uchiha101 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 [ To be fair, I don't think I'd want to be stuck in some sort of quagmire deal with the OP. At the beginning I might want to help him a bit and split ownership, but there's too many things that might go awry and I can understand reconsidering. I'd rather him or me own the book completely. And since the OP didn't have the money to own the book completely, that leaves just me. And since I'm the one who wants to change the terms, I should compensate the OP for the changes. And we both get a deal out of it. But the OP isn't his responsibility, he's an adult who is most likely probably maybe legally competent Just pointing out that even flashattack was excoriating Gabe earlier this year for doing high-dollar "deals" and was telling him NOT go after big deals anymore. And then he turns around and encourages him (or uses him, not sure) and perpetuates the OP's desire to "score big" by basically giving him $700 "finders fee" which is extremely generous - but so is giving $700 to a gambling addict. no I'm with you, I just don't think that was his intention to begin with. But once he was in it, thought "Hmmm, maybe not the best idea to be in an ongoing joint investor, what's the fairest way out of this 'joint investment'?' I guess I'll just buy him out and pay him for his trouble and for modifying the deal." Yes the result appears to be enabling, but I think the initial intent was just to be help someone help themselves (even if some observers might not have agreed with it). The way the deal was done was the easiest way instead of calculating profit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenners Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 .. hang on a minute .. I think everyone (including Gabe) is missing the elephant in the room... Gabe, ..... you said you weren't going to do any more deals until 2017? .. what are you doing? You say you listen to everyones advice .. and then do the opposite Every person here is trying to help you. Please take some sound advice. No that was about trading comics because I kept failing at it. You specifically said deals, Gabe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I wish I still lived in my parents basement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I wish I still lived in my parents basement Parents basement, wife's basement...six of one half a dozen of the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I wish I still lived in my parents basement Parents basement, wife's basement...six of one half a dozen of the other. Wife's basement isn't as fun. Have to do chores and make dinner or I'll starve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarveySwick Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I'm amazed how many follow this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oakman29 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I wish I knew what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I wish I knew what was going on. So does everyone else here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Road to success my brothas - road to success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newshane Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I wish I knew what was going on. So does everyone else here Let me sum it up for you... TOTAL FAIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 I wish I knew what was going on. So does everyone else here Let me sum it up for you... TOTAL FAIL It seems my passive aggressive shot at Dave was totally missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'll be honest with you James you're frustrating me calling the money "free" I worked for my part of the deal and yes it was with no cost to me but I did put in effort to get the finders fee and make sure everything went as smoothly as I could make it. Okay, not ALL of the $700 was "free" - but probably 80% of it was a gift. A finders fee is fine and you earned it, but a $700 finders fee on a $1200 sale is and extremely generous tip on top of the $150ish which would probably be customary for a finders fee on that kind of a purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 .. hang on a minute .. I think everyone (including Gabe) is missing the elephant in the room... Gabe, ..... you said you weren't going to do any more deals until 2017? .. what are you doing? You say you listen to everyones advice .. and then do the opposite Every person here is trying to help you. Please take some sound advice. No that was about trading comics because I kept failing at it. You specifically said deals, Gabe. I don't remember saying that but I do know I need to sell off what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'll be honest with you James you're frustrating me calling the money "free" I worked for my part of the deal and yes it was with no cost to me but I did put in effort to get the finders fee and make sure everything went as smoothly as I could make it. Okay, not ALL of the $700 was "free" - but probably 80% of it was a gift. A finders fee is fine and you earned it, but a $700 finders fee on a $1200 sale is and extremely generous tip on top of the $150ish which would probably be customary for a finders fee on that kind of a purchase. I agree it was very generous but I did put in effort as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Updates Comics Sold Batman 181 General update I had to buy a new laptop since my other one got fried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 In one hand, out the other. You aren't going to be leaving your mom's basement anytime soon. This reminds me of gambling. Real life story... "Hey I won 10k at the casino over the last 10 days!" "How much did you spend this month?" "25k" Yeah, excatly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenners Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 .. hang on a minute .. I think everyone (including Gabe) is missing the elephant in the room... Gabe, ..... you said you weren't going to do any more deals until 2017? .. what are you doing? You say you listen to everyones advice .. and then do the opposite Every person here is trying to help you. Please take some sound advice. No that was about trading comics because I kept failing at it. You specifically said deals, Gabe. I don't remember saying that but I do know I need to sell off what I have. Gabe .... that was a massive discussion point ... and you don't remember saying that? Okay. Everyone was begging you to stay off making deals of any sort (because it really wasn't working for you). You relented and promised to not make any deals until 2017 (I think for a second there, you realised deals were a mistake for you). You haven't got the many years of experience behind you that a lot of people have here (in making successful deals). One relatively successful deal (with massive generosity from another boardie), does not a wheeler-dealer make. Can I somehow drum it into you that none of us are giving you bad advice .. we're actually trying to help you .. but .. does what Metal wrote above ring any bells for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wall-Crawler Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 .. hang on a minute .. I think everyone (including Gabe) is missing the elephant in the room... Gabe, ..... you said you weren't going to do any more deals until 2017? .. what are you doing? You say you listen to everyones advice .. and then do the opposite Every person here is trying to help you. Please take some sound advice. No that was about trading comics because I kept failing at it. You specifically said deals, Gabe. I don't remember saying that but I do know I need to sell off what I have. Gabe .... that was a massive discussion point ... and you don't remember saying that? Okay. Everyone was begging you to stay off making deals of any sort (because it really wasn't working for you). You relented and promised to not make any deals until 2017 (I think for a second there, you realised deals were a mistake for you). You haven't got the many years of experience behind you that a lot of people have here (in making successful deals). One relatively successful deal (with massive generosity from another boardie), does not a wheeler-dealer make. Can I somehow drum it into you that none of us are giving you bad advice .. we're actually trying to help you .. but .. does what Metal wrote above ring any bells for you? I went through a few posts back and it seems many were initially under the impression that Gabe gave up buying as well but promptly turned around and bought something, we all went nuts, then Gabe "clarified" that he was "done trading until 2017" and then there was more talk, something about gambling and welfare and then jobs searches and...Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 .. hang on a minute .. I think everyone (including Gabe) is missing the elephant in the room... Gabe, ..... you said you weren't going to do any more deals until 2017? .. what are you doing? You say you listen to everyones advice .. and then do the opposite Every person here is trying to help you. Please take some sound advice. No that was about trading comics because I kept failing at it. You specifically said deals, Gabe. I don't remember saying that but I do know I need to sell off what I have. Gabe .... that was a massive discussion point ... and you don't remember saying that? Okay. Everyone was begging you to stay off making deals of any sort (because it really wasn't working for you). You relented and promised to not make any deals until 2017 (I think for a second there, you realised deals were a mistake for you). You haven't got the many years of experience behind you that a lot of people have here (in making successful deals). One relatively successful deal (with massive generosity from another boardie), does not a wheeler-dealer make. Can I somehow drum it into you that none of us are giving you bad advice .. we're actually trying to help you .. but .. does what Metal wrote above ring any bells for you? I went through a few posts back and it seems many were initially under the impression that Gabe gave up buying as well but promptly turned around and bought something, we all went nuts, then Gabe "clarified" that he was "done trading until 2017" and then there was more talk, something about gambling and welfare and then jobs searches and...Yeah. I'm done drinking until 2017, I need to get my head straight and get clean. Oh I should have clarified, I'm done drinking WATER until 2017. Everything else is still on the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...