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Mr.Mcknowitall
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10 minutes ago, seanfingh said:
It is not up to the members. It is up to the hosts. The hosts repeatedly have avoided anything that results in an outright ban (presumably even bad actors may still get stuff slabbed). This discussion appears to be trying to move the needle on that.
Ask Buzz to post the PMs....you may find it interesting on that particular point, and 180 degrees in fact from what he has suggested.
What needle is being moved?
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23 minutes ago, october said:
An exception to the notion that PL/HOS have nothing positive to contribute....not an exception to the ban suggestion.
I see many issues with this, but that is up to the members, not me.
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8 minutes ago, october said:
*A noted exception: I've really been enjoying the Lighthouse thread.
While I have enjoyed the Thread, does that make it an exception? If posting a Thread that members may enjoy, that does not sound like a Rule to follow, to determine a ban. It would seem to me that anybody on the List could do so, and have Board friends endorse it.
You have used the Lighthouse example. I thought I read he elected to stay on the List. Is that fact? What if, in the passage of time, you were to engage in a deal of sorts with him? After all, he runs a Comics Store and may offer an advantage to someone on the Boards, via PM.
I am not sure your exceptions suggestion would work. But, that is up to the membership. I do see cliques forming though, and skewing the suggestion.
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8 minutes ago, comix4fun said:
If someone's in the HOS, they've already hurt the community, and have done so in a material or repeated way and in way that is irreparable. That is how they got onto the HOS. That is why the HOS is permanent.
Being that it's a permanent label it deserves permanent treatment, permanent loss of status, and a permanent loss of the protection of not offenders. There's nothing preventing the person from going to some other forum or board or website and starting over, but once they've made it to the HOS here they've burned all those social bridges and abdicated all standing in the community.
Is there definitive language and Rules posted anywhere? I can not find it in the HOS Rules Thread of 21 pages. I read a lot of suggestions from members, but nothing as conclusive as your statements, as to what being listed on the HOS means, what permanent treatment means, and what permanent loss of status ans permanent loss of protection of not offenders means, and what abdicated all standing in the community means.
Is it possible it is in another Thread? I would appreciate a link. Thanks in advance.
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12 minutes ago, ChunkyLover53 said:
Buzz???
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27.5% of members voting (11) have voted no. They all must be backing the wrong horse and sticking their necks out and defending wrongly.
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17 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:
This is not a legitimate source of information. It is fact mixed with error, and as such, completely unreliable as a source.
The site's owner, Mr. Benjamin Nobel, does not make corrections when they are pointed out to him, and blocks people from commenting on his "blog" when they do.
For example:
...this paragraph has fact mixed with fiction. The Direct market started in 1973/74...NOT 1979, as Mr. Nobel inelegantly claims here, and their first sales of distinct direct edition comic books to comics specialty shops was in late 1976...NOT 1979. And his contention, that "outside of some non-returnable comics produced for Whitman/Western Publishing" is completely erroneous. Those comics weren't produced solely for Whitman, as the DC program launched a year later was...they were produced for the Direct market, of which Whitman was probably the largest consumer at the time. When he says "outside of some non-returnable comics", he's unwittingly talking about the Direct market and its operating principles.
And there are many more errors like this.
And if those are the mistakes that are obvious to people who know...how many people don't know, and accept his errors as fact?
Be very, very wary about such sites, especially those which are part of "blog" type sites, that anyone can post to with little or no cost.
I learned a lot from this Post. Thank You.
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10 hours ago, VintageComics said:
The cause is unequivocally the inner liner touching the outer shell.
It can not be the effect, as opposed to the cause?
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10 hours ago, ThothAmon said:
Wrong. I've de-slabbed books and, voila, the Newton rings fade away with no effect. Hope they can figure this out though as CGC really is the gold standard.
My phrasing causes the point I am making to be misunderstood. My fault. I am referring to the hassles, legalities, and just plain PITA that will occur, when stating items as fact. You personally have not conducted any scientific tests. I appreciate what the Host states. I appreciate that you have caused the Rings to fade away. That is not a scientific explanation you can support with your own testing. Our Host, I assume, has done so, I don't know.
You said in your post you hope they can figure it out. they have not done so. Why subject yourself to hassles, by stating it is normal, it is Newton Rings, don't worry, etc.
The posts I have already made about the subject, while not popular, are based on my experience, which is technical and scientific. We all have different ideas and opinions.
My opinion concerning what we are discussing is that I would choose not to invite a hassle for myself, when it is the Host that has made the statement and assumed scientific and technical tests to reach the conclusion, and you are simply re-stating it.It seems easier to just state in your Listings that the Host made those declarations, not you.
There is going to be a lot more of this; I have already seen many listings that are changing and not only on ebay. This is not an insignificant issue. On technical blog websites it is discussed constantly. It particularly effected Pharma, and food industry and drove up costs, delayed approvals, had and has created shortages for hospitals with needed medicines.
Make of it as you will. there are solutions. There are better performing polymer/co-polymer/polymeric solutions. There are better contamination reducing methods. It costs a lot and the end product is not cheap. In this arena....polymers etc. extrusion/manufacturing/end product, there is no Goldberg solution that makes it all go away.
