Lightning55

Marvel

Very nice gallery of books! Congrats on putting that together.

On 4/3/2024 at 7:14 PM, Parabellum said:

For some reason I can’t upload photos.

That's weird that it came through on the email, but not in the actual post.  Another CGC gremlin.

My email notification of this post showed a photo of some of these slabs.  No photos here.

On 4/3/2024 at 1:21 PM, Tubthumper82 said:

Does CGC do a free reholstering?

"Reholstering" - That's a good one.

If you contact Customer Service, and point them to this posting, they can probably help you out.

Just go by MCS. It's usually correct. Link in earlier post.

These days, CGC will either note the cover artist or just say "variant edition". It's a bit random.

According to MCS, the top is 1G and the bottom one is 1F.

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=Gun+honey+1&pubid=&PubRng=

On 3/31/2024 at 2:34 AM, Kramerica said:

This is a tough one. I'd recommend that you palletize everything and shrinkwrap that mutha to Hell and get Harbor Freight or someone to take it. The boxes stay stationary during transit. I think you can do 40-50 boxes per pallet. Have them pick them up and take 'em to your new home. 

Barring that it just gets difficult. But off the top of my head:

You're looking at 2,500 miles, probably 4 days travel. Rent a U-Haul. 3 nights minimum Hotel, Motel (Holiday Inn ). 

In the event that you can't do it yourself I have three ideas:

1. How about hiring someone on the Boards here to drive it? Maybe a Boardie that could use the extra cash. Even if they are not located in exact city you fly them or train them to where they need to be. Just pay for their time.

2. Contact AppleOne Employment services. Perhaps they would have someone ready for a temp assignment like this.

3. Find a student (preferably football) who attends SDSU and is making the trip to their home in NC. Maybe right now they are planning on flying but they could make some money doing this. You could throw this on the SDSU Bulletin Boards.

You're a bit late with the suggestions. Months late. The move is in progress as you can see by the photos in his update.

On 3/30/2024 at 10:58 PM, greggy said:

Yeah, I saw that right after. Don't see any type of hoist, though. Four man lift?

So each crate holds 16 short boxes? How were they able to lift those for stacking? Just manpower? 

And just pushing them around and up the ramp. Ugh. I don't see any wheels.

Oh, it's the Immediate Payment function being referred to. Yeah, I'm very familiar with that, just never heard it called automatic payment. And even when you don't have it set, eBay will force it anyway. 

As mentioned above, eBay is more and more requiring a payment method in place for bidding and offers. It's a mixed bag, because while it may be preventing some instances of nonpayment, it is a speed bump for sales and combining shipping. Pick your poison, I guess. 

On 3/30/2024 at 7:41 PM, Darwination said:

I keep automatic payment processing off

Where is that setting located?  I don't think I knew you could control how/when people paid.  This requires you to invoice before they can pay?

The notation refers to it being a Danish Edition, which it does not appear to be. I think it has been placed there in error. You could contact Customer Service to get it corrected at no cost to you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/comicswap/comments/17k2huj/usaz_h_amazing_spiderman_238_rare_danish_edition/?rdt=57531

You don't really want to do all separate posts.  You can group them by whatever makes sense, such as price, or story arc.  That way you could have a dozen or more on a single post that says $10 each, or 5 for $40.

Check the For Sale categories for people putting up large sales, and copy that.

Like maybe this one:

Looks to be a replica #98 cover installed on the inner pages of True Believers Deadpool #1.

Probably made intentionally to deceive.

Yeah, not NM in my opinion. 

Saying it's Brand New leaves them in a bad defensive position. New but damaged or worn is not "Brand New". They are wide open for a Not As Described claim, if it comes to that.

What is the seller's Return Policy? 

On 3/23/2024 at 11:48 AM, Still Only 20¢ said:

This is why we have the Mechanical Error submission.

Yes, get in touch with Customer Service. They will send you a shipping label for an M.E. return and correction. 

Happens a lot. You would see that from other threads if you did a search. Or the various other QC shortfalls....

The "proposed" $5,000 reporting threshold is for Tax Year 2024, forms to be sent in 2025. Nothing to do with Tax Year 2023.

On 3/22/2024 at 1:00 PM, Brian48 said:

I'm in the unfortunate position of having to pay capital gains tax this year for a sale of a collectible.  This leads to a question where I just can't seem to find a clear answer.  Is there a threshold amount before an item is reportable or do I have to lump the sale of all collectibles into one amount when reporting?  I.e. if I sold a book or sports card for $100k, I know I need to report the capital gains on the 100k sale, but what about all the smaller $10, $20, $50 sales I made throughout the year?  Do I need to sum all these little sales for year or is (in this hypothetical example) only items sold $100k and above?  FYI, I do not have a 1099 for the sale. Thx for any help.  

If you sold multiple things during the year, you could alternatively report as a small business under Schedule C.

You may be better able to include expenses related to the sales, such as storage, professional fees, grading costs, shipping, utilities, etc. The net profit will be added to your earned income, but depending on your circumstances, the tax rate may be lower.

Capital Gains on Collectibles is at a higher rate than general Capital Gains. 

But always get tax advice from a tax professional.

As others have mentioned, any person directly affected by the scam has had limited options from the beginning. You don't even know if you have a swapped book for sure without releasing it to CGC to make that determination. It's always been a Catch 22.

Normally, I would advise riding it out with CGC, and if you are dissatisfied with the compensation, look at your legal options at that time. Unless you had to waive any right to seek just compensation as part of the review process, which wouldn't surprise me, and may have already been discussed. 

If so, someone would have to challenge that. It's possible that being forced to give up your future rights might void the agreement. The problem is that CGC and the affected parties need each other in order to proceed, but only CGC determines the compensation. Totally one sided, and that's wrong.

I don't think it's a manufacturing flaw. Your photos and the CGC photos look similar, so I don't think it is pulling away any more than when graded, but could just be a bit loose, or look better or worse depending on the angle and lighting. 

I think a 9.4 is generous, but within the realm of possibility. If there is anything at all wrong with the back cover, that would make it even more generous. 

What I think is odd is that the majority of the front cover is relatively free of defects, compared to the heavier than usual wear and tear at the staples. You would expect more general, even wear. The spine has pronounced staple stress and a few spine tics, but with very little edge wear, no creases.