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[Cat-Man_America]

On 3/8/2024 at 6:30 PM, Badger said:

With a wet noodle? Possibly.  Mistakes happen but on a $10k purchase they hurt a little more than others. Ya know? Especially when they sent me an email a week after I sent payment saying they were depositing the check and it would take a month to clear. They sent that email AFTER they had sold the book. That is quite a bit of money to tie up for a month and then just shrug and move on. Hopefully they updated their processes to confirm inventory before cashing a check. If not for every purchase then at least those over, say, $2500.

Sorry this happened to you. From what I've heard My Comic Shop is usually very good about fixing mistakes. I'll admit $95 bucks in store credit for an error on a 10 grand purchase seems a little lightweight. A better work around might've been offering to use their connections to locate a similar copy in that grade or slightly higher within a reasonable length of time and guarantee you the same price point, thus endearing you to them as a customer. 

Just my 2 cents, ...and I've been imbibing ale. 

Edited March 9 by Cat-Man_America
See ale above!

[Hepcat]

Given the monumental carelessness they'd demonstrated, i.e. even cashing his cheque despite the comic having been sold days previously to another buyer, they should have offered Badger somewhere between $12,000 and $15,000 of store credit for his $10,000.

[Ameri]

Had this copy raw for many years. Got it recently graded. Never noticed a missing coupon    

[Cat-Man_America]

On 3/9/2024 at 11:23 AM, Hepcat said:

Given the monumental carelessness they'd demonstrated, i.e. even cashing his cheque despite the comic having been sold days previously to another buyer, they should have offered Badger somewhere between $12,000 and $15,000 of store credit for his $10,000.

No, I'll assume you're being facetious. I think 5 or 10% of actual cost offered as store credit is more in keeping with an error of this magnitude, but you're certainly entitled to another opinion (hopefully you weren't serious). The only real failure of MyComicShop is cashing his check before confirmation of prior sold inventory. My suggestion as a reasonable counter offer is based on the dealer having connections and outreach most collectors don't have and such a good faith gesture would go a long way toward making the customer whole given the level of disappointment associated with snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Of course mileage varies and being a personal fan of MyComicShop's owners I'm just trying to look at this situation from a totally unbiased perspective. 

[Hepcat]

On 3/9/2024 at 2:55 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

No, I'll assume you're being facetious. I think 5 or 10% of actual cost offered as store credit is more in keeping with an error of this magnitude, but you're certainly entitled to another opinion (hopefully you weren't serious). The only real failure of MyComicShop is cashing his check before confirmation of prior sold inventory. 

I don't think MyComicShop should be able to walk away lightly from an error this egregious since it involved monumental carelessness on their part. Where were their management/accounting controls? Why did they not have procedures in place to prevent foul-ups of this magnitude? And this wasn't some run-of-the-mill sale. This was big time. I think they richly deserve to get their knuckles rapped.

I'm seeing a real black eye for MyComicShop. If you know the owners, you should suggest that they explain themselves right here in this thread. 

 

Edited March 9 by Hepcat

[Badger]

On 3/9/2024 at 3:21 PM, Hepcat said:

I don't think MyComicShop should be able to walk away lightly from an error this egregious since it involved monumental carelessness on their part. Where were their management/accounting controls? Why did they not have procedures in place to prevent foul-ups of this magnitude? And this wasn't some run-of-the-mill sale. This was big time. I think they richly deserve to get their knuckles rapped.

I'm seeing a real black eye for MyComicShop. If you know the owners, you should suggest that they explain themselves right here in this thread. 

 

 

On 3/9/2024 at 1:55 PM, Cat-Man_America said:

No, I'll assume you're being facetious. I think 5 or 10% of actual cost offered as store credit is more in keeping with an error of this magnitude, but you're certainly entitled to another opinion (hopefully you weren't serious). The only real failure of MyComicShop is cashing his check before confirmation of prior sold inventory. My suggestion as a reasonable counter offer is based on the dealer having connections and outreach most collectors don't have and such a good faith gesture would go a long way toward making the customer whole given the level of disappointment associated with snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Of course mileage varies and being a personal fan of MyComicShop's owners I'm just trying to look at this situation from a totally unbiased perspective. 

The thing that really burns is that I missed out on a few other fairly big books because they were holding my money. These are books that may not surface again in a nice grade for some time. But, ehh, there are other books I want and eventually any bad feelings I have will slide like honey off a badger's butt. Seriously, I do not want them tarred and feathered or pilloried in the town square. I even understand why they could not offer to find a comparable copy. USA Comics #10 is not a particularly rare Timely, 50 or so graded copies right now, but that is still only 50 copies with only 20 or so comparable to 7.0. No one is getting sued as I was made more than whole and would have no standing even if I was of a mind to sue. Finally, I also have not done a massive amount of business with MyComicShop nor am I some massive whale potential client. They have little incentive to do more than they already have.

