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  1. Silver sharpies were first used in 1964. Walt Disney died in 1966. This alone would have me worried about the authenticity of this piece.
  2. My copy of Edge of Spider-Verse #2 was signed one month before the book was released. I hope this fits the criteria of the thread!
  3. I've read all of the 1960s Marvel comics and wouldn't say that Lee/Kirby/Ditko collaborations always equaled gold and that Lee/others were lame. I enjoyed reading Lee/Romita, Lee/Heck, Lee/Everett & Lee/Lieber collaborations. This is just my humble opinion, but the best Silver Age Marvel books are (in this order): the Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, the Avengers, and Tales of Suspense. The worst are: The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby worked together on The Incredible Hulk and it only produced 6 issues because of poor sales. X-Men went 19 issues before Roy Thomas took over. The rest of the titles (TTA,JIM,DD,ST,SgtFury,etc.) were all decent.
  4. FanExpo Cleveland is March 24-26. I haven't seen anyone advertise this event, but I would also like to submit a book for FanExpo Cleveland if anyone is facilitating/witnessing.
  5. Mike is easy to communicate with and paid quickly. Overall a smooth transaction!
  6. As someone who has read all of Marvel's silver age series, there are two that stand out above the rest: 1) Fantastic Four 2) Amazing Spider-Man
  7. The buyer complained about the tick marks on the spine and how the lower right front corner isn't perfectly flush. He did not complain about anything regarding the back cover. You can clearly see both "imperfections" in the picture I posted here (the same front cover picture that was on Ebay). The front cover not aligning perfectly is a common manufacturing defect with X-Men #107. Here is anther example of an X-Men 107 CGC 9.6 with the same "defect" https://www.ebay.com/itm/204172014740?hash=item2f8999b494:g:pQUAAOSw91BivzLE I believe the buyer was being unreasonable calling the book a "7.0 at best" and using threats to get his way. I believe his expectations are that a 1977 9.6 should look like a 2023 modern age 9.8. If he simply messaged me first, instead of filing a "fraudulent item case" against me, I would have been open to having a reasonable dialog. For example, I sold a CGC SS Stan Lee book to a different person on Ebay a year ago who messaged me and said his wife was mad at him for spending that much money on a comic book. He asked if he could cancel the purchase. I agreed to the cancellation. The buyer of my former X-Men 107 on the other hand did not handle the situation in a friendly or reasonable manner.
  8. Correct, that is exactly my point. He purchased an X-Men #107 SS Chris Claremont graded 9.6 by CGC and an X-Men #107 SS Chris Claremont graded 9.6 by CGC is exactly what he received. So, for the buyer to claim that I sold him a "fraudulent and damaged" product that was "7.0 at best," and then to threaten negative feedback if I don't refund him, he clearly was not being reasonable.
  9. First of all, I want to thank everyone for your input in this situation. I do appreciate everyone's feedback. A few updates: The buyer's name is "disneymaniac" and I added him to the "Ebay: Blocked User List" as people have suggested. All of my Ebay listings with CGC comic books are "no refund." I select no refund when selling CGC comic books because it is ludicrous to dispute the grade of a CGC comic book. I would be happy to work something out if USPS damaged the case during shipping, but that is not what happened here. The book arrived in the exact same condition and claiming that CGC misgraded a 9.6 as a 7.0 is unfounded. The zoomed in pictures he uploaded to Ebay show the exact same "manufacture defects" as the original picture I took before shipping the comic book. The fact that he opened a refund case saying that I sold him a "damaged" and "fraudulent" item is complete nonsense. Additionally he threatened negative feedback and doubled down that if he did not get his way, he would contact Ebay to get what he wanted. If he had buyer's remorse and/or his wife was mad at him for making the purchase and wanted a refund, he should have messaged me directly, but I do not appreciate someone lying to get their way. As pointed out above, the buyer purchased the book for below market value and could easily resell if his buyer's remorse is that bad. I contacted Ebay today to ask them for advice on this situation. They looked at my case, as well as the messages between myself and the buyer, and said that if I wanted to close the case, I can do so. I decided to close the case because I do not want to risk the buyer potentially trying to scam me. Maybe he simply has buyer's remorse or maybe he wants to keep the book and the money. Either way, I do not want to deal with the possibility of him scamming me considering that he has already lied to try to get his way. Another red flag is that when I shipped the book via USPS with signature confirmation, it took him 5 days to sign for and pick up the book. Maybe he was just busy with life, maybe he was having buyer's remorse all week, or maybe he was trying to plan a way to create a scam. Whatever the case is, I do not trust the buyer at this point. I am happy to work with honest people, but when people use dishonesty to "get their way," I don't appreciate it and I am happy that Ebay has sided with me in this matter and allowed me to close the case.
  10. disneymaniac Purchased a 9.6 SS X-Men #107 and initiated a "Defective and Fraudulent" case with Ebay demanding a refund because he thinks CGC should have graded the 9.6 comic book as a 7.0. More details:
  11. The book was not damaged during shipping. The seller provided pictures of the "imperfections" and they are the same "imperfections" as shown in the original listing. The same picture I posted above. There is a tick mark on the spine and the front cover doesn't "align" perfectly on the bottom. This is probably why CGC graded this a 9.6 and not a 9.8.....The buyer thinks this is why the book should be a 7.0. What do you think?
  12. I read on here some years ago that a scam artist mailed a package with nothing inside. Ebay uses "tracking" as proof of something being mailed. Maybe I am overthinking the buyer as a scammer, but the main point here is how can someone dispute a CGC grade as a reason for a refund? The book is professionally graded by CGC and inside the CGC case.
  13. I sold a CGC signed 9.6 X-Men 107 on Ebay recently and received a message from the buyer that he disagrees with CGC's grading of this book and therefore wants a full refund. He claims that this book should be graded a 7.0, even thought CGC graded it a 9.6. CGC are the professional graders, not the buyer and not me, so to call this book "defective," claim it's a 7.0, and demand a full refund doesn't make sense to me. He received a 9.6, not a 7.0. Have any of you had to deal with anything similar? My understanding is that Ebay tends to side with buyers regardless of how ridiculous the claims are... Another concern I have is that the buyer might be trying to scam me. For example, do you think he might be trying to demand a refund, and then keep the book and the refunded money? This refund request smells fishy to me....
  14. These signatures are fake. At the peak of my collection, I had over 100 Stan Lee autographs (while meeting him in person) and several Todd McFarlane autographs and can spot a bad forgery. This person clearly knows what both autographs are "supposed to look like," but as pointed out in the posts above, did not pay attention to the small details. Another common theme for forged autographs is that the scam artist almost always defaces an inexpensive book. If you stick with CGC yellow label books, you will never need to question the authenticity of the autograph.
  15. That's the first signature I've ever seen of Flo. I would guess her signature is more on the rare side.