Ryan.

On 3/16/2024 at 6:06 PM, Pontoon said:

tickets are now $50 

Any of the vintage paperback sellers here have a Croydon edition of Vicious Circle by Manning Long available? If so, PM me.

On 3/16/2024 at 7:32 PM, TMNT said:

Yes, they are glass display cases. It's hard to see since the case is black and the knob is black, but what's cool is that in the front you pull the knob, and it levers up the front facing glass to slide whatever in. Hard to explain, easier to show. I'll try to remember to snap a pic of that. 

This pic is a little older, but it does show the 2 cases side by side. And overall shows this side of my Sewer. I've got stuff wrapping around the room but these are the only 2 of these cases I have. 

I love them because they fit 4 magazine or 5 regular CGCs without issue, so perfect for the first 4. Found them in a local shop and had to buy them. Added some lights and they were good to go

 

I was wondering where that Shredder piece ended up. 

The competition authenticating inauthentic Ditko signatures wasn't very helpful in legitimizing their authentication service. 

Closed

On 3/15/2024 at 6:55 PM, goldust40 said:

I’ll take it pending the price. 

OMG

On 3/15/2024 at 6:44 PM, crassus said:

Even better we could just start our own bidding war right now,  who needs the seller, am I right?

OK. You go first.

On 3/15/2024 at 6:42 PM, crassus said:

I think I should blush 

We would never have a circle jerk without you. We're not savages.

On 3/15/2024 at 6:35 PM, crassus said:

Rather than the old references to circling sharks, I think for a romance book it should be circling wolves, what do you think?

This is certainly one way to pique interest. Keep everyone in anticipation about the price.

On 3/15/2024 at 4:12 PM, Pontoon said:

Are you looking at the top 2 pictures? I believe the OP is saying his copy (top 2 pictures) looks way better than the copy on the bottom, which is not his and looks like a 6.5.

I can't really tell much from the top 2 photos, they're too small and have heavy reflections.

Nope, I was looking at the wrong pictures. 

Based on the newly posted scans, the book does look undergraded.

That spine is rough. 6.5 looks right.

On 3/15/2024 at 1:01 AM, ttfitz said:

Well, if you got a 1099k and if you then didn't include that information on your return, then yeah, maybe you'll get such a letter.

But I'd say the likelihood of getting a letter if you did report it - and reported that your cost basis was higher than the reported amount - is pretty low.

I was going on the assumption that these qualifiers were already in place. I live in a $600 threshold state so I've been dealing with these reporting obligations for years.

On 3/14/2024 at 6:39 PM, Buzzetta said:

I live in a town where I walked out of Panera Bread to hear someone yelling into their cell phone while pacing the parking lot, "You are not getting it, the Feds took (Spoon)ing everything."

 

So... yeah... 

Hopefully Karen didn't dump all the coke down the toilet.

On 3/14/2024 at 6:30 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

Wesley snipes?

Again point being if someone forgot to report their saving account interest of $150 for the year 2023 I wouldnt lose sleep over it.

Nor I. But I also wouldn't be surprised to receive an assessment letter saying I owed $6. That letter likely wouldn't come until 2026 when the low level admin gets around to sending it but it will come.

On 3/14/2024 at 6:25 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

So the IRS will always do that the vast majority of the time?  The answer is generally no is my point. 

If the IRS believes that you owe them $1 you will get a letter in the mail. It's a formality. Gun toting agents are not showing up at your door.

On 3/14/2024 at 4:01 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

Exactly their lawyers would cost $500 an hour. They will not come after people for such a low amount. 

The IRS absolutely will, and has, gone after people for $500 and less. It doesn't involve lawyers; it's a form letter prepared and issued by an admin.

However, @NewWorldOrder is correct that a good faith effort at calculating your cost basis is all the IRS requires. No one needs to submit a receipt from 1985 to prove they paid 96 cents for a copy of Spider-Man sold in 2023 for $96.

On 3/13/2024 at 9:08 PM, Point Five said:

If you're going to police this sort of thing on ebay you're going to be very, very sad.   

 

Or tired.

On 3/12/2024 at 4:58 PM, jsilverjanet said:

I'm hoping to go two for two by the end of the year possibly two birds with one bone stone

Don't let your dreams be dreams!