2002 - Year in Review

[greggy]

2002 – The Year in Review

 

Following is a collaboration between rickdogg and I regarding what we felt was the highlights and lowlights of the year. Initially, there were more entries but because Arch has “pussified” us recently, I have made the decision to leave certain entries out!

 

Disclaimer: All the following entries are the express opinions of rickdogg and I. Most are made in jest so relax if you feel that you are being picked on!

 

Fastest return to the penalty box: rickdogg (less than 7 hours from being released)

 

Fastest known trip to the penalty box: Bugaboo (19 days from initial registration)

 

#1 Tool: CGCMint

 

#1 Weirdo: jens25e

 

Most likely to bid on an eBay item: bonds25

 

Cheapest b*stard (oops Arch): Tie between gman and murph0

 

Biggest dink(s): Procrustean/Pulp Fiction/gaak

 

Top speller(s): Tie between prestinemint and ablue

 

Most likely to edit a post: ablue (one was done 4 days later!)

 

Most confused collectors: 1)chrisfuccione

2) snizzenfixit

 

Poster with the highest listed prices: bronzebruce13

 

Poster with the highest unlisted prices: gman

 

Most likely to post a post in essay format: comicwiz

 

Most likely to market spam: gman

 

Most pessimistic: comicinvestor

 

#1 married couple: shuley76 and gman

 

City with the most animosity between the collectors: Boston area – Shuley76, cgcfan, gman and mudbuddha

 

Most likely to bid and not pay: spidermanbeyond

 

#1 brown noser: blowout

 

#1 bidder who needs to stand up for himself better: ablue

 

Most likely to get a 10.0: Darthdiesel

 

Most likely to snipe greggy: sullypython

 

Most unlikely to get a deal from me: Tie between gman and sullypython

 

Avatar which best matches the poster’s attitude: comicinvestor

 

Most likely to brag: delekkerste

 

Most likely to pass as Jesus: snizzenfixit

 

Most likely to pass as a female: supapimp

 

Most likely to cross-dress: fantastic-four (magneto helmut)

 

Most likely to come out of the closet: Dungeon

 

Most likely to buy an over graded book: Scottish

 

Biggest punk still attending school: MajorKhaos

 

Biggest punk not attending school: Bugaboo

 

Poster most likely to take things too seriously: The_Man_of_Steel

 

Poster most likely to get married for a green card: jens25e

 

Biggest mystery: 1) Who is toomuchgrowth?

2) Who is wahoo_fury?

 

#1 mystery confirmed while in the penalty box: Procrustean = Pulp Fiction = gaak

 

#1 exchange of the year: Meth offering supapimp $50,000 to meet him for a fight!

 

Fastest complete threads to get pulled: 1) Jens donate stars AKA CI - Nazi thread

2) Comic-keys has a posse thread

*Both pulled within hours of being started!

 

And last but not least, the coinees that rickdogg have punked out:

 

1) Braddick

2) Jeh46544

3) Gmarquili

4) Architecht

 

Feel free to add any comments you may feel appropriate!

 

[supapimp]

Most likely to pass as a female: supapimp

 

is it because i have long hair? atleast i still have my hair...peace, booyah!

[Bronty]

These comments come with a similar disclaimer to greggy's - they are in jest sorta

 

Most likely to bid on any sort of bendable Wonder Woman product - greggy

Most likely to turn his car into a "robot in disguise" - rickdogg

Most likely to study taxidermy - CI (quotes such as "that horse don't run" )

Biggest Marvel Zombie - Murph0 by a hair

Biggest ASM Zombie - Murph0 by a freakin' landslide

1 most likely 2 use abbr. 2 point w/ u can't tell w.t.f. he's saying - odin88

Most likely to whistle at a comic and call her a "hottie" - supapimp

Most frightening ability to write in "Stan Lee" prose - fantastic four "Bow down, wretched mortal, and gaze at the magnificence of superior"

Easily the most likely to himself laughing at the mere sight of the words " superior" - rickdogg

 

Only 1980s alternative publisher collector - me apparently

- Anybody out there have any Gobbledygooks (vol. 1)?

 

[greggy]

Yeah yeah, I knew that you would get me for that! Leave my hair out of it!

[ArAich]

Most likely to pass as a female: supapimp

 

I'm confused.. You mean Supapimp isn't a girl!?!?!?!

