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01TheDude
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nice FF- WHAT A BARGAIN
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I have tried this with some success at no cost using things I already have. Open the book to the middle and hang on a rack of some kind so the pages hang down. The pages will naturally fan out a little bit doing this. Using a portable fan set on low, position it so the air can gently blow through the pages. Leave it like this for a few weeks and the odor should be greatly reduced. Here's an image of my makeshift setup to do this.
is that method a little rough on the spine?
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I am enjoying this show. I can't say I ever read any flash comics-- mostly due to having Marvel blinders on when I was a kid. Had I known that the Flash had all these powers, I might have gotten into his books (I'm big into anything involving time travel). I always just thought of him as a guy who could run fast.
On the other hand, knowing nothing about his abilities or the story lines etc lets the show be fresh for some of us.
I do agree with some posts here about the absolutely annoying sexual tension BS that they seem to need to throw into everything these days. I sometimes wonder who that is for-- is it to try to keep women interested in the show who aren't into the whole super powers being enough?
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not sure what I am going to do as far as feedback. I've ever given a negative to someone before. Perhaps I go the neutral route and tell buyers to be aware that his shipping prices do not reflect and degree of care whatsoever. Maybe a note about undisclosed damage/poor grading too. Maybe I do nothing. I am telling the people who matter-- this board. And if you happen to be this guy, you should be ashamed of how you sell and send books.
The seller sold you grossly over-graded books and shipped them in a half-assed manner while at the same time charging a shipping cost that is not in line with services received. What more could a seller do that would warrant a negative feedback outside of stealing your money and shipping you a box of rocks?
It isn't all that hard to differentiate a lazy no-good seller from a seller who has made an honest mistake. The latter deserves the opportunity to make it right, the former does not.
I have found that some times there is a worthy fight and other times not so much. I have also run into people on eBay who get vindictive as all hell and use tons of new accounts/friends accounts to attack all your items. It makes life real tough dealing with those people. So I take it pretty carefully when it comes to how I handle an eBay feedback. Like I said-- I wanted too spread the word for those who follow this thread.
And not to pile on but a few of the books had the Marvel Value stamps ripped out of them (not cut neatly even) along with numerous holes, stains, dents, fading, etc -- quarter bin books-- woo hoo -- so at best this guy should have used the words "READERS COPIES", not 5.0
anyway... I have time to do something if I really care but I doubt I will get too much more involved than commenting on very poorly packaged and over charging for shipping. He probably has hurting sales enough from terrible pictures and poor grading ability.
here are some images of the what SUPERIOR packing looks like:
For what it's worth, I contacted the seller about my package and explained to him how he should properly pack comics in a large envelope. Here is his response:
"Glad to hear the package was alright. I will be sure to package items better moving forward. Regards,
- greywolfathome"
I was very cordial when I first contacted him so maybe he will actually start packing the comic better in the future.
I also found the seller very accommodating in terms of communication. They asked for more advise on shipping etc so hopefully between the two of us, he will improve this area-- for the sake of his seller rating as well as the books themselves.
I am changing my AVOID to a qualified CAUTION warning.
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I pack my items as if they are heading to a war zone. You just never know who or what types of people they might encounter. The last person-- mail carrier - is the least of my worries. I talked to a postal worker once about how things get handled when they are sorting the items. In their particular set up-- they were tossing packages into area as there was not other option. That was a bit shocking to me. But based on it, I pretend the mail person is that ape from the old Samsonite commercials. Sure-- a bit of over kill on my part most of the time. But all it takes is one bad experience to turn a buyer off to you forever -- and ultimately, it is the sellers job to get that item there safely as possible.
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if you make it almost impossible for someone to bend the package, writing anything on it is more like a challenge than a request.
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was that originally used for watches or maybe sunglasses?
nice re-purposing
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not sure what I am going to do as far as feedback. I've ever given a negative to someone before. Perhaps I go the neutral route and tell buyers to be aware that his shipping prices do not reflect and degree of care whatsoever. Maybe a note about undisclosed damage/poor grading too. Maybe I do nothing. I am telling the people who matter-- this board. And if you happen to be this guy, you should be ashamed of how you sell and send books.
