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On 9/18/2012 at 8:18 AM, trmoore54 said:
OK...one of the latest from all_things_comics...
Purchased restored VG- JIM 83 from Harley Yee for $1200 on 9/11...
Note faint handwritten name on cover above MYSTERY...
upgraded [alot...to 6.5
] and selling less than one week later for $2100... 
He did his best to make that signature on the front cover hard to detect, but.....this is the same book. And notice as well he mentions no hand-writing on the cover...
He got me recently.
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21 minutes ago, thehumantorch said:
Sorry, he's a crook with a proven 'business model' of selling restored books without disclosing and he overgrades.
Did CGC agree with his grades?
not even close
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Thanks for your comments. I've been blown away by what this seller has got away with while preparing my case.
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On 10/16/2017 at 8:44 PM, comicquant said:
I can already tell this is all_things_comics. Not only do they sell restored books as unrestored (though they disclose some of them in the description) they over-grade substantially. All I can say is stay away from them. If the listings for the books you mentioned don't disclose resto I would definitely confront them with the issue.
You are correct
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I have bought several thousand dollars of books from a top ten comic shop on eBay. I recently had my Hulk 181, FF 45, and ASM 50 graded and they all have the purple label of death. Has anyone ever had this problem from a major seller on three keys? The Hulk 181 was described as VF/NM. I asked the seller what they thought it would grade out at and he said 9.0. The FF 45 was described as, "Super High Grade." The ASM 50 was described as "Near Perfect." What would you do without breaking the law?
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3 minutes ago, FineCollector said:
I'm calling "crack" on the whole story.
Yea. I typed up that whole story just out of boredom.
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9 minutes ago, revat said:
Hi, where did you make the $8,000 from on this collection with no silver and at least 300 comics of pure junk, you didn't really name anything nicer than the ASm 361's. Did you hit some 9.9 or 10.0 ASM's? Are you counting grading fees in that $8,000?
I had to nickel and dime it out. I sold 800 books for a minimum of $10 a pop. I also had a quite a few $100+ books and when I got home I found his New Mutants run. I listed the junk to show that I had to take on all that to obtain books I could make a profit on.
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I have bought more collections than I can think of ranging from 500 to 5000 books. I had a guy similar to what you are describing and I was only a three hour drive and I like to hunt so I lined up some other spots to hit on the way. Most of the collection was not bag and board and I definitely had a WTH look when it was one long box and 20 shoe boxes. The guy however did have them in bags. He must have moved those shoe boxes very carefully because most of the collection was flawless. He wanted $1000 and I told him that I could only do 35 cent a book unless he had something special. I made sure while negotiating to bring up 200 books were 90's image. (If anyone needs a Brigade, Youngbloods, Shadowhawk, or Savage Dragon, I'm the man) Pointed out the 50 Punisher War Zone #1s and 40 Wolverine #50. He was reluctant so I started going through all these 90's comics that were the last thing I wanted to see and then I saw his 90's ASM run. Just like the Punishers and Wolverines the guy bought multiple of books he thought would be something and I saw the 10 ASM 361's. He had ASM 315-400 all 9.4-9.8. He didn't have any silvers so we settled on $700 or I was going to have to go through the whole collection. I sold 9 of the 361's for $70 and had one graded for a nice 9.8. I've made at least 8000 so far and I'm currently waiting on the keys from his entire SSv3 run to be slabbed.
You never know what you will find. That's the thrill of the hunt.
My rule is to always go in knowing the price discussed is not the final price and find enough books to hit my price. Everything else is more money in the bank!!!!!
] and selling less than one week later for $2100... 
ALERT! bijoubaby05 now selling on EBAY as "all things comics" and "comix_code"
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I was contacted by the seller about this thread today. He read everything and since he has agreed to a refund I can longer speak on the subject. You can search for yourself and find how they list things. I will say it is not mobile friendly.