 

 

[greggy]

Well it's debatable! You wanna find out for sure?

[ArAich]

Nah...perhaps we should let the mystery continue as it could provide another year of razzing.... "Ignorance is Bliss"...

[jens25e]

I think you have a lot of enemies now, greggy! (Not me though.)

 

But better don´t let my girlfriend hear that "get married for greencard" thing. That would surely hurt her.

Besides that I have been together with her before I started collecting comics.

 

 

[greggy]

Despite your girlfriend's weight advantage, I can take her!

 

I would worry more about the INS than me!

[jens25e]

What do you mean "you can take her"?

[greggy]

In hand to hand combat!

[jens25e]

Why would you wanto to do that?

[greggy]

Boy, you are pretty dense today!

[jens25e]

[greggy]

Is this the best you can do? Do you want me to bring comicinvestor into this conversation?

[jens25e]

You need to go out more, greggy. You are getting to "sharp".

 

 

[Bugaboo-migration]

Fastest known trip to the penalty box: Bugaboo (19 days from initial registration)

Biggest punk not attending school: Bugaboo

Now wait just a DAMN minute! ..............no........actually.......heh heh........those are both true.

 

Poster most likely to punch you in the throat if you take a Marvel Team-Up or Marvel 2-in-1 that he needs: rickdogg

 

Poster most likely to staple some used butt paper together and try to convince you to take it as a lesser condition alternative to that strict NM book you are looking for: greggy

 

Poster most likely to get into a graemlin war with you in the forum: Bachelor of Comics

 

Poster most likely to tattle like a 5 year old girl: Meth/Hammer

 

Runner up in the category directly above: a few select coin dinks (none of the regular ones in here though).

 

Poster that seems like the biggest person_too_unaware_of_social_graces to a newbie and then funny as after you get used to him (if you're not on his bad side): MajorKhaos

 

[BronzeBruce13]

Poster with the highest listed prices: bronzebruce13

 

... Dooooh! ... I know you're having fun with this, but let me say in my defense...

at least I try and list a price to start from (much like dealer websites). Most people don't/won't, and then bash you over the head privately with their asking prices (where no one else can hear and mock them)... or... they only field offers privately so it's easier to bat them away until their equally optimistic price is approached.

 

Since I have not sold on Ebay for well over a year now, and only sell/deal privately, I've found it's better to post a "slightly jacked up" price (as I did at the marketplace in the past) and on my "Underground HG CGC List" I send out to my customers and "expect" the informed, serious potential buyers to negotiate down automatically. Padding books with a "buffer zone" that is often slashed at off the bat, usually leaves both sides closer to where they will deal (in my experience anyway). It also saves time by weeding out the "pretenders" who only want to flirt with the idea of buying... and lets the habitual bargain hunters and "flippers" know that the book will likely be sold to someone who is a collector (fan of the book) and will pay a fair market price (as best as that can be established). I don't intend to have my pocket picked for resale so someone else can profit on it immediately. Buyers who come to the table with intelligent, convincing arguments based on real data, trends, and reasonable speculation to contest my "ask prices" often end up with the book... if they are looking for it for their collection, and not resale.

 

Most of my list prices were not what I expect (or sold/traded the books for). When "almost" anyone enters into a serious discussion to obtain a book from me... I'm one of the most flexible and reasonable people to deal with... (if I do say so myself) and I'll also look at other creative ways to make the deal happen, especially if its a book that means something to the buyer. People I deal with frequently get the best deals and opportunities... as it should be.

 

You'll never know until you inquire seriously about a book I have... you might be surprised.

I remember good will bestowed upon me and return serve. You actually should Greg, as I had/have it in my mind to hook you up for not trying to "bleed" me for the Hulk 141 9.6 I wanted for my collection. I paid a price I was just happy with.. and probably would not have paid more... (thus losing it if you were looking to squeeze an extra $50-$100 out of it... which was possible). I intend to put a book you want in your hands at some point at cost, or a price you'll be happy with... It will be easier if you supply me with CGC key want list I could work on though?

[murph0]

YEEEEESSSS I swept the Marvel awards. Btw, there's no way I'm as cheap as Gman, I pay eBay prices.

 

Brian

[greggy]

Yo, relax! Actually most of this was rickdogg's list. I was supposed to refine it a little bit more but procrastinated just a little too much. BTW, where's my MTU 1 CGC 9.4 - White......CHEAP!