The seller sold you grossly over-graded books and shipped them in a half-assed manner while at the same time charging a shipping cost that is not in line with services received. What more could a seller do that would warrant a negative feedback outside of stealing your money and shipping you a box of rocks?
It isn't all that hard to differentiate a lazy no-good seller from a seller who has made an honest mistake. The latter deserves the opportunity to make it right, the former does not.
I have found that some times there is a worthy fight and other times not so much. I have also run into people on eBay who get vindictive as all hell and use tons of new accounts/friends accounts to attack all your items. It makes life real tough dealing with those people. So I take it pretty carefully when it comes to how I handle an eBay feedback. Like I said-- I wanted too spread the word for those who follow this thread.
And not to pile on but a few of the books had the Marvel Value stamps ripped out of them (not cut neatly even) along with numerous holes, stains, dents, fading, etc -- quarter bin books-- woo hoo -- so at best this guy should have used the words "READERS COPIES", not 5.0
anyway... I have time to do something if I really care but I doubt I will get too much more involved than commenting on very poorly packaged and over charging for shipping. He probably has hurting sales enough from terrible pictures and poor grading ability.
here are some images of the what SUPERIOR packing looks like:
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99c plus the $8 shipping-I'd just let it go.
did you not read what I wrote? The point is not about the money. It is about how they pack and represent their items.
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here is a seller you might want to avoid - greywolfathome
ugh -- well I guess it was bound to happen eventually-- I bought from a less than stellar seller on eBay. Somehow they still have sterling credentials 100% feedback but it is kind of on me to a degree as I didn't read the neutral feed back comments that also indicate this guy packs for shyte.
Now granted these books weren't high dollar or even high graded by most standards. However this guy does sell or has a bunch of items listed on eBay and I am just plain unhappy. I would imagine that his level of care in how he mails stuff is enough to avoid him, let alone his complete lack of the ability to grade anything.
I wasn't asking for the worlds greatest books-- I realize that I was getting more or less filler books but decent enough that I wasn't disgusted by them. The guy claimed other than the issue 231 ("separated back cover") that all the books were about 5.0 but they included the line about not being an expert grader (HATE that line). None of these books are even 4s and most are 2-3's at best. You couldn't really tell that from the blurry 2 groups pictures this guy bothered to include in their listing.Everything about this seller is HALF ARSED!
It might not have been that bad except this guy charge $8.99 for shipping 8 comic books. OK-- I don't mind paying extra for quality shipping so I paid the guy and waited for the books. Apparently he is not an expert shipper either.
None of the books were bagged or boarded (wasn't in the description-- ok, fair enough).
He used ONE piece of priority mail cardboard on one side of the (the back of all places) taped to a loose leaf three ring binder bag which he put the ragged out books in, taping it in a few places to adhere to the terrible thin cardboard. And that was the extent of the care he gave ("ship all items very securely" my arse) as he slipped this into a flat rate envelope with no packing slip or anything else. I didn't think it was possible to ship 8 books this way in this style of envelope and still have them floating around in the envelope but he made it happen. Worse than that-- nothing on the outside of this flimsy mail item to tell my mail carrier not to attempt stuffing it in my mail box (which they did although no additional wear, as far as anyone can tell). OK -- so 5.75 max (much less with the shipping discount ebay gives) for postage and I guess 3.24 for this half-arsed packing I will loosely refer to as "handling". Here though is what really ticks me off about this-- beyond all the stuff about overcharging for shipping, books condition etc-- the main thing that upsets me is that the guy did next to nothing to pack this stuff and it wasn't about weight or cost. This was a flat rate envelope that he did not fill to capacity with materials to protect the contents. I want to warn you about THAT part of this seller more than anything else. It is almost as if he tried to do the least possible amount of work in this sale.
what a joke. I am not sending this back and I will be sure never to buy from this clown again. He should change his name to half-arsing-it-at-home
the original ebay offering:
not sure what I am going to do as far as feedback. I've ever given a negative to someone before. Perhaps I go the neutral route and tell buyers to be aware that his shipping prices do not reflect and degree of care whatsoever. Maybe a note about undisclosed damage/poor grading too. Maybe I do nothing. I am telling the people who matter-- this board. And if you happen to be this guy, you should be ashamed of how you sell and send books.
