Ghost Town

This was an eclectic little invoice:

Thanks to Monkeyman who sold this as a raw 9.0 and the indomitable joeypost for a little pressing wizardry:

Kaspar is as good as it gets. Very reliable and nice buyer.

No time like the present to correct the situation going forward...what should we do? Ed, I just don't understand the sudden insistence that these rules need to be enforced to the very letter, or in this instance, arguable dates. The Sales Forum on these boards have been a spectacular success for many years. Yes, there have been occasional problems, but that's true of any marketplace. Having some Copper books sneak their way into GSB isn't that big a deal in the total scheme of things. And any major issue that occurred here didn't have anything to do with whether a book belonged in the Bronze or Copper Age. If you were talking about protecting people from scammers, I'd say go all out. Scream from the mountaintops. But this entire discussion and sudden insistence about the demarcation between Bronze and Copper seems a bit out of proportion to me.

If these distinctions had been previously and universally enforced, I'd agree with you. But that's not the case at all.

I made a quick count, but I think it's even less than 5% (7 out of 224). And as I mentioned earlier, some of the other books are borderline books like New Mutants #1-20. I wasn't the one hitting the button and I mean no particular offense here, but you have a ton of Copper books in your sales thread - far more than just 7. All the New Mutants books, Thor #344, Captain America Annual #8, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, ASM 289, ASM 296, Iron Man #282, ASM 245, ASM 256, ASM 261, ASM 263, ASM 268, UXM 244, etc, etc. Your thread is pretty much the perfect example of a Mixed Age thread :shrug: I'll easily agree with you on the Spideys, Iron Man #282, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men #244 and the Cap Annual, but not so much on the early New Mutants and Thor #344. They're 1984 or before and more like "tweener" books to me. I'm sure you can point out other books too. But the vast majority of listings in thread are from 1984 or before. If you use 1984 as the cut-off, and I think that's fair, and my count is more careful now, there are 25 post-1984 listings out of 224. If you're a glass half-empty kind of guy, that's right around 11% copper. Having these books in GSB has never been an issue before. In fact, I've had these books in GSB before and it's never been a problem. Until now.

I pm'd Arch and asked him what was up. I hated even doing that much. It seems so silly. Did Arch answer you GT ? I just PM'd him tonight. So not yet. I hope he's not working and enjoying a movie and a glass of wine.

I love this suggestion.

I pm'd Arch and asked him what was up. I hated even doing that much. It seems so silly.

I made a quick count, but I think it's even less than 5% (7 out of 224). And as I mentioned earlier, some of the other books are borderline books like New Mutants #1-20.

Well no, because agendas and butthurt are in play. This sales thread moving thing seems like a recent development. I know Dale's thread was initially moved to the Mixed section before it was given a reprieve. And my thread was living happily for 10 days before a kind soul decided to report it. And having the occasional mid-eighties book in GSB has never seemed to be a problem before.

It looks like I was also a victim of somebody humping my sales thread in GSB and it was moved to Mixed today. The vast majority of the books are bronze. And I'll agree that some of the books are borderline bronze at best and one or two were outliers. But it seems kind of harsh to me. I'm selling a couple books that are clearly Copper and Modern and I started a separate thread for those two. I'd rather just be told clearly the date age cut-offs for each section. And good luck with that because there will never be a universally accepted definition of Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Or like it's been here for years, people can resist the urge to hit the notify button for minutiae.

Great buyer. Super-fast payment. Thanks, Nick!

Great stuff, Joe!

Some raws soon to be off to Sarasota, some slabs too.

Ooh. Good one.

A lucky find...

PRESCREEN MODERN from 9/6/2013: Shipped/Safe on 11/19/2013 PRESCREEN VALUE from 9/6/2013: Shipped/Safe on 11/20/2013 FAST TRACK VALUE from 10/9/2013: Grading/Quality Control PRESCREEN VALUE from 10/9/2013: Grading/Quality Control

10/9/2013 FAST TRACK VALUE Graded 09/9/2013 PRESCREEN VALUE Graded 09/6/2013 PRESCREEN - MODERN Grading/Quality Control 09/6/2013 PRESCREEN VALUE Graded

Great stuff, KirbyJack. Pretty amazing.