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$50 USD F+F sent to Jim Get better soon Jim!

Jeez. Talk about misleading marketing. Thanks mate

Before I watch - is Daredevil even in this? Nobody has mentioned him. Or is it as bad as people are hinting?

Was I the only one 'sponsoring' you? Please let me know where to send payment as I haven't really been following due to work.

I must have missed this - what Powers?

Yes - but it's a terrible way to do it. They use very expensive shipping, and the full amount is declared on the Customs invoice - plus shipping, so you get 10% GST on the WHOLE total. IMHO - it would be much better for you to spend some time on here, build a relationship with a respectable USA presser and / or submitter, and use them as a middleman. Obviously there are ways around GST - undervaluing is one that works, but it's 100% on you to absorb the loss if the slabs get lost or damaged at the reduced declared value. Not recommended, and illegal tbh. The best is to build a relationship on here with some boardies who press and sub internationally - there are legal ways around GST if you use a person who is registered as a person who's services 'conserve' your comics. It's up to you to make those relationships. Good luck!

You really DO live in a basement!

Yes - Chip repaid in full plus something on top.

I think thats covered - look at the vid link. THAT'S Reacher - not some toe-to-toe brawler. Get back to what made the books so popular - and for goodness sake - get Neagley a decent script!

Agreed. I have no idea why Lee Childs greenlit this season. Neagley is reduced to a simpering sidekick - I have no idea why they did this - Neagley in print was a master detective, with combat skills matching Reacher. I don't recognise her in season 2 at all, and thats a shame. Dixon - who was the financial MP in the 1/10 books now gets headbutted , gets up, gets hit again, and beats hired muscle? And Reacher.... Reacher NEVER got into it with someone. He struck first, struck hard and that was that. The scenes of him going toe to toe with street goons is absolutely laughable to anyone who has read Childs books. THIS is Reacher! Why are all the 1/10 guys now officers? They were mostly all Sergeants - "The Sgt network" was a trope used in all Reacher flashback books. I agree with @Aman619 - this is so poor compared to the book - Bad Luck and Trouble is a great read, but is absolutely ripped to pieces and remade in this season - and not for the better. For me, this is another "Expanse" - Careys masterpiece. If you read the books, the shows are so inferior that's it's a painful watch (I can't watch so I turned off after cringing at Neagley's dialog) but if you haven't, it's an OK show. It's a shame as Ritchson is physically spot on - but he's been completely reduced in Season 2 and is now, just another 'ex-cop' not the character bought to life in over 20 worldwide smash hit books. Again - why Lee Childs signed off on these changes is a mystery. He certainly doesn't need the money.

I'm not sure if I've got this right, but I'll have a stab! I pledge $1 per mile completed, sent direct to JimJum. All good?

Appeasement of bad folks doing bad things just leads to more bad things.

@ADAMANTIUM is a terrific guy - I agree with @Cat This thread is probably the best example of why this place is getting quieter. It's the same subject over and over again, in multiple threads until they are closed.

FWIW - Chip reached out 18 months ago without preamble and made me 'whole' after a less than stellar deal a few years back. I didn't comment publicly, nor was I encouraged to by Chip. As a couple of you know, my wife has been fighting the good fight against 4 bouts of cancer. She has the type that will never go away from the multiple parts of her body ravaged by it. She also had a moderate stroke 14 years back as a result of chemotherapeutic agents going awry. I mentioned in a post that she was unwell again, and to my surprise, Chip reached out with kind words. I thanked him and that was that. Can people change - I guess so, but as others have said, Chip has probably the worst history of scams and dodgy deals going back over a decade. That can't be ignored. Chip would need to be posting regularly for at least 6 months to rebuild relationships, posting about comics, not a monotonous regurgitation of 'mea culpa' in every post, but of value to the boards before he is allowed to sell or buy on here again. If he shows a history of completed transactions without fault over the next 12 months, then I would consider a vote. 18 months sounds a long time - but Chip robbed an awful lot of people over a long period of time. He certainly seems a different person. Lets see if he still is in 18 months.

