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for all those saying $200 = not a lot ... holds out hands... please donate to my comic collection please

fact is its not a lot until its "YOU'RE" $200!

Two, Moondog is right (and JC is just being a provoking dikk again). Take the $ and move on.

 

There is no right or wrong in a situation like this - it's all up to the OP on what he does.

 

If I got mugged for $100, I wouldn't care about the dollar amount, I'd pursue legal (and possibly illegal) remedies til my dying breath, just so that the perp thought twice before trying it on anyone else.

 

That's just me - I'm like the Energizer Bunny when I get rooked. Others are more easy-going, but it really comes down to doing what you need to, to sleep soundly at night.

 

If having money stolen from you is going to bother you, then do something about it. If not, then move along.

 

Pretty weak analogy. Just admit like everyone else you pick your fights. I'm sure your government is boning you in some manner and you're taking it just like we are.

 

Come on... you have to take the government boning, because there is no one person to go after. You need a nuke...

I agree it is a great over reaction were this a comic shop & you going in person I don't think theres anyway that something like this would happen... Its just out right bad for biz... heck I work in retail I've put up with more S*** than this and not asked people to leave.. I've only ever done it once with a couple of teens who would come in at least once a week & ask me prices on stuf wasting my time with no intent to buy stuff cause they thought it was funny & this only after they did it about 7 times or so

Hey gang!

 

I have run into a major problem with Lone Star Comics. Because of a dispute over a misgraded item I had returned (a book was supposed to be NM, but it had a 2" color-breaking crease, a 1-1.5" color scrape, and many other minor defects, and Lone Star insisted this was okay for a NM book), they told me they no longer wanted to do business with me because I was too critical in my grading.

 

I had been doing business with them for several years, and when this happened, had about $200 in trade credit with them. Well, Buddy Saunders, the owner who told me not to do business there anymore, said he was going to "convert" my trade credit to a cash payout by paying me $.50 on the $1 for the credit I had on my account. He said that he would not sell me anymore books, and that he would only pay me HALF of what I was owed and my account is closed.

 

I consider this to be theft and I want to pursue action against them, more out of principle that out of the $100 they plan to steal from me.

 

Are there any lawyers in the house who can advise me? Should I file a police report in their home town? I definately plan on contacting the Texas Attorney General? If Lone Star makes me go as far as to take this to small claims court, would I need to file in Texas, KY, or both?

 

And let this be a warning to anyone else here who trades with Lone Star. They think it is perfectly in their right to cash out your trade credit for $.50 on the $1, whenever they decide it benefits them. You can be the judge if you want to take that kind of risk. I had been doing business with them (hundreds, if not thousands, of $$'s in trades per year) for 4 years and then they just screwed me over out of the blue!

 

These "blown-out-of-proportion-I'm-going-to-sue" diatribes make me ill.

 

It's only $200 in credit and you're getting a hundred bucks. Suck it up and move on.

Hi there can I sell you $100 worth of books & then not send them to you?

that must be one mighty fine woman ironfist is protecting for it to be a soul shatering climax

what do you guys use to sign stuff normally I use a silver metalic sharpie is that the best?.. I think so anyways since it shows up better & you can see it more so than say a black sharpie

never even seen that marvel title before, sweet! love seeing new old stuff

Most shops I know just buy the used stuff at garage sales & resell for a buck or two... I duno what they do right now but yea when I was reading em as a kid I came across a lot of reprints

crazy how they use to change the covers & what not to update them now days they just reprint everything

purdddyyyy! I brought that book just for the cover my self!

My first grail arrived yesterday:

 

Very nice! I can't wait to get one my self this year!

get the omnibus slacker one of the 3 books on my pull list!

Love that thor cover!

todays haul! Got the spidey omnibus on sale at a lcs, going to take the SI cover to sdcc with me to get graded

most recent haulage

I I'm not saying its not I'm just saying thats what I'd be worried about if I ever got one for my self what I'm saying is its a very nice piece to own and you don't even need to worry about it! aka you are one lucky sob

And now some pics of my comic room/ office...

 

 

Framed pictures of Obi Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. They're signed by both Sir Alec Guiness as well as James Earl Jones with a great quote by Joseph Campbell (who if you

 

So there you have it! Now you know where I get my geek on!

Nicee I always wanted to get a SAG obi autograph but then he died sadly I don't travel much and he was never at any cons near me Oh well.... maybe I could buy one some day but it wouldn't be the same as getting it my self Plus I would always wonder if it was real or not

It's been a good week for Iron Mans... the first from Paul ( Mr.Schomburg ) and the second is fresh from CGC:

dare I even ask how much you even paid for that TOS?..

This arrived in the mail today from Collin

PUrdyyyyyy!

love that ff #248 speaking of evilbay I hope to have something worth posting latter on tonight Butttt who knows

dude amazing books! can I borrow you're credit card for a while cause like you must be rich to get all those at once

So hey whatever happened with the guy who had the mcf art that turned out to not be mcf art?..

I always thought spiderman should be facing the other way though on that way

DIg that spiderman cover the 2nd one very hot

that target is so painted on the wrong place

9.8 ff #49 white pages!

sigh...

ahah yes very sweet I called my lcs guy today and we had just got our shipment in late for some reason my zombiemates are there!

Well I got in my FF349 & GL #1 cgc rebirth apparently a book with a torn cover counts as very good shape I Learned something today

ah well!