Chip Cataldo

I wish I could buy that collection. There's more profit to be made if you piece it out.

The greatest one-hit wonder EVER.

Awesome find, Chris! Congrats!

I'm good, Claudio. Been on my meds for a couple weeks now and am noticing the side effects but not really the "good" help yet. That's normal, though. I'll be starting my therapy soon as well, so I'm happy about that. Got everything in on my application to drive for Uber and am just waiting on the background check to clear. Had a great Father's Day with my daughter...just dinner so I saw her only for an hour but it still made my day. All-in-all, okay. I'm hanging in there.

These guys have life by the short hairs.

For those that don't know them all... Blue Beetle, Space Cabbie (!), Dr. Fate, Shazam, Dr. Light, Mr. Terrific, Joker Swamp Thing, Firestorm, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter Big Barda, Jason Blood, Harley Quinn, Hawkman, Lobo, Blaze, Brother Night Lex Luthor and Booster Gold are also confirmed to be in the show. I've been waiting for a show like this since JLU ended. 11-minute episodes are short, but I'm psyched anyway. EDIT - I've been told this is just a "small sampling" of all the characters on the show. Awesome!!!

Hi everyone. I just got home from the hospital and thought I'd give an update for those of you that care. I called the suicide hotline when it was posted here in the thread after I made my initial comments Thursday evening. About 20 minutes into that phone call the counselor from the local police department called me so I told the suicide line I'd rather speak with my local office (the woman on the hotline was terrible, BTW...seemed very disinterested in what I had to say). The local woman was very positive and about 10 minutes into that conversation the door knocked and she told me that it was an officer. I hung up with her and spoke to the officer for about 5 minutes. I guess I seemed like I was in really bad shape because he quickly motioned for the EMS guys who I didn't even notice were by my driveway with the ambulance. They took me to the hospital right away. When I got to the emergency room the security officer there took all my stuff...wallet, keys, cell phone and clothes. I was given scrubs and sat in a small room for a little while. A doctor came in and examined me and asked me some questions. Two nurses showed up to take blood and urine samples. Then after another few hours a "Hospitalist" come in and asked more psyche-related questions, talked with me for about an hour and gave me a few exams. I was taken to my own room in the psyche ward about 3:30am. The next morning (yesterday) when I woke up I noticed that the room had nothing in it save for my bed, the door was open and a security guard was stationed right outside. That's was the environment for the rest of the weekend. I wasn't allowed my phone, a TV or even a magazine. I had to wait all day until about 8pm last night to see the psychiatrist as he doesn't work in the hospital. He consults from a private practice. He spent about an hour with me and prescribed medications for bi-polar disease. He stated it was pretty obvious from what I was describing as to what was going on and what I history was. He prescribed me medication that I'd not tried yet. I listed all the medications I'd been on in the past that hadn't worked. I had two women show up that offered free counseling and care with a local office as well as free prescription medication and I'm getting a referral call-back Monday or Tuesday to go into counseling. I just arrived home from getting discharged and am going to have my prescriptions filled for my two medications now. The psychiatrist and medical doctor both said that I should see definitive results regularly within 4-6 weeks but could see some reaction within the first week as my mind gets acclimated to the medication. Hopefully this is a start on a somewhat full recovery for me from where I've been mentally and emotionally. I appreciate all the advice posted in this thread. I'll be taking the time to re-read it all in-depth this evening once I'm resting. I realize there's a lot of good information here, especially about the jobs available to me. Thank you to everyone that expressed concern for my well-being. That means a lot to me even though I've never met any of you. Regards, Chip

Who called the damn cops?

I want the three of us to be a family again. There's no hope for that, and that's not a life I want to live.

I had a long talk with April tonight. She reminded me that she always tried to get me to come around to some sort of normal reasoning as I was screwing everything up, but I wouldn't listen. Multiple times. I haven't seen my daughter in a long while now and won't see her again until late next week. After our conversation the only thing I could think of is that the stupid thing about killing yourself is that no one thinks you'll do it until it's too late. Then you're gone.

The job said $15/hour. Now I'm worried because one of the guys named in one of the complaints is the guy who hired and trained me. Back to the drawing board.

On what grounds?

