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Kudos to the following board members for pleasant forum transactions: Monkeyman ciorac mica Monstro jimjum12 JvR11 I would happily deal with each of them again (thumbs u

Thanks for the super-fast payment. (thumbs u (thumbs u

Kudos to the following board members on recent transactions: Crowzilla for a lovely book and solid packaging RobbieC for a reasonably priced large book lot skinny_white_boy for several really sharp looking books.

Glad they arrived safe and sound - I spent a long time packaging those books (thumbs u

I have also had great experiences with Brian over the last few days. One of the best people I have worked with here on the boards in fact! Huge kudos to bghkoyama Also, I would like to extend kudos to ernster on his quick payment for multiple purchases in my selling thread. Excellent to work with as well Last, but not least, kudos to PokerKid for purchasing my Robin II CGC books. He drives a hard bargain, but we did business in the end

Kudos to JazzMan for a quick transaction and bomb-proof packaging!

Kudos to the following boardies who purchased and paid promptly for books in my VCC and post-VCC selling threads: SolitaireOne Scrooge Comixlawboy sborock Also, kudos to Jeffreykli for shipping out my VCC winnings promptly. The books were well packaged, and he even sent me a few books that were higher graded than initially agreed upon

agree. that was great. also, really enjoyed reading your story, PN. Thanks noljoner (thumbs u

This is a bit more elaborate that others, but what the heck: 1980: Born 1991: I am first introduced to Uncanny X-Men comics by a neighbor who I went to school with (I believe issue #284 was the first comic I laid eyes upon); 1992: Began following Wizard price guides, at which time they were hyping the heck out of Cable. 1993-1994: Began frequenting a local comic books shop. Picked up modern Spider-man books, and eventually my grail at the time: New Mutants #87 (Graduated to purchasing all kinds of Image Comics, much to my regret). 1995-1996: Purchased Marvel Spotlight #5 in VF from a guy selling books out of his apartment. This was the first time I had heard about selling books online. Purchased a VG copy of ASM Annual #1, and traded in a large portion of my comic collection in order to purchase a beat up copy of ASM #3; 1996 - 1998: I spend the most I ever have on a collectible, to date: $400 for a refractor rookie card of Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway (stupid move); Purchased a beautiful copy of Incredible Hulk #181 from John Hauser, for an extremely reasonable price (great move). Traded in my ASM Annual and sold my ASM #3 in order to purchase a NM- copy of Giant Size X-Men #1; 1998: Registered with eBay and began purchasing and selling comics and baseball cards online. I purchase my first car (Mustang) with earnings from work and with sales of my GSX-Men and Hulk #181 on ebay; 1999: Graduated from High School and purchased 65" Widescreen Television; 2001: I get real big into stereo surround. I purchase a Tag McLaren pre-amplifier and M&K professional surround speakers, essentially investing all of my available funds into creating my home movie theater; September, 2005: I get serious about comics again after having graduated from college, and securing full-time employment. Purchased a CGC 9.2 copy of Silver Surfer #3 from ebay via Heritage Auctions; August, 2006: Purchased a CGC 8.0 copy of X-Men #12 from Crazy Ed, and a CGC 9.0 copy of ASM #129 from another dealer at Wizard World Chicago; Late August, 2006: Received an auction catalogue from Heritage, which introduced me to the Crippen Collection and the wonderful books created in the Golden Age of comics; Early September, 2006: I purchase my first Junior Comics issue (highest purchase price paid as of that date). I begin selling off my Bronze and Silver Age books; September, 2006: I contact several dealers inquiring if they had purchased certain books in Heritage's August of 2006 Featured Auction (I wish I had a time machine)auction. I am first introduced to the attitude of Metropolis, who did happen to purchase a few of the books I wanted. I buy up several Crippen "D Copy" books in Heritage's auction, 4 Mile High Pedigree books (including Rangers #36), along with 6 expensive Pulp books (Weird Tales) from the collection of John McLaughlin. I spend the most $ I had ever had on comics in a single month in September. I spend $900 on a single comic book, which sets a new record for me for the highest price paid for a book; October, 2006: I purchase my first Jo-Jo Comics book; November, 2006: I buy up numerous D Copy Pedigree books from Heritage's Featured and weekly Auctions. December, 2006 - April, 2007: I take a long break from purchasing comics due to frustration with locating certain books, and aggravation with discussing potential purchases with Vincent at Metropolis. I miss out on a few key Pedigre books that are sold on Heritage that I hope surface again one day; May, 2007: I start purchasing books again, and pick up one of my favorite books for a reasonable price in retrospect (I thought was quite expensive at the time); June, 2007: I spend nearly $2k on a beautiful Mile High book, at the same time second guessing whether I wish to remain in the hobby; July, 2007: I joined the CGC registry. August, 2007: I go to WW Chicago and start selling off books in my collection, with the mindset of selling off the book I just won in June and and getting out of the hobby. I meet Joe at JHV Associates, who demonstrated just the right attitude I was looking for in a dealer, and ended up purchasing a book from him. I meet Josh at Comiclink, and Richard Evans at Bedrock City, and I decide to remain collecting comics, with a narrower range of collecting focus; Late August, 2007 thru December, 2007: I go on a spending spree and pick up some key GGA books from a variety of sources, including from people that I made connections with at Wizard World. Picked up my first 2 Phantom Lady books in November; January thru March of 2008: I sell off everything I can think of in order to raise funds for comic purchases. I obtain a few lower value "Grail Books;" April, 2008: I purchase my copy of Phantom Lady #17, spending more money on a comic than I ever thought possible; May, 2008: I purchase a few raw books from Metropolis (thru Frank), June, 2008: I finally obtain both of the books from Metropolis that I had wanted from Heritage's past August of 2006 auction. I also pick up a major grail of mine later in the month from some friendly people; July, 2008: I pick up high grade copies of Crime Reporter #2 and Exciting #60; August, 2008: I purchase the Mile High copy of my favorite Fiction House issue; September, 2008: I upgrade my mid-grade copy of of one of favorite books to high grade; October, 2008: I pick up a high grade copy of Rangers #26, another book with a classic cover; November, 2008: Ranks as my highest spending month ever, picking up 1 grail book in mid-grade, 1 grail book in uber high grade, a Mile High book, along with 4 mini-grails in high grade. Reached as high as #85 in points on the CGC registry. December, 2008 onward: I continue to assemble several of the highest graded sets on the CGC comics registry; Early 2009: ? - perhaps rest a bit from a spending spree that may be a bit out of control. Luckily, there are far fewer issues left to obtain.

