alecholland

Well, I definitely would expect that if it were one of your selling threads.* Seriously, I agree, I don't think there are too many instances of books being that obviously overgraded, but my thoughts were that if one of the more knowledgeable/experienced collectors were to see an instance like that, they could point it out within the thread in a polite way. No hurt feelings, no additional comments from anyone else, just, "I think that book may be a bit off on the grade. PM me." or something like that. That way, it helps the seller and their fellow board members. I clearly wouldn't be the one to do it nor would I presume to. All my books are NM. *Please note: The above comment/insinuation about John's grading does not reflect the actual opinion of alecholland. Alecholland likes cd4ever and regularly buys comics from him.

Pending scans of the back of all the following books which aren't listed in the books you don't have for sale and which I cannot afford and will not pay you for: ASM 1 CGC 7.5 WP Avengers 4 CGC 9.0 WP HOM 174 CGC 9.2 WP HOM 179 CGC 9.6 WP Weird Science-Fantasy 29 CGC 9.4 WP

When a board member is selling books that are clearly overgraded, would it really be bad form to point it out in a courteous manner within the thread? Honestly, it would not bother me if someone posted in one of my selling threads (not that I sell that frequently) that a book(s) looked a little off from the scans. I guess I'm asking because after reading the probation thread today regarding Henchman, and seeing a couple scans of books that were obviously overgraded by more than a full grade (probably 2 - 2 1/2 grades), I wondered if someone shouldn't have said something about it within the thread. I know the current thinking is that you should send a pm to the seller, but what about your fellow board members who may not be as observant or have a 30" high resolution flat-panel displays to see every small detail, or who may even have images turned off for faster browsing? It just seems to me, especially with regard to the Henchman situation, that it would, from time to time, be helpful if one of the more experienced board members who might be browsing the sales thread said, "the book you posted with parallel stress lines up and down the spine, thumb creases, impact creases, and blunted corners looks to be a little lower than 8.5. You might want to put that one up in the grading forum to get some good, helpful opinions on the grade." Would that be frowned upon? It seems the current method of using pm's benefits the seller and leaves our fellow board members/potential buyers out in the cold. Any thoughts?

Um, no. I think flies are at least as interested in krap as they are honey, possibly even more interested in krap. I think what you were trying to say is: You'll catch more bees with honey than vinegar. I thought it was you krap more flies with oil than vinegar.

Or when they don't understand a simple order. Fast Food Freestyle

HOW is it possible that after you pay...have to wait...at MACdonals DRIVE THRU SOOOOO LONG...just wanted frinch fries...hate the FRINCH...my foot hurts TODAY and my big TOE keeps etching...they MAKE ME PULL UP AND WATE...shouldn't have ordered LARGE fries...WHERE ARE MI MEDS...I think about railroads sumtimes...FU U FRINCHY luvingk MACdonals peeple!!!!!! I DRIV away... someone needs to talk to MR.RONALD ABOUT THIS...

Way, way, way overdue Kudos to the following board members for buying my junk over the last couple months: Annihilus cloudofwit dcy1 Mr.Diggler Brother J catrick339 Filter81 capt_comics Marvelguy34 rtarturo THE_BEYONDER All are stellar forum members to deal with!! (worship) (worship) (worship) (worship) (worship) Also, Kudos to the following board members for junk I bought from them: cd4ever joeypost Silver Accurate grading and professional shipping. Excellent forum members all!! (worship) Every one of these guys are a testimonial as to why the people on these boards are the greatest!

I tried to make the Star Trek reference back on page 2, but either no one got it, or it wasn't funny. I'm guessing the latter.

That's the key...don't take no personally and as a seller, don't take lowball offers personally. Good call there, Jim Man, if I took lowball offers personally, I would have taken my life years ago. About 1 in the morning, I like to send John long-winded, convoluted rants where I complain about my life, job, and anything else I can think of. Then, when he's thoroughly confused, I throw in a lowball offer of around 10% of his asking price and tell him how much I love Paul McCartney or whoever he is listening to that night.

