MCMiles

Yep, MVS is intact. Nice! Congrats, Andy.

How much is insurance to cover a $15K book? USPS only insures packages up to $5,000. However, for your reference, $5K insurance on a Priority Mail package is currently $65. That would be tacked on to regular shipping so $95 isn't too extreme. Insurance at that value is less expensive via Express Mail. Shipping and insurance up to $5K (max insurance for this service) would average around $55-$60 Priority Registered insured for $15K would run about the same.

I answered a post in the the WTB from uchilla1010 and we were able to work out a pretty big deal for multiple books. Everything went as planned.

I owned a very nice copy of that boat anchor for way too long.

I answered a WTB of David's and unlike my other experiences with most there, he was a serious buyer and we reached a deal easily. Thanks, David.

Hows that, Transplant posted the seller decided to honor his BS rule instead. The seller didn't see it. That's a ridiculous argument. It would allow a shady seller to just not open a PM he thinks probably has a final "ok" in it and wait for an 'I'll take it" in the thread. Knowing all along if that doesn't happen he still has a sale waiting in an unopened PM. Not saying that's what Dan did, but that's what this line of thinking is opening things up to. That's not my MO. We are talking a few dollars difference. If you look at my past sales threads, I usually deal in dollar amounts that $40 or $45 dollars isn't going to make a difference. If I read through some of my old PM's, I could probably find many times where I responded right away and told the seller to either post it IN the thread before someone else snags it, or I can post it for you. I don't think that is your MO. I don't think you intended to cause a mess at all. I just think that's what that rule opens it up to, and there are surely sellers that would adopt this MO.

This is the way it happened. Buyer: Hi would you take this much? Seller: Sure but only if not via Paypal Buyer: OK Someone hit the BIN in the thread.

Hows that, Transplant posted the seller decided to honor his BS rule instead. Just to be clear - the was never posted in a PM Buyer: Hi would you take this much? Seller: Sure but only if not via Paypal Buyer: OK That really should equal an ...but I've already stated, your rule (clearly stated in your thread) allows you to ignore that.

Hows that, Transplant posted the seller decided to honor his BS rule instead. The seller didn't see it. That's a ridiculous argument. So is your assessment that your rules are common sense. (thumbs u It would allow a shady seller to just not open a PM he thinks probably has a final "ok" in it and wait for an 'I'll take it" in the thread. Knowing all along if that doesn't happen he still has a sale waiting in an unopened PM. Not saying that's what Dan did, but that's what this line of thinking is opening things up to. That however is common sense. You're just using this as a platform to pad your pointless post count anyway.

Hows that, Transplant posted the seller decided to honor his BS rule instead. The seller didn't see it. That's a ridiculous argument. It would allow a shady seller to just not open a PM he thinks probably has a final "ok" in it and wait for an 'I'll take it" in the thread. Knowing all along if that doesn't happen he still has a sale waiting in an unopened PM. Not saying that's what Dan did, but that's what this line of thinking is opening things up to.

It's already been established the stated rule in the sales thread allows the seller to back out of a deal already established, exonerating the seller. What really needs to be established and accepted is the rule is stupid and asking for trouble. It's simple to use the time stamp on a done deal or an I'll take it to determine the winner. This also allows the seller to have a broader audience because a lot of people don't want to buy publicly. If a seller doesn't want offers, then say "Public i'll take its only" or "absolutely no offers via PM, only I'll take its are accepted." The only draw back is it would allow the seller to pretend a book sold via PM in order to get out of a public sale due to some sort of sellers remorse. I'd also recommend people stop posting sales threads with out scans and allowing the "I'll take it pending scan" Most people don't want to come in and post an unconditional "I'll take it" after some have posted "pending scans", but it happens and it's pretty discourteous IMO. I don't appreciate the "PM sent" in the public thread by a buyer either. It's a way of playing on those that are courteous and not cut-throat to get them to back off, while you work a deal. Common sense and common courtesy should prevail, but this is comic books we're talking about and it's been established many times that grandma ain't safe around the stairs when comics are involved.

First in thread wins. Period. Full stop. Apparently the last 20 pages disagree. Common sense disagrees, but some of you will keep using/justifying that rule. (thumbs u

Fine. The rule is there. Dan didn't do anything wrong, but IMO sided wrong at the end. I'll recommend to anyone that anyone that ever wants to sell here and keep a good reputation avoid that rule in that vague form. A time stamp should win and I'm guessing most people would agree. There really isn't any reason not to adopt this rule. It will save any seller from this awkward situation and clear rules won't off any buyers.

