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Gotham Kid
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In recognition of my 20,000th post
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Don't know about you guys, but Deathlock dancing on a stripper pole is about the funniest thing I've ever seen!!.....BH....
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A trio of new Batman comics for my collection have arrived over the past two weeks
Awesome !!
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You do realize that book is raw right? What does a scanner being able to do CGC scans have to do with this book.
I was in the process of migrating an Oracle DB..
Ah a DBA should have guessed, they drive me crazy at work too.
Actually not a DBA, but a Engineer. Gotta work with the DBAs on occasion though
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You do realize that book is raw right? What does a scanner being able to do CGC scans have to do with this book.
I was in the process of migrating an Oracle DB as I was typing and in hindsight, there was a slight mixup. Not a CGC book in question, correct. Nonetheless, to each his own as to how listings are to be represented.
I have sold raw books in the past and preferred taking pics to scanning them for fear of mishandle placing or removing the books from the scanner.
In the end, you are probably right...there is little reason to believe this fellow has changed his scamming ways.
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But, so what? I can assure it comes across as you defending this guy. Again, so what if this one auction is arguably on the up and up?
Wasn't discussing the seller, but the auction.
However, point taken.
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I love a good "devil's advocate" argument as much as the next guy. But I don't think this is hill you want to die on. The seller has been shown to be a scammer in the past. No reason to think anything has changed. Further, just like with Hammer, there's merit to warning people even on the ones where there might not be anything explicitly wrong. If you support people like this, you help them get the funds for other scams.
Transplant, I agree with you. I am not saying, nor did I ever, that this guy is a trustworthy seller. All I'm saying, from the very start, is that THIS particular listing ... at least to me... I can't find anything wrong with it.
And I applauded trmoore's efforts a few posts back (thumbs u
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Of course most sellers here that would do that provide good scans (like the original seller of the book did) not pictures taken from strange angles designed to hide imperfections.
Right. Strange angle... completely obfuscated the writing.
As compared to:
Yes, it is a strange angle that hides the writing.
Not all have scanners suitable for CGC books. Many listings ( here, ebay , CL etc..) are done with pics as scanned images are just not possible.
So this guy who sells hundreds or thousands of books posts pictures at odd angles because he can't afford a scanner? Or is it because it is easier to lie about the grade and hide the imperfections with crappy pictures?
He most probably has a scanner. Why should he go out a buy another one? I own a scanner. Should I buy another one just to provide nicer CGC scans because mine doesn't ? Bid if you will, based on his pics. From what I can tell, he is not forcing anyone to....
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Of course most sellers here that would do that provide good scans (like the original seller of the book did) not pictures taken from strange angles designed to hide imperfections.
Right. Strange angle... completely obfuscated the writing.
As compared to:
Yes, it is a strange angle that hides the writing.
Not all have scanners suitable for CGC books. Many listings ( here, ebay , CL etc..) are done with pics as scanned images are just not possible.
And maybe, just maybe, if the guy took the trouble to take a pic of the top half of the cover, the intent was to show the writing on it...
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Of course most sellers here that would do that provide good scans (like the original seller of the book did) not pictures taken from strange angles designed to hide imperfections.
Right. Strange angle... completely obfuscated the writing.
If censorship is to be based on pic angles, half the sellers on ebay are guilty of it.
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He currently has a JIM #83 F+ listed for $2100 that he purchased as a G+ for $1200. He does mention minor color touch in the description but that's a hefty grade jump.
Again... grading is subjective.
Have seen plenty examples of disagreeing with CGC's attributed grade, much less RAW books as is the case.
Besides, rule of thumb is when buying books they are usually under-graded and when selling, they're usually over-graded. This goes for most on ebay...
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OK...one of the latest from all_things_comics...
Purchased restored VG- JIM 83 from Harley Yee for $1200 on 9/11...
Note faint handwritten name on cover above MYSTERY...
upgraded [alot...to 6.5
] and selling less than one week later for $2100... 
He did his best to make that signature on the front cover hard to detect, but.....this is the same book. And notice as well he mentions no hand-writing on the cover...
Each person's grading is subjective. Yee's VG- is this guy's 6.5. He is giving the grade he thinks the book deserves ( I am giving this comic a grade of Fine+ 6.5 ). It's up to buyers to judge from the scans if they agree/disagree with said grade. He has provided quite a few.
