thecopperagekids

Did I say I was a "landscaper"?. No, I did not. I am in landscape construction. What do you do for a living?

I think if I take a few pics in Chicago this year and put them in my con report, we can really open up a discussion about it. Hopefully you won't chicken out like last year. You know what happened last year. I just don't announce everything on these boards. I'm often amazed and befuddled the amount of highly personal stuff that some people post on the internet. Just don't get it That was my point with deleting.I made that post late last night, didnt mean to say this thread should be deleted....meant to say the Chip Go Fund Me thread should be deleted, for Chip's sake. Of course his name is still plasteted over the internet elsewhere but those other threads are several years old. In any event, my job advice was solid. Construction, as an entry level laborer ( no exp needed) takes the cake over a McDonald's or Walmart job. His own feelings of self worth will NOT be positively effected by slinging fries at Mc D's or stocking shelves st Walmart. A manual labor job, will require a lot of hard work on his part, which will help him mentally in terms of self respect. The job I linked to offered benefits, as well.Any job in construction, starting out as a laborer has room for advancement to a crew foreman, if you pick the trade up and work hard...expect to put in 1-3 years of a laborer before becoming a crew foreman. There is also comradery with the guys you work with while you're busting your a** , under the sun in the summer...and in the cold of the winter months... .......you don't get any of that when you take a job where you're stocking shelves in a soul crushing Walmart warehouse or asking a 15 year old kid if he wants to super size his value meal for an additional 99 cents. As far as the comment by another boardie about deletingChip's posting history on here as "hiding" the facts from a potential employer....I'd say that his posts here are really just embarrassing, and if he truly wants to get his life together, and is eager to work instead of asking others for money, you should not have issue with his taking steps in that direction. There are a million other reasons why he shouldn't have his life spilling out over a public forum, as well. And based on the completely inaccurate and asinine things you continue to post here, I wouldn't hire you to fluff the most syphilitic on the set of a porn shoot. 1-3 years to go from no experience to foreman of a crew? Is that how you ended up building a fire pit the size of Rhode Island? Haha...pray tell, what is your work background? How many years of experience do you have working construction? Do you have any certs? I've got 20 years in & have ran 2-6 man crews for almost 18 years. ICPI & NCMA certified installer. ...oh and yeah, I have a job. But thanks

Ain't nothing but a thang for Big Poppa C.....to CAK these fools, all day long.

I think if I take a few pics in Chicago this year and put them in my con report, we can really open up a discussion about it. Hopefully you won't chicken out like last year. You know what happened last year. I just don't announce everything on these boards. I'm often amazed and befuddled the amount of highly personal stuff that some people post on the internet. Just don't get it That was my point with deleting.I made that post late last night, didnt mean to say this thread should be deleted....meant to say the Chip Go Fund Me thread should be deleted, for Chip's sake. Of course his name is still plasteted over the internet elsewhere but those other threads are several years old. In any event, my job advice was solid. Construction, as an entry level laborer ( no exp needed) takes the cake over a McDonald's or Walmart job. His own feelings of self worth will NOT be positively effected by slinging fries at Mc D's or stocking shelves st Walmart. A manual labor job, will require a lot of hard work on his part, which will help him mentally in terms of self respect. The job I linked to offered benefits, as well.Any job in construction, starting out as a laborer has room for advancement to a crew foreman, if you pick the trade up and work hard...expect to put in 1-3 years of a laborer before becoming a crew foreman. There is also comradery with the guys you work with while you're busting your a** , under the sun in the summer...and in the cold of the winter months... .......you don't get any of that when you take a job where you're stocking shelves in a soul crushing Walmart warehouse or asking a 15 year old kid if he wants to super size his value meal for an additional 99 cents. As far as the comment by another boardie about deletingChip's posting history on here as "hiding" the facts from a potential employer....I'd say that his posts here are really just embarrassing, and if he truly wants to get his life together, and is eager to work instead of asking others for money, you should not have issue with his taking steps in that direction. There are a million other reasons why he shouldn't have his life spilling out over a public forum, as well.

A Google search under "Chip Cataldo" showed the Chip Go Fund me thread as the first result, top of the page. An employer sees that, looks pretty odd so he clicks on it...said employer sees a middle aged man's tale of woe, spilled out over a comic book forum....not good for his job prospects. Maybe not, but why take the chance?

