wilbil

excuse me, climate change. global warming is not allowed, per moderation. that worked out well, i think.

yes. it is not a matter of thinking. it is a matter of self respect and self dignity.

and that is as it should be. i don't care about who is reading pms, blah, blah, blah, i am not going to say anything in private that i would not state in public. dishonorable behavior as a mod is another thing entirely. that is the opposite of james bond.

jut list the 7 or so members you don't have on ignore. it would be easier.

and within the last 3 weeks, which is a lesson: carefully pick the person joining you in the foxhole, because that is when lack of honor is life threatening.

yet you complained many times, over and over.

it dos not matter to me who is a moderator. i do expect, though, that a moderator will be an impartial moderator, and will not discipline a member for an "offense" the moderator has committed him/herself toward another member. that is not honorable. it is especially dishonest when the moderator disciplines certain members that do not concur with the views of the moderator, and when it is noticeable in post replies that favoritism is involved, that is egregious.

i gotta thingy (you knew that was coming).

captain of a spaceship, are you? or just the rear gunner?

the thread author gets a green author thingy. a popular thread gets a green thingy. both in the same location. brilliant identification method. designed by mit, tested by moderation.

negative waves, negative waves. always with the negative waves,...

extreme is sometimes....extreme. as we hit the contest trail.....and the pictures keep scrolling along..... (sung to the sousa tune).

i understand. did you request the usps registered mail method, and if so, did you originally declare a registered mail value to use? i am not referring to the declared value on the submission form.

is the carrier a selection by cgc or the op? is the insurance entity selected by cgc or the op? who declared the value to the carrier?

i know, just attempted humor fail.

i am being truthful. i can discount the truth 35%, for you, if you like.

me?

in keeping with the domo arigato opinion posting method, i don't understand the pricing aspect. realizing i have zero buy/sell comics experience, reading the history of this transaction is confusing, to me. i am selling a book. i am asking 850. the person buys the book at selling price of 850 (the in between stuff of i can do this or that on payments, and it is a bit out of my price, etc. not withstanding). the known info is there was a sale at some time in the past that was 250 or so. there is a more recent sale, but after the transaction, of 1320 or so. this is a spread of 1,070.00. the 1320 selling price was 53% higher than the transaction price of 850. the seller stated the acceptance of the buy price and payment terms is because he wanted to pay it forward. i understand. that is a good thing. there does not appear to be a reduction of price and/or a discount to help a fellow collector. a month or so later, the equivalent sells for 1320. how long before this sale was the sale publicly advertised, and did it list a price range? what pricing forensics was done by the seller, before asking 850? what pricing forensics was done by the buyer? on the surface, it seems to me that either both parties did not know what the market price was, or did know and acted accordingly. that is fine. selling something for a profit at a later point in time is acceptable, is it not? or, did the seller not know what the market price was, and has slight remorse? after all, it is the very rare transaction that is accomplished to help another collector out, by offering 35% off the market price. (850 transaction price was 35% of the latest 1320 sale). i don't see anything nefarious, here. i don't get it.

i heard this morning that disney is going all in with 10 new star wars stuff movies planned.

you are not supposed to pin it to all the sites you visit.

this is great. let the black hand know. $11.28 is a bargain, for getting an azz view. think what you would pay at a...gentlemens club.

i had 3 different people besides me try this. different ages. different risk. 1 health care work. all were behind 23 mil. go figure

how did you determine the originality?

thanks for understanding. yes, comics collecting grading and evaluation is not a world i have previously been involved in. i wanted to explore. btw, i will offer any assistance i can, in any numismatic pursuits, in the future. i have been told i know slightly more about that than comics. i am looking forward to the results of this contest and the question/answer period to follow. i will refrain from any other questions, or comments, so i don't disrupt the thread.

it is a bit of a foreign concept, to me. i don't and have never graded from photos. it is not meant to offend. i was not expecting to see anything. i am interested in learning, for the sake of learning, how people grade from photos. i wanted to make certain i was understanding the evaluation aspect correctly.