Mr Sneeze

I bought an FF 12 from Hector and it was a pleasant transaction all around. Great boardie whom I would not hesitate to buy from again. Thanks Hector!

I can't say enough about Harvey

I very nice guy to deal with. I have done two three figure transactions with him to date with out any qualms. I look forward to many more.

Thanks Harvey

Dave bought a FF 72 from my FF sales thread. Very nice to deal with. Always great to meet another Canuck on the boards! Thanks Dave!

I bought a lot of Captain America's from Michael and I couldn't be more pleased. Tightly graded and bulletproof shipping. A real pleasure to deal with and I would not hesitate to deal with again. Many thanks Michael!

Just getting caught up on some well deserved kudo's...

I bought a beautiful Avengers 55 from Robert about a month back. Very tightly graded, bulletproof shipping and friendly service. I would not hesitate to buy from Robert again.

Thanks Robert!

I bought a small boatload of books from Andy's recent sales thread. I can only echo what others before me have said. I think the only way I can describe this transaction would be to say that is was scrumtrulescent. Yes.. scrumtrulescent!

Absolutely awesome Andy! Superior grading, packaging and an all round nice guy to deal with. It doesn't get any better. Thanks!

Hi Jim!

Welcome to the Boards!

If he does come back, I'm pretty sure he will be easy to spot. His "enthusiasm" is already legendary.

HOWDOYOUMEAN!

:thumbsup:

This is the last I'm going to say about this. It's my OPINION, mind you, but one I hold firm.

 

For those of you hoping this kid will "learn from this", suddenly have an epiphany and see the error of his ways, don't hold your breath. For those of you who may think I speak harshly, remember it's only my opinion. I'm sorry to wonderful people like Sharon. I know you believe in being optimistic about people, but I don't know about this one. I have seen, worked, and dealt with sociopaths in the military. He is not remorseful, though he may say otherwise. He's just going to get worse as he gets older. He learned nothing from this except to maybe cover his tracks better and perhaps have a sit down with Daddy to devise ways to avoid being caught in the future.

 

The effort he has made to deceive is both phenomenal and unnerving. It wasn't his Dad, it was HIM posting. Possibly his father assisted with some of the writing, but I highly doubt it. Watch the video if you haven't yet. The kid is EXTREMELY intelligent. He was here on the Boards not to make friends, not to fellowship, he was simply here to fit in so he could MAKE MONEY. He used what he has learned here to help with that, but he started down this path before he ever came here. What has he done on the boards besides that? I don't know much about him, aside from the fact he was annoying and really wanted no part of him. Something about him didn't sit right with me.

 

Think about it - he rarely if ever lost money on a transaction, or got the worse end of a deal. He backed out of Pay it Forward responsibility due to an acute malady? The level of detail he went to deceive is indicative of his intelligence and intent. Symptomology of testicular torsion can be googled as with anything nowadays, so its conceivable he came up with the idea himself. Nothing life threatening, but something acute, painful, and something a guy can relate to. But hey, free comics, right

 

He has scammed numerous (at LEAST a half dozen) Boardees for partial refunds ($5-$25) for supposed over graded books, or books damaged by shipping, then flipping them. That's not counting those who haven't or won't come forward. He was brazen enough to flip them on these very Boards! For those of you that think it's minor, compound that by 10 books. 50 books. 100 books. Then also factor in the money for selling the book at a higher grade for a higher price. Think of what he might be doing right now on another comic book forum, or even eBay.

 

Make no mistake IMO he is NOT regretful, aside from the fact he got caught. He's a 12 year old in love with profit. The lengths he went to deceive reflect that. Also remember - he is being raised in an environment where this is highly encouraged, it seems.

 

After a time he may be back with another ID. Let's hope not.

I posted yesterday that I felt sad for the kid and this would sum up why. Maybe I should have said pity, I don't know? I had the good fortune to have wonderful parents but where would I be now had I grown up in this environment. That doesn't excuse the kid's actions, he will need to take responsibility. It's not until we take responsibility for ourselves that we step into adulthood. Unfortunately, I don't think this kids father is leading him anywhere. That is sad!

Nail me to the wall if you like but I just feel sad for this kid.

I seem to remember at least a few people responding to him by saying 'you must be young or something'. Quite a reveal.

I have been keeping tabs on this thread off an on at work all day. Just got home and caught up on ten or more pages. The suspense is killing me...

Hi everyone,

 

I received a PM about the lot of Conan's I sold earlier today in the Gold/Silver/Bronze section. I had stated that the cover for Conan 22 was the true cover for 23. (I also made the mistake of saying 'first Red Sonja' which obviously wrong, I meant to write that beside Conan 23)

 

I should have been more clear. The Cover for Conan 22 was indeed the intended cover for 'The Shadow of the Vulture', the first Red Sonja story which of course appeared in 23. If I am not mistaken, Barry Smith was running behind on the artwork but the cover had been turned in so at the last minute they went with a reprint of Conan 1. So with Barry's story in hand the following month, Conan 23 was published with a cover by Gil Kane. Interesting I think that Red Sonja's first comic has two different covers.

As, I had stated in my sales thread, I had collected this group of mid-grade Conan's for a binding project. My intention would have been to have the Smith cover (22) go with the Smith story (23) and I probably would have kept the Kane cover for the back of the book.

 

I checked the GCD and it says the artwork was lost in the mail as opposed to late.