You will stand a good chance to lose visitation speaking like this. Smarten up Cataldo. Right. Those comments should be deleted, as should this thread in its' entirety. What happens if Chip goes to apply for a job and his prospective employer decides to google his name +town/state? The prospective employer sees this thread and within 10 seconds, Chip looks like a less than desirable employee. Here you have it, Chip: Apply to this job listing/company for the Laborer position.Expect to make around $15/hr, to start. http://myrtlebeach.craigslist.org/lab/5614822845.html The construction trade is one of the few areas where you can make a decent living in this country without a college degree. If you don't get hired, or while you're waiting to be hired, apply to one of the landscaping laborer jobs on this same page. I saw 3 landscape laborer job postings without even scrolling down the page. If you want to work, you can get started on Monday. I will tell you that I have worked in all phases of construction, for the past 20+ years of my life and at 40, while it has taken a toll on my back,I can tell you that you can make a good living doing honest work. To reinterate, send a PM to Arch and request that this entire thread, and any reference to your full name on this forum, be deleted. If you want to get your life back, this is how you do it.Getting emo over a comic book forum is not how you will gain control of your life. Good luck to you.

That is not a discount, by any stretch.I'd say they are manipulating the buyer into paying a premium for lesser demand ( read as unslabbable) copies, in one fell swoop. That is the oldest trick in the book, when it comes to moving off lesser grade books, in one shot. They take a set of 66 issues, none of which would really justify grading fees, and jack the price as high up as can be....and then advertise a "40% off clearance discount". They know that they have a wide enough of a cutomer base , that they will be able to capitalize on a sucker who has money to burn and....whammo-they rake in a thousand dollars(or whatever the price is on the set) for straightup mid grade/reader copies of books that would be difficult , and would take a long amount of waiting time, to move individually.

Yeah, I remember you getting $66.66 + priority shipping for a 9.8 raw Preacher 66. My chest swells with pride, my good man.... I just checked GPA on the last few sales of Preacher 1 in 9.8....and the book has broke a g-bal, not once but 3 times, this week....with one sale at $1215.Hell yeah, son. All were universal copies, not SS copies. May-15-2016 $1,025 Cert# 1347605001 May-15-2016 $1,025 Cert# 0270607026 May-15-2016 $1,160 Cert# 1263128002 May-15-2016 $995 Cert# 1208421002 May-09-2016 $850 Cert# 0192769001 May-09-2016 $1,215 Cert# 1208440001 May-04-2016 $980 Cert#

1st app of Sif (and throw in that it's a pedigree copy) would be my guess. There is another CGC 9.4 on Heritage for sale...there have been 2 offers on it at $2500 and $4000. That said, I still don't see how a 9.4 sold for 8 g's.

No way in Hell the print runs of the Tron variants are anywhere near as low as CBSI indicates. They were 1:15 variants.

Sorry, I gotta call a big on 99% of this post. Kevin Spacey is great in every role that I've seen him in. "Improved in light years since Usual Suspects"? That is a classic 90's flick and Spacey was damn good in every respect. Jennifer Lawrence was also great in Silver Linings Playbook, that happens to be one of my fav recent movies.She only had a supporting role in American Hustle, and for what her role consisted of, she did pretty well IMO. Granted, I have not seen the new X-Men movie. I don't really care to see it, either. I wouldn't be too surprised if Lawrence and Spacey gave subpar performances, considering it isn't the sort of movie that requires any real depth and they both surely took their roles solely for the paycheck involved. As far as this movie is concerned, all I care about is being able to sell the 9.8 raw copies of X-Men 316 (or 317, whichever is the 1st Blink) out of my $10 boxes at shows, that I never subbed to CGC before DOFP was put out....and selling a couple copies of X-Factor 5, after I get them graded at Wizard Philly. Well, what scathing insights you have to offer....

Yeah, I know that some of them are selling for $20-$60 raw, especially Moon Knight and ASM. Most of them aren't but are definitely picking up....and I know that noone thinks the Tron variants are venom variants.I meant that Tron variants have limited appeal to them, compared to Venom variants, which I am sure you know and we both agree on. FWIW, I found a seller offering a Spiderwoman tron variant , he had it graded as a NM/M...at $19.99 OBO, sent him a ofer on it....and I made him an offer that he accepted on some Deadpool #1 variants...he passed on the Spiderwoman tron offer I sent, I assumed he woulda taken it.I probably shoulda just paid the $20 for it, it looked like a 9.8....just needed a bit of dry cleaning on the BC at the staples and I coulda had it graded onsite at Wizard Philly in June. He pulled the listing off eBay with the notation "item no longer available"... So yeah, my thoughts are that the seller probably read the CBSI write up on them and pulled the listing to have it graded or will be relisting, at a higher price.They definitely are heating up.

Sorry, I gotta call a big on 99% of this post. Kevin Spacey is great in every role that I've seen him in. "Improved in light years since Usual Suspects"? That is a classic 90's flick and Spacey was damn good in every respect. Jennifer Lawrence was also great in Silver Linings Playbook, that happens to be one of my fav recent movies.She only had a supporting role in American Hustle, and for what her role consisted of, she did pretty well IMO. Granted, I have not seen the new X-Men movie. I don't really care to see it, either. I wouldn't be too surprised if Lawrence and Spacey gave subpar performances, considering it isn't the sort of movie that requires any real depth and they both surely took their roles solely for the paycheck involved. As far as this movie is concerned, all I care about is being able to sell the 9.8 raw copies of X-Men 316 (or 317, whichever is the 1st Blink) out of my $10 boxes at shows, that I never subbed to CGC before DOFP was put out....and selling a couple copies of X-Factor 5, after I get them graded at Wizard Philly.

