Just got my books back. Two days shy of a year waiting (all blue label). Glad that I can finally walk away from this $#!+ storm. Hopefully everyone else will be out soon too.
Thought I would share one more insightful story of the dealings going on at Paradise.
Last year I asked Peter directly, "can you get a signature for me at a con?" He said no problem, we'll get it done. I thought great, I've had Doug get me Neal Adams and Stan Lee before and didn't give it a second thought.
Four months later I start wondering if my books are coming back soon, so I call cgc with my invoice number and they have no record of receiving them.
After a couple weeks of emails, phone calls and thoughts of civil action against Paradise....my books were found... sitting in the basement....unsigned.
They didn't go to the show, they didn't get the signatures, they didn't call me to let me know that they didn't go and the new management (not their fault) didn't even know that my books were there.
So, it wouldn't surprise me if a good chunk of books were sitting in the basement months after they should have been shipped.
I've been going to this shop since high school and it's been a very sad experience dealing with them over the past year.
Best of luck to those still waiting.