Not sure about the effort made at concealing the signature either. Sig on the book is faint to start, but pic #2 that he provided evidences it.
He has disclosed the resto.
Don't want to play devil's advocate. This guy is probably the piece of everyone paints him to be. Nonetheless, for this particular auction I just don't see it
I'm just providing information...Harley Yee is a pretty respected grader/dealer...I've bought raw books off Harley at Cons and in all cases the books sent to CGC came back as either spot-on grade-wise or within 0.5 grade.
You wanna pay 6.5 price that is certainly your choice.
The handwriting on the cover is pretty subtle and could easily be missed by many bidders...of course when they got the book in hand they could be surprised/unhappy and look to return the book but what a hassle.
And come on...if anyone tried to not fully point out the handwriting on the cover on a sale here on the boards they'd be run out so fast it'd be like the Flash on speed...
I agree with you on all points. Sellers on these boards ( at least for the most part ) are beyond reproach. This guy however, has a distinct "history". Surely he hopes to hook a less observant or less informed buyer. Caveat emptor, that is all.
Notwithstanding, I find nothing wrong with this particular listing.
I applaud however your constant diligence and appeal to any potential noob buyer to this guy's MO.
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Not sure what is being asked...I didn't say the listing said "no handwriting on cover"...
I said he does not mention/disclose that there is handwriting on the cover. Indeed. But he then provides scan #2 ( with a focus on the top half of the cover) that evidences the signature...
I have seen auction houses list books with Date Stamps / Writings on cover with no mention of such. Scans provided however, evidence these things.
Again, I'm not defending the guy. Just saying I can't see willful deceipt in this particular auction...
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but I see your point, he hasnt edited anything but the title
(thumbs u
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And notice as well he mentions no hand-writing on the cover...
looks like he follows your posts pretty regularly...
You posted at 8:18 and within an hour his listing has been edited to not include the no hand-writing part of the description...
though I cant see in the revision history any note about the description change... maybe it was in the title (which was changed)
Title was revised. Did it initially mention the hand-writing ?
I would think that kind of detail would go into an item's description, not the heading...
"JIM 83 6.5 with hand-writing on cover" for sale approach
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OK...one of the latest from all_things_comics...
Purchased restored VG- JIM 83 from Harley Yee for $1200 on 9/11...
Note faint handwritten name on cover above MYSTERY...
upgraded [alot...to 6.5
] and selling less than one week later for $2100... He did his best to make that signature on the front cover hard to detect, but.....this is the same book. And notice as well he mentions no hand-writing on the cover...
Each person's grading is subjective. Yee's VG- is this guy's 6.5. He is giving the grade he thinks the book deserves ( I am giving this comic a grade of Fine+ 6.5 ). It's up to buyers to judge from the scans if they agree/disagree with said grade. He has provided quite a few.
Not sure about the effort made at concealing the signature either. Sig on the book is faint to start, but pic #2 that he provided evidences it.
He has disclosed the resto.
Don't want to play devil's advocate. This guy is probably the piece of everyone paints him to be. Nonetheless, for this particular auction I just don't see it
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The man is on a mission.
Indeed.
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could not resist this
With those legs I can't blame ya Doc
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Sparkle City Comics hasn't started that auction on ebay yet... I'll be watching the #5 closely.
(thumbs u
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Sparkle City Comics hasn't started that auction on ebay yet... I'll be watching the #5 closely.
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That book deserves to be spammed, spammed and spammed again..
Awesome
How ya been bro ?
Hey Peter,
Not bad, really busy packing. All my books are ready to go, so no reading material until I cross the pond
How are you doing?
Been good. Haven't picked up anything lately but I'm hoping that'll change. Waiting on a couple of boardies on some books. When's the big move ?
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That book deserves to be spammed, spammed and spammed again..
Awesome
How ya been bro ?
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I spammed this all over the gold forum. Time for general.
Awesome, awesome pickup !! Tremendous
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Some new 1's
Dude !!
] and selling less than one week later for $2100... 
I said he does not mention/disclose that 
Oakland Pedigree List?
in Silver Age Comic Books
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My Oakland copy
Groovy #1 in NM is actually a NM+
Certification #: 0628734018