I work at a laminating company. You could always laminate your books.

I'm looking for panels of acrylic glass required for the construction of water tanks with a thickness suitable for containing two humpback whales and several tons of water. I would be willing to share my chemical formula for making transparent acid free cardboard backing if anyone is interested.

Kudos to Greggy for a couple nice 100 pagers and a sweet Superboy book. Another one knocked off my want list.

Thanks to: flatrock02 for a great deal on a copy of Superboy 98. (thumbs u Accurate grading and shipped fast! A great board member to buy from. Thanks again.

Kudos to: 143ksk for a very nice copy of HOS 92 and a nice From Beyond the Unknown. nochips for a great group of Superboy books. mr.schomburg for some very nice Daredevil books. (thumbs u cd4ever for my usual fix of miscellaneous books. I couldn't be happier with all the books I bought from these board members.

Kudos to nochips for a big box of very nice books at an equally nice price. Also, many thanks to GACollectibles for some sweet Superboy comics, a SSWS, and an OAAW. I couldn't be happier. Both are great forum members to deal with and an asset to these boards.

Of course, this selling strategy only works if there's interest. Or else one dude gets everything for a buck. And we don't want that, do we? Um.....yes.

Kudos to: qualitycomix for a nice low-priced copy of Action 267 October for an equally nice, also low-priced Superboy 138 Extremely happy with both books. Thanks. (thumbs u

Kudos to Buttock for a small lot of really nice books. (thumbs u Accurately graded and shipped professionally. I wish you would have had a few more Superboy's on my want list.

Kudos to: Flaming_Telepath - for a great group of Superboy books, a TEC, a few Witching Hours, & a beautiful HOM with one of my favorite Wrightson covers. nochips - for some cheap, but very nice Spectacular Spidey and Tarzan books. (thumbs u ft88 - also for some cheap, but very nice G.I Combats and a OAAW book. LordRahl - for a sweet Phantom Stranger book. All great board members to buy from.

Kudos to Buffyfan - for a sweet group of Action Comics. (thumbs u johnenock - for a great batch of books including 2 sweet Phantom Stranger books. Both are top notch board members!!

Kudos to: Silver - for a few very nice Adventure Comics. Wish I could've picked up a few more. djpinkpanther67 - some great Spideys to add to my run. 143ksk - some nice, inexpensive Little Lulu comics. ShieldAgent - some great Daredevil books to fill in a large part of my run. And then there's cd4ever. I've bought so many books from him he should start hand delivering them to me. Books were accurately graded and shipped professionally by all. Thanks!!

Kudos to: tatterdemalion for a great 3-D Mighty Mouse book. I love it. thirdgreenham for a very nice Superboy and Adventure comic. Great additions to my collection.

It was my pleasure. Thanks for the fast payment! Kudos to GACollectibles and skypinkblu for some nice Mighty Mouse books. Also, kudos to cd4ever for a pile of books both graded and raw. Always a great guy to deal with. And finally, thanks to ft88 for a great group of Thor books and some really nice Adventure Comics. I've had plenty of time to read all my new books too since I've had to sleep on the couch for spending about triple my budget last month. Had I known, I would have sent more books, at least you could have used them as a pillow... Kudos to YOU, for being such a great person to deal with! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the Freebies you threw in as well. Many thanks. I use the stuff I buy from John (cd4ever) as a pillow.

It was my pleasure. Thanks for the fast payment! Kudos to GACollectibles and skypinkblu for some nice Mighty Mouse books. Also, kudos to cd4ever for a pile of books both graded and raw. Always a great guy to deal with. And finally, thanks to ft88 for a great group of Thor books and some really nice Adventure Comics. I've had plenty of time to read all my new books too since I've had to sleep on the couch for spending about triple my budget last month.

Kudos to John (cd4ever) for more stuff. Kudos to Nik for an very nice Avengers book. Two guys that make these boards great. (thumbs u