Comics are no less important and has the same economic and business effect..... a problem not solved.
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27 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:
Seems relevant to the discussion. I just received this email from one of my customers on eBay.
‘Hi sir..I received today FF 46 and there is a strange stain inside the cradle, an effect which was not evident on the photos...like some liquid got inside..I show the pictures...let me know what it could be and what we should do..regards”
i responded thusly
“Hello--What you have there are Newton rings. No stain just a prism effect from the two plastics touching. It's only a light effect and has no impact on the book. Happens in every CGC slabbed book. CGC has plenty of discussions about it on their website's boards. John”
He retorted
”I did not see it before and I have hundreds of CGCs......anyway if you say it is normal..but next time please let me know in advance....regards”
this is normally the part of the conversation where I say “why don’t you shove a broom up my arse and I’ll sweep the floor while I’m doing it”.
It may have been better to state that according to our Host, it is Newton Rings.........etc.
You do not know the cause...2 plastic surfaces touching, prism effect, light effect, not a stain and no impact on the book....as correct or proven.
I would not do so, and of course I understand everyone is different. My only point is you are putting yourself in the seat created by the Host, and if something goes South....
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13 minutes ago, Skeptic_Kepp said:
And the person responsible for it will probably never return to these boards. He will be a legend here and totally ignorant of it.
Besides, he never said Thank You when he got replies...so there is that.
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2 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:
I not capable of remorse when it comes to him. He lies. I wouldn’t trust him to blink let alone his word about what he is up to.
To quote an upstanding Pirate, sorry
( Although I detect the possibility of an emergent OCD symptom concerning repetitive opinions).
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Just now, jsilverjanet said:
"O", the "U"manity.......
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10 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:
You lie
At least you didn't use a disingenuous "Sorry"....or "sorry" if placed at the end of the sentence.
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Just now, Pirate said:
Sorry
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1 minute ago, TwoPiece said:
One of my 3 top favorite Shows (See what I did there....S not s... twice.)
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4 minutes ago, TwoPiece said:
"Sorry not sorry."
I'm sorry.....
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9 minutes ago, Pirate said:
Sorry don't believe you and don't see people rushing to your rescue.
Is there really a reason to be sorry? I don't detect sincerity. iIs it just being mannerly?
You don't believe somebody, simply state "I don't believe you".
Form everything you have opined on the subject, you definitely are not sorry, IMHO.
That is neither right or wrong, it just is. It just sounds a bit disingenuous, to me, to state "sorry".
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3 minutes ago, Pirate said:
Are you high? He is known now to reach out in PM's to try and get business. Was warning the OP after Sean's post got me thinking.
And....in the process trying to keep within the Mod8 position of one nanananana post per thread....with poetic license of course....otherwise know as sticking it to the Man.
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28 minutes ago, 1Cool said:
What do you know - except from everything.
Not a new line....but always welcomed.
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4 minutes ago, 1Cool said:
But if they do not agree on a split then the courts will probably deem it a marital asset and if they can't agree on a fair price the court can state the asset will be sold via auction and the proceeds will be split 50/50. I sound like she does not think he is being forthcoming with how much inventory is there and how good his buy out price is. But without knowing what is there (at this point he is probably the only one who knows unless his taxes are impeccable) how are we to know what is a fair offer. If he is doing $50K in sales in a year and a basement full of product and a room full of OA then a $10K buyout is low but other then looking at the tax forms for the business (and trusting them) then its all guess work.
No.
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2 hours ago, valiantman said:
I'm not sure about divorce assets, but the laws about the immediate liquidation of anything of value (such as bankrupcy) do not require using the most profitable method in the world. They require using a reasonable estimate from something like a local sale to a dealer or even a yard sale in the community. $120,000 in comics might be $20,000 in obvious keys and 20,000 books worth about $5 each. Those 20,000 books worth about $5 each might be $0.05 to $0.50 in an immediate liquidation and the bulk of the "$120,000 in value" could be more realistically turned into $1,000 to $10,000 with a quick sale. Getting anywhere near $100,000 for 20,000 $5 books would be basically impossible if you don't have competing dealers in your community. Then, selling $20,000 in obvious keys would still require a discount over the going rate, since it's an immediate liquidation, and a portion of the sales go to the venue (basically half goes to Heritage).
In other words, everyone who can put a dollar amount on their collection should assume they can get 10% to 15% from an immediate liquidation (within a few weeks) and up to half for a few months of "getting rid of it all".
No one gets over half their total collection value (quickly) unless they own a stack of CGC slabbed keys and nothing else... you can get close to market value (minus 10% commission) if you can get your stack of CGC slabbed keys to a major auction... but that usually takes time, and who has a big collection/inventory that isn't full of longboxes of $5 and under?
The husband....and business partner....wants her to buy his half of the inventory....of an ongoing business Enterprise. It would be nice if it worked the way you suggested.
( Although I detect the possibility of an emergent OCD symptom concerning repetitive opinions).
The husband....and business partner....wants her to buy his half of the inventory....of an ongoing business Enterprise. It would be nice if it worked the way you suggested.
A leap ahead, a look at comic values in the far flung future..
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I would enjoy a Mr. Delekkerste post on this.