Jaymole

I only mentioned it to get the frame of my mind at the time. I am a very easy going person, but i felt angry that these things were happening to my family. When my friend said he could not pay me for the books, I felt that this was another sick joke...I tried to do something to help a friend, and that just blew up in my face. I guess my frame of mind was not in the best situation. I still feel that paying for his shipping to me and my sending the books back to him was fair, but I accept that you feel that I should have kept the books. Everyone is different. If things were reversed, I would have accepted the return, especially if they said they would pay for my shipping as well, but that is me. Perhaps that is part of the problem as I could not understand his anger at me. I also admit I made a mistake in not asking his return policy. I did not know he did not accept returns. But then again, I had no idea my friend was not going to be able to pay. The books I sold him were always under $100 as a lot. Something over $600, was new and his wife went ballistic.

Thanks When Jeff told me he wanted me to send them to his friend and he will split it 50/50, I said that I would sell them on the forum if he could give a discount so I can sell them at 50% off..basically at whatever it was that I was paying for them. I have sold on this forum before and I know it is hard selling books above 50%. This way he would not be out of all that money. but he said he did not care about the money now, it was the principal. I was not going to make a dime on the books, but I needed to try and sell most of them to get my money back as soon as possible. With all that was going on, I really did not have time to sell them on the boards, but I felt bad about the situation and his losing so much money (although i still do not understand that part) But I understand what you are saying and that I should have taken the loss and not asked for a discount. At guess at this point I was getting very nervous that I would not get my money back because he wanted the books sent to someone else and that I may be in a scam. I never dealt with Jeff,and he never dealt with me, so that did not help. Maybe we were both suspicious of one another. I guess when he would not accept the books back when it would not have cost him a cent and was willing to take hundreds in $ in loss, it sounded very fishy to me. I really did feel very very nervous. My friend said he would pay half the shipping which he did. I would not accept more of that as he did not know they were coming from Canada and that it was so expensive to ship. After this thing was over, he said that maybe he could have paid the books off over time, but that would not have been an option as I could not afford to wait for my money back.

Please respond to me in the thread that you are referring to. I just posted there my side of the story ( I had no idea a thread was started until now) and you can make your jokes in the more appropriate thread. Thank You.

