now .. and take care of your basic skills. Come back to it in a few years time, when you have a few life-skills under your belt. I can't emphasise this enough. It's your life and your decision-making, of course; but if you can see things from our side of the keyboard .. you're just going your own way .. and it's not a good way. Feel free to ignore the advice, but .. if I was you .. I'd take it.