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Whenever I sell a book that is pieced together I fully disclose the book as such. As I did with the action 23 that was posted last week. What I do not do is trim, color touch or restore books. If there is primitave resto I can remove without causing harm, that I will do. In case of this s cap, I fully disclosed the piece was removed. I did miss the missing piece in the interior. There was a better way to notify me rather than post on my thread, but you've had a vendetta against me for some time it seems.

I would love to chat about it at comic art con if you're attending.

 

 

Ankur,

 

I posted that you forgot to put a return policy in your thread. That's what the mods have told us to do when a seller is violating the rules of the forum. You'll find that's all I've posted in your thread.

 

This is a pattern with you. You aren't the victim. There are no vendettas against you. Your actions and your behavior raised valid, specific, and earnest questions.

 

The fact that you bought a book from Heritage a week or so ago, that was graded an apparent 1.5, removed a patch on the back cover, list it back up for sale as a now unrestored book, but still a 1.5, failed to disclose (until pressed and cornered) that there was also a chunk out of an interior page, claiming it was 100% complete on the interior, going so far as to say you went page by page, when you knew or should have known it wasn't complete isn't someone doing something TO YOU.

These are your actions. Rounding off the corners of the description, gilding the lily, disclosing some things but leaving out others. Can you really say that calling this book "complete" more than once is not deceptive? Flat out.

 

Then you bristle when people call your actions into question? That's a vendetta against you? Really? You're the victim here?

 

You want to talk it over at Comic Art Con? What explanation will you have for how you sold the Cap #74 with the moving target of a grade, or how you tried to sell this book the way you did? And these are the first two issues you've had, is it? Never had problems with artists alley creators? Any issues when doing art deals with other collectors or dealers? You think you can convince me that poor you is just the victim of multiple, repeated, coincidental, circumstance?

 

I assume all of those problems are someone else's fault, right? Not your actions? Take a look at all these issues and questions that pop up and you'll find the common denominator isn't anyone other than you and the choices you've made.

 

Not to side track but didn''t Anjur sell a Cap #74 that he had graded and it came back as a 1.8. He wasn't happy with the grade so he quickly deslabbed it sold it raw as a 2.5 on these boards with no disclosure about the recent grading. I seem to recall that all the scans, etc were removed faster than you could say "CAF". Anyways, carry on.

 

, tell us more.

Mitch, pump the brakes. Literally everything you wrote is incorrect, misguided and misinformed.

 

Bill is the guy who has single handedly transformed the OA collecting hobby in th least 12 years with very little benefit to himself. He is free to run his site as he sees fit. He's not afraid of anything. He's busy running his site and his business and doesn't need to entertain every attempted character assassination on every message board to prove to you he's a big strong brave man.

 

On the flip side we've got collectors attaching themselves like a remora to the underbelly of CAF never contributing one thin dime or one small moment of earnest appreciation to the site or Bill, and reaping the benefits of buying and selling and profiting for well over a decade. Then, when a too good to be true deal blows in in their face and they think that Bill is not moving fast enough, they are quick to imply that Bill owes them something beyond everything they've already taken for free and without heaitation.

 

Just once try and figure out what's going on before launching into the usual silliness.

The perfect post. Bravo!

Bill did as much as he could do here. What is he supposed to do that he didn't do? It is understood by anyone with half a brain that at no time does CAF guarantee the legitimacy of the gallery owners. His site is NOT eBay. He doesn't get a % from your little private transaction. It is a site for comic art collectors to go display their collections and look at other collectors' collections. That's it.

I'll say it. Ankur's tone was quite petulant as if Bill owed him something. No. Bill owed him nothing beyond what he did. And if his site is not the "center" of your world then don't make it a big deal if he shuts down your gallery for a day or two, right?

Remora!

Not to side track but didn''t Anjur sell a Cap #74 that he had graded and it came back as a 1.8. He wasn't happy with the grade so he quickly deslabbed it sold it raw as a 2.5 on these boards with no disclosure about the recent grading. I seem to recall that all the scans, etc were removed faster than you could say "CAF". Anyways, carry on.

 

and yet he still got ripped off, he over paid by 98 cent.

 

 

Tommy Lee Edwards not a fan of Jock's cover:

 

I liked Jock's cover a lot and yes, blatantly obvious what he was going for. I've met Tommy Lee Edwards many times at cons and he's a really nice and thoughtful guy and I was a bit surprised initially that he wrote something so scathing in public without understanding that what he criticized was totally intentional on Jock's part. Then I see that he did it privately.

I think the really shi##y thing about this is someone who Tommy Lee Edwards trusted in a private FB message would then go through the trouble to screenshot it and send it to Jock. What kind of trouble making piece of sh#t would do that? Whether you agree or not, TLE is entitled to his opinion especially in private.

I get Jock's point of view on this especially since I feel he's one of the most unique and compelling artists out there now. But why make it public? Why not write TLE privately and say, hey what's up with this? I understand why Jock was upset. Who wouldn't be? I just think he could have handled this better too.

These aren't even good fakes. Shocking to see the substandard quality of counterfeiters today!

Fake Frank Brunner Howard the Duck

This is almost comical.

I know there are newbies out there who can get tricked by stuff like this. But think about it. If you know who Frank Brunner is and what he has accomplished and you have the gift of sight, how could you ever think this piece was legit? And if you know who Frank Brunner is and you still buy this piece thinking it's real? Then perhaps you deserve to get tricked.

I'm fairly certain Frank Brunner can draw a better piece than this with his foot.

Confirmed no yellow discount.