You won't do well buying 'lots' from sellers who deal mostly with comics. They tend to know the current value. I look for random sellers with poor pics who have just found them in a yard sale or pops old shed and want to make a quick $$$ or three. Off the top of my head - two awful pics of rolled up and scruffy drek comics - but in the back row - Phantom issues #70 + #95 (IIRC) - bought the lot for $50, and sold the 2 Phantoms for over $800. Always look at the pics - but of course, you need history in this caper to identify comics with just an inch or two showing. Most people are too lazy to put the time in - that's your advantage right there. Learn, and you'll spot a key in a crowd of drek and make a buck or two.

So you think they WOULD do something, but people are saying they won't because they are too scared to confront this guy? This whole thing seems bonkers.

If you are close - why not visit the local Police and show them this thread? I'm sure the aggrieved parties would send you book details and their contact info prior to a visit to the station. I have no reason to doubt @Sauce Dog above - but that's an absurd take on things by the Police Department. Go visit the Police Station and see how you go - if they can spare an officer, and you have the info about which books are there, then Mike would probably be grateful your were dealing with this. Sorry guys - I'm still having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that even though there is documented info proving $100,000+ worth of cash / comics sitting with this guy - and you have written proof he won't send them back - that the Police will refuse to help. I can't think of any other Western nation where this would be deemed acceptable. What a joke.

Wow. That is awful. I actually think our Police here are OK - they certainly would make a visit if I was to make a complaint such as this. I had no idea your Police were so.......I dunno what word to use tbh. Non-active, as opposed to pro-active. So if you saw a cop car outside of Hero - and told them he had stolen your books, and you could prove they were yours - they wouldn't even get out of the car? That's absurd. Not even if you make a written statement accusing Hero's of theft, with proof of purchase and delivery to Hero's and they won't do anything even then? Seriously? That's insane. The guy above sent him $11,000 and 15 valuable books. That's not enough to get a cop to visit Hero's address? That's absolutely bloody ridiculous.

So you did nothing about this? No wonder this guy gets away with this - all I see is person after person complaining they have had their books and money stolen, and passively accepting it. It's been going on for a decade! Is there nobody affected by this who lives nearby who can obtain a warrant for return of goods (The Sheriffs dept do this in Australia so apologies for not knowing how you guys do this) then contact the local Police Department for assistance to serve it,and collect the books? If he has the books, why does his health matter? You are collecting books, not stabbing him in the face. I don't believe for one second if someone walked into a Police Station and said 'A guy has my books and $$ totalling $25,000 and he lives here - can you help me get it back" - and they will do nothing? And when multiple people in multiple Police Stations do the same - and it all ends up at the local (to Heros') Police Station - they will do nothing?? Is that what you are all saying? Bloody hell, just on this thread alone there are hundreds of thousands of $$$ worth of books and cash, and y'all letting it slide because he is 'sick'. Screw this guy. Use the Police - it's their job isn't it?

I liked it, despite the ending smacking of 'double-standards' of what constitutes a baddie - I pretty much guarantee most people thought Wanda got off waay too lightly for here crimes! The show was different, and most importantly, entertaining. Then again, I liked Hawkeye and Ms Marvel too

Young Sydney is very, um, enthusiastic in this, shall we say...... There were rumours that one of the scenes wasn't an act. Oh my!

Well, you'd probably want to watch 'The Voyeurs' then. Ain't nothing left to the imagination in THAT movie, I can assure you.

ESG / ERD is an important thing for the whole world moving firward. I have invested substantially in a mining operation in Australia (Green renewable energy source) and ESG / ERD is a key pillar in the approvals from EPA. Why? Because the land isn't resembling a nuclear wasteland when mining is done, and is usually better tbh. It ensure Indigenous peoples are involved and compensated appropriately. It ensures that water tables are free, and remain free from pollution. Roads and infrastructure are constructed with one eye on environmental impacts. In fact the whole mining area is going to be self-powered by solar and VRFB battery storage. Anyone who says ESG is a 'con' or whatever is either a cockwomble or doesn't have a clue what it actually is. You mileage may vary, but in this thread, I'm going with massive cockwomble.

That looks like every other movie about "I can see the future so I'll change it" Source Code was the best example of this type of movie so why people thought another film of the same genre would appeal is beyond me.