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I just had this. Generated in 72.136 seconds in which 46.211 seconds were spent on a total of 22 queries. Zlib compression enabled. Walked away waiting for it to load.

And this Generated in 8.284 seconds in which 8.259 seconds were spent on a total of 40 queries. Zlib compression enabled.

Marginally better but I just had this: Generated in 10.895 seconds in which 10.874 seconds were spent on a total of 40 queries. Zlib compression enabled.

That was probably an upgradeable copy.

Bought several books from me, always terrific to deal with!

r1870d ?

That would be quite a Saga. You're setting yourself up to be the Outcast At the very least it'll give people something to Chew on.

That would be quite a Saga.

To the guy with the way overpriced SA key? Not being critical, but honestly curious as to what kind of response you get to such PMs. He must know the book is way over GPA. I assume sellers using this tactic are just trying to win the lottery. He didn't give me a response but as an outside observer I consider a sales thread like someone's booth or store front. They are free to price it at whatever they want in their own store. You walk into a store, you don't like something, you walk out. Most people wouldn't start making comments out loud in someone else's store front.

I don't know who you're talking about but..

...and just for the record? I sent a polite PM when the sales thread went up and it's been read.

Got a really, REALLY nice Batman #23 (Joker cover) and an afforadable Marvel Mystery Comics #3 in this thread.

I don't see that as being as silly as it sounds. There will be a lot of SW collectors who aren't even comic collectors wanting SW 1, whereas I cant see non collectors who are fans of the X-Men movies clamoring for GSX 1. SW is a rising star (pun intended). I wouldn't disregard it so lightly. It`s that generation that grew up with GSX 1 and Uncanny X-Men 94 that has this attitude. They can`t fathom that GSX 1 and Uncanny X-Men 94 have lost some importance with the current crowd. That won`t ever admit that Star Wars #1 is a player. To them they`ll always be considered toy/movie comic book tie in, when in fact we know Star Wars #1 has a better future going forward than GSX #1. At least they will acknowledge Star Wars #1. Good luck with them ever saying anything positive about GI JOE #1 or Transformers #1. Toy tie ins. Nobody is talking about losing importance. If anyone lost importance, it wa SW and it has bounced back due to new movie buzz. Most of these movie books were more valuable as tinder than as collectibles just a few years ago. You're basically arguing that Luke, Chewbacca, Hans, Leia and Darth have a better future than Wolverine and the rest. Who ha had a better run than Wolverine alone? Not too many characters. And even more importantly, you are completely missing the point that both the SW generation and the GSX #1 generation are the same generation. They came out 2 years apart. Movie books are a flash in the pan. Comics will eventually fade slowly but those movie books will burn out quick.

Are people arguing over SW #1 vs GSX #1?

I had a guy looking for an Avengers #57. I asked which grade / price range. He said "Any". I told him I could probably get him fitted into a CGC 9.6 for about $4500 He said he was looking for a $100-200 copy. Why not just say that in the first place?

Howard, these guys buy knowingly restored books, crack them out and then fraudulently list them as unrestored. And the wall of evidence is huge. Take if from a fellow Canuck, they ain't innocent.

It's brutal sometimes.

I'm regularly getting 8 - 10 second page loads. Makes me want to leave for good!

And when it went quick I got this: Generated in 0.012 seconds in which 0.003 seconds were spent on a total of 10 queries. Generated in 0.008 seconds in which 0.001 seconds were spent on a total of 10 queries.

Hi, Yes, we might have some recent performance issues. It is unlikely to be related to any of those ads. You may notice this line at the bottom of the boards: Generated in 1.765 seconds in which 1.756 seconds were spent on a total of 9 queries. Zlib compression enabled. Whenever that second measurement in seconds is large, it's evident that the database is the bottleneck. I'm guessing that for most of you, the experience is that sometimes the pages load quickly, and sometimes they load slowly. I'm also guessing that when you get a slow loading page, that second measurement is big and the first measurement is only fractions of a second bigger. Ergo, database. Please let me know if that's not your experience. I might be wrong. We're looking into it. You mean like these? Generated in 11.491 seconds in which 11.476 seconds were spent on a total of 17 queries Generated in 11.558 seconds in which 11.54 seconds were spent on a total of 14 queries.

More on topic, GSX #1 seems to be climbing in closing sales prices in almost all grades.

rfoii also sees bullying where nobody else does. Isn't that kind of the point though? To some extent, isn't the most important thing how I feel about the situation (at least to me)? Or do my feelings not matter at all? Side note - I am not sure "nobody" else does. How you feel is valid to you but perspective is important. If you are used to feeling a certain way every time a certain word is used or a physical action is repeated but nobody else feels that way, that doesn't make how you feel any less valid but it does question whether or not those people are doing it to be personal or not. Personally, I don't think CG was bullying. I just think he was internet debating. Just look at some of the back and forth in other threads between people - same sort of thing. Some people are just long winded and methodical and enjoy debating. It's not personal.

rfoii also sees bullying where nobody else does.

So is being over sensitive. Everyone has a different debating style. CG wasn't being a bully. He was having an honest debate. Again, I'm out.