I'm wondering why nothing I've done on these boards as far as transactions has any merit in that "fact." A lot of boardies have bought from me on eBay as well. None of those transactions have had any issues or are worth "losing trust" over. Also, I've used the donated funds for exactly what I said I would use them for. I'm wondering what the other sites have to do with anything right now. One of those was 15 years ago, I believe. I don't remember all three links but I know they were all years ago. Am I not entitled to try and improve aspects of my life?

Thank you for posting that. Here's hoping *no one* looks like a jerk.

Thank you for your advice. I will try my best to justify the faith that others have in me.

Thank you. I understand the concept. I did bookmark that "What's the Cost?" website that someone linked, but I will work with you. Give me a bit to compile that information...there's quite a bit but I do have everything organized paperwork-wise. I appreciate the help.

Thank you, I appreciate that.

Thank you Claudio. Yes, I realize I made a mistake there. I appreciate your support.

Thanks Jay. I appreciate the advice. There's not much I can do about things now except to work hard and get the cash to move into a smaller place next month as everything I listed was already paid. My landlord isn't the type of person who would "work with me" on anything, anyway. I had to beg him to not evict me when I fell behind as it is. I will contact CAhokie once things settle in to the new job.

Thank you. I appreciate you saying that. The best thing about the job is that the more I work, the more I earn. I'm going to hit the ground running and get as many hours in as I can. I just have to make sure I know the product, but that will come with time. The company is doing very well so I know I can make this work. http://www.filterqueen.com

Hello everyone, All the other threads were locked so I'm responding here. First off I'd like to address the Google links that were thrown up about my time on previous forums. Yes, I've had some issues in the past. However, if you would kindly look here : http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=5525613#Post5525613 http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=chips-comics&ftab=AllFeedback ...you would see that I don't have those issues anymore and complete transactions to satisfaction. I'm not 100% perfect, but no one is...especially with a large sample size. Those other situations were years ago and I take a lot more care & give a lot more attention when selling online. I don't believe I've ever had even a small issue when selling on this forum. Secondly I'd like to admit that I made a huge mistake in not analyzing and correcting my goal once I decided to remove the Paypal loan repayment from my plan. I took the advice of a few that said it's not really something I should be asking for and I should only ask for help with my living expenses and related things. I just left the amount as-is because I didn't yet have a job and was worried about my bills continuing to pile up. Hiring movers should definitely not have been included but I wasn't thinking about just leaving things behind and taking a monetary loss. I didn't want to take any kind of loss...I was trying to gain ground, not lose it. I'm guilty of not taking the amount as seriously as I should and naively thought that it wouldn't be an issue. I honestly didn't even think I'd come anywhere close to even a third of that so I am guilty of not paying it the attention I should. I was wrong and should have made it a more accurate number before going public. If anyone wants to know exactly what areas I've spent the actual donations on I'm going to list them here. I don't think I've forgotten anything. However, I have sold some items of my own on the forum while the fundraiser was going on so the numbers might not match up 100%...nearly all of it is here. I also received donations from friends on Facebook & sold some things locally so not all the money raised for these bills came from this forum. All of it was to make overdue things as current as possible and I didn't have enough left for a security deposit/1st month rent at a new & cheaper place. Monthly rent - $2,940 (2 months) Car payment - $577.20 (3 months) Utilities (heat/electric) - $298.39 (3 months) Phone - $210.66 (2 months) For those that still care I do have some good news on the 2nd interview I had the other day. I got the job and started training yesterday. I'm happy about it because it wasn't a job I expected to land (with 3 weeks between interviews). It's paid training so while I do have to wait a few weeks to see money coming in I will eventually have positive cash flow and am making it a priority to get into a cheaper home as soon as possible. I know I'm probably forgetting to address something so I'm sorry for that but it's early and I haven't slept much due to the usual nerves about the new job. I want to thank everyone for their help & good advice and once again apologize for the way I handled the situation. I obviously wasn't thinking it through clearly when I started this entire thing, you (all) were right to ask questions and it got very much out of hand with every subsequent thing I said. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Regards, Chip

Well, that's fine. Over the last 36 months I've had over 25,000 transactions with less than 50 returns (not all related to damage). I'm sorry, but that sample size does NOT illustrate "luck." That means I know what I'm doing. If some people are pickier than my shipping method and don't want to request boxed shipping for more money, then so be it. You can't win 'em all.

When I think of the character Legion, I do NOT think "whimsical." They've already failed.

That's awesome.