Gatchaman

http://cwseed.com/shows/vixen/ On the page, lower down, it says, "VIXEN WILL BE HERE SOON", so, I wonder if it has been delayed. Looks really good though.

Some lucky schlub just bought off of Craigslist almost full runs of New Mutants and X-Force for $75. It did have X-Force #2, 19, NM #98, and ann. #2. I emailed seller, but was too late.

Something like that happened to me, but with a NYX #3 and a Batman (52) #1. Sorry that happened to you. More and more of this swapping is going around.

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Looks like a fun haul. What is a high grade Killing Joke (1stprint) worth these days? Mine's probably in a VF condition.

We went up north and hit a few places. Got these for 25 cents to $1.00 each. My son is learning quite a bit. While looking through boxes he pulled out the Killing Joke (1st print) and the Death in the Family books.

Great set of books. I have a set myself

Haunted Horror #1 (IDW/Yoe Comics 2012) has been selling between $35 - 50 on the Bay. One set of #1 - 5 went for $125. I have #1 - 17.

I probably have at least 100 Amazing Heroes issues, but this one if my favorite. I believe that this one was a retailer incentive for the story line. I also have a handful of Comics Feature that I am trying to fill my run in. Comics Journal is also on my list and this one is my favorite issue. It is a whopping 336 pages. Also, I really like Elfquest. I have a few of their story lines. Just trying to complete Shards.

I love Fanzines. The most I have are in Amazing Heroes, Comics Journal, Wizard, and Comic Reader I have others that I am most fond of. I also have some Comics Readers.

I tried to make this bait and switch point once. Amazing that it could really happen.

Very nice haul. Marvel did very well in the 70's with mags like these. We'll probably never get to see this kind of quality work again. (thumbs u

To answer your question the way people use it (correctly or not) is that it doesn't matter. In this case they are saying it doesn't matter what anyone thinks about mystery boxes since they are now banned. Or it doesn't matter the pros and cons of mystery boxes since they are banned. After reading all of the responses on this subject it seems what some people are trying to convey is the reason why selling mystery boxes is not good. One poster stated that they believe that the seller will give their friends all of the good books in their boxes while those to whom the seller doesn't know well and/or esteem will get boxes loaded with less than desirable books. Also, many buyers are not happy with what they get and believe that their box contents are not as valuable as the amount they paid for said box. So, in order to keep things peaceable the mods banned them all together. By what I have read I wouldn't doubt it if there were a lot more buyers of mystery boxes that were not very happy with what they got, but just won't say anything. In all of this, it looks like some people feel they were basically used to dump worthless books on. So, it looks like some just want to express their experiences and why they would never do it again regardless if it is now banned.

This is the essence of why mystery box sales are untenable. In order for the seller to make the concept workable he'll have to create enough winner boxes to appease the buyers but will have to balance that value with loser boxes. It is those who get screwed in the deal that are going to come into this thread and complain, and the administrators of this site should spare themselves the headache by disallowing them completely. A successful sales thread is when the seller and all buyers are satisfied, not just those that "won". That is not true, at all. Most dealers have lots of surplus inventory they can spin I to these boxes. Does Bulo send out winning boxes and losing boxes? Does Wizard? There is no reason why every box can't be a winning box. I've got 10,000 bronze age Marvels that I'm into for a quarter. Just bought 1000 tpbs or under a buck each. A box with $150 worth of bronze books and $150 worth of trades cost me under $20. No reason why somebody has to lose. My last box had a VF Defenders 10, Turtles 3 and 4(first prints), a 9.6 Secret Wars 3, a signed and authenticated Stan Lee book and much more. I handpicked each box to ensure the buyer got value. I wasn't aware buyers were having issues with other sellers. I understand it better now. Wow, I should be talking to you about some comics and tpbs.

Wow i agree. i don't understand your defense. we've got multiple boardies saying they've received nothing or are less than thrilled with their purchase. i'm waiting for Jason's side of the story but this doesn't smell good. I have some paid boxes to ship. I have all the freebies left to ship. Would it matter if I submitted to you all and said here's the laundry list of BS I've been dealing with this year? Personally I'm so tired of it that I don't even want to go into it because it all sounds like BS excuses. Which only serves to anger me at myself. So what if I changed jobs recent? Or that my wife was in a car wreck and that I'm still dealing with that fallout? Or that I had my computer crash on me? Lost a lot of information while it was down which really slowed me down on the thread? Or that I work 11-12 hours a day usually skipping lunch and that my cell phone apparently is an outdated POS when it comes to reading the boards? Or that some drunk chick backed into my car on June 27th and then I had to deal with getting my car repaired AGAIN? Or that the very same car just got a cracked windshield yesterday and so I got to deal with my wife crying uncontrollably all because we just keep getting more and more BS piled on? If you read through it, you can do a simple Algebra equation. X=BS Life Drama = excuses. So that's how I feel about it, I don't want anyone thinking I'm living it up in Costa Rica while you're waiting for your items to arrive. I mean really that's probably going to be about the biggest obstruction to my shipping right now. Or how about now that I'm spending 90 minutes defending myself on these boards instead of getting these boxes to the night drop because someone wants to PL nominate me over A. a refund and B. a free item. I'm not belittling this place or the rules and I adhere to whatever, but put the pitchforks away. I'm not a bad guy I'm just having a hard time right now in general and I don't get off on bragging or boasting about myself or asking people to throw me a pity party. BTW I still love you all. Sorry, life does get in the way and sometimes it seems bad things come in gangs. But it is absolutely your fault for failing to ship these boxes in a timely manner. The buyers didn't pick your 11 hr per day job without breaks or pick out your cell phone or cause any of the problems you're experiencing. And let's be fair here. If you had to have those boxes our last Friday no matter what you'd stay up all night and get it done. You bit off a lot, had some issues with life and let people down. Finally, I find it a comical gem that you suggest that the boxes are delayed because you're busy defending yourself here for 90 minutes. That's just plain nasty. +1 people work hard for there money and expect prompt shipping and not with I'll get to it when I get to it attitude. If you were having all these problems there should of been better communication or the offer of a refund to everyone. I'm guessing you spent more time football on the field than in class learning communication skills. Having to work with multiple buyers to straighten things out whether about items not shipped or about contents received is testimate that what you have done is not acceptable. The only reason I believe more people have not come forward is they are scared how that will affect there MB content when hopefull received. You can paint me with any brush you want but I'm standing up for all those that I have heard complain and won't post. I will let follow community agree or disagree with me. I think this is another thing that people miss that is very crucial, communication. Having to chase down a seller a week or so after payment inquiring where books are gets a bit annoying and seller could lose potential future buyers.

I'm pretty sure that you can't nominate someone for the Probation List on behalf of someone else who hasn't received their free item. Obviously I've hurt you in some very deep and meaningful way and for that I do apologize, but I do not feel that I've warranted such animosity from you. In regards to the "free items", I don't think it is as much a problem of not getting something for free, but that a promise was made that wasn't fulfilled. If all we have are our reputations then we can damage that reputation by making promises to others that we don't fulfill. It may not be PL worthy, but you can lose a lot of respect and customers.

I miss my X-Men collection. Great find.

My 3 for $1.00 find.

I'm keeping tabs, everyone named Andrew, from any country seems to know...and Ryan. of course;) Sharon, I love the Legion of Super-heroes. In marvel they are the Imperial Guard.