Jshaffer7390

On 11/10/2022 at 7:58 PM, Joe Fox said:

This is shocking news and I'm now convinced :-)

I checked this morning and ALL the fakes have been delisted on the Japanese auction site. Even the sold history has been scrubbed...

Oh really? Did you see the yahoo listing someone made referencing that article?

Sorry for the necro bump, but given the upcoming auction on heritage and all. I thought I'd link this for the people that don't believe there are fakes.

https://www.sankei.com/article/20221109-QE6LVZXPTRPS3JTRN4PCGMXRUM/

I can tell you 100% these are fake. 2 listings have already been taken down because of comments saying they were fake.

Who knows whats all in the books and how accurate they are? Also who knows what kind of paper they are printed on etc?

Theres tons of high def images of this cover and DB Ch.1 out there along with all of the other mangas in this book. And the covers been used in all kinds of media since 1984.

To follow up, you can see they all have these in common. Original printings have the error on the power pole sheath shown in one of my previous posts. An then that weird black smudge on all of these in the top right of the book. It was also pointed out to me that the Bulma text printed on her bike is blurry on the fakes.

I've looked everywhere and can't find a real copy that doesn't have the mark on the powerpole sheath.

On 2/7/2022 at 6:19 AM, Joe Fox said:

One reason that they appear to be the same could be that they are reposting of the same photos of items on sale on Japanese auction sites. There are a number of Ebay sellers trying to resell books on sale in Japan. An X-Men #2 that I bought in Tokyo was also posted on EBay by two sellers. Since a piece was missing and there is some writing on the cover it was easy to tell it was my copy they were trying to sell.

I had fun asking them questions of how they planned to ship me the item if I bought it.

I've handled a few of these Shonen Jump 51 books over the last year. If they were indeed fake they were extremely good ones. They smelt old to me and were missing the signs that fake books usually have with glue colour and thickness.

I've looked through many books on sale right now or sold on a popular Japanese website. I found the mark you pointed out on some but not others and some that are missing it are low grade which of course doesn't mean they're not fake but it would be an odd thing to do (deliberately tear the spine etc).

There may indeed be fakes of this book around but faking a book well is an expensive thing to do. The books I saw had all the inserts, etc. They would need to sell a lot of these for it to make sense.

I'm not an expert, this was my reference for the glue colour and thinkness.

 

These aren't ebay resellers. These fake books are each different sets of photos taken and listed on mercari. Like you said, that's one place where the ebay resellers buy the items and flip them on ebay once someone buys them on ebay. I'll also add that these fakes are relatively new. Only starting to be listed in the last month or so. Here's 3 separate listings of fake books.

https://jp.mercari.com/item/m59196802671

https://jp.mercari.com/item/m58395366336

https://jp.mercari.com/item/m52159975328

Here i circled the power pole thing, This is a real cover photo

On 2/7/2022 at 5:33 AM, BanjerD said:

Really? I don't own any of these and wondered about the increase in popularity in these.  How do you know this one is a fake?

There's a bunch of them listed like this, in this same perfect condition, all centered exactly the same, but in particular the real ones have a whitened out mark on gokus power pole sheath. These are missing it. Also theres a weird like print mark in the top right above the red circle that appears on all of these.

I almost purchased one of these, glad i didn't. I settled for a lesser condition one for now.

On 1/13/2022 at 10:34 PM, BanjerD said:

Like Cobbeldclam mentioned, most of these magazines are not worth much.  One book that has been gaining traction is 1984 Shonen Jump #51 first appearance of Dragonball ($1300-2500) - there are a bunch on eBay.  Another valuable magazine is the Shonen King 23, first Jiro Kuwata Batman (Bat-mangaa) is about $600-800, this is a bit more rare from June 1966.

 

This particular copy is also a fake by the way, so it's picking up a ton of traction. Enough for there to be fakes.

5 minutes ago, FoggyNelson said:

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I'm in Atlanta so no Tim Hortons, although... we do have this gem http://www.screamnnuts.com/

And that's where I am going after I get some nicotine lozenges and drop off this package for @SkOw

5 hours ago, Chazgee said:

It seems that in the end, this was resolved somewhat amiccambly.  

