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Not offended... was kind of confused as to what you were doing. We are good. Sorry if it seems I overreacted.

Others... not me. I was writing in reference to NYC possibly placed under quarantine.

I was writing in response to NYC possibly placed under quarantine.

I don't wanna go to work in a quarantine...

Somehow, I don't think that would happen. Could it happen? Anything could happen. But I don't think that could happen.

A friend of mine who lurks, texted me that he read this thread as 'edibles'.

So what did you buy?

I only did one trade in my life and that was back in the mid 90's. I traded away a Gen 13 Boxed set for a copy of ASM 5. At the time, I was hosed. By today's standards I made out big since I still have the book. I suck at trades though. I would always second guess myself and would never be at ease. As stated... Cash is King. Sell the books you don't want on your own and bring more cash.

If a buyer is unhappy with a grade then you are probably taking that back. I don't do raw sales over eBay anymore on comic books. I allow eBay to look at the messages. Sometimes the buyers say such foolish things and sink their own case. I am talking about buying a new CD and not liking the music or buying a new video game and wanting to return it after a month because you didn't like the game. I have heard that things like that eBay still continues to find in favor of the seller.

You can change your address in PayPal and eBay to ship it anywhere you want. When I pay for an item, some things go to my house and some go to my parent's house. You can control that as a buyer. But I will not under any circumstances ship to any address or alter any address than that on the PayPal label.

Oh wait... the last time I cancelled a sale was over another GI Joe figure. Someone from Greece kept asking me to lower the price on this figure. I met him half way. He asked me to take additional pictures. I did. He said we had a deal and hit the BIN off the offer I made. Even after he accepted the offer he wanted another $5 off. Then he wanted more pics to be sure. I took more pics but said the price was the price. He then asked again for a discount. I cancelled the sale and blocked the buyer. He sent me a lot of mean messages. A week later another person from Greece bought the figure. The address of the two buyers were very close to one another. I called eBay... they agreed that the buyer was trying to circumvent the block. So eBay told me to cancel because the buyer lives in an area I do not ship to and then advised me to do the following: Greece is blocked.

Depends... I have not cancelled one in a long time. I think the last time I had to cancel an item I used the truth which was something along the lines of there being a problem with the buyer's address or something like that. The last time I cancelled the transaction a buyer insisted I send it to an address not registered with PayPal. The only time I remember cancelling something because I got a bad vibe was that someone with 0 feedback from another country bought a $500 GI Joe set and had a name like "X8wy34w_30q4y3qw80e" or something like that. This was before I was enrolled in the Global Shipping Program. When I called eBay to verify this guy they said I was under an obligation to mail the item. I declined and used my better judgement not to. I cancelled it with the address option as well... I think it was with an option that the buyer lives in a place I do not ship to... I never sent it. Within a week the buyer disappeared and his account was no longer a registered account.

As others said, once you have said no, then no it is. As I screenshot an ebay message and sent it to @kav, I had a buyer that insisted I should break up a set and sell her one of the pieces of jewelry. She asked me for months. I said, no. Finally she asked if I would trade the piece she wanted for another piece and partial cash. Again, 'no'. She could not get over that. At a certain point, there is no need to be polite anymore when the person keeps at it. Block them, move on, but let them know that their sense of entitlement is astounding.

I just say the most powerful word in any language. "no" I just had a $75 GI Joe purchase over a FB group. Despite my rules that said, "US Shipping Only" a gentleman from Italy claimed the item. At first I said no but I gave in to a point. The deal was that I would only send the two figures via priority. PayPal does not cover First Class International Mail in case anything goes wrong. He even recorded a message and sent it to me. I would not relent on this. I will be honest, I considered backing down. I had no problem if he did not want to do the deal for the figures because I felt it was an honest mistake but if he wanted it them it would be in a way that I as a seller felt secure in the transaction and that it protected both buyer and seller. He paid and spent $38 on shipping. Here is the point. You are the seller. If at any point you don't feel comfortable in the transaction then you cancel the transaction. For example, when a buyer insists on sending it to an address other than the address issued by PayPal, cancel the transaction. You have your rules with how you do business whether that is in regards to the price or rules that you follow.

Why do they need to know how much I make and how much my collections are worth? I have a hard time answering these things because, a little more than, "none of your $*@%# business" and slightly more than "go #$&*@ #$*&)@(#*&@)" is hard to fit in the 'other' field.

Ohhh I misunderstood it then... yeah but that’s a Beatles story in disguise - it gets the bump because of the story... same way the LOST Marvel Tales book gets a bump due to it being LoST related

It would have been amazing if she had wound up on the LOST island.

Wait... I do not think this post means what you think it means. I thought that the entire story revolved around what the cover is implying with the twist ending.

This is an example of a GA book I chased specifically for the cover. If I remember correctly the cover has nothing to do with the story.

Miles exceeded my expectations. I don't just say that because I have a bunch of copies. In this case the diversity movement in comics during that time period along with Spider-verse hit a home run because Miles became a very likable character and allowed a wider audience to believe that anyone could be under the mask and that anyone could be a hero.

Pretty sure they tried it at Walmart recently.

Side Note - I had been buying up ASM 31’s for quite some time a few years ago in the 5.0-7.0 range as I felt it was a good book to stuff away for a bit. As Spider-Gwen increased in popularity I started selling them on eBay and listed them as the first appearance of Spider-Gwen. Set a few GPA highs for the time. New comic readers love her.

Throw in the fanboy love toward the 'girl' character over the 'boy' character. I think that has a little bit to do with it as well.

I can see that. However, I cannot see the speculation on new stuff maintaining the pace that it does, because, there would be no new stuff to speculate on. That is why I felt that things like variants would settle down.

Depends on the comics. GA War Supermans would continue to do well as they are seen as relics of the era rather than integral books to the run. Last weeks venom virgin black and white artist flavor of the month variant will probably elicit a, 'who cares"... from most.