gaz973

1 minute ago, porcupine48 said:

My memory is not so great these days,but I think he's been here somewhat recently?

 

Ah OK, wondered if he'd got bored with showing up here or not. At least, identifying his shill accounts was entertaining.

31 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

I think he used to post here as Hammer or Hammerhead?

He used to post here as Hammer and also had other IDs over the years. Has he not been on here recently? I'm behind on board happenings.

Hey that's weird, part of my custom title is above my avatar and the other part is below. 

Arch was as good as his word and got my missing custom title back. I no longer feel so naked and vulnerable here again. 

21 minutes ago, shadroch said:

If pressing is evil,and CGC provides pressing, is it fair to say  CGC is evil?

With hearts as black as coal. 

Also pressing is evil (couldn't resist it while feeling nostalgic for the old boards). 

5 hours ago, DR.X said:

yes, of course I still have it. took to many years to complete the full run. tell FT I said hey, and he is missed around here with his no nonsense ball busting.

@Flaming_Telepath

38 minutes ago, DR.X said:

yes, of course I still have it. took to many years to complete the full run. tell FT I said hey, and he is missed around here with his no nonsense ball busting.

Isn't there some way to tag people in these new fangled boards? Nick still checks his PMs here.

2 hours ago, DR.X said:

That almost sounds like one of FT's posts. Has he been around lately. Hey, I just noticed I'm almost at 25K posts. To celebrate I'm going to open up a mint, untouched pack of Mars Attack cards and eat the stale gum. F__ k it.

FT isn't on the boards much at all these days. He only lives a ten minute drive away from me though so I still see him pretty often.

2 hours ago, DR.X said:

Hiya mate, how're you doing? Have you still got the FF collection? I think it was the # 3 you got from me, wasn't it? 

19 minutes ago, Senormac said:

This thread really starts picking up steam around page 2

Your take on older/younger members is spot on I'd say.  There is room for everyone here (except for complete tits.......  or teat milkers  ) 

Thanks, I went back to around page 50 and enjoyed going through the pics you'd posted. One weird random thought popped into my head for some reason. That thought was "wow, Capfreak has probably got kids by now". 

Just had a read through this thread, had to skip about sixty pages due to lack of time, and there are more of the old guard here than I realised. Makes me nostalgic for the old days and the many friends and aquaintances that I made here over the years. 

As for older members putting off newer members from joining, I've heard that being said ever since I joined the boards and it never stopped the place from thriving and growing. New members would soon acclimatise to the boards if they didn't just go all out and make themselves look like a complete tit. The boards had a personality and newbies would find their place in it after a bit.

if Arch puts my custom title back in place, I might consider looking in and posting from time to time. I spent much constructive and unconstructive time here. 

52 minutes ago, lizards2 said:

Got it  - best of luck!  That Strange Tales 102 CGC 8.0 looks tasty! 

Thanks. Yeah, the ST is nice. Had to strengthen my resolve not to keep that one myself. 

2 hours ago, lizards2 said:

Ouch - that website is a clunker - I'm picturing squirrels running on wheels to power it.  And every title that starts with a "T" listed under "T"?  The ASM, The Avengers, The Defenders?  Is this a British convention?

No, the site was just set up for the subscription service by the guys who run it. The back issue section is something that has been added on and the site wasn't originally designed for it. The whole thing with titles starting with "The" appearing under the "T" section is one of the issues that need sorting out.

3 hours ago, Marwood & I said:

Indeed! And are there any pence variants in there? 

I've got plenty of pence copies in stock. Only a small amount on the website but have tens of thousands of comics that I haven't listed yet. 

On 04/02/2018 at 12:08 PM, rebelpk said:

I am indeed, but slowed down a bit. Bought a house and we had a little baby. Got some nice grails in my back pocket.

Do you have a website or something I can have a look at?

Congrats on the house and baby (not necessarily in that order). ?

I've got a back issue section that I'm just populating at the moment on www.getmycomics.com though I've only got around 1,800 books listed so far. The back issue section is mine but the subscription service on the site doesn't involve me. The site is still having some teething troubles which is why I haven't pushed it so far but hopefully you should be able to browse a bit if you want.  

12 hours ago, rebelpk said:

All is good, thank you! I'm really happy to hear about your daughter being better!

Still collecting? 

I still collect for myself a bit but don't buy very often for myself. Maybe five comics per year. Am more heavily into comic dealing these days, have over 40,000 in stock. You still collecting yourself?

3 hours ago, rebelpk said:

Gaz!!! How are you? How's your daughter doing?

Hiya mate, hope all is good with you? I'm doing OK thanks. My daughter has been quite well in general thanks but has been quite ill this past couple of weeks, just trying to get her back on track at the moment.

Just thought I'd drop by and see what reaction there was to this on the boards and compared to five years ago there is nearly nothing. Back then when there was a strong UK contingent on the boards, there would've been at least a 20 page thread within the day.  

I'm a member dealer for the other guys and I happily deal with slabs from both companies all the time. I use GPA when pricing both and have no trouble in shifting either type of slab. The aquisition of the other guys by Beckett isn't bothering me at all and I'll keep on doing what I've been doing. I think having the other guys around has been a great thing for CGC as they've tightened up their whole operation and I think they're better than they've been in a very long time.

I can also vouch for Christie, having dealt with her several times.and having met her face to face. It's a great book and Christie is a legit seller so fingers crossed that someone picks up this  

I've seen a lot of these comics in person and they are really excellent bunch of books. I would've picked up more of them myself if I could've afforded.

Very interesting thread, I wish I had something helpful to add to it.

Another new promo.

 

It's got my attention.