rodan57

These are the key quotes from the second response. It doesn't seem unfair.

Maybe just because its an awesome book ? It's like holding a cross up to the vampire of speculation.

... or when a PM mentioning the above is ignored. ... or when an inaccuracy is "corrected" by an "in my opinion".

I do not think it is appropriate. But I had sent the seller a pm before the sale was completed letting him know I thought the book had CT in the clouds. He replied saying he did not think it was restored and then the book sold. The PM was a conscientious decision. Though one might note that, in this case, the seller did post in his text description, "Questions, please shout out."

Inconceivable.

We do have a couple of experts on the boards. Perhaps they will drop by soon.

As an outlier, it has as much validity as an auction book bid to the stratosphere by two rabid fans. One is celebrated as a rising tide that raises all boats; the other not so much.

I noticed the same trend. Bunch of sales threads lately without grades. Even if there's a back cover scan there may be defects that aren't obvious in the scans. I agree. If you can't inspect a book first hand, you need all the info that can be reasonably provided to make a fair purchase. My example of a hypothetical sale. No grade provided by me but I will tell you it has white pages and post a back scan. My price will be between a 9.2 and a 9.4. I'll tell you that the scans speak for themselves and let you be the judge. Looks like a good deal. A Sgt. Fury fan might well snap it up. But .... black staples with tiny pitting and minor interior rust transfer from top centrefold staple. Disappointing if you don't like rust in your collection and -- though it may be but a few dollars -- overpriced.* If I was selling this ethically -- and by this I mean what would I want a seller to share with me -- I would have priced it lower, provided a grade (or qualified grade) and mentioned the staple rust. *Before anyone asks, this was a CGC 9.0 that I cracked out. I bought it for just under the the price of a 9.0. I suppose it is a 9.0. You couldn't see the issues through the slab and I have no quarrels with the vendor. Though I'd be happy to trade the rusty staples for three or four spine stresses and small ncb bend. CGC used to mention rusty staples on their labels.

It's business not personal. Stop making it personal. There's nothing to gain. There are no points to win -- no pennant to take home.

That would be one heck of a gesture. I'll be sure to let everyone on the board know about it if you follow through with it. I'll send them in the morning.. ONLY because I dragged my refunding you. You're practicing a predatory ordering tactic on sellers. You're DEAD WRONG in how you are behaving. I hope you grasp this.. It sickens me to reward you. But, going forward I have a policy in place. This sounds insane. Predatory ordering tactic? You could have simply replied and said you are not guaranteeing grades and do you still want your order. Pretty simple. This got buried in successive posts. Clear communication.

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To be fair, GPA is what someone else paid for the book -- not something writ in stone from the mount. Higher prices happen because someone pays a higher price.

This has always been my biggest pet peeve of sellers here. Luckily very few do it. As I have said before, you get to sell for free so at least build it into the price or something so I don't feel like I am being screwed out of every penny. How do you even start meaningful negotiations on a sale price when the sales pitch begins with quibbling over 3% ----- and that very 3% builds in the security for buying over the Internet to begin with? Even on a thousand dollar book, 3% is only $30.

I think we might go along VERY WELL. Aww… give me a break – that was and is the most fascinating aspect of Black Bolt (and Medusa). What makes you think everyone could invent a "thought translator" overnight? The Marvel age of comics has always been highly imaginative but not unlikely. Now it has become unlikely and very little imaginative (with good peace of presumptuous writers). And the "little antenna" as you call it, belongs to Lockjaw as well. What makes me think that they could invent a translator is the medium, comic books, think of all the crazy stuff they have invented for comic books, take the ultimate nullifier for example(from the same time period as black bolts first appearance), a device that can destroy anything in the universe and is the size of a cell phone, so with that in mind is a speaking device for black bolt really that much of a stretch of the imagination? And speaking of cell phones, could black bolt maybe send a couple text messages every now and then to clear up any confusion about what he really means instead of trying to communicate through body poses? Everyone's entitled to their opinions, and mine is that black bolt is BORING The early Inhumans issues in FF were difficult for Lee to dialogue as Kirby introduced multi-issue plots and let his imagination soar. Lee was not always able to predict where the plots and character development were heading. We see all sorts of plot confusion when we read the books one after another -- flaws that the monthly reader could easily miss in 1965 as they were caught up in the action. (thumbs u

A nice book, most especially with Ayers signature. This book would be a fine addition to a Silver Age western collection. I tend to believe that most well-presenting westerns are tough and high grade books are a special breed.

Incomplete books get a 0.5 grade in a blue label slab - my money's on a QA error as well. Ahhhh... Gotcha. Maybe they ran out of green ink. Won't be green. Green is for high-grade books with a hidden flaw -- hence the qualification.

This one is a bear to find well-centred.

Kirby and Brodsky with Goldberg on colours. Copy by Lee and lettering by Simek. This must have been an exciting book for the western fan to pluck off of the newsstand in 1965. Remember that feeling of "can't wait to get home to read this"?

Nice. Last Clay Harder, if I recall correctly.

I would not be confident that everybody is as experienced in pressing potential as some might be. I might also suggest that it is no more micromanaging a sales thread to insist on describing what is actually there as it is to demand methods of payment to be posted.

This.

If I walked into a home and saw these bookshelves, I'd be looking forward to a glass of good beer or wine and an evening of interesting conversation. (thumbs u