TheFifthHorseman Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 How about a couple of us fly out to L.A. and roll on these fools. Crack some heads Sorry for your loss @SOLAR BOY but glad you are safe adampasz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatlab123 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) Hey man Im Glad your safe ..Im in el monte all the time ...most shops by me were closed today so trying to sell them might of been hard. Make sure you go to frank and sons let those guys Know . Edited September 5, 2017 by fatlab123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOLAR BOY Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 14 minutes ago, fatlab123 said: Hey man Im Glad your safe ..Im in el monte all the time ...most shops by me were closed today so trying to sell them might of been hard. Make sure you go to frank and sons let those guys Know . I actually know Frank and Sons personally. Im friends with Bobby we use to play a lot of poker together The cell phone number that I gave to the police is one of those throw away phones that you use and then throw away. They tried to track it and it led to nowhere. Im a hot head like a lot of you know and glad i didn't do anything. It was a scary 5 min and I wanted to snap the one kids neck but I would have been shot. I posted this mainly so you guys know what happening from CL. Its no longer safe. And to add to the story and I should have known better. Earlier that morning I met a guy who wanted to look through my boxes. he went through the short boxes and then picks out like 25-30 books and says let me go get some money. He walks to parking lot and never comes back. So after 5 min of standing there I call him, no answer so I say to myself thats odd and leave. Long behold when I got robbed he was the one with the gun that got out of the Van.....clever to go through it all and know what you are robbing. The short boxes were all the better Marvel and DC stuff. Marvel had ASM, Avengers, xmen, FF, Dardevil, TTA, TOS. The DC were mainly B&B, Showcase, Action, Detective and adventure. Ill trade all the books for 5 minutes in a room with these three scumbags without any weapons. Thank you all for the kind words. It makes me happy to be a member of this community. Thank you for those who have called me I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapleleafvann Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) 27 minutes ago, fatlab123 said: Hey man Im Glad your safe ..Im in el monte all the time ...most shops by me were closed today so trying to sell them might of been hard. Make sure you go to frank and sons let those guys Know . I obviously misunderstood another post....my fault. The more dealers, locally and next-of-state that know....the better... Edited September 5, 2017 by Mapleleafvann Poorly jumping to a conclusion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 This is why cops call craigslist robbery by appointment. ComicConnoisseur, TheFifthHorseman and 1950's war comics 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFifthHorseman Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Just now, TheFifthHorseman said: You should set up another comic related post on CL. See if these jokers are dumb enough to do it twice This time they get a pool cue to the chin and a pair of handcuffs for their troubles Or maybe don't do that...volence is never the answer *wink* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Post the stolen books here: http://stolencomic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocutename Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 That is beyond scary. At least you are ok. I do hope you find the guys and get your books back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcomicJ Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 never use craigs list and if you do always call the local police before and sale they will tell you a place and a time to go to doit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Frightening. Nothing like getting a gun pointed at you. Glad you are ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toro Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Yikes, glad you are alright. I have purchased small items off of Craigslist but I doubt I will ever sell off of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_rotation Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 10 hours ago, TheFifthHorseman said: How about a couple of us fly out to L.A. and roll on these fools. Crack some heads Sorry for your loss @SOLAR BOY but glad you are safe Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sorry to hear this happened to you and glad to hear you are alright. Thanks for sharing the details (as I can only imagine how stressful this has been), but it's those details that create an awareness around the risks, and possibly help others avoid being a victim. thirdgreenham and thehumantorch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sorry this happened to you. You made the right choices. They probably ripped off a whole bunch of people like this so they might've been prepared for other reactions. I wish I could rewrite your story to have a Steven Segal style ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 4 hours ago, stock_rotation said: Don't make me put on my typing gloves. rjpb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 9 hours ago, JcomicJ said: never use craigs list and if you do always call the local police before and sale they will tell you a place and a time to go to doit. I use Craigslist to buy and sell stuff like used furniture or bicycles, worth a couple hundred bucks at the most. I figure thieves and scammers are going to aim higher. The risks that someone is going to rob me of $200 I brought to their apartment to buy a table, or come to my place and steal a used kayak at gunpoint are pretty low. But, I would be leery of any transaction for items worth thousands. A buddy of mine got scammed by a craigslist thief who sold his room mate's car, unbeknownst to the room mate. Had all the paperwork and various non-photo ID, claiming his DL was confiscated for a DUI. It worked out, but required detective work and even a chase down of the suspect by my buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I'm not a fan of craigslist. A few years ago we placed an ad for 3 cords of wood, that needed to be picked up at our house. I met the guy at McDonalds. He was going to pick it up the next day. I was going to be at work so, I made it perfectly clear he was to pay my wife in full, before loading any wood. He showed up. My wife asked for the money. He refused to pay until every stick was loaded. My wife sat outside in the rain for 3 hours waiting for the money. She got paid but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKinTO Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 That is so brutal, it's sad to think that our hobby invites characters like that, although I guess when you're dealing with high-value collectibles... Not much you could do about it, and I echo everyone else saying that you did the right thing, that life's always more important than "things", no matter the value. I guess the other take-away from this, as others have said, is not to use CL for higher-valued items. As much pain as Ebay is, for higher-valued items, I guess safety is one of its benefits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnightReturns Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 After reading this I just deleted a craigslist posting I had going, very doubtful anyone is going to try and rob me of cheap comics but if I let them in my home and they case my place they could always come back...just not worth the b.s. I was laughing when someone I had contacted suggested a meet up at a mall but now I kind of get it. Glad to hear you're all good though! You never know what a desperate criminal might be willing to do! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnightReturns Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks for sharing this too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
