Tony Edwards

Update: I've not heard anything from the seller since his "*spoon*..." message on 30 November.

I don't know if this is probation list worthy, but thought I should provide a heads up in any case. I bought the WBN complete run in this thread: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=277318&Number=6131742#Post6131742 Negotiations with the seller were very pleasant. He shipped quickly. Packaging was excellent. However, as I did a spot-check on the condition of the books on receipt, it was clear that many were significantly overgraded. I dropped a line to the seller to that effect. His reply was: "Sorry if you thought they were over graded. I went by the overstreet grading guide 3rd edition and have used it extensively in the past. I can make it up to you in another deal if you'd like? Anything you are in the hunt for?" Offering to sell me more stuff is not an ideal solution to an overgrading problem, but I mentioned that I was in the market for ToD and the seller said he'd put a list together. It was after this exchange of correspondence that I discovered that I was missing one of the books (duplicate of #27 for the record). I sent a message to the seller, who responded with: "*spoon*.....I don't have any left here either. Went through my whole collection....I think I might have typo'd the damn spreadsheet...." I messaged again on 30 November asking: "What's your proposed solution? We have significant overgrading on many books and a missing book." I've heard nothing since from the seller. Shame really, as I think the grading/missing book issues were honest mistakes. Just disappointing that he doesn't want to sort out an equitable solution. As I say, a heads up in the event he starts another sales thread...

Utterly pathetic. Your family and friends would be so proud of you. One of my friends owns a printing company. He is so proud of me that he is producing a series of "World's Most Sanctimonious Douchepump" T-Shirts for you. You have an impressive range of insults and profanities. You really are a fine example.

Charity auction. Complains about grades. Accepts refund. Keeps books as well. You've behaved with absolute class. I've asked my three children to read this thread and told them to take a leaf out of your book. Charity auction - he participated Complains about grades - Should selling standards disappear when the material is offered in a charity auction? Is it OK that a donator feels they've been duped because it's for charity? Accepts refund - and promptly turned it into a donation. Keeps books as well - Only at the insistence of the seller. Is reading comprehension really that difficult to cause you to get every aspect wrong? My reading comprehension is perfectly fine - your problem appears to be a broken moral compass and/or misplaced loyalty to a pal. If you're going to participate in a charity auction, do it with good grace or not at all. In the context, don't complain about relatively small-ticket items that don't quite meet expectations. It shouldn't have mattered how insistent the seller was, the books should have been returned. Who behaves that way? None of my family or friends, I'm glad to say. It's your morals that need readjusting. If a charity comic lot is characterized in one way, and shows up at the buyer's door in far different shape, then the problem lies with the person misrepresenting the charity lot. Being duped for charity or not is still being duped. If, on the other hand, there's a legitimate disagreement over whether the auction lot was the quality advertised, then it's up to the buyer and donator of the lot to resolve the disagreement. The value of the lot is irrelevant to any moral issue at hand and, after all, one person's judgement of relatively low value can be construed as relatively high value by another. Furthermore, if the buyer donates the sale amount to the charity regardless of the quality of the lot they purchased, they've demonstrated generosity above and beyond what the charity auction calls for. That's a far cry from an immoral act. You've also made an erroneous accusation that I'm biased - I don't know either party in this transaction from a hole in the wall, but I do know when someone's holier than thou attitude toward another who made a significant charitable donation is repugnant. Broken, indeed. "Misrepresentation", "duped"? Get some perspective. This was a charity auction involving $50 worth of comic books, for goodness sake. Okay, he donated the cash to charity - he should just have accepted that the books were slightly overgraded and got on with it. Like most truly charitable people would have done. Oh, and I didn't make any "accusation" - is reading comprehension really that difficult? You guys crack on in your world where the difference between an 8.5 and a 9.x on a couple of low-dollar books is more important than the charitable cause.

Utterly pathetic. Your family and friends would be so proud of you.

