Buzzetta

This is a no brainer for me... It's an easy pass. Unicron has been made before albeit in a smaller scale standing at around 16" I believe. That mold has been reused several times over the years since 2010 and a reissue is up for preorder on BBTS in green. Is this worth $575 though? The difference between this and the barge (at least in my opinion) is that the barge had never been made before in any format. The Haslab Unicron feels like an upgrade from previous iterations that have been frequently released. He is a few inches taller than the last Fortress Maximus so let's look a price point comparison. Fortress Maximus was released a couple of years ago at a MSRP of $150. It is still in stock on websites like BBTS and on sale at $120. HERE Now, to be fair Unicron seems about double the size as far as just plain bulk. So let's make Unicron $240... Ok... ok... ok... you have the exclusivity thing... and the reduced number thing.... throw in another $150... I am still not at $575. To me this is definitely something that should be around the $400 mark especially when the demand calls for 8000 units while the barge merely needed 5000. Also consider that the Transformers is a shared Hasbro property with Takara making it 'in house'. Star Wars was a licensed property. There is no way I can justify $575 for this when I feel it should be cheaper than the barge. Easy pass for me... and this is from someone who loves him some Transformers.

Been there done that. It is quite liberating. I whittled everything down to a complete ASM run for raw books and then whatever is in my registry for graded ASM 1-100, 1st Appearance Keys, and Golden Age.

Most likely I would be entering a new number into Netflix and all my other auto payments like Amazon Prime and things like that. Something like that just happened with my card and I was issued a new one.

Most likely if that happens I file a fraud charge through my CC and they will have my back.

Just because I laughed it off does not mean it is gone. If it falls off I will plop down on top of it once it is steady on the ground. Yeah, I've got an answer for everything. I got to play with horses today btw... so cool.... went to and took a tour of an equine rescue.

I am going to laugh my rear end off if this thread gets locked.

That's why I have called and pointed out something like that was buyer's remorse. I posted the emails awhile ago when someone did that with a video game and wanted to return it because of the same reason. They wrote, "They just didn't like it." I called and eBay closed it after I explained that part of the buyer terms of listings is that buyers may not back out of sales because of buyer's remorse. Perhaps it helps that I have 'no returns' in my listings.

I did not know this and I apologize if I screwed anyone over. I myself bought the $5 subscription to JUST the Mad Magazine. When I went to check out they offered me other 'deals' but I have no use for any of the other magazines so I just got the 6 issue subscription to Mad. I have used Groupon a few times to much success ranging from a Costco membership to D&D Gift Cards and did not think anything of this. I will be watching closely as to what happens with the Mad Magazine charge but I did not sign up for anything else whether it be for a trial or a reduced subscription rate. However, if anything does happen I will let you all know. Again, as it was Groupon related I figure it is on the up and up. Again though, I only signed up for the one subscription to Mad. As far as the renewal for Mad though, I would like to get it until, "the end". So once it has concluded there should be no further charges.

Because this is what eBay considers buyer's remorse. Call them and fight this. Remind eBay that this is what they consider buyer's remorse and that this is not a reason for a return. At the very least he should not get his shipping fee back. Who cares if he wants to do business with you again if you fight it... do you really want to do business again with HIM? @kav This is what I meant about why I fight things like this. Because if this culture is allowed to grow and be fostered it will continue to happen.

No, because I have faced this very issue before with a book. A board member here suggested this thing. I looked at him with complete sincerity and asked him, “Are you a (insert an F bomb as an adverb) insufficiently_thoughtful_person?” But hey power of money y’all no I would not Fellow boardie has also suggested scraping off color touch to look like a books was scuffed with a cheese grader to get a blue label among other things. What would i do? I would go all out Beatles. Let it Be.

