Gatchaman

That's what I get for skimming over the writing.

What's in the bags?

Bought a batch of Planet of the Apes mags from Tamir. Great communication, fast shipping, and great packaging. Thank you much.

'accidental' nothing has ever stopped someone on the boards from asking AHEAD OF TIME if shipping can be/will be immediate or by a certain date. For an extreme example, Dale Roberts has HUGE sales here, often with hundreds of books and maybe 50-100 buyers. He generally has great service, but I don't think anyone would EXPECT him to be able to ship out the next day after payment (thought it might occur, and probably does quite often). He might have 50 orders to fill that night, and might be going in alpha order, order of payment, biggest to smallest, random, anything. Either way, if you think its reasonable to afford him a few days to ship, there's no reason not to afford anyone else a few days, as we all have things to do. At the same time, I think he and most others would be receptive to quick note asking to be bumped to the top of the shipping list, ESPECIALLY if you asked before the purchase. I think it boils down to this as a buyer: If there's something that you especially prefer or care about that does not appear to be explicitly stated, whether its shipping time, condition preferences, shipping preferences, payment options, return policies, you should ask before you buy. Its your money. I know this isn't everybody's thinking, but for some the small gesture of communication has a large impact. We all know that everybody has their own lives and they are all different so, packaging a delivery times will vary. What I have found that works in times that I need more time is to communicate with the buyer that you need a little more time. We can't help how other people feel, but at times we can run across buyers who may feel ignored if 1-3 weeks after purchase they hear nothing from the seller. I sell a lot of eBay and if I need a couple extra days, from my normal 3 days handling, I message the buyer and they are gracious for keeping them updated, but if they have to chase me for information then there is a good chance they are upset. Things like this may seem small, but a lot of times they have a big impact.

I'm a very patient person and I bide my time positively believing that I will someday run into things like this. I used to be a "picker" for a toy dealer friend of mine and I used to shock her in what I would find in my searches. Some day I will run across one. I already found one of my grails for $10. A GS X-Men #1. I also found me a new press at a yard sale for $25. Happy hunting, Chip.

I set up at a small mall show, yesterday, and found these there.

Spray paint them black.

Great journal Ed.

Chip your killing me, very nice Great finds Chip. I would be interested in those Star Trek poster books.

I am so jealous. I am looking for an UXMN #97.

Very little meaning about 100 books? It's probably 2999 copies of Spawn 1 and a Superman: Man of Steel 3. I wouldn't complain spawn #1 is heating up Yeah, every time I get some in they sell quick.

Great score Hector. My name is on that envelope, Hernandez. (thumbs u

Dude, I am sorry that you had to go through this. I have been through similar situations where they delivered somewhere else, but says delivered to me. The driver says they did, but didn't and the post office just says that once it is delivered there is nothing they can do about it. They are a no fault company and take no responsibility for their shoddy work ethics. I came so close to picketing my post office to let people know that this post office has drivers that miss deliver and crushes packages to make them fit in the mail boxes. Hopefully you find your comics.

Great find guys. Didn't find much this weekend, but the hunt is still fun.

In the 80's my older brother collected these. I am trying to get a set together and a couple weeks ago I picked up around 20 issues for 3/$1.00.

A trip to Half-Price Books last night.

I love the movie. I recently picked these up.

You're lucky to be finding quality books. Around here, I have to deflate about one guy a week on kijiji (craigslist) who thinks they can sell 2000 issues of drek for $5000. I think everyone who finds something here will agree that most of the searches reveal/reward very little. These successes are one out every 10 etc. But when they do, they are pretty exciting and make you get up at 3am every weekend or drive that extra mile etc. FYI - I started a journal about a recent collection of independent/weird/copper/modern collection I purchased. Since some of the collection has a little more eclectic stuff I thought it would be better to have it's own journal thread as I post some of the more unusual stuff. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=379662&Number=8630394#Post8630394 I agree Hector. To many times I have gone to a yard sale that listed comic books to either be 10-20 drek books, or even worse, they sold them last night to somebody else. My wofe thinks me crazy to get up early to drive a distance, but I am hoping she keeps looking at the rewards I can find, like the batch I got with the ASM 300. We drove to Packwood last Sat. She fought me on that one, but it yelded the Giant Size UXMN #1. If you aren't out there putting in the work you won't find anything. When I lived in Illinois, a guy I worked with used to tell me "You could into a pile of chit and come out smelling like a bed of roses" when it came to some of the comics I came across in my dealings. And my answer to him every time was "No, I WORK at it." Constantly checking newspaper ads, auction ads, online auctions, eBay, flea markets, estate sales, garage sales....wherever I could find them. Many people just don't understand how time consuming this stuff is - especially when you're doing all of it yourself. I agree.

You're lucky to be finding quality books. Around here, I have to deflate about one guy a week on kijiji (craigslist) who thinks they can sell 2000 issues of drek for $5000. I think everyone who finds something here will agree that most of the searches reveal/reward very little. These successes are one out every 10 etc. But when they do, they are pretty exciting and make you get up at 3am every weekend or drive that extra mile etc. FYI - I started a journal about a recent collection of independent/weird/copper/modern collection I purchased. Since some of the collection has a little more eclectic stuff I thought it would be better to have it's own journal thread as I post some of the more unusual stuff. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=379662&Number=8630394#Post8630394 I agree Hector. To many times I have gone to a yard sale that listed comic books to either be 10-20 drek books, or even worse, they sold them last night to somebody else. My wofe thinks me crazy to get up early to drive a distance, but I am hoping she keeps looking at the rewards I can find, like the batch I got with the ASM 300. We drove to Packwood last Sat. She fought me on that one, but it yelded the Giant Size UXMN #1. If you aren't out there putting in the work you won't find anything.

I know what you mean. Twice a year a small town (Packwood, WA.) out in the middle of nowhere turns its' parking lots and open areas into one huge swapmeet. It used to be just mostly hunting and fishing dealers, but this year a couple people, I know, brought out over 10,000 comic books and people were actually showing up to buy them. Since the town is on a back country road there are homes all over the place miles before and after the town selling. One of these sellers owns a house on that road and they set up in their yard. The Giant Size X-Men #1 that I bought was from one of these sellers who had picked up from another seller in Packwood. I'm glad the market is back and doing well. I have always enjoyed dealing with this market.

Great books everybody.

I'm in.