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The threadcrapping rules make it impossible to even hint that someone's grading sucks. Unless you say something like, "Is that a 1/2" chip out of the BEBC?" or maybe, "Are those creases along the spine? Or scanner artifacts?

Quite often.

Once again, loose grading abounds . . . it's starting to look like eBay again. And what's worse is, buyers & lookers seem to be embracing it

Yea I'm not sure I've ever seen one. I wonder if I have one in my collection and didn't think much of it as a child...but that is probably doubtful. Many of you have prolly sold them without even checking . . . Often, the covers are relatively inseparable - you really need to feel the weight of a book when grading it, and then inspect further. I discovered one in my collection just last week, and I am sure I had looked at the book previously. It's mate had a Mark Jewelers insert (considerably heavier) but when I was scanning them I made the "mistake" of checking them both because they both felt "heavy".

If you see something you think is overpriced, make me an offer Glad to see you pay attention!

Do tell Pick a card, any card . . .

It's a tad disturbing to see the amount of overgraded / overpriced books being offered for sale here on the boards, wtf

Really not odd, as many scammers use the the same business model (see Ponzi, etc.) It's akin to whatshisface giving refunds to any dissatisfied customer for his photoshopped/trimmed/cracked-out-restored books . . .

Wow, 13 HOSers, countless probies, Wow!

You're freakin' amazin' Frank! (thumbs u

News to me, I always tape the flap. It must be one those rules they rarely enforce. I believe I was nailed once for an additional fee because my flat rate envelope, with some stiff cardboard inside, was rigid. It's called "clerk's law" - anyone in the legal business is familiar with it it.

And btw, let's remember the standard for the HOS: THE HALL OF SHAME The following Board Members have been elected by the community to the Probation List's "Hall of Shame" for gross misconduct as members in the Marketplace Forum:

I would vote no. In fact, if no money ever switches hands I would vote no on even the board transactions. Maybe we need to add a Butthurt section. This could include the deals where we feel our time has been wasted, but that there hasn't actually been a payment made. HOS - True conman territory. Bad guys who have screwed people over multiple times. Probation- Someone took my money & it took months to get the think worked out. They fell off the internet after losing a job or a bad family situation & cannot be trusted. Butthurt- I was the first in the thread to . It's my book & the deal didn't get completed for some reason. Did I lose money? No, but I wasted a valuable 2 minutes of my life time. Similar to if you call a comic shop & reserve something, but when you arrive they can't find it or accidently sold it to another customer. Wasted my time. Sorry, it just seems like people are getting hit up for the probation thread for some pretty minor situations even when they are not bad guys or habitual problems. Just so I am clear on "not being a bad guy" or "a habitual problem": You are saying that it is OK to make a deal with someone, use that deal to milk a higher offer out of someone else, then use that offer to try and milk more money out of the guy that already has a contract on the book, and when that doesn't work, sell it to the 2nd person? That, to me, is way worse than just screwing up or welching on a deal. Way, way worse. I'm not saying it is ok, just that it's not really my idea of a probation offense. It would annoy the heck out of me, but really, if no money was exchanged I would just move on. I guess I've had enough deals fall through in real life that if I'm not being ripped off then I can move on pretty quickly. Losing out on a comic, even if it was bs, shouldn't be such a large deal imo. Yeah, the milking a higher deal out of a 2nd buyer would certainly say something about the sellers character, but I just don't see it probation worthy like when someone is walking off with peoples money. It's a hobby & unless someone is stealing something from me, I find it pretty easy to just move on if a deal falls through. I agree. I've had to move along so many times I can't count.

No. But you can out him and call him the scumbag he is . . .

This should be written in stone as board policy:

Q: Is it really threadkrapping if the seller's grade borders on fraudulent? Personally, I don't think so.

Abso-freakin'-lutely

Those pages are awesome! (Although I doubt my wife wants them framed in our bedroom )

(thumbs u Is that some kind of Canadian expression? Love it!

I would never buy from this seller. Period. Bite me if you don't like it.

Does anyone know if eBay member "luna66" is a Board member? I'm getting sick and tired of non-payers, particularly when they make a "best offer" and then ignore any communication. EBay's non-paying bidder strikes are a joke . . .

Very nize! (thumbs u

Personally, I would never buy anything from Soandso . . . Caveat emptor!

S'not . . .