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Hero Restoration, Anyone know the latest?
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Dr. Balls

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On 12/19/2023 at 8:53 PM, DougC said:

the old squish and rub.

I was almost positive that this description had a phrase associated with it on Urban Dictionary.

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On 12/22/2023 at 5:22 AM, KCOComics said:

Yes - and I apologize for saying we haven't seen evidence that he sold your books earlier in the thread. While we still haven't seen evidence of it, I don't think we can give him the benefit of the doubt on anything,  any longer. 

 

Another thought that's occurred to me,  opening a store doesn't just happen. It takes,  time,  commitment and money.  He had to move all that stuff,  price things,  set up payment systems and so on.   

How does he have the time,  energy and money to do that,  but he can't finish pressing and shipping books?

Forget pressing and finishing the work he was paid to do, why can't he simply find the time and money to ship people's books back? 

Unfortunately I'm beginning to fear the worst.  His health certainly doesn't seem to be holding him back.  If he can't ship the books back,  I can only conclude he no longer has them.

The whole situation really sucks.

I really want to know what happened one way or another as I am sure everyone here does.

 

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On 12/19/2023 at 1:56 PM, Sauce Dog said:

Spoke with contacts again today and got clarification from them regarding some of the important stuff:
 

  • There is no hard evidence that any customer books have been sold yet, however due to the proximity of these contacts in Mike's life they strongly felt worried this is a very real possibility based on knowing him personally. They did mention there are several other comic stores / dealers in the Corvallis area, so those able to do so might want to check with those businesses (this is out of my hands).
  • The large amount of contempt of court charges you were all curious about are not all related to this current incident, those are something else entirely different regarding past actions (so best not to jump to any conclusions about charges when we don't know which is which).
  • Some customers have expressed that they are currently looking into legal action; I am not your point of contact for that - I just happen to be the one everyone seems to be reaching out to, so if you are looking for other fellow American's to go in on any sort of legal action or discussion please put out a call in the thread, or reach out to people via DM, and start your own discussion.

We need to find those stores and contact them see if Mike showed up with some books for sale.

Will that alone resolve this mess no I don't believe it will but doing nothing is not an option.

Maybe it yields more information maybe it yields books maybe it yields nothing worthwhile.

But I would rather try and get nothing than look back and wish I had tried.

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On 12/19/2023 at 8:53 PM, DougC said:

Looks like the box was used for six orders to be "completed" by March 23 for the old squish and rub.

I guess if your order was:

  • 3336
  • 3313
  • 3326
  • 3402
  • 3391*
  • 3399*

(*not sure of last digit).

You might have to wait a bit longer due to unforeseen circumstances... and your lack of understanding, which is why your being ignored (not that he is in jail... its YOU).

My two invoices that he still has are 3223 and 3311. I just felt like I was playing Powerball, looking at the numbers and seeing if mine matched :tumbleweed:

 

Edit: I'm getting to this thread super late, as I had given up after the :censored:-show thread from this summer that was locked. I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank @Sauce Dog and @MattTheDuck and everyone else for keeping this going. You all rock.

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On 12/22/2023 at 6:25 PM, brute_nm said:

My two invoices that he still has are 3223 and 3311. I just felt like I was playing Powerball, looking at the numbers and seeing if mine matched :tumbleweed:

 

Edit: I'm getting to this thread super late, as I had given up after the :censored:-show thread from this summer that was locked. I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank @Sauce Dog and @MattTheDuck and everyone else for keeping this going. You all rock.

Appreciate the info and the kind words.  

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On 12/23/2023 at 6:57 AM, mjoeyoung said:

This looks more to me like a Booth in an Antique Mall than a store on Main Street.  Might make it harder to find.

We already know where it is. I'm just not sharing that info publicly for obvious reasons (those who are initiating legal action however can request the information from me)

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Wouldn't he need money for a security deposit and the first month's rent?

Also, who helped him move all that stuff? Did he do it himself?

So, he's either got/had someone who could have shipped books back for him AND the money to ship them OR he's healthy enough to move all the stuff himself.

Either way, everyone's books are gone. There's no way he's still got them. It just doesn't add up.

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On 12/24/2023 at 8:48 AM, jharvey said:

I find it funny that he claimed he couldn't work long hours on the restoration/pressing business due to his heart condition, but he was perfectly willing to get drunk. No chance of alcohol triggering another heart attack, right??

Right? Packaging up books is too much work and expense but opening up a new business and setting it up is (thumbsu

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On 12/28/2023 at 11:34 AM, MatterEaterLad said:

I'm on Threads, which is Meta's version of Twitter. Last night I got a "Hero Restoration is now following you" notification.

He's made no posts on Threads, but he's alive and active out there. 

What a turd.

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On 12/28/2023 at 11:24 AM, badback83 said:
On 12/28/2023 at 10:34 AM, MatterEaterLad said:

I'm on Threads, which is Meta's version of Twitter. Last night I got a "Hero Restoration is now following you" notification.

He's made no posts on Threads, but he's alive and active out there. 

What a turd.

I thought he was on death's doorstep?

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"My dying wish... is to foll...follow.... Mattereaterlad.....on...gah.......Threaaadddssssssssss*"

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On 12/28/2023 at 10:49 AM, Cat said:

"My dying wish... is to foll...follow.... Mattereaterlad.....on...gah.......Threaaadddssssssssss*"

Since Threads will automatically follow whoever you're following on Instagram, I'm guessing he logged into IG after a long absence and it did the auto-follow thing. Definitely not in jail if he has his phone handy.

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