Hi everyone,

I received a PM about the lot of Conan's I sold earlier today in the Gold/Silver/Bronze section. I had stated that the cover for Conan 22 was the true cover for 23. (I also made the mistake of saying 'first Red Sonja' which obviously wrong, I meant to write that beside Conan 23)

I should have been more clear. The Cover for Conan 22 was indeed the intended cover for 'The Shadow of the Vulture', the first Red Sonja story which of course appeared in 23. If I am not mistaken, Barry Smith was running behind on the artwork but the cover had been turned in so at the last minute they went with a reprint of Conan 1. So with Barry's story in hand the following month, Conan 23 was published with a cover by Gil Kane. Interesting I think that Red Sonja's first comic has two different covers.

As, I had stated in my sales thread, I had collected this group of mid-grade Conan's for a binding project. My intention would have been to have the Smith cover (22) go with the Smith story (23) and I probably would have kept the Kane cover for the back of the book.

:news::news:

 

HALL OF SHAME / PROBATION LIST

 

:news::news:

 

I've attached links to all names (except JMG - can't find? )

 

Big to jaybuck43 who helped me out tremendously with the Probation List portion!

 

extremely helpful. thanks

 

+ 1

 

 

+2

 

 

+ 3

 

 

Dan

+4 Great job.

Did anyone see this?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7399107#Post7399107

 

just curious what the group thought?

 

If I had to guess.....he got a higher offer via PM

It is stated clearly in his rules that the first wins. The only way to beat Wipples would have been to post the sale via PM with an earlier date stamp which is clearly not the case.

I was in favor of Speedy's proposal and commend him for putting it forward. It was evident, though, that given previously expressed sentiment on the boards, he was leading the Charge of the Light Brigade.

 

To his list of counterarguments people have put forward, I would add this (annoying) one: "This won't SOLVE the problem because xxx who had 2,000 posts and had been here for two years, scammed somebody a couple of years ago." This argument is annoying because no one suggests that Speedy's rule (or any similar rule) would end scamming on the boards, only that it would reduce it.

 

Saving a few poor souls from being scammed seems worth a minor change in the rules, in my view, even if some scams will still occur.

I appreciated Speedy's efforts as well - everyone's for that matter.

I was not surprised to see that almost 40% of the votes in that poll support potential scammers smh...

 

Can I ask on what basis you assume that a "no" vote equals support for scammers? You're just kidding, right?

 

Not kidding

 

Who wouldn't want to try to make the boards a better/safer place for sales by implementing some tighter rules with all the NOOB sellers/buyers around here in the past few months who can't take the time to read the rules of the forums, or try to scam someone out of money. Maybe giving a grace period to these new people will allow for the proper time to learn some board etiquette before buying/selling?

 

Also, adding a waiting period for new sellers who are trying to scam may eventually drive them away from here because they don't want to wait weeks to be able to sell since they are looking for the quick $$$ from those people who are caught off guard. It also forces them to interact on the boards by having a post count and gives the rest of the community a chance to get a feel of who the boardie is before deciding to buy from them when they have 1 post.

 

So having a different opinion means I support scammers?

 

How about looking at it this way.

 

Someone who BUYS from someone with 1 post might be supporting a scammer.

 

Someone who posts with one post might be an honest seller.

 

Someone who buys with one post without spending time to check out the boards might be a gambler.

 

You can change the "one" to "200" if it helps you.

 

Someone who reacts to how others vote with such a strong reaction might be over-reacting a tiny bit?

 

I'll stand by my first suggestion last night. We should not allow anyone to post until they have been here for 2 years. Makes as much sense as some of this other stuff, and it's MUCH more likely to protect new people from their own enthusiasm.

 

(yes, I'm joking about the 2 years, but think about the consequences;)

 

 

Let me clear this up, No I don't think everyone supports scammers who voted no, it was more of a smart way of saying that it comes across to me like 40% of people don't think there is a problem in the sales forums. I know I've been deterred from selling or buying from a lot of people because of the increase in sketchy sales threads on here in the past few months.

It would have sounded more reasonable to have said that 40% of people think the sales forums are fine the way they are. To my mind I would think the percentage is higher than that.

A vote of no does not support scammers. It only indicates that they do not support that particular proposition. There are any number or reasons why people may have voted no. No one on this board, NO ONE supports scammers. You're out of line

+1 Well said.

 

A bank keeps getting robbed every few weeks, but let's not vote to make the bank more secure, makes sense to me...

Go back and read Ghost Town's (Barton's) replies and tell me how that could be taken as support for scammers.

A vote of no does not support scammers. It only indicates that they do not support that particular proposition. There are any number or reasons why people may have voted no. No one on this board, NO ONE supports scammers. You're out of line

+1 Well said.

New Jack Kirby Collector came out this week:

 

 

Awesome...! Are these regular magazines, or oversized (like a treasury)? I haven't bought a copy in years, but I seem to remember them going to a larger format at some point.

 

And...just my luck...I'm bogged down this week and can't get to a comics store...

Thanks for posting this, I will get out to pick one up!

I posted this link in another thread about Kirby months ago but no harm in posting it again.

This book is a great read for the Kirby fan. It's a bit academic but that's a good thing. An in depth analysis of the fourth world is something I dreamed of reading about. Also, a great analysis on the the who did what debate regarding Jack and Stan. Anyways, I post this here because I think you guys would really enjoy it.

http://www.amazon.com/Hand-Fire-Comics-Kirby-Artists/dp/161703178X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390702473&sr=8-1&keywords=Hand+of+Fire%3A+The+Comics+Art+of+Jack+Kirby

It seems to me that things work pretty well around here.

I bought a few raws and a FF 159 slab from Bob's bronze age sales threads. One of the top sellers on the boards. Always a pleasure to deal with. Thanks Bob.

All it would take for WD 1 in 9.8 to come crashing down.....is for me to invest in one.

I always feel like I'm a buyer in a sellers market and a seller in a buyers market.