Big Kudos to skybolt for an excellently packaged book that I have been looking for for quite some time.

Kudos to comicdonna for paying for his purchase via money order and saving me those annoying paypal fees. Kudos to comicdey for his purchase of 2 of my GGA books right when I most needed to make a sale. Thank you both very much

Kudos to the following board members for prompt paypal payments on my DC Archives offering: ernster stevescu Wrightson fan linmoth A sincere thank you for helping me out in a crunch

Kudos to CDaBruce for a well packaged pedigree Spidey!

Nice group shot of Feldstein's impressive cover run. A set that I hope to complete one day as well Issues #13 and #15

That Rangers #36 sure looks familiar Beautiful set of books, especially #'s 26 and 36

Glad to see the post of the 10 MH's. A thing of beauty

Major kudos to hockey&comicsguy for an amazing book and terrific packaging (thumbs u

Kudos to adamstrange for his tips on creating an affordable, yet structurally sound comic book rack.

Why am I seeing so many people quote GPA when selling raw books these days? A raw book versus CGC book are two different apples.

Kudos to CDaBruce and Dawgwindu for prompt payment on their VCC purchases. Kudos to sborock for his prompt payment on his post-VCC purchase.

You are very welcome. Thank you for the purchase and the flawless transaction

That is just a beautiful Pedigree book. I love the variation in color through the title.

I have got to get my hands on a copy of issue #2. Beautiful cover!

Thanks for sharing this. What's higher than a 10? Because her hotness meter just caused the thermometer to burst.