Ryan.

Step aside, gentlemen. Low grade but I. Am. In.

My econ submissions from the Boston con in April are finally on their way back. Let's see, that's 6 months...carry the one...that adds up to 347,627 days!! Wait, that might be a little off but it certainly feels that long.

I already opened a case with eBay so I reply to them that the case is open and I will get my fees back once eBay makes a ruling. Tonight I go and look at the items that daydreamer13 has up for sale and I see this Batman 4 CGC SS 9.6 variant that belongs to Sleeper13 as you can see here. So apparently he does not have the funds to pay for an auction that he won as of this morning even though he was selling Bedlam variants all weekend. Like I said, it really pissed me off when I found out my eBay deadbeat was a board member. Seems PL worthy to me. The "I bid but, oops, ain't got the money to pay you, oh well" backout really grinds my gears. It is not a seller's responsibility to tend to buyer's remorse. I've purchased many things when soon afterwards I realized it wasn't a wise purchase or I overextended myself or whatever but I never make that the seller's problem.

Somehow a lot of the GA Christmas covers make me nostalgic for a time decades before I was born.

http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=23031305 Was that the book that Dave sold? It was. Not sure who sold it but looks like they made out fairly well on the deal.

http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=23031305

Only SS on the census. Signed by Jerry Robinson, from his personal collection. One of my favorite Golden Age Christmas covers.

Awesome. That sketch variant would make for a great Totleben signature submission.

I'm hoping for a full recolored Omnibus.

I'm debating this. My membership expires at the end of December. The coupons definitely make sense economically but my motivation to send in books lately has been pretty lacking.

I didn't send any books in and they are taking FOREVER!

Hellz yeah. I hope you're cool with a steady rotation of Michael Jackson's "Bad" video.

I'll start a cable company with you. But all I can provide are Alf reruns and a reality show in which a camera watches me sleep.

Wait, what? That better not be true. If you are asking for an extra fee to bring the service speed up to about what it should be already and now are falling behind on that then you are getting into some serious business ethics issues. It's all relative...they still aren't promising WHEN...just that it's done FASTER relative to the other tiers. Plus it is not unethical to fall behind. It may end up being bad business, but not unethical. I'm not saying it's unethical to fall behind. I'm saying it's unethical to charge a fee for faster (relative) turnaround times, fall behind and keep accepting the fee.

Wait, what? That better not be true. If you are asking for an extra fee to bring the service speed up to about what it should be already and now are falling behind on that then you are getting into some serious business ethics issues.

The greatest collection of sketches EVER* is for sale right here: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=6012134#Post6012134 *Probably

What would those rules be? Rule 1: Don't rip people off Rule 2: Don't back out of agreed-upon deals Rule 3: Respond to PMs in a timely manner whilst conducting a deal Rule 4: Don't be stupid Done.

I'm waiting on my Boston con books from April.

Now that I think of it I do recall seeing the detached head inscription on the label. It's all coming back to me now. That's certainly an interesting interpretation of Totleben's poses.

His head isn't detached. Did someone say it is?

Wow, that Heath is amazing!

Zero markup. Maybe even negative markup because, technically, it needs to be reslabbed. I've owned several label errors and none of them have earned a premium because of it. CGC label errors are very common.

$3.95 cover price in 94? No wonder I left this one at the newsstand.