Yes, and this nightmare is directly enabled by the often seen rule that a thread take trumps everything. For the life of me, I can't understand why sellers continue to specify the rules this way. Why would a seller want to allow this messy situation to occur...i.e., why would a seller desire to specify rules that allow a thread poster to supersede a fully completed PM deal where the seller or PM taker simply hasn't had time or opportunity to update the thread? In general, I just don't understand the incentive on any seller's part to use any "take rule" other than "first take wins, whether in the thread or via PM". Doing otherwise seems a bit , unless the seller just intentionally desires to set the stage for drama. over. It's completely stupid. I posted this in the thread, but going to repeat it here. By these rules, as a seller I can agree to a deal via PM and just wait to post "SOLD" for a few hours and hope someone hits the BIN at a better price. The potential buyer who sent the PM obviously read the thread and therefore should be aware of the rules. Your example doesn't work. The seller stated his terms so kudos to him. "Trumps all PMs " that would include agreed upon deals is stupid. It lacks common sense and good business sense. Your opinion which you are entitled to but his rules do not violate board rules and were stated up front. You have no case other than simply not liking the rule. His decision followed his rule. The seller did nothing wrong and is common practice on the boards. It's not common practice to back out of deals. It's not common practice for that rule to allow that to be acceptable. If that is common practice around here now days, then you guys can have it.

Yes, and this nightmare is directly enabled by the often seen rule that a thread take trumps everything. For the life of me, I can't understand why sellers continue to specify the rules this way. Why would a seller want to allow this messy situation to occur...i.e., why would a seller desire to specify rules that allow a thread poster to supersede a fully completed PM deal where the seller or PM taker simply hasn't had time or opportunity to update the thread? In general, I just don't understand the incentive on any seller's part to use any "take rule" other than "first take wins, whether in the thread or via PM". Doing otherwise seems a bit , unless the seller just intentionally desires to set the stage for drama. over. It's completely stupid. I posted this in the thread, but going to repeat it here. By these rules, as a seller I can agree to a deal via PM and just wait to post "SOLD" for a few hours and hope someone hits the BIN at a better price. Well lets remember that each of the two in question were less than 3 minutes apart I mean that's barely enough time to walk to the bathroom and take a pee and come back Totally irrelevant.

Yes, and this nightmare is directly enabled by the often seen rule that a thread take trumps everything. For the life of me, I can't understand why sellers continue to specify the rules this way. Why would a seller want to allow this messy situation to occur...i.e., why would a seller desire to specify rules that allow a thread poster to supersede a fully completed PM deal where the seller or PM taker simply hasn't had time or opportunity to update the thread? In general, I just don't understand the incentive on any seller's part to use any "take rule" other than "first take wins, whether in the thread or via PM". Doing otherwise seems a bit , unless the seller just intentionally desires to set the stage for drama. over. It's completely stupid. I posted this in the thread, but going to repeat it here. By these rules, as a seller I can agree to a deal via PM and just wait to post "SOLD" for a few hours and hope someone hits the BIN at a better price. The potential buyer who sent the PM obviously read the thread and therefore should be aware of the rules. Your example doesn't work. The seller stated his terms so kudos to him. "Trumps all PMs " that would include agreed upon deals is stupid. It lacks common sense and good business sense.

Yes, and this nightmare is directly enabled by the often seen rule that a thread take trumps everything. For the life of me, I can't understand why sellers continue to specify the rules this way. Why would a seller want to allow this messy situation to occur...i.e., why would a seller desire to specify rules that allow a thread poster to supersede a fully completed PM deal where the seller or PM taker simply hasn't had time or opportunity to update the thread? In general, I just don't understand the incentive on any seller's part to use any "take rule" other than "first take wins, whether in the thread or via PM". Doing otherwise seems a bit , unless the seller just intentionally desires to set the stage for drama. over. It's completely stupid. I posted this in the thread, but going to repeat it here. By these rules, as a seller I can agree to a deal via PM and just wait to post "SOLD" for a few hours and hope someone hits the BIN at a better price.

And you can Jedi Mind Trick CGC in to a gift grade too... Awesome book! The 9.4 and 9.0 labels must have gotten mixed up in encapsulation. No doubt

Got a superb ASM slab super quick from Dan. (thumbs u

Awesome.

It's statements like this that make it personal, you just didn't bother to name any one person. It's two sides defending their opinions.

Yep.

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