Hello All I am replying now to this thread as I have no frequented this forum in a while due to family health problems and I had no idea a thread was started. I am very sorry about this incident but I would at least like to present my side of the story. I have not been buying on this forum for awhile due to financial problems. My mom is battling brain cancer and my brother had bacteria attack his heart and needed emergency open heart surgery to save his life. While all this is going on, my friend said he wanted to buy some ASMs. He has been buying some of my war books off and on over the past few years and I guess I got him started on ASMs as I threw in a few free ones with his books. I thought this may be a way I can get my mind off of things so of course the first place I looked for books is here on the forum. Jeff responded to my WTB thread and I explained to him that I am buying them for my friend. We agreed on a price a little above 1/2 guide and I paid him and he shipped the books to me. About a day before the books arrived, my friend Patrick told me that his wife is furious at him that he is buying comics and that he could not buy such a large $ amount, at least not right now. My problem is that I paid for the books, but financially, I could not afford them myself. I needed my money back by the end of the month or I would have problems paying my bills. I sent a message to Jeff telling him the situation and if I could return the books and I will pay for his shipping to me (around $45). this way it would not cost him a cent. I explained that i do not have the money to keep them myself, and that I have almost all of these books anyway. As a seller on the boards, I accept returns, although the buyer pays return shipping if it not something I made a mistake on. In this case I was offering to pay his shipping to me as well. He did not want that and that his when this started going south. Jeff said that he would not accept the return , I then said, if he can give me a 10% discount, I would start a thread here and sell the myself at 50% off. The 10% discount would drop them a little below 50% and I would at least get some or most of my money back. He said no, he will not do that, he said that he wants them shipped to another person and he will take a $200 loss as they will split the sales 50/50. He said he does not want the books in his house anymore. I did not, and still do not understand this reasoning, but I am guessing he was upset with me. I know he was disappointed, and I felt bad, but I just could not afford to buy them myself, I only did this to help my friend and now it blew up in my face. now this is where it went bad, as I did not feel comfortable sending these books to somebody I do not know. I wanted to send them back to Jeff, and I still feel this is what I should have done. He would not have had to pay for any of the shipping and it would have only cost him his time (although he said to me, time is money so it would have cost him something). But Jeff said something that bothered me and made this thing get a little ugly, he said he will not give me the address of the guy until I paypal him $45 for shipping. I did not like how that sounded. I told him that he can just take the $45 out of the money I sent him when he refunds me. I felt that I was not going to get my money back at this point, and the best thing is to send the books back to Jeff, let him take $45 off for the shipping to me and hope for the best. I guess that tone of his soured me and made me very nervous about this situation...I really thought I would lose my money and the books will be going to someone else and then I will have no way to make a paypal claim That is when another boardie stepped in and vouched for Jeff. Because of this I very, very reluctantly agreed to send them to this other person but the cost of shipping to this person was up to him. I said I would ship it Media mail but he said that is illegal and that he did not want that. I said however he wanted it shipped is up to him then. Again, I said I would rather ship the books back to him as that way I feel more secure about my situation and making a claim in case I did not get my money back (minus the $45 for shipping). Anyway, I paid for the shipping to his friend but there was a mix-up as to who is paying the shipping to his friend at the end. I said that if he should take $38.61 out of my refund, as at that time, that is what I thought the postage was to me (that is what it said for postage on the box...He said it was actually $45 with taxes and such). He thought the $38.61 was the postage it cost to send to his friend, so that is where the mix-up was. At this time, I was so scared of being out money & the books because I was not sending it back to Jeff. I still feel to this day I made a mistake not doing this. I think at the end, we were both tired with each other. Jeff was upset that my friend could not pay, and that I could not keep them due to financial dificulties (although, again i did say I would sell them on the forum here). I was upset as I did not like the tone of his messages, especially his "blackmail" sounding one saying pay me $45 or you don't get the name & address. I was also very nervous of not getting any of my money back. That is why I kept saying I want to send the books back to you. Anyway, I feel bad about the situation and offer my apologies to Jeff for this whole debacle. I never had a situation like this with anyone on the boards before. I will take part of the blame as I trusted my friend, and he let me down, although I understood his situation.You try to do something to help a friend and it blows up in your face. Plus the fact that this was happening as I was going back and forth from the hospital and nursing home due to my brother & mothers health problems, and it was a nightmare to be stuck in. My mind was not in the best shape, and maybe I got too paranoid about being in some sort of a scam. I think paying for his shipping to me and me sending the books back to him was a fair compromise as it would not have cost him a cent, but I guess Jeff was upset that he was getting the books back which is why he said he will not accept the return. Other here may not agree with me, but that is fine, I accept that.

Hi Claudio I hope things are going better for you.

Hello!

WINGS COMICS #80 (9.4 CGC) $330

JLA #66 (9.4 CGC) $180 (last sale was $180)

Hello All It has been awhile since I sold anything here. The last 2 years have been a little crazy dealing with family health problems. Anyway, I came up from the ground to try to sell a few of my graded books here. Since it has been awhile, please excuse any bumps in the road as this will be my first time selling on the new forum. All the usual rules apply, Take it beats any PMs and buyers who are on the prohibited list are not welcome. Shipping is up to the buyer, I can do priority mail or ground...at cost. I am willing to accept returns, buyers pays return shipping. Offers are welcome, but most of the books will be around or below GPA, and for those that I am taking a loss, it may be hard to offer much leeway so please understand. Thanks for Looking!

Thanks. It is a really nice looking 2.0, probably why it went so high.

The comicconnect copy looks very nice for a 2.0. Is the lower grade due to the tape on the inside cover?

Many thanks for the books which were tightly graded and well packaged!!

Excellent seller, great prices and great packaging. One of the best sellers on the forum!!

Received my books and I am very happy....good packaging and a pleasure to buy from.

I look almost exactly like my avatar, (old, bad posture, glasses...etc), but I also have his bad luck as well. I am used to people poking fun at the way I look but the bad luck is just God piling on.

I had no idea they made a comic of the film

#2: First print and second print are nearly identical on the outside. Open the cover and the second print should be clearly indicated as such on the inside cover. The 3rd print is a standard comic size as opposed to the 1st and 2nd prints, which are magazine-sized. #3: First print is magazine sized, 2nd print is standard sized with a different cover altogether. #4: First print is magazine sized, 2nd print is standard sized with a different cover altogether. Many thanks, I really appreciate the help!

Hi I am sure this has been asked before so sorry, but how can you tell the 1st printings of issues #2, #3 & #4? I am selling these issues for a friend and I want to make sure I don't make a mistake as I never owned or sold any TMNTs Thanks!

Great experience dealing with Andrew and I was lucky enough to be both a buyer and seller in transactions with him.