BSeldin305

"Confirming the amount" is not asking him to say it in these words. It is a way to be clear on the terms and give me recourse if he balks.

I wanted the seller to confirm the amount of refund after receiving the book. These words were chosen carefully. He would not confirm the amount. He has already proven untrustworthy.

Correct. Under your scenario, seller gets original book returned, slabbed and is + $100. That is not fair.

Yes, the $100 came from Paypal (as noted on the transactions).

This is correct.

This book was listed as UNRESTORED. I will return the book, but i wanted a guarantee that he would send back $300 not $200. I believe he was being cryptic in a effort to only send $200 and have plausible deniability. Homie don't play that.

I had zero success dealing with him through eBay. You can see messages on page 1. He told me CGC was wrong and to have them re-grade the book.

Of course it will come in the slab.

Thank you everyone for your efforts; I can not send him the book if he will not put in writing the amount he intends to refund. (Especially since we are outside of the eBay return system protections).

Who does the community think should take the leap of faith- does he send the $, then I send the book- or other way around?

Look this was not about getting additional monies from seller. There are no " you better do this and this or I will post things". This is about me letting members of the community know about this seller and my experience with him. Folks can read the messages for themselves and decide if they want to do business with him. But I thought folks should know.

Dude, I gave you every opportunity to work it out. The messages are there - you made ZERO effort. PS Me asking for $100 instead of a full refund is not akin to you offering a full refund. You have never made that offer. Seriously, post one pic of you trying to work it out. ONE PIC!

I brought the issue to his attention and asked how he wanted to handle. He told me CGC was wrong and to have to book regraded. At that point I suggested a $100 refund. That did not go well. PayPal has refunded me $100 Would I take the refund now, probably - but he won’t do it.

He did not offer a full refund.

This is a guy with an eBay store- any higher duty than the guy who says he is selling his neighbor's comics they found in the attic? Still, you can't make affirmative representations that you know not to be true. More so in the case of a professional seller, no?

The Seller had no business making a claim he had no knowledge of being true. This is a specific representation. Perhaps the next buyer who googles this seller with your "maybe" attitude will see this little kerfuffle and elect to "maybe not" make the purchase. If you are someone who buys comics, while this nonsense may be your reality on eBay, it is not conduct you should condone. .

So you wouldn't complain if you bought a book advertised as "complete" but was missing the "centerfold"? What you describe is not "puffing"- "looks great" "beautiful pages" "presents higher than grade" "looks near mint" are examples of puffing. Restoration is black and white. Look what I asked for - a $100 refund - I think is pretty reasonable. What I got- no apology and "CGC is wrong" is not.

How about if the listing says the books is UNRESTORED and it comes back as RESTORED. Grading is subjective, Restoration is not.

Look the Seller listed this book as "UNRESTORED". It was listed as UNRESTORED in the title of the listing. This is a Material Representation. It was Material because it significantly effects the value of the book. This Material Representation was FALSE. Look, I can not tell if a book is restored/ trimmed; but if it is advertised as UNRESTORED in the description I feel the buyer has a right to rely on that representation. Further, this Fraudulent Seller is saying that CGC is wrong and they incorrectly detected trimming on 2 edges. He is saying everything hoping something sticks. The only thing that will stick is the damage to his reputation. Would you buy a raw book from this clown? I think not. CGC/CCS

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So this clown Cornfield just responded on the CBCS message board:

I think the folks here explained it better than I could have. I was being reasonable and you were not. No apology and nothing to try and make it right. You did make nonsensical excuse after nonsensical excuse and you are being rightly clownsuited on both the CGC and CBCS forums.

I don't think anyone believes I would buy it for $300, trim it, send it to CGC for pressing and casing, and then request a $100 refund? Does that make sense? No it doesn't. PS there are pics on this forum and CBCS.

The book was sent to CGC for pressing and casing. That's what took 5 months. You made a representation, that was false. You then made a bunch of nonsense comments to avoid responsibility. They are here for all to see. Bottom line you had no idea whether the book was restored or not, but carelessly or fraudulently made a representation that was not true. You still have not apologized. I received $100 back from Paypal. More cases like mine and they will be done with you. Like I am.

This guy will have a booth at Galaxy Con this weekend. Beware!