Now what DOLT paid THIS??? Good lord, this is painful!!!

[VuDuPriest]

I look at books so often from this seller. I made a huge bid on an ASM 45 9.4-9.6 condition. He has awesome raw books up for sale all the time.

 

At the time of my snipe attempt on that ASM 45 I was sure that nobody else would win it, but I was wrong. Later on in the week that same comic was listed. I dont know if he is a shill bidder or if he just has a dedicated high priced clientele.

 

1. He did not communicate very well to potential buyers.

2. He said he kept his books in a house out in the hamptons LI. and that he did not know specifics on what he had in his inventory.

 

Anybody have any 411 on this seller? it seems he has a lot of positive customers....or at least it appears. I still am a tiny bit suspicious of the shill bidding theory.

 

Many threads discussing this guy- You can start with this one;

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2469182&fpart=1

 

Should keep you busy for awhile!

 

By the way very happy with that ASM v2 #32 Hannah sketch!!!

(thumbs u

[dopy02]

 

Anybody have any 411 on this seller?

 

 

 

doh!

[VuDuPriest]

OK

[Count]

[Wally's Comics]

ALLLLLLRIGHT!...

 

 

 

[He11blazer]

ALLLLLLRIGHT!...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[NYComics]

So I now consider myself educated.....thanks a bunch for the threadlink!

[MR.COMICBOOK]

So I now consider myself educated.....thanks a bunch for the threadlink!

another reason why I love CGC. I never heard of Dupcak till I read the threads. thanks

[towards2112]

And I was going to be snappy and say :

Let the hammer avalanche begin !

[worldsbestcomics]

So I now consider myself educated.....thanks a bunch for the threadlink!

another reason why I love CGC. I never heard of Dupcak till I read the threads. thanks

 

I first heard about him here on the Boards too (thumbs u

[Jeffro.]

I don't feel a thing

 

You're not doing it right.

[TheAvenger80]

Ok, I know, I know that this guy is a scammer, etc, but seriously, how do you explain his books? Are they Frankenbooks? All extensively restored? How does he still have good feedback? It still boggles my mind. I guess it's like this: Most of his books are phony, and the few customers who actually grade the book and it comes back restored, he takes care of under the radar, so he does not get negative feedback? But the problem with this theory is that I feel like more people are getting these books graded than not, so how in the world can he duck ALL of the negative feedbacks? I dunno...

[Ze-man]

Short answer, no they are not franken books, nor extensively restored. Most are either trimmed or have minor CT, (I imagine black mostly) or both.

 

They are still very nice books, just nice books with minor CT and or trimmed. It's a shame really.

 

I imagine there are totally clean books amongst the others but why take the chance, not to mention what you see is not always what you get. Regarding his feedback, well that is boggleing to me as well.

 

 

 

 

[VuDuPriest]

Even having read about this guy I would still take a chance under the right circumstances.

 

Definitely wouldn't bid very high on his auctions, and

as long as you intend to keep him honest and send the book in for grading the only real risk you're taking is for a little of your time. If it wasn't worth grading I would stay away.

 

It's true that in the past he has probably avoided negs by refunding for resto detected but at least people are getting refunds!

 

 

 

[Mr. Zipper]

Just curious, if the winning bidder wanted to get a CGC 9.8 of this book, what would it cost him?

 

Two 9.8s sold this year. $6,000 & $4,780

 

Proving that if this was a true 9.8., the seller left at least $2,000 on the table.

 

What kind of buyer would not make this realization and not suspect something **must** be up?

[brasseye]

Just curious, if the winning bidder wanted to get a CGC 9.8 of this book, what would it cost him?

 

Two 9.8s sold this year. $6,000 & $4,780

 

Proving that if this was a true 9.8., the seller left at least $2,000 on the table.

 

What kind of buyer would not make this realization and not suspect something **must** be up?

 

Thats it, even on an optimistic hedge of your outcomes, and saying it came back a 9.6 Universal, he's STILL overpaid

 

The chances of it being a true 9.8 universal... 1 in 10,000!

[MR.COMICBOOK]

Just curious, if the winning bidder wanted to get a CGC 9.8 of this book, what would it cost him?

 

Two 9.8s sold this year. $6,000 & $4,780

 

Proving that if this was a true 9.8., the seller left at least $2,000 on the table.

 

What kind of buyer would not make this realization and not suspect something **must** be up?

Then again he is paying over $2,000 for a comicbook and with this economy he must have money to burn.

[VuDuPriest]

Just curious, if the winning bidder wanted to get a CGC 9.8 of this book, what would it cost him?

 

Two 9.8s sold this year. $6,000 & $4,780

 

Proving that if this was a true 9.8., the seller left at least $2,000 on the table.

 

What kind of buyer would not make this realization and not suspect something **must** be up?

 

Thats it, even on an optimistic hedge of your outcomes, and saying it came back a 9.6 Universal, he's STILL overpaid

 

The chances of it being a true 9.8 universal... 1 in 10,000!

 

There's no guarantee that it will come back 9.8 universal

 

And if you want to talk about overpaying look at these fools paying 3K and up for tattered and torn AF15s!! Even RAW!!!

[Designer Toast]

sharpie + scissors + comic book =

[maloney414]

That 122 has the bottom staple on the front of the book's cover and not on the spine. Very obvious from the picture it's NOT a 9.8 or 9.6. Maybe a 9.4.

 

It's safe to say this was probably an inexperienced buyer. A 7.0 can look perfect to the untrained eye. So a 9.4 definitely looks perfect to the untrained eye. Remember, a perfect grade in Overstreet is 9.2.

 

This is the perfect example for inexperienced graders to buy CGC books, so they don't get ripped off.