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looking to get bubblewrap that is effective and cost effective. thinking picking it up from a big box store would cut out shipping $.
also-- same question regarding packing peanuts-- TIA
what works best for you?
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here's the thing about it though--
as much as we get upset with NPBs, I would be much happier if someone who was having second thoughts would just go ahead and ask to cancel the sale versus ignoring it and letting it die. I realize we also make fun of the people who claim the baby/cat/dog/etc ordered it but I wold much rather not waste any more time with someone who changed their mind after the sale.
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Yup
Just treat NPB dispassionately and move on
Post em here and hamper their buying power
I would only post the ones who bought comics from me-- so far, so good.
All my bad experiences have been for items not comic related.
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kcsports11
Check his feedback left for others. He is very liberal with leaving negs.
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=kcsports11&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers
I shipped his book in two business days and he is messaging me about how the sale is already off to such a negative experience because it wasn't done in one.
I will be avoiding the headache in the future and you should to.
Just following up on this one.
This guy is a huge punk. Got this message from him after I let him know it took an extra day due to waiting for mailers and that it was dropped off yesterday.
"now you lied to me, you printed the label the 5 and dropped it off today, it's one the tracking info.plus the far fetched story of the boxes I also find hard to believe. it sellers like you that made me quit buying on ebay for a very long time."
wow-- thanks for the heads up about avoiding this turd.
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patterjoe01
Bought my Wolverine #1 for $50 and did not pay or answer any emails asking if payment was going to be made. Once I found out I could get my FVF back I left him feed back saying Never paid. No communication.
Then went to get my FVF and poof it was gone. Oh well worth the $5 hit.
when it comes to dealing with non paying buyers, I generally find it is a complete waste of time to send them anything or to leave any feedback.
I let the automated system handle it and if it doesn't close the case for me, I do it myself after a week or so has gone by to release the FVF. I also block the buyer from my accounts.
to leave any feedback, you have to give the person positive feedback by default-- even if your words are negative and damning. I believe in one case where I left negative comments (before learning not to) the buyer left several nasty feedback comments and killed my feedback rating. eBay cleared it up eventually but what a hassle. And you have to see that negative/non 100% every time you open eBay -- NOT WORTH IT.
just my take.
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is it weird that I could guess it was IH181 by seeing the tiny bit of it in the first pic?
maybe the context clues led me there
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he's right-- those zombies are clearly fake
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.10 X 10 = 1
ROI = 1000% not 10,000%
though they might be worth $10 each, which would be 10k%
or is this setting some sort of Office Space joke about "always messing up the decimal point"?
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half dollar boxes even
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He is a Marvel character, so I am sure he will spring back to life somehow very soon!
I look forward to Zombie Kraven (trademark)
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So at the beginning of this 4th episode when they said "previously on Flash"... they showed that Felicity chick talking with the girl at Star Labs- what episode was that on? I don't remember seeing her before (unless that was from Arrow?)
Yes, I believe it WAS on Arrow
thank god-- thought I was losing my mind.
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If you haven't seen him in the Sherlock BBC series, you have missed out on some very good acting.
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and we thought the fan boys were yelling VIBRATE all the time before....
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somebody torr that guys nose off
The Official Thread "The Flash" TV Show SPOILER-FILLED
in The Movie Forum
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if RF is Eddie from the future, where is he when he is not in the yellow suit? is it even possible there two of them (Eddie) in the same time and space?
very confusing but at the same time-- very interesting to me.