RockMyAmadeus

Besides, Antimatter is just quantum particles looking at themselves in the mirror...

Is the cat alive or dead? Yes. Nerd jokes!

There's a post missing from last night.

Wanna try for a 9.8...?

I love the description. "This pristine CGC 9.8 Near Mint/Mint is the highest graded, and is 1 of only 3 examples for which CGC has ever assigned this stunning top grade. As such, DD #69 is one of the rarest issues in 9.8 from this period of the run, and it has been more than 3 years since we've seen one. Further enhancing its desirability, CGC has assigned its near perfect page quality designation, Off-White to White Pages. " That's why I do it.

Yup.

Is the cat alive or dead? Yes.

"Grade" is not an adjective. Mostly. That is all.

Do you know what English mean...?

I understand that. However, legitimizing any aspect of CAK's actions on this point, or debating the minutiae of any perceived technical allowance of media mail for comic sales, serve only to dilute the discussion of CAK's unreasonable delay in shipping and his subsequent weakest of weak sauce attempts to rectify that already unreasonable delay by shipping the item in the slowest, cheapest, least secure manner. CAK's actions are the forest. Seeking to discuss the quality of the length of a branch on one of the trees distracts from the view in totality. There are plenty of people to upbraid CAK for his behavior. No shortage in that respect, and it's well deserved. But if someone chooses to take a side trip, there's really no harm, and it is not an endorsement, explicit nor implied, of anything else.

It MUST be the full moon... Dogs AND cats, living together!

Did you wake up in seanfingh's bed this morning...? There's no defense of CAK's shipping method. It was crappy. There is only a side point, a tangent entirely unrelated to the situation. There must be something in the air...maybe it's the full moon....

Dayum. Ol' Shelly's on a tear today. All sorts of newbs and dinguses being told what's what. Someone must have spiked your homeground coffee this AM.

Improper....in violation of USPS Rules and Regulations, a Federal Entity. . The governing document of the USPS is the Domestic Mail Manual. According to the DMM, comics aren't excluded. Advertising is excluded. Expired advertising is no longer advertising; it is reference material. If I can't buy 7 giant dinosaurs for $1.00 from "Dept B3511" in NY, then there's nothing being advertised, and it's no longer an ad. And the point and spirit of the restriction is clear: "Periodicals" is a special class of mail, with its own rates and programs. Here's the definition: "The Periodicals class of mail is designed for newspapers, magazines, and other periodical publications whose primary purpose is transmitting information to an established list of subscribers or requesters. Periodicals must be published at regular intervals, at least four times a year from a known office of publication, and be formed of printed sheets. There are specific standards for circulation, record keeping, and advertising limits." That function was fulfilled when the books were originally sent out to subscribers...that is, new comics, created and sent by the publisher of that material. And since periodicals are (generally) paid for with advertising, that's part of the reason why they have their own separate category. But people who ship back issues, one to another, are not fulfilling the role of the publisher, and sending out "periodicals" (that is, appearing on a regular interval) to "subscribers or requesters." They have become second-hand, used material...and that's precisely what used to be 4th class, then book rate, now Media Mail, was made for. "But, some of those ads are still valid!" Fine, some of them are. But the vast majority are not, and weren't intended to last indefinitely. And if the ad is expired, and is no longer advertising anything (even for products that may still exist), it's no longer an ad...it's reference material. Yes, I'm well aware that someone at the USPS put a "comics are excluded" note on the website. The website doesn't determine the regulations and procedures of the USPS. The DMM does. And if it's not in the DMM, it has no regulatory weight. If gov't can work AGAINST us, gov't can certainly be made to work FOR us.

True. Caught up with BTE yesterday. It was nice to see him in person. Been a couple of years. -slym We're all getting old. I didn't recognize his wife, and she didn't recognize me. Sure, it's been 11 years, but still....we almost drove to Mexico together!

By the way...if one watches carefully, most of these issues that come up are no surprise.

Loose - (pronounced with a hard "s", rhymes with "goose") - not tight. Lose - (pronounced with a soft "s", rhymes with "choose") - to not win.

True. Caught up with BTE yesterday. It was nice to see him in person. Been a couple of years.

It's not illegal to ship comics via Media Mail.

Ah yes. Now I see the feet. Really gross. Didn't you post this earlier?

I perused more of their listings. Aside from "Black Orchard", it has the double whammy of "no combined shipping" (with the silly excuse of "books may not ship from the same place"...ok, Miss 187 eBay feedback, pictures all the same...sure...) and the hiding behind the "I am not a professional grader" shtick. If you're not a professional grader, and won't stand behind your grades....which is pointless, because eBay makes you do it anyways...then what's the point in listing ANY grade at all? "Yes, I think this 2.5 book is in MINT condition, because that's how I roll. Your opinion may vary, and since I am NOT a "professional grader", you can't do anything about it!" Oh, and the CGC keyword spamming in the title, too.

This made me chuckle. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Orchard-1-Comic-Book-Prestige-Format-Neil-Gaimen-/121787934368?hash=item1c5b2066a0:g:F5oAAOSwwbdWHu1p

Looks like it's mostly hair...dog hair, at that. Really does make you think. When all is said and done, with the fancy contraption and everything, it's still just a hole in the ground.

This time don't listen to the sock puppet. Don't worry, Jar-Jar is long gone...

Inserts: Clothing "catalog" inserts in the Nov 86 DC line (Legends #1, MOS #1 {I think}, etc.)