TheFifthHorseman

11 minutes ago, retrocomics said:

I just thought they were using your scans to be cool posting nice books

Exactly what I thought. This is terrible news

1 minute ago, originalisbest said:

Especially ones with very distinguishing wear patterns and markings

...and serial numbers

Ant more room in the 'Venus #18 CGC 5.0 Club' or are we all full?

Not a recent purchase, but this one is mine

1 hour ago, fastballspecial said:

This is one of the reasons I hate slab selling

 

More and more these days I am enjoying buying raw books

3 hours ago, jpepx78 said:

Hey now!

garcia's comic collection was sold off. I don't know exactly what was in the collection but garcia had all the ec horror books. the collection's appraised value in 1997 was $30000 according to court documents

 

What a deal! What a pedigree!

17 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

he spent about 85% of our time overseas behind a desk and the only combat that he or anyone else in our unit saw was on TV

Call of Duty doesn't count as active duty??

Jumped on the bandwagon

Tempted to crack it out

And another one

Last one

Picked this up recently...

On 6/21/2017 at 3:01 PM, N e r V said:

I'm almost done with my short Venus run (#9-19) so if it's under the radar I'm glad I'm almost finished.

That said, I think the series is still a bargain for some of its covers. Maybe it'll just sit where it's at interest wise but I won't be shocked if copies of 17,18, and 19 run up in the future.

19 is still probably one of the better known PCH classic covers.

Funny, after being new to comic collecting and VERY new to GA collecting, I simply stumbled upon some late run Venus books last year and got lucky.

Now do I hang onto them or sell??!

Those are actually really great!

@oakman29 I'm all about collecting "valueless" obscura.

You like what you like!

8 hours ago, oakman29 said:

Maybe, just maybe he's collecting for the love and memories. 

No I was wondering about the illegal part!

On 2/1/2016 at 11:21 PM, jools&jim said:

 

Been looking for a sealed, "two-for-25¢" pack of coverless (and illegal!) affidavit returns copies for many, many years now, and I finally lucked into one:

 

 Wait, why?

All good 

@ "these people"

Yes I paid for return shipping.

Also funny how everyone is focusing on the return, not the fact that the seller is trying to rip me off.

Batman #234 sold via PM

18 minutes ago, kav said:

"initiated return and seller claimed I somehow swapped book out of the slab lol"

Basically, yes

I mean that's a great question: how can he claim that?

I've read this thread for a long time but have never actually been in this situation.

Can't say I'm enjoying it.

3 minutes ago, kav said:

If it was a slab and it said 9.8 I dont understand the problem.

What if I try to sell it and the buyer thinks it doesn't look right? I buy a book, not the grade.

It was a mailer with only cardboard, no packing materials. As I opened the box I could clearly see the front of the slab. Even with the Mylar the spine didn't look right. So I taped it back exactly as it was and started a return.

After hundreds of transactions on ebay...

Seller: nevardaednu

Bought a book from him. Returned the book as there looked to be spine issues (was graded a 9.8; seller accepts returns)

Literally never took it out of the box, mailed it back in the same packaging. Insured.

Now he's claiming I beat up on the book or replaced it with an undercopy because "there's so much damage there's no way it could be the original book" and that I damaged it "out of spite"

Yeah, okay. Lowlife.

Buyer beware.

Now only $65