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[s-dali]

On 1/16/2024 at 10:18 AM, Sauce Dog said:

As for the bad news, I've confirmed that the Amazing Fantasy #15 posted in the chats above is a customer book -

Well, imo, that gives a lot of credibility to the rest of the texts being real.

 

 

[royaluglydudes]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:53 AM, s-dali said:

Well, imo, that gives a lot of credibility to the rest of the texts being real.

 

 

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

[jimjum12]

STEP ONE

Verify or disprove the claims of bail and incarceration during the suggested timeframe. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:59 AM, royaluglydudes said:

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

@KindaMistyish

[Dr. Balls]

On 1/16/2024 at 9:59 AM, royaluglydudes said:

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

A Google search of his 'Mike DeChellis Oregon' this thread shows up on like the 8th result. Google is probably the first place people go to find out if there is any news regarding a person they know.

[Number 6]

On 1/16/2024 at 8:59 AM, royaluglydudes said:

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

I understand the skepticism, but if he was jabbering non-stop like she said he was, it's not hard to imagine him possibly mentioning the CGC boards like 500 times.  Probably with some choice expletives added.

[Sauce Dog]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:59 AM, royaluglydudes said:

This has lessened my skepticism as well, but I would still love to know how someone with seemingly no knowledge of the hobby would know to come post this here and say they had the answers to the questions we have been asking.

There are several people who are lurking here, reading only posts and are NOT part of the boards, who simply found the threads in google search when looking into Hero Restoration. Several of those people know Mike in some capacity or another, and so were already looking into him that caused them to discover these threads and realize they had information that might help (and then reach out to me directly). Concerned people simply searching google easily stumble on these threads (mainly because the SEO on the main Hero Restoration site is not maintained so it lets other online content slowly creep into and take over the 1st page search results)

[Point Five]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:18 AM, Sauce Dog said:

Don't read too much into me posting suddenly as some big conspiracy.

I was personally NOT posting new updates for one very specific reason: Mike was calm and actually making good on mailing books back while I was taking to him for the last few weeks, and so I didn't want to rile up the thread again which might distract him away from that. I was waiting until all the survey customers had their books mailed and confirmed delivery before posting anything new here. Returns to customers were happening, and things were moving in a positive direction. I only chimed in because I saw a bomb going off and most here expect some sort of comment to come from me since I've been the unofficial wrangler of updates regarding Mike's status.

As for