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thunderstick

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  1. 1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

    My humble booth. I bring a wide variety of stuff priced from $5.00 to  $500.00. Kept selling stuff and bringing more out from under the table.

     

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    Frankenstein bottom center; Puzzle in a can. Early-mid 70's. Had it. Also I think I had the Dracula one, too. (thumbsu

     

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  2. A couple of years ago I received a CGC comic in the mail, I live in Regina Sk Canada and it was a typical cold winter day. The slab I received was a comic for my personal collection so it is/was cracked out. Brought the slab in "directly from the cold" and put a butter knife on the side to spread it open, usually a post breaks or the plastic cracks, the posts popped out perfectly and I removed the contents and they popped back together.

     

    Not sure if it was the extreme cold and there was a possible contraction of the inner post or ?, but regardless it was undetectable. 2c

    Maybe they could have a fail safe system where they have the CGC cert# etched on the case somewhere to make sure that both numbers correlate (shrug)

     

    I think I would have to see a youtube video of this to really believe it. Although I have tried on numerous occasions to see if it was remotely possible, every slab I have cracked has either ended up splintering all over the cracked along the side as Bomber Bob described. And even if I could pop one corner with even a slight crack, the second post inevitably destroys the slab every time (or at least made it extremely "tamper evident").

     

    -J.

     

    Perhaps if you had read his posting you would comprehend the point he was making; Brought the slab in "directly from the cold"

     

    The colder the temperature the greater the contraction of the material, so what beaumonts is reporting is completely plausible.

  3. I don't get it? ???

     

    Is someone forcing you to purchase comic books from an individual on this internet forum board?

     

    Are you doing this under duress?

     

    Is no one here old enough to make a logical and intelligent decision on their very own?

     

    Simply hilarious. :eyeroll:

     

  4. I'd like to just put out a reminder to everyone, especially those who are perhaps too trusting;

     

    It's my advice to anyone and everyone that unless you personally know the person you are purchasing items from you only use PayPal. Never send a check or money order regardless of how long the board member has had an account here or how many posts the person may have. You have absolutely no recourse should the deal go sour.

     

    If after 40 days of your PayPal transaction you have not received your item(s), immediately file a dispute with PayPal. You only officially have 45 days to do this but it's better done early than late.

     

    Do not hesitate to file the dispute claim no matter who the board member is and do not be a victim of stalling tactics that may prevent you from filing a claim within the allowable window.

  5. Make sure you check your multi-cover magazines for multiple staple holes.

     

    Believe it or not, there are actually dishonest people in the comic selling business.

     

    Just because it has multiple covers doesn't mean it originally came from the printer that way.

     

    Multi-cover comic books = Caveat emptor.