Phantom variant program

[Iqc23]

Maybe you didn't read or it went over your head. I already say you two

Aren't friends. The customer didn't asked for a 9.8. He asked for 9.8

candidate. I like the way some of you guys changing the facts to back up

good ole Larry. Am sure Hitler was nice to some people but he still

had a lot of hate in him. Sorry Larry if I offend your idol.

[Tiger Topher]

. RMA is right there are not friends but I still don't understand

how some one could agree with him knowing his character.

And in this situation he is clearly wrong. All he needed to do was

Communicate.

 

I suspect this might be over your head....and I hope I'm wrong....but if Larry said "the sun rises in the east", would you say he was wrong?

 

You need to develop your critical thinking skills. Truth is truth, regardless of who says it. Asking for "9.8 potentials" was not an appropriate request. In that respect, Larry is right.

 

That doesn't therefore mean that I'm now best friends with Larry, or support everything else he says.

 

It is not reasonable to be a partisan.

Look at the post at the top of this page. There wasn't anything inappropriate about what I did given the circumstances. If Larry was uncomfortable with my note, all he had to was take a second to reach out to me by e-mail. I would have then clarified things and we'd have both been happy. It's my sincere hope that he'll learn from this and act differently the next time he finds himself in a similar situation. His customers will benefit from it and so will his business.

[JOEY GUNZ]

All the customer wanted was a decent book. He could of contacted

the customer and say I can't promise 9.8. Just ignoring your customers

is not good.

 

I had 1,100+ orders to fill.

When I got to this one & saw the "request" for 9.8 candidates, I moved on to the next order.

Most online sellers will agree that "requesting" a 9.8 means "it damn well better be 9.8"

The buyer was adding something to the transaction. Not to mention, he was from Canada & reships would decimate this modest transaction.

He up: He should have made that inquiry before his purchase.

 

I up: I should have refunded him right then & there.

 

At best the customer is just misinformed about how grading works.

At worst, he's a scumbag practicing a predatory purchasing technique.

 

I refunded the customer & am sending him pre-screened 9.8 candidates at no charge, ONLY because I dragged my on the refund.

 

Anyway, Policy was formed.

Going forward in my mail order business, I'll be cancelling & blocking any such orders.

They're too troublesome.

 

Then why did you just remove yourself from my inquiry about 10 copies of Spider-Gwen??

 

You told me you could not promise grades and I gave you ABSOLUTELY NO PUSHBACK. Then when I ask about the price for colored and B&Ws, a total and paypal address, you just remove yourself. When I think you misunderstood and send another PM, you just remove yourself again.

 

I appreciate you selling the Enormous books and letting me pick them up at your shop on my way back from vacation. I also appreciate the sharp condition of the books you sold me at a more than fair price. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a good reason why you would dismiss an inquiry from a return customer in this manner

[Doktor]

We've hit Goodwin's Law! WOOOO

 

Only a matter of time before we got a Hitler comparison here.

[Jimmy Linguini]

All the customer wanted was a decent book. He could of contacted

the customer and say I can't promise 9.8. Just ignoring your customers

is not good.

 

I had 1,100+ orders to fill.

When I got to this one & saw the "request" for 9.8 candidates, I moved on to the next order.

Most online sellers will agree that "requesting" a 9.8 means "it damn well better be 9.8"

The buyer was adding something to the transaction. Not to mention, he was from Canada & reships would decimate this modest transaction.

He up: He should have made that inquiry before his purchase.

 

I up: I should have refunded him right then & there.

 

At best the customer is just misinformed about how grading works.

At worst, he's a scumbag practicing a predatory purchasing technique.

 

I refunded the customer & am sending him pre-screened 9.8 candidates at no charge, ONLY because I dragged my on the refund.

 

Anyway, Policy was formed.

Going forward in my mail order business, I'll be cancelling & blocking any such orders.

They're too troublesome.

 

Then why did you just remove yourself from my inquiry about 10 copies of Spider-Gwen??

 

You told me you could not promise grades and I gave you ABSOLUTELY NO PUSHBACK. Then when I ask about the price for colored and B&Ws, a total and paypal address, you just remove yourself. When I think you misunderstood and send another PM, you just remove yourself again.

 

I appreciate you selling the Enormous books and letting me pick them up at your shop on my way back from vacation. I also appreciate the sharp condition of the books you sold me at a more than fair price. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a good reason why you would dismiss an inquiry from a return customer in this manner

 

Probably because of your board history or the insane way you PM people.

[revat]

Maybe you didn't read or it went over your head. I already say you two

Aren't friends. The customer didn't asked for a 9.8. He asked for 9.8

candidate. I like the way some of you guys changing the facts to back up

good ole Larry. Am sure Hitler was nice to some people but he still

had a lot of hate in him. Sorry Larry if I offend your idol.

 

probably a bit far to compare a small business owner who occasionally misses some details and doesn't always treat customers perfectly with the someone who murdered 6M Jews. probably.

[ebtorres]

[LarrysComics]

. RMA is right there are not friends but I still don't understand

how some one could agree with him knowing his character.

