Buzzetta

When I called them for the McFarlane signing they said they would do it themselves for $5 a book. I did not send my books in window bags for the CGC Private Signing. CGC took care of it. I paid them an extra $15 for my three books. All went well and Todd signed them.

One More place I was advised to consider posting this: Board member is up for the Hall of Shame for selling forged autographs of Steve Ditko

I edited it now to reflect that what he has said in the edited version. However, I am 99% sure he said he forged them himself in one of the Marketplace General Discussion posts before he edited it. I was not following that thread so I do not have a copy of the original posts like I do with the Ditko thread he started.

Post made in CG with a link.

Obligatory notification in Comics General - @Aliens

I will post a thread there with a link to the thread here then... 8-9 people already voted so...

I responded with an announcement and link to a thread he started about Ditko books in CG. I did not think that starting its own thread in CGC was proper. I seem to recall that when we had the Chip Cataldo thing go down that Arch did not want to see reminders of what Chip did all over the place but that we could post it here and there.

Will there be plans to move on to sports cards?

Please note that original poster of this thread is currently up for nomination for our very own Hall of Shame after he has admitted to forging Ditko signatures on low grade comics and selling them for over $1400 to other board members.

@Aliens to make sure he is aware of the poll despite his claim that he wishes to be banned.

Here you go

@Park was right, I had to start a new thread.

Aliens is hereby nominated for the Hall of Shame AKA chameleoncolors on the CBCS Boards AKA "Vincent" On July 1st, 2020, Board Member Aliens posted a thread in the Gold/Silver/Bronze area of the for sale boards advertising various lower grade comics signed by Steve Ditko and Steve Ditko alongside Stan Lee. He sold a copy of Amazing Spider-man 9 advertised in lower grade as signed by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee to board member Dinesh_s (Link HERE) for $700 + shipping. He sold a copy of Amazing Spider-man 20 advertised in low grade signed by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee for $700 + shipping to board member Xatari (Link HERE). Upon a public display of scrutiny from skeptical board members, Aliens refunded the money and later admitted that he had sold forged signatures of Steve Ditko's name on the comics. He also tried to delete his posts and asked to be banned. Aliens has held similar sales threads in the past where he offered what he claimed were signed pieces by Steve Ditko. Due to his actions on July 1st, 2020, it casts a shadow of doubt on the authenticity of any signed items supposedly signed by Stan Lee or Steve Ditko sold by Aliens in those previous threads as well as any non Signature Series autograph that has passed through his hands. Here are two examples of Alien selling unwitnessed items purportedly signed by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee. 2019-01-19 - Ditko Signature for Sale The Ditko Package 1989 It should also be noted that it was pointed out that he was selling this item on eBay at the same time. 2019-01-24 - Silver Age Marvel Lot Stan Signatures, Fin Fang Foom, Spiderman, Avengers! It should also be pointed out that these were non Signature Series books, again featuring Stan Lee. Although he deleted his original post, selling the forged signatures, I have a screen cap of that as taken from Google Cache. I also immediately subscribed to the thread and can offer any and all original posts by Alien that he later edited. In the General Discussion thread of the selling area of the boards, Alien admits to selling forged Steve Ditko's signature and claims that he did it to pay for medical bills for his ailing grandmother. Link to that is HERE Since he has already edited it, I have taken a screen shot of the comment and included it below in the event it is further edited after this nomination. He wrote and I quote, "I did know that the signatures were not authentic and I was willing to risk the collecting community and multiple individuals (comic lovers) hard working and righteously earned money for my own selfish needs." Aliens has admitted to defrauding two members of the boards by forging signatures on books. Since this was an attempt to defraud the forum and comic collecting community at large then it is of the belief that such actions are Hall of Shame worthy. Had he not walked back on what he did those books would have been out there for unsuspecting buyers in the future. There is no coming back from this. To be honest, he committed a criminal act by selling, invoicing, and receiving over $1400 for forged signatures. Just because he got cold feet doesn't change that fact. If someone walks into a bank and robs the place, they still face consequences even if they turn around and put the money back on the counter. Saying, "I am sorry" does not negate that. At this time, Aliens is being nominated to the Hall of Shame.

We used to be able to insert polls into preexisting threads. I was trying to do that in probation discussions where I have the entire post ready to submit.

It saved me some money. I missed out on CLink stuff... But really, how do I create a poll? I don't think I have done that in a very long time.

The write up is done... I umm I forgot how to create a poll. Soon as I figure that out the whole thing will go live. @skypinkblu Sharon? @Hudson ? @crassus ? @Park ? @DR.X ?

I have a screen shot... I captured a few things before he had the ability to erase everything.

Interesting... I am almost finished with the write up. I really think this one is cut and dry. He admits to forging signatures and collected over $1400 in payment.

Thank you for this... I am currently doing the writeup. I will amend my post quoting the link to Darren's eBay listing.

Unless we are ABSOLUTELY sure, I do not want to include this person's ID with the association of fraud. The link is fine because the eBay user will not come up as associated with the thread. I would like to know though.

Good point. I would still categorize it as a criminal act even though that in itself is a vague statement. Money was paid and accepted for a product that the seller admitted was fraudulently created. The admission of guilt in this case removes speculation as to whether or not this was intentional. The seller engaged in fraud. Had no one pointed out any issues in the thread regarding authenticity the only speculation that exists is whether or not the seller would have refunded the buyers based on his own conscience.

Honestly, your vote of confidence means a lot here. Let me put something together...

Anyone else hear anything in regards to professional / press badges? I had applied for mine but never even heard a response. Wondering if I lost the email or they have not even made a decision on that yet. Usually professional / press badges are the first to be addressed before the regular tickets go on sale to the public.

Since this was an attempt to defraud the forum and comic collecting community at large then I believe that anyone could nominate him that was following or considering the a purchase in that thread. Had he not walked back on what he did those books would have been out there for unsuspecting buyers in the future. There is no coming back from this. To be honest, he committed a felony. Just because he got cold feet doesn't change that fact. If someone walks into a bank and robs the place, they still face consequences even if they turn around and put the money back saying just kidding. I mean, I will nominate him and put it together myself if you want.

Want me to hide my post ? It can make it disappear again. What do you think is best?