Charity auction. Complains about grades. Accepts refund. Keeps books as well. You've behaved with absolute class. I've asked my three children to read this thread and told them to take a leaf out of your book. Charity auction - he participated Complains about grades - Should selling standards disappear when the material is offered in a charity auction? Is it OK that a donator feels they've been duped because it's for charity? Accepts refund - and promptly turned it into a donation. Keeps books as well - Only at the insistence of the seller. Is reading comprehension really that difficult to cause you to get every aspect wrong? My reading comprehension is perfectly fine - your problem appears to be a broken moral compass and/or misplaced loyalty to a pal. If you're going to participate in a charity auction, do it with good grace or not at all. In the context, don't complain about relatively small-ticket items that don't quite meet expectations. It shouldn't have mattered how insistent the seller was, the books should have been returned. Who behaves that way? None of my family or friends, I'm glad to say.

Charity auction. Complains about grades. Accepts refund. Keeps books as well. You've behaved with absolute class. I've asked my three children to read this thread and told them to take a leaf out of your book.

I think it's the emboldened adjective that offends him, mate. Nine months to put this right. Disgraceful. I have no standing in this community, so my view is irrelevant, I know that. But the fact that he's got away with this is really quite astonishing.

Shill? Grow up. Have you owned up to being a McTwat? Must have missed it.

I guess working at Mcdonalds has lowered his IQ Careful, he'll start digging up your other posts that have nothing to do with anything and put them in this thread. It would appear he's a McStalker. You took someone's cash and then took nine months to ship items which weren't those that they paid for. Instead of being a smart-arse, why not own up to being a McTwat?

LBJARM implies that the books were never posted. Isn't it also a possibility that LBJARM did receive the books, but claims he hasn't? So he now has the books and the cash?

Have you refunded his money?

+ 1 It looked real enough, and that is all it takes to egg someone on. Thanks Count for taking it down. I'm sure everyone realizes you meant no harm. It was quite clearly a spoof. Some of the reactions here are pathetic. The world's gone mad...

I'm a big believer in "what goes round comes round". Has nobody ever had a word with this guy?

I've bought from Quicksilver once and was very disappointed with the grading. Sought a refund on several items, which was given without fuss. So while I wouldn't buy from Richard again, I can have no complaints about the customer service. I've purchased from Silveracre on a couple of occasions when I was returning to the hobby and didn't know any better. No major issues (there was over-grading of course), but on the back of what I've heard about him since, I won't be buying from Darryl "Regards Anyway" Jones again.

Arent you supposed to give at least 30 days anyway before "outing" in this forum? I think that October and Patrick just need to go there separate ways. There is no way they can resolve this, they both think they are right and the both have points to support them -- I have no transactions with Patrick, put would not let this stop me from working with him. It does not seem that he should be on probation for this It seems clear to me that SIXX_VAN_ROSE has posted the and failed to pay. He should therefore be on the list (once the 30 days has passed).

ft88 has been in touch and the matter has now been resolved amicably and satisfactorily. Tony

OK - the seller was ft88.

Screw me once, shame on you, screw me twice shame on me. Wouldn't have been a second transaction. Overseas shouldn't count as a package could show up 10 years later out of the blue. You're right, of course. However, I'd concluded a number of transactions with the seller before these two, and everything had been fine. Perhaps a case of familiarity breeding contempt? What really disappoints me is the absence of any response to my last email - there's simply no excuse. I don't feel comfortable giving further details on a public forum (these last two were not big-dollar transactions), but if anyone wants more info they're welcome to PM me.

I had my first disappointing experience of buying from a board member recently - across two separate transactions. In the first transaction, the books were shipped surface (takes two months) rather than airmail (takes two weeks). Whilst no shipping method had been positively agreed upon, I assumed that the books would be shipped airmail, since my previous purchases from the same seller had been shipped airmail. I felt that the seller should at least have contacted me to give me the option of paying more for airmail. When the books did arrive, one, which had been graded at NM-, turned out to have water-damage throughout the bottom half of the book. I entered into a second transaction with the same seller, and the price was discounted to take into account the water-damaged book. The price for this deal was to include airmail shipping. When I contacted the seller seeking confirmation of shipping, he advised that he had shipped surface, offering no explanation. My follow-up email, expressing my disappointment that the books have been shipped surface, even though I paid for airmail, has been ignored. Up until this point, my buying experiences on the board had been 100% positive.