This is the thing... it's not a me vs them thing. If I screw up, then I will totally own it and do whatever it takes to make it better. I can screw something up just like anyone else. However, I don't put a lot of text in my listings. I make it very simple with the facts of the item clearly stated. If a buyer doesn't want to read then that is on them. If I was selling my PLOD ASM 14 this would be my listing: Title: Amazing Spider-man 14: 1st Green Goblin CGC 3.5 OW-White Restored Description: Listing is for a copy of Amazing Spider-man 14 CGC 3.5 OW-White Restored Restoration Includes Small Amount of Color Touch. Item has been owned by an adult collector in a pet free, smoke free, bed bug free, air conditioned home. Your item will be double boxed with the bubbly stuff. I ship comics out with the mindset of how I would want to receive them. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. NO Returns on CGC Books That's it. There is no wall of text to hide caveats or disclaimers about not being a professional dealer or grader. That is nonsense. Just post the bare bones about the book and and some hi resolutions scans. Now if a buyer gets the book and says that they did not know the book was restored, then yeah, I am fighting that, and I am most likely going to win. A person like this theoretical buyer should not get away with something like this because they are going to do it to someone else. If I take the book back, I am NEVER doing business with this theoretical buyer again. If I don't take the book back the buyer is never doing business with me again. Either way, the business relationship is fractured and irreparable. I am NOT going to foster a culture where this theoretical buyer believes that this is the way to go and continues to do this to others. That would be insane. So yeah, I will fight on a $15 lego instruction case the same way I would fight for a $1000 item. Everyone complains about how buyers screw around with the eBay system. Well, what is everyone doing about it? Some people merely complain but do nothing. I readily admit that I complain, but I am willing to at least try to plead my case and do something about it. If I am not going to plead my case then who will?

Frontier Pressing... If it was good enough for Laura Ingalls to press her comics it's good enough for me...

I will try to remember to pull the slab and scan and take some pics of it.

The woman who wrote me that I ruined her son's birthday experience... I had sold an extra set of Lego Instructions that I had received. This was before individuals scanned instructions and in recent years, Lego has been putting their own instructions online to the public. Therefore people were selling instructions for complex sets that they pieced out or did not need. So I sold the instructions for this set for about $20 and shipping. The listing's title said, instructions only. The pictures were of the instructions and nothing more. The description even noted that you are not getting any legos you are just getting instructions. She received the package and a few days later wanted to return them saying item not described and that she was deceived. She thought I was selling a $100 lego set for $15 + shipping... She was either too stupid to read or she made photocopies and wanted to return it after making the copies. I save everything in an email folder called eBay drama and just went over the emails from 2009. She wrote me seeking a return and when I wouldn't take the return, she filed a claim and had the money withheld from my account. I called PayPal and they decided in my favor. She then went on a tirade that she was not scamming me, I scammed her 10 year from her birthday money. I just checked up on her... she still seems to have problems with people judging by her feedback. Oh and feedback? She left me a negative... whoopdee doo... one call to eBay and that also got erased.

Oh, I have gotten that before. I hope you are happy (boo hoo) you just ruined the experience that my ten year old had with their own birthday money. I cry foul on things like that. Ridiculous.

Joe Quesada... I blame it all on Joe Quesada.

Good to know... I am tempted to send in one of my ASM 129's that is an 8.5. They HAMMERED the book on distribution ink... and it is nowhere near as bad as what is on this 9.4. I will have to get a scan and start a thread to see what people think. With the way that the book has spiked it might made sense to get it graded again.

So let me get this straight... you want to rip off a chunk of the back cover to hide the fact that someone trimmed it. Really? This is where we are in this hobby...

I honestly wish you the best in this. You never know with the hipsters. One of the things I have learned in hipsterville Brooklyn (Williamsburg and Greenpoint) is that there is nothing that hipsters kind of like. They either swarm the place in droves or they stay away like the plague. There is one such store on Driggs Avenue that is like a hipster antique store. I have gone in it and have seen what everyone seemingly leaves at the curb. We are talking abandoned family albums of dead relatives, broken chairs, curbside garbage that deserves to be curbside garbage. Yet, here it is. Yet the hipsters buy it because to them it is quirky. Have old family albums? Put them in an antique trunk at 25 cents each for colors and $1 each for really old ones and watch hipsters rummage through that trunk and buy a bunch because... well because hipsters need to be hip. Can't explain it... Can tell you that you will be amazed at what hipsters will buy. Good luck...

May someone kidnap his loved ones. (Kidding, may someone kidnap him and then we get to see if anyone thinks he is worth getting back.) If he is good enough for you to block, your word is good with me and I will block him too...

Already got rid of the junk mail... So... let's see, South Bay Neighbor Bills Lego Mustang Boba Fett Order from Tommy Bahama Drum set as one of the gifts for a child's first birthday party from Amazon.

Follow me around for awhile and see how wrong you are.

Go with standard. Gimmick labels are gimmicks.

I did it

It's still raining I also want to thank CGC for allowing me use this thread as my personal instagram page for the day.