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I am particulary interested in the Tooth Fairy pedigree.

This could be my new sig line . . .

Funny, I just received two e-mails from Doug this morning . . . btw irregardless is not a word, it either is or it isn't I believe it has been added to the OED...much to the chagrin of grammar geeks everywhere. Yeah, the OED for *spoon* . . .

Well, I don't think it would be as simple as "ignoring" the dealer posts, should it come to that. The boards are a market and the more big players that move in, the more the small players will be pushed out. It's really that simple. There's a finite amount of dollars available here, and it would suck to see it going (once again) into big dealer wallets. I depend on the marketplace and my sales here to bear the bulk of my hobby-related costs. I know I am FAR from being alone there. I don't need some weekend warrior with big bucks and huge inventory coming and taking money away from small time players who do it because they love it or can't collect otherwise. Dealers have TONS of other places they can do that, Mike. Heritage, eBay, Pedigree, CLink, their own sites, ect. Do they REALLY need another one? Should we sacrifice nice books at attractive prices from other collectors to have another venue for big timers to pump their overgraded, overpriced wares? I say hell no. I like buying from collectors, I like selling to collectors, and I like leaving dealers out of the loop entirely. This is one of the few places where people can do that on a consistent basis.

Funny, I just received two e-mails from Doug this morning . . . btw irregardless is not a word, it either is or it isn't

joe_collector: There is only one person who is totally against dealer involvement (Divad)... Current poll results indicate that only 4 of the 28 respondents feel that "stricter rules are needed...in order to exclude dealers.". It's pretty obvious who's in the (vocal) minority here. Geez - we've gone from one to six in a matter of minutes . . . What's obvious is that you're more vocal than others. I don't have an agenda, I just want to occasionally be able to buy and sell a book here and there without having to wade through dealer offerings.

The beauty is that you represent "legions" of board members' opinions and that JC and I only voice our "lone" radical thoughts

Activity has been low here. It hasn' been tested yet. But I can see a meltdown on the horizon . . .

It's been working OK, mostly because the rule that a book cannot be advertised elsewhere precludes true "dealers" (Blazingbob, Metro, Superworld, etc.,.) from posting their new arrivals lists here, which is a shame for those of us wishing to build our collections with truly scarce, hard to find items that are typically only offered by these types of sellers. Other than that, it's the same old same old that it's always been, with the exception that quasi-dealers like flyingdonut and qualitycomix can now post here like they always have, but without someone crying to you about it. Also, I'm glad to see people using the "guidelines" as just that, and not "hard and fast rules". If they truly were "hard and fast rules", I don't believe a single post that has been made since the guidelines were posted would have been in compliance with all 11 of them. Finally, I continue to strongly believe that rule #3 should be dropped, and I also strongly believe that doing so will not change the nature of the board, given the other rules, most notably #'s 4 and 9. However, if we're lucky it might result in an increase in the number of quality books being offered for sale here. I guess the "dealers" could use the "Sales Advertising" board, but posts there pretty much get buried by ebay Spam, which is probably why more people voted in the marketplace realignment poll to separate "Direct Sales", "Indirect Sales", and "WTB" as suggested by Chromium, than for any other option. Dr. B - you amaze me. This is the first time you have even acknowledged that there is an existing place for direct sales by dealers. You speak of lost opportunities - every single member dealer can post direct sales to forum members, not one of them is prevented from doing so. Your "lost in spam" thought is ridiculous, there are very few spam posts on the other thread. If the dealers wanted to make such a popular offering they are free to do so, over there. As to you being liberal? What a laugh riot that is. I for one, tire of your ongoing restatements inaccurately summarizing the conclusions of these board members.

Kudos to Karma23 Always immediate payment, always a pleasure! Thanks.

Clearly Dan, you cannot grasp even basic concepts. You're right. Tell me what I'm not grasping here. Tell me HERE, not in a graemlin laden PM. What did I do wrong that bothered you? Tell me what the rules are and I'll follow them. Nice. btw, I didn't send you a graemlin laden PM. You don't bother me at all.

Clearly Dan, you cannot grasp even basic concepts.

I get it . . . they are rules for everyone else, but they're only guidelines for me

I for one, don't think that "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" is corny . . .

Thanks Arch, as always, stellar work.

Obviously, correspondence within the thread, or the addition of books for sale to a thread cannot be construed as a bump, except by "incorigible recidivists"

How about we just tie-up and gag all of those free-thinking nogoodniks.

Huge kudos to Chris - The Great Beyonder! Absolutely stunning FF #91 packed to perfection - the Man knows how to grade! Thanks again!

Nice cover, but, uh...what's he got in his hand there? Clearly it's a weapon of outstanding proportions!

I've been looking for a nice copy of this Ken Kelly cover for a while . . .

Who Me? . . . Right back at you Rich! Perhaps the cooooolest guy on the boards

I'll say! Just Awesome books!

Pretty impressive . . .

Talk about a Who's Who on the Boards . . .