I checked GPA on a couple of the Tron variants.Not many sales.Only 9.8 sales I saw were for around $50-$60, couple years ago. There is a tron Wolverine 4 CGC 9.8 at $85 with best offer, currently unsold. I'd pay $10-$40 for unquestionable 9.8 raws, don't see any point to buying lesser copies, considering demand and grading costs.

Tron variants are 1:15....and they are *Tron*....not Venom. I've never seen them, or heard of them, intil now. Looks like they sell for about $15 each, raw NM-ish.

Dunno about all of that...the Governor's 1st app has signifigantly dropped in FMV. Sell, Mortimer....sell WD is a strong book but the inherent problem with holding WD's is that there are effloads of others out there who have the same outlook. When the WD hoarders decide to sell, there will be a massive glut of WD's all over eBay. A lot of them will be listed auction style, and since there will be plenty to go around, they will close low...then the BIN prices will have to be dropped. If I had a WD 132 CGC 9.8, I would just list it now on eBay, at $75 higher than the highest sale in GPA.I'm guessing that'd be around a $200 BIN. It likely won't sell for a while but the more copies listed at higher BIN's will effect the perceived value.Betcha it would sell in a month or two.After that 9.8 sells, rinse and repeat.

I bet Bob loves reading posts like this The issue of mud in Bob's eyes aside ... Congrats on snagging a raw 9.8 out of a $2 box at a show. I effing love scoring books like this at shows. Snagged a V For Vendetta 1 for a buck a while back, had it graded at 9.8, onsite at the last Baltimore.Can't think of any other raw books offhand, that I just subbed without pressing Living the dream....

So, if Agent Carter doesn't get renewed for a third season.....any ideas on wether or not Agent Carter/Haley Atwell will be shown elsewhere on TV or in movies?

Good post, some of these I didn't know about. More books to add to my list of "will buy 9.6/9.8 raws out of $1 boxes, in case they get hot".

It's a completely different market. Someone paying that much for a set is a manga fiend. Most likely they would have no use for a slab. It's a perfect illustration of why you shouldn't have slab blinders on. Sometimes raw is the way to go. my apologies Sean. I was responding to CAK who has since deleted his post. He was pumping up Suicide Squad 1 going back to $400 dollars and that "daddy needed a break" I didn't delete the post, also didn't say that SS 1 9.8 was hitting $400. There have been a few sales of blue 9.8's at $300,$325 and $350 in the past week.Since the 30th...new SS trailer or whatever promo material was put out by Warner Bros.As well as 2 copies via auction,which were the last 2 copies that sold, which didn't do so hot.

Indeed, now there are to of them! So, we can add that to the list with Rick moma and thewallcomics? Now your just paranoid. ...your Frank just posted Hyperion as Pre-Heat. Someone with 420MOD skills, smoke his IP please? K Thanks. Pre-Heat Spec Thread Marcus Milton . So what!? Did I do something wrong?? Please whoever you are stop harassing me. You are probably soft as baby mess in the street. Please don't be on here trying to "on-line" bully people. Not cool man. Not cool This is a comic book message board, dunno how soft most of dese peeps be in the streetz but muthaphukas be roofles up in this jawn....roofless, mag man.Stine cold roofless. Keep ya head up with some Geto Boyz, playa.... cuz it's all good.

I don't think anyone cares Oh ok..and who are you exactly?? Ummmmm nobody, whom seems self entitled to speak for everyone . Funny little man. Your post is about as pump and dump as can be. You cite no references, instead you offer this up as a "public service announcement". 1+1 reasoning informs me that you likely bought a bulk collection, you have a stack of whatever 1st book is a character that you can loosely suggest is Starlord's father. You don't specifically state what book you are referring to, leaving potential boardies (chumps, in your estimation) to wander onto eBay and type in "1st app Hyperion Starlord's father" into a search and bam, your listings will pop up. That sucks a bag of .

That is a class act, 5 star human being. Do not accept responsibility for this tool when you cancel the transaction, mark it down as "buyer changed his mind".

Most of the Kirby sigs I have seen were located on the first page, under the indicia.It looks legit, but you'd have to have pay a handwriting anaylist to compare it with Kirby's verified signature examples , and run a spectrum analysis(or whatever sortsa machine they use) to make sure. Costs $40 or $45 to have one signature verified.Tt could be more, can't remember offhand... plus the cost of grading fees.I can't imagine you would get hammered on grading fees for a 7.5-ish Astonishing Tales #1 as it is probably worth about $50 in Overstreet, tops. It would be a cool signature to get verified though and it sounds like you got a good deal on the book, to begin with.

Hmm, informative thread.