Trading Post/PIF/Giving Tree Discussion Thread

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

I told you so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CAHokie]

From you? Yes, since you have literally contributed nothing other than bad vibes and a-hole remarks.

 

If people who actually care about the thread other than as a venue to troll want to say "I told you so," they are welcome to do so.

 

 

Its not about being right or wrong crimebuster. That doesn't matter at all. It is just infuriating for a lot of people. For others not so much, because they see nothing wrong with it.

[MagnusX]

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At least Matt Murdock have a good excuse...[/font]

 

[DavidTheDavid]

I had considered getting in on the pif fun, but after watching this discussion since it first began, it seems like to much of a hornets nest.

[joe_collector]

I'd like to get all the hardcore PIF junk donkeys to submit a group picture of all the PIF gifts they still have (didn't sell on eBay, trade away, etc.), stacked in a bookshelf.

 

Here's how I bet it would look:

[Quake1028]

I'm not a hardcore participant, but I still have and love the one thing I got from the thread, and I hope my recipient still has and loves his item.

[Mayor006]

I buy and sell a lot of stuff, but I don't even take stuff from the PIF thread unless I have a genuine interest in it. After I have read it I usually put it in with holiday raffle or charity donations. Not saying some of them don't wind up in sales because I'm sure one or two do, but I don't come in here looking for a sale.

[techvoodoo]

I've got no problem with people trading, selling, re-paying it forward, or anything else with the stuff they have gotten from the PIF thread... to a point. If you get some TPB's or a reader set from a series or something, at some point you just don't have use for the stuff. But someone that claims an offer and flips it on ebay within 3 or 4 days, that's keeping it classy right there.

[Iceman399]

I've got no problem with people trading, selling, re-paying it forward, or anything else with the stuff they have gotten from the PIF thread... to a point. If you get some TPB's or a reader set from a series or something, at some point you just don't have use for the stuff. But someone that claims an offer and flips it on ebay within 3 or 4 days, that's keeping it classy right there.

 

[Crimebuster]

I'd like to get all the hardcore PIF junk donkeys to submit a group picture of all the PIF gifts they still have (didn't sell on eBay, trade away, etc.), stacked in a bookshelf.

 

Here's how I bet it would look:

 

 

 

I get that the peanut gallery around here consists of a bunch of bitter cynics. But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do. It's just downright bizarre.

 

By my count, I have claimed 13 PIF offerings since the thread went live. One of those is still in the mail to me.

 

Here's a group shot of the other 12, all still in my collection:

 

 

 

Notes on them from left to right, top row to bottom row:

 

1. The first lot I claimed was reader copies of All-American Men of War #102 and Adventures Into the Unknown #146. I was mostly just interested in the AAMoW, as I collect that title. When I downsized my horror collection, I got rid of the Adventures Into the Unknown.

 

2. Reader copies of Superman #234 and All-Star Western #4 was my second pick, and both are happily resting in my collection.

 

3. Showcase #77 - yep, there it is.

 

4. Peter Panzerfaust #6 and 7. When I claimed this, I also claimed the first Peter Panzerfaust TPB, as I wanted to read the series to see what the hype was about. At the time, #7 was the newest issue published. The TPB I paid forward as part of a lot of five TPB's. At some point I will likely pay these two issues forward again, as I decided not to keep reading the series.

 

5. Superman #129 - This was part of a lot of ten low grade SA/BA issues. I don't really remember what else was in the lot, as I mainly claimed it for this issue. The others are either still in my collection or were paid forward in mystery boxes; I know there was a Flash Annual #4 from this lot that I sent to someone in a mystery box.

 

6. Wonder Woman #224 CGC 9.2 - I have a run of WW #178-329, but this is my only CGC copy, so I am quite happy with it.

 

7. Lot of Destroyer magazines. Note: Don't google this.

 

8. The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told TPB

 

9. Archie mystery box. Everything from this box is still in my collection, as I sent a checklist to the giver and he only sent me stuff I needed for my collection.

 

10. Lot of Bronze Age #1's - I don't remember what all was in this lot, it was more than shown here. All of them are either still in my collection or have been paid forward. Just last week I offered the Son of Satan #1 as part of a larger PIF lot. I read all the #1's that were sent me and intend to permanently keep a couple of them, but the only one that prompted me to begin collecting the series was Red Sonja.

 

11. Marvel Masterworks Venus

 

12. Cursed Pirate Girl #2 - which I received earlier this month.

 

 

 

As far as I can recall, of everything I have received, the only things that have been sold were the Adventures Into the Unknown #146, which went out in a giant box of horror readers I downsized, and a lot of Green Arrow issues someone sent as a bonus gift, but which I already had copies of and therefore threw into another big box of stuff I sold on craigslist.

 

There are people who actually still read comics and whose main interest in comics is not monetary. It's clear that's just impossible for some of you to believe, but I again suggest that perhaps you please find one of the many other corners of these forums set aside for bitter cynicism and let the rest of us junk donkeys swap our junk unmolested. Er, in a manner of speaking.

 

 

[CAHokie]

You didnt need to justify yourself to people Crimebuster but that is awesome!

 

 

I plan on keeping my Nam series, Fantastic Four run, and Batman art as long as I collect things which should be my whole life,

[joe_collector]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

 

I'm surprised Oceanavekid hasn't asked the person he got the PIF books from to drop ship to the eBay winner.

[joe_collector]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

 

I'm surprised Oceanavekid hasn't asked the person he got the PIF books from to drop ship to the eBay winner.

 

[comix4fun]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

 

I'm surprised Oceanavekid hasn't asked the person he got the PIF books from to drop ship to the eBay winner.

 

 

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

 

I'm surprised Oceanavekid hasn't asked the person he got the PIF books from to drop ship to the eBay winner.

[Mayor006]

 

Hey and Crimebuster, glad you still have that Wonder Woman CGC 9.2! I bought it from Fingh so she's been around Glad she found a good home.

[techtre2003]

But I honestly still don't understand why so many people who don't even participate in the thread feel the constant need to bash those who do.

 

Do you actually consider yourself a hardcore junk donkey?

 

I was more referring to people like Oceanavekid, who lists his PIF winnings on eBay the minute he removes them from the USPS box.

 

If you are only counting those people I'd say you can accomplish that using one hand. It's just like anything else, it only takes a few people to take advantage of a good thing to ruin it for everyone.

[CAHokie]

Agreed. That is where the term Junk Donkey 10 came from.

[techtre2003]

It's probably been brought up before, but it was mentioned on the general discussion thread in the marketplace:

 

What do you PIFers think about scrapping the PIF thread and focusing on creating a separate trade thread over in the marketplace?