And in this situation he is clearly wrong. All he needed to do was

Communicate.

 

I suspect this might be over your head....and I hope I'm wrong....but if Larry said "the sun rises in the east", would you say he was wrong?

 

You need to develop your critical thinking skills. Truth is truth, regardless of who says it. Asking for "9.8 potentials" was not an appropriate request. In that respect, Larry is right.

 

That doesn't therefore mean that I'm now best friends with Larry, or support everything else he says.

 

It is not reasonable to be a partisan.

Look at the post at the top of this page. There wasn't anything inappropriate about what I did given the circumstances. If Larry was uncomfortable with my note, all he had to was take a second to reach out to me by e-mail. I would have then clarified things and we'd have both been happy. It's my sincere hope that he'll learn from this and act differently the next time he finds himself in a similar situation. His customers will benefit from it and so will his business.

 

It's mind-boggling that you find nothing wrong with what you did...

Anyway.

 

I'm moving on.

[Iqc23]

Google Larry to know why he has a lot of haters. I don't care how nice

a person act in person is what he does and say that defined a person.

I wouldn't lay in bed with the devil to get some comic books.

[zupaphly]

Maybe you didn't read or it went over your head. I already say you two

Aren't friends. The customer didn't asked for a 9.8. He asked for 9.8

candidate. I like the way some of you guys changing the facts to back up

good ole Larry. Am sure Hitler was nice to some people but he still

had a lot of hate in him. Sorry Larry if I offend your idol.

 

he was also quite the ice skater...

[Iqc23]

I was using Hitler as an example of anyone could act nice not comparing.

[LarrysComics]

All the customer wanted was a decent book. He could of contacted

the customer and say I can't promise 9.8. Just ignoring your customers

is not good.

 

I had 1,100+ orders to fill.

When I got to this one & saw the "request" for 9.8 candidates, I moved on to the next order.

Most online sellers will agree that "requesting" a 9.8 means "it damn well better be 9.8"

The buyer was adding something to the transaction. Not to mention, he was from Canada & reships would decimate this modest transaction.

He up: He should have made that inquiry before his purchase.

 

I up: I should have refunded him right then & there.

 

At best the customer is just misinformed about how grading works.

At worst, he's a scumbag practicing a predatory purchasing technique.

 

I refunded the customer & am sending him pre-screened 9.8 candidates at no charge, ONLY because I dragged my on the refund.

 

Anyway, Policy was formed.

Going forward in my mail order business, I'll be cancelling & blocking any such orders.

They're too troublesome.

 

Then why did you just remove yourself from my inquiry about 10 copies of Spider-Gwen??

 

You told me you could not promise grades and I gave you ABSOLUTELY NO PUSHBACK. Then when I ask about the price for colored and B&Ws, a total and paypal address, you just remove yourself. When I think you misunderstood and send another PM, you just remove yourself again.

 

I appreciate you selling the Enormous books and letting me pick them up at your shop on my way back from vacation. I also appreciate the sharp condition of the books you sold me at a more than fair price. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a good reason why you would dismiss an inquiry from a return customer in this manner

 

Joey..

 

The Enormous deal that I did with you was one of the most stressful transactions I have ever been part of.

 

You prepaid.

215 shipped late.

I was locked into a deal with you.

You PM messaged SO many times, it was insanity.

 

You're the textbook definition of customer that "requests" 9.8 candidates , but really "demands" 9.8 candidates. ( while looking for the "hook-up" price)

 

I'd love to sell you books in person, but will NEVER mail order you again.

 

Sorry.

 

 

[Iqc23]

Even Larry is not that bad of person as Hitler. He say sorry.

[JOEY GUNZ]

All the customer wanted was a decent book. He could of contacted

the customer and say I can't promise 9.8. Just ignoring your customers

is not good.

 

I had 1,100+ orders to fill.

When I got to this one & saw the "request" for 9.8 candidates, I moved on to the next order.

Most online sellers will agree that "requesting" a 9.8 means "it damn well better be 9.8"

The buyer was adding something to the transaction. Not to mention, he was from Canada & reships would decimate this modest transaction.

He up: He should have made that inquiry before his purchase.

 

I up: I should have refunded him right then & there.

 

At best the customer is just misinformed about how grading works.

At worst, he's a scumbag practicing a predatory purchasing technique.

 

I refunded the customer & am sending him pre-screened 9.8 candidates at no charge, ONLY because I dragged my on the refund.

 

Anyway, Policy was formed.

Going forward in my mail order business, I'll be cancelling & blocking any such orders.

They're too troublesome.

 

Then why did you just remove yourself from my inquiry about 10 copies of Spider-Gwen??

 

You told me you could not promise grades and I gave you ABSOLUTELY NO PUSHBACK. Then when I ask about the price for colored and B&Ws, a total and paypal address, you just remove yourself. When I think you misunderstood and send another PM, you just remove yourself again.

 

I appreciate you selling the Enormous books and letting me pick them up at your shop on my way back from vacation. I also appreciate the sharp condition of the books you sold me at a more than fair price. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a good reason why you would dismiss an inquiry from a return customer in this manner

 

Probably because of your board history or the insane way you PM people.