That should be the takeaway.

Unrelated: I really love donuts.

I'd give my left leg for some this morning. Good plan. 

3 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

I'm fine with definitions, but thanks for the advice. I've actually conversed/dealt with him and read his posts over the years, hence my description. These are the first I'm reading from you and you seem to be a bit combative while you were the one who took a wrong turn, but I'll reserve judgement until I see more.

 

To each their own. Of course I'm going to be combative.

2 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

Not if they remember this thread. There are some who will, but "most"  is stretching it. It's not just about the "money", it's how you responded.

Aside from you, I'm a little surprised at the number of people doing odd things lately. Things that we'd see once in a blue moon, if ever.

I'm glad you resolved your transaction with Matt, he's a great guy, but you might want to do some reading in the probation thread  so you can see how seriously it's taken before making those kinds of comments. You'll enjoy your time here more, nice collectors are prized.

I think there's a big disparity between your understanding of the word "great" and the actual definition.

This thread feels more like a jovial "this is my moment" post for him.

Just now, Buzzetta said:

You sold a book... honor your deal. 

1 minute ago, Buzzetta said:

Johnny boy.... come on now....

Try to sleep soundly at night thinking that is true but I also sell.

If you think I am going to spend money with you then you are wrong.  I am sure there are some on here that will.   But there are some of us that realize that anything you have to give can eventually be found with patience and time from someone else. 

 

 

Did you not read that correctly?.. I don't think you read that correctly.

4 minutes ago, Buzzetta said:

So here is where we stand with something like this.  @Jshaffer7390 when you post a book and someone claims it you sell the book.  Reneging on a deal makes you famous for all the wrong reasons.   You may scoff at a probation list but you should know that we will all easily pass around your information and your email address and your real name.  You see, I am not going to miss out on opportunity cost wasting my time in your threads.    I will tell my personal friends, @jaybuck43 and @PeteFromPetesBasement and @trenchdaddy and @Phalanx25 and a host of others that are silent watchers on these boards. 

They should never deal with people like you because when you reneg on a sale you are wasting their time.  You may not see it as a big deal because you did not take their money but what you did was waste their opportunity.  If I committed my money to buy your book, that means that I did not buy someone else's.  If I had known that you were going to reneg than I would have bought the other.  By the time you have reneged that book is gone. 

 

So... honor your commitment... you are making a terrible name for yourself.  And in this hobby, you are your name.   

 

@BlowUpTheMoon, how is that? 

Again. Mostly a collector. The entire point of me selling on here was to just rush funds into something else.

I bet most would still take my money.

23 minutes ago, SkOw said:

 

Not arguing with any of this.  Let me be clear what I mean too though.  I see other threads titles here say things like “withdrawn” or other like titles. I’m not doing that.  That is why I was careful to word “take action accordingly” instead of “vote”. People should have the opportunity to know who they are dealing with on here. 

He is now offering to follow through though which I agree no longer makes it appropriate for the list. 

I think there's a few things to take note of here.

1. I was wrong sure, I corrected it before you even made this thread. So you're goal to teach a lesson is sort of a moot point and creates undue drama.

2. I am almost solely a collector, not a flipper/vendor, so your attack angle will fall short here.

I will say, @SkOw paid for the book and I will be shipping it out.

Just now, SkOw said:

Removed. 

Thank you.

Also, please censor my email out of your screenshots.

1 minute ago, SkOw said:

Congrats on posting the update in the thread a few minutes before I did.  I’m glad you can copy paste faster than me. 

Look man, I didn't reoffer you the book out of fear of being put on some blacklist. Either pay for the book or give it a rest.

Jesus, read your threads.

I offered him the book still and closed the thread. Kind of tedious to manage this on mobile, but if he's going to make a thread out of this, then so be it.

Only Price Drop. Closing thread early

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Sold a Tomb of Terror 6 to Myles. Prompt payment and a pleasure to work with.

Witches Tales 19 and Spook 22 SOLD to Polonsky

That's it for now. I have some raw books, but lack the bandwidth to take photos. Thanks for looking at my thread!