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CJ Design

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  1. 4 hours ago, Wally's Comics said:

    It always makes me sad that I never got a chance to tip my hat to Dikto in person. He was a great artist, but an even more talented designer IMHO.

    Think of not only spider-man, but all the rock solid characters and more importantly villains that he created and produced in only the first 16 issues of AF15/ASM...

    Spidey persona and his basic suit, (May and Ben sprung from an earlier Ditko ST issue) JJJ, Betty Brant, Chameleon, Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Lizard, Electro, Mysterio, Green Goblin and Kraven. Just unbelievable for a two year stretch! Even more important is that these characters have basically remained the same is looks and persona all throughout these years. Just incredible!

    As a new very young collector I sent him a letter in the early 70's (I got his address from my Dad's friend who lived in NYC) telling him how much I loved his work at Marvel, .w/ an SASE. I was shocked when I got a return note (stating Marvel was in the past) and spoke about what he's doing now. I then received an large envelope later with a Copy of Mr A from Mr Ditko. I was floored.

  2. 57 minutes ago, blazingbob said:

    Clearly you are missing the big picture here.

    Time is of the essence for buyers on the boards.

    For those not following the rules here is what I think they are (I am joking but part of me thinks that some of these are brought into a negotiation)  Some of these are absolutely brought into a sales negotiation on ebay.

    1).  GPA last sale pricing up to 20% over last sale is allowable. 

    2).  Because this is a Zero cost platform whereby no seller fee is collected or sales tax you should price 10% below GPA since you are not entitled to keep that additional cost saving.  Oh and if the State sales tax authority catches you blame the seller.    

    3).  Because this is a zero cost platform to the seller discounts should be encouraged even though you are listing 10% below last GPA.

    4).  Because the seller might be selling to buy more books and probably not declaring any of this income on their tax return the seller should discount even more.  

    5).  Paypal payments should be friends and family because god forbid a company that gets you the money quickly should profit off your sale.

    6).  If paypal friends and family is not used seller should eat that cost because god forbid a buyer eat that cost of convenience.

    7).  Postage should be free,  again,  why should the buyer pay for this.    

    8).  Canadian declarations should be low since we don't like to pay duty our government levies and oh if the seller gets fined too bad for them.

    If I missed something please update the list.

      

     

    9)  A free Puppy