 

Leave it to Alex "the schoolgirl" Pastaboy to forget this statement

I don't know why anyone would suggest he's irrational.

 

never did....

Joey's pretty cool.

 

But jeeze...

 

Yeah, it wasn't that long ago....But thanks for chiming in!

[RockMyAmadeus]

Look at the post at the top of this page.

 

The post at the top of my page is from lgc23. I'm pretty sure that's not the post to which you refer. Not everyone has the standard "10 posts per page" count.

 

There wasn't anything inappropriate about what I did given the circumstances.

 

If you want to believe that, that's fine, but it doesn't make it true. I'll say it again: if you want 9.8 potentials, 1. screen the books yourself; 2. be willing to compensate the seller for his time and expertise; 3. buy 9.8 slabs.

 

Otherwise, asking for 9.8 potentials, without offering anything additional for the seller's time...which is what you did (and, after the fact, I might add)...is not appropriate.

 

You're backpedaling when you say "well, that's not what I MEANT...what I MEANT was just 'nice copies'" You may have meant that, but it's not what you said. "9.8 potentials" has a very specific meaning in this market. If you didn't know that before, now you do, which is good...right?

 

If Larry was uncomfortable with my note, all he had to was take a second to reach out to me by e-mail. I would have then clarified things and we'd have both been happy.

 

Granted. Not in dispute.

 

It's my sincere hope that he'll learn from this and act differently the next time he finds himself in a similar situation. His customers will benefit from it and so will his business.

 

It's my sincere hope that you learn something, too, and not make special requests without being willing to compensate the seller. Your retailers will benefit from it, and so will you.

 

 

[Jtwpantera]

Google Larry to know why he has a lot of haters. I don't care how nice

a person act in person is what he does and say that defined a person.

I wouldn't lay in bed with the devil to get some comic books.

 

 

I would.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Can we dial it back, people? There's no need for the insults.

 

We're all adults, are we not?

[revat]

All the customer wanted was a decent book. He could of contacted

the customer and say I can't promise 9.8. Just ignoring your customers

is not good.

 

I had 1,100+ orders to fill.

When I got to this one & saw the "request" for 9.8 candidates, I moved on to the next order.

Most online sellers will agree that "requesting" a 9.8 means "it damn well better be 9.8"

The buyer was adding something to the transaction. Not to mention, he was from Canada & reships would decimate this modest transaction.

He up: He should have made that inquiry before his purchase.

 

I up: I should have refunded him right then & there.

 

At best the customer is just misinformed about how grading works.

At worst, he's a scumbag practicing a predatory purchasing technique.

 

I refunded the customer & am sending him pre-screened 9.8 candidates at no charge, ONLY because I dragged my on the refund.

 

Anyway, Policy was formed.

Going forward in my mail order business, I'll be cancelling & blocking any such orders.

They're too troublesome.

 

Then why did you just remove yourself from my inquiry about 10 copies of Spider-Gwen??

 

You told me you could not promise grades and I gave you ABSOLUTELY NO PUSHBACK. Then when I ask about the price for colored and B&Ws, a total and paypal address, you just remove yourself. When I think you misunderstood and send another PM, you just remove yourself again.

 

I appreciate you selling the Enormous books and letting me pick them up at your shop on my way back from vacation. I also appreciate the sharp condition of the books you sold me at a more than fair price. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a good reason why you would dismiss an inquiry from a return customer in this manner

 

Joey..

 

The Enormous deal that I did with you was one of the most stressful transactions I have ever been part of.

 

You prepaid.

215 shipped late.

I was locked into a deal with you.

You messaged SO many times, it was just too stressful.

 

You're the textbook definition of customer that "requests" 9.8 candidates , but really "demands" 9.8 candidates. ( while looking for the "hook-up" price)

 

I'd love to sell you books in person, but will NEVER mail order you again.

 

Sorry.

 

 

no dog in the hunt, but wouldn't it make more sense to have mentioned this via pm earlier as opposed to continual removal from threads then posting this publicly here?

 

"I appreciate that you have high standards, as well as your enthusiasm. We do our best here, but I think it would be better for both parties if all future transactions between us occur in person. Unfortunately, this means we will no longer be accepting mail-in orders from you. We genuinely apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Contact me anytime to let me know if/when you want to come in. Thanks so much for your interest and your patronage."

[Awax]

Can we dial it back, people? There's no need for the insults.

 

We're all adults, are we not?

 

GIJOEISAWESOME

[Doktor]

Google Larry to know why he has a lot of haters. I don't care how nice

a person act in person is what he does and say that defined a person.

I wouldn't lay in bed with the devil to get some comic books.

 

 

I would.

 

I just want to have this picture on this page twice. Because it deserves to be seen again.

 

And yes, I'd bang the bejeezus out of the devil if she was hooking me up with awesome books. As long as she doesn't whine & complain about my technique the whole time or try to steal my wallet. Straight business transaction? Done & done.