I would be happy if they have changed their procedures so that this cannot happen to someone else. 

Edited March 10 by Badger

[Marty Mann]

[Frisco Larson]

Blackstone the Magician is a cool funny book which qualifies as a superhero book, as it hides a Blonde Phantom story inside!  

[Frisco Larson]

Here's a cool Cap that similarly hides a VERY cool splash page inside!

[plady69]

On 3/11/2024 at 9:45 AM, Frisco Larson said:

Blackstone the Magician is a cool funny book which qualifies as a superhero book, as it hides a Blonde Phantom story inside!  

Love that splash page with the Blonde Phantom.  I sold my copy for peanuts a few years back.😿

[Frisco Larson]

On 3/11/2024 at 1:07 PM, plady69 said:

Love that splash page with the Blonde Phantom.  I sold my copy for peanuts a few years back.😿

Sorry to hear you sold it for peanuts a while back. I did as well and have since picked up a few other copies, the raw one above and this certified copy. This one cost a goodly bit, but it is pretty sharp. 

[Cat-Man_America]

On 3/11/2024 at 1:42 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Sorry to hear you sold it for peanuts a while back. I did as well and have since picked up a few other copies, the raw one above and this certified copy. This one cost a goodly bit, but it is pretty sharp. 

On the plus side, I hear Charles Schultz collectibles are going for a pretty penny. 

[Ameri]

I picked up this souvenir program book from the 1940's of one of Blackstone's shows. E.C. Stoner did the cover. I was surprised to read that Stoner was one of the first if not the first black comic book artist, well before Matt Baker. Some books said Stoner created the Speed Saunders character for Detective 1 but in later interviews he said his first work was in 1939 for Chesler. He worked at Timely for several years and inked the first Flexo story in Mystic 1 and probably drew all the Blackstone stories in the Timely series.  

[Frisco Larson]

On 3/12/2024 at 12:31 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

On the plus side, I hear Charles Schultz collectibles are going for a pretty penny. 

That sounds like a real plus for those holding his work Cat, unfortunately for me, I'm not one of those people. 

[Frisco Larson]

On 3/12/2024 at 7:06 AM, Ameri said:

I picked up this souvenir program book from the 1940's of one of Blackstone's shows. E.C. Stoner did the cover. I was surprised to read that Stoner was one of the first if not the first black comic book artist, well before Matt Baker. Some books said Stoner created the Speed Saunders character for Detective 1 but in later interviews he said his first work was in 1939 for Chesler. He worked at Timely for several years and inked the first Flexo story in Mystic 1 and probably drew all the Blackstone stories in the Timely series.  

That's all new information to me @Ameri, thanks for sharing that! I really enjoy learning about those who created those old funny books!  

[BB-Gun]

On 3/12/2024 at 8:06 AM, Ameri said:

I picked up this souvenir program book from the 1940's of one of Blackstone's shows. E.C. Stoner did the cover. I was surprised to read that Stoner was one of the first if not the first black comic book artist, well before Matt Baker. Some books said Stoner created the Speed Saunders character for Detective 1 but in later interviews he said his first work was in 1939 for Chesler. He worked at Timely for several years and inked the first Flexo story in Mystic 1 and probably drew all the Blackstone stories in the Timely series.  

So do I have a Blackstone autograph or EC Stoner signing as his character.

Edited March 12 by BB-Gun

[Cat-Man_America]

On 3/12/2024 at 8:26 AM, Frisco Larson said:

That sounds like a real plus for those holding his work Cat, unfortunately for me, I'm not one of those people. 

My feeble attempt a humor was apparently on the wrong track.  

[Frisco Larson]

On 3/13/2024 at 2:31 AM, Cat-Man_America said:

My feeble attempt a humor was apparently on the wrong track.  

Crud ... and you couldn't hear my best Phil Hartman sarcasm come thru either.    Looks like a swing and a miss for BOTH of us Cat ... 

[Straw-Man]

a heartwarming story for this a.m.

the book below is a top-five fave of mine from the whole collection [when i sold the cap run, i kept only this and the cap 9, the first g.a. book i ever grabbed].   i can't tell y'all how many times i've been told "that shouldn't be in a green label," whether verbally or via a post on this board [was graded a looooong time ago].  so, i decided to check to see if under today's standards it would still be Q.   i was told it would likely go blue today.  but, and i can't say i understood why, it wasn't as easy as a reholder, but would have to go thru the grading process.  i'm not a big comic cpr-guy but i figured i'd press it since it wasn't a mere reholder.  the heartwarming part...  it is now a 7.5, and will be in a beautiful ped gold label!!!!   can't wait 'til it's here and i show y'all a pic!!

Edited March 15 by Straw-Man

[Straw-Man]

and since it's in context to last post, here's the other cap that will be with me to the bitter end.  had it since '93 i reckon.