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ex·cuse verb ikˈskyo͞oz/ 1. attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify. "he did nothing to hide or excuse Jacob's cruelty" synonyms: justify, defend, condone, vindicate; More

Dust off your dictionary . In all seriousness though, you can't brush that off it is an excuse plain and simple. Come on.

This is why I think you're 15 years old...

This is very true.

The likely answer is that it is a novice collector as well as a young person. I don't say this to be nasty simply, the course of the 'discussion' leads me to believe this. It is fair to acknowledge that some people have less life experience than many here and, therefore, something like this is a much bigger deal to them than it would be to you or me.

That you didn't look at the photos properly...

Hence an identical excuse...

@Yodisd

I didn't know that. I think something is wrong with me if nice big red pointers scream ComCav to me .....

This has been answered close to ten times already......

@Comcav Isn't this a Cav special?

Cheers to the lucky so-and-so that draws this guy in the grading comp!

HAHA so true!

You summed it up best.

For the sake of discussion, Is it fair for the seller to take the time to fill out a listing and add photos just to have someone buy a book based on the description and not even bothering to look at the photos then be crucified for it? No. The whole purpose of eBay is for one to be able to browse items and see scans/photos of the actual, in most cases, item you are buying. I think the way you're going about it you may want to start shopping out of a catalogue. Was it fair for him to describe it as 'a nice copy'? Yes, he can say that because he has taken the time to upload corresponding photos for you to corroborate this. He is letting you decide for yourself if his statement is accurate and if the price you are paying for the item is in line with your perception of it. Nice copy can mean many different things to many different people. Had the listing had no photos, and you would have still bought it, and then it showed up like that you would have a case for discussion. Not to run around in circles here, but it is obvious that there is tape and extra staples on this book, blatantly obvious. If it is bothersome to you, you should have gone with the return. Greasing and extra five from the guy for nothing, then bringing the story here for 'discussion' sort of makes you look bad in my opinion. There is a lesson in all of this though. Use all of the tools eBay offers before making you decision. This includes photos. I don;t mean to rail on you here, but recently I made a comment about a book that I thought looked better than the grade it received and I took some flak for it and I was feeling a little sorry for myself, but you know what? The guy giving me flak was 100% correct about what he was saying. What I mean is, before you get all defensive and all, stop and absorb what people are writing because this is not only a place for 'discussion,' but also for sharing a wealth of knowledge between one another, which is what was happening above. Bomber wasn't attacking you, he was helping you.

That's a really nice looking 3.0

'Wronged' PLUS kept it!

I can dream Cav, I can dream. In my dream, I'm holding your Archie 2 stroking it ever so lightly....mmmmm

I don't know after all of the sugar cookies and ginger snaps, I for one could go for some chocky chips, then again I'm a baked goods addict.... Lovely book though! shocked that it is sitting at that price!

I'm afraid you are correct, but it is awfully fun bugging him about it

I love how every time he comes home, he has another kid!

Remember her like I opened that comic up for the first time yesterday

Oops, sorry Rick! I'll shut it now, sorry!