RockMyAmadeus

You would do well to be completely above board from here on out. Being coy doesn't help your case. Is it, or is it not, a doctored image of the picture you, yourself, posted earlier in this thread, showing a photocopied cover of Amazing Spiderman #301 stapled to a coverless Archie comic? Those pictures, as far as I can see, have now been deleted.

That's a cropped copy of the photocopied cover attached to an Archie comic that DiamondCityComics posted. Where are the pictures YOU took...? Are you suggesting that the ASM #301 photocopied cover attached to the Archie comic...which you claim you never saw, and doesn't have your fingerprints, is the item you received in the mail from DiamondCityComics...? ...which, by the way, you've managed to get CGC to delete...?

Then let's have a look.

I dunno. Some of these guys don't bathe regularly. But seriously...do you have pics of the book you received or not? If you're the victim of a bait-and-switch, show what you received, and let's have a look. There are people here willing to give you the benefit of the doubt...a benefit you squander with comments like the above.

Oops. Sorry, I meant "room", not "rope." That doesn't make any sense....why would you need plenty of rope...?

Now, come on, folks, we're not going to get anywhere piling on Mr. Venom, here. I'd like to give him plenty of rope to tell his story, and fill in the gaps.....

I opened a case instead... still have photo as backup plan. I don't think that changes anything No, you're misunderstanding how it works. It's not "I opened a case INSTEAD of taking photos"...it's "I took photos so I COULD open a case." Again: did you take pictures of the book you received? It so, do you still have those pictures? If so...post it/them here.

Nah, not meant to be offensive. I've said before that I enjoy your debating. It was a springboard to be cheeky with "flattended" and "offettered." Reallllly dry humor. So dry, it forgot to be funny. I'll take any opportunity to make unfunny jokes. My typo fixed.

And the comic book picture in auction is nowhere what I recieved Ok. So...you're now claiming that the book that was pictured IS NOT the one you received. Fine. No problem. Whenever I receive books that aren't pictured...and it happens, if rarely...I immediately take pictures of what I DID receive and send those to the seller. So...did you take pictures of the book you received, and send them to the seller? If so, do you still have those pictures? Because "he said, she said" gets cumbersome on occasion.

The archie thing.... NO Let me clarify: so you (that's you) are saying he (the seller) DIDN'T send the book (Amazing Spiderman #301) that was pictured (in the listing)...?

Ewwwwwww. Really. Ewwwwww.

Because maybe he would do it since he sent me a much lower grade .... it wasn't for me. It was supposed to be a gift So, you're saying he DIDN'T send the book that was pictured...?

They look good, too. The further south you go in Europe, the better the food. The Brits and the Germans eat gross stuff, like blood pudding, herring salad, and haggis. I mean, really, who would think dissolving fish in LYE, like the Swedish, would make something edible...? The Italians and the Greeks, on the other hand, know how to make delicious, non-disgusting food.

Isn't it a little early in the NYC for wine...? Sun's not even down yet. That said, if you're a fan of the cured meat, and you haven't had it yet...I HIGHLY recommend that HF beef summer sausage. Heavy, as all cured meats, on the salt, but...to die for. Get some cheese and crackers, and you're in heaven. I recommend a variety, including a good brie, a mild cheddar, and even a dry mozzarella. For crackers, I would pick Pepperidge Farm golden butter crackers. And a solid cab would pair quite nicely with the sausage. Try 2015 Chalk Hill Cab Sauv. I've just summer partied myself to oblivion.

I just said high grade it would graded out 9.4 to 9.6 for sure. Not an expensive book thank goodness. So, to give the benefit of the doubt, I went back and checked to see what the seller said. While the ASM #301 in the pics is decent, it's not a 9.4 to 9.6 for sure with that 1/2 to 3/4" or so color breaking crease along the bottom edge of the back cover. It doesn't look much worse than a 9.0, which is "typical eBay" for 9.4 to 9.6. That said, the pictured book is nowhere near a 4.0 THAT said, however, there is still no condition given in the description.

That book is not for sale under that account, no. Do you have information that would show otherwise?

Do you have a picture of what you received?

Looks like we have a winner! So...couple of observations: 1. Nowhere in that listing does the seller state the condition of the item. 2. While the book is not "9.4" as the buyer claims the seller offered, neither is it even remotely a 4.0. 3. Seller does not accept returns, which is, under current eBay policy, almost red meat to those who want to teach a seller a lesson. 4. The seller's feedback isn't perfect, but neither is it particularly egregious. 5. The communication and shipping time stars need much work. And, as a note to every seller on eBay: never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, under ANY circumstances, for ANY reason, be anything less than absolutely 100% completely gracious in your replies to negative feedback. Any sort of defensiveness makes you look really bad, always, no exceptions. There is NO way to state anything, in 80 characters, that will adequately explain the situation in your favor. The best thing you can do for your business is say "We are sorry that you were unhappy with your purchase. We will work harder to earn your trust." ...or some such pablum, whether you mean it or not. Anyone who bothers to look will be reassured, and you'll make the buyer...no matter what they say...look like a heel.

If the negative was removed, it wouldn't show up at all in the seller's fb.

I loved looking up that HF beef summer sausage, I'm adding it to an Amazon order...

There we go! I did NOT have the patience to wade through hundreds of listings. The "$30" price, of course, wasn't accurate.

I the attached photo is from the auction.... I use mobile app. See if he has this on his list of items right now.... I'm curious It must be the alien language barrier. Link? Listing number? Anything that will allow the readers of this board to check out the listing for themselves...?

The best.

I don't know whether to be flattered or offended. Flattended? Offettered? And I wonder how often people mistake reallllllly dry humor for autism...? I suspect that answer is NOT "none."

The listing does not disappear from your My ebay page just because someone blocks you. And...unless something's changed, eBay doesn't block people from being able to see a seller's listings. Why is it so hard to get a link to the listing in question...? Is the board being punk'd...?