OldGuy

Little tape on the cover there.....

Any day that Cal releases his column on the CGC boards is a good day.

Not closed! You lose! BTW Cal, have I told you lately how magnificently long your column is?

I just can't wait to get my hands on your column every month Cal. It's been a long, hard wait, but it was so worth it. Thank you, from the bottom of my bottom.

Right?! I don't even have to point out what a complete *spoon* Cal is, he's proving my point better than I ever could.

It was.

Death threats + massive insecurity + literal insanity + the other word for cat + fish + hippy + testicular damage + inept moderation = pure win I love this forum. If I could change one thing here it would be Greggy's underwear, but just once a month.

Unfortunately, it's impossible to weed through them all. If someone is persistent enough, there is absolutely no way you can prevent a-holes from registering and the moderators wouldn't even know to suspect until something like this happens (I'm a mod on another forum and have to deal with this all the time). Report 'em and let the mods do their work. If the Mods were really smart they wouldn't even ban people who are constantly banned and come back. Once the word is out let others just put them on their block list and let them think they have an audience when in fact the majority of people will have them on ignore. I'm getting a bit riled up over this entire issue... I have received NUMEROUS threats like this. Yes, you guessed it - it was the clowns ones who hated CGC, everything they stood for, yet chased me over here. Some of them have more posts than I have in the 10 years or whatever it is I first registered( if that shill would re-post my registration number # 200-something; HA! When you need them, you can't get even a good shill!), and I have yet to have seen them sell ANY CGC product here, or on eBay. But I am not here to hijack my friend's Thread with MY agenda(s), which are NEVER hidden. I am here on comicdona's Thread to show my total loyalty and support, and to LINK these thoughts from everyone concerned as the collective, that something HAS to be done. It is apparent that the powers at CGC that may be, just either: 1) don't think that this is important 2) just delete posts as a short-term band-aid 3) they truly think that this is the LOVE BOAT and every episode of infighting ends well; 4) they don't take us seriously as they should. MY take is that if this were MY business, there is no way on Charlie Sheen's busy medicine cabinet would there be the allowance of the trolls to otherwise harrass, theaten, bait, ridicule, or otherwise insult their Customers that make us what we are as a business. The trolls have been very clever here, and has actually gained several of the CGCers' confidence. But that is not that major of a point: if they behave, all would be well. Butthere is an EASY SOLUTION TO ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS: The Boards should be open to THOSE WHO PURCHASE( send submissions in) THE PRODUCT - not this other way around that those who DO NOT NOR EVER INTEND TO SUBMIT shoudl be allowed on a Forum. I went round and round with Borock, Haspel, and now Harshen, and I guess they STILL HOLD OUT HOPE that the trolls MIGHT send in a batch of three moderns to get their customary 9.8. Not gonna happen. But let's say I am 95% right and a few DO send in three mods and happily take their three 9.8's. At what cost did the company sacrifice to get the trolls to submit? That cost is I KNOW TO BE A FACT a Randall Bartlett, of West Hills, CA. His ASM collection would give Brulato a run for his money. Randall has stopped posting, deactivated his CGC account, and sold me part of his collection, and consigned out the rest. The trolls got to him, he said, " hey CGC would not do anything, I quit". Now how many others have been chased out fo this hobby? If you type on this reply that this is an isolated case, that tells a lot. I am thinking about getting a petition together, write the synopsis myself( I will make the time), get those who I believe that understand what is at stake here, and present it to THE TOP PERSON at The Collectibles Company. And I am going to print this now in case this gets mysteriously "deleted". Ther Threats have got to stop, the trolling has got to stop, the harrassment has got to stop, the insults and blaming has got to stop. Food for thought: this does not happen at the PGX site. What does Patterson know that we here at CGC does not know? I only envy Patterson for that power he has to have the strength to stop the bull over there; I wished I could be the one to stop it here. Like me, hate me, does not matter. I defended CGC when they first came into being, and I feel that my loyalty to them has been misplaced. I send comics in. Have two batches supposedly on backorder. I have three more ready to go, but I am nervous about my 9.2's cracked out/pressed coming back at 8.0 instead of the last batch of 9.2's that came back at 8.5's. CGC does not retaliate? Maybe they don't need me and they really need the trolls. Sad to concede that this may have been the case through all my flamewars with Stu Cathell, and a few others who post here now. I gotta stop before they kick me off. Concerned but determined CAL Seek help.

You have been the best salesman E Gerber ever had around here :thumbsup: No kidding. Salesman fail.

I think I'm in love.

Perhaps now would be a good time to point out that we have not made a personal attack on any member of this forum. We only came to discuss the study that Mike has posted in a polite and professional manner. In return we have been subjected to a barrage of insults by certain members of this community. Is this the way manufacturer's representatives are treated here? Judging by your comment about employees of E. Gerber, a company who's products you obviously hold above our own, it is. While the E. Gerber products are what I chose to use, I buy them from a reseller. The last time I tried to order direct from E. Gerber I had to talk to a supervisor in order to avoid an international shipping charge............to New Mexico.

This man takes " not what your country can do for you, what you can do for your country." to new heights. I don't even know what means but it's 100% true. God bless you sir, and God bless America!

Welcome to the boards.

Refund, then send me your last copy for karmic balance.

That's not the same book. This is a third blue label NM 98 in 9.9. Can someone google "astronomical" for me? In that case I can't do more than $50......shipped.

I'd be willing to pay $100.

I assume then that you know about the #2, 7, 8, 33 and 34 2nd prints as well as the error version of 35 and don't consider them variants..... Yeah, I knew about them. When I think of the word variant, I don't think of 2nd prints. I think of a book coming out at the same time as the 1st print with a different cover, or a foreign version. That's just me. Cool, thanks for the feedback everyone. I just like hearing about what and why people collect what they collect. One last question for anyone that cares to play along. Do any of you all have the #2, 7, 8, 33 and 34 2nd prints? FWIW, I consider them a kind of variant so I have them.

I assume then that you know about the #2, 7, 8, 33 and 34 2nd prints as well as the error version of 35 and don't consider them variants.....

So what's the fascination with foreign editions of TWD? There have been foreign editions of US comics for decades and no one has ever cared about them in the least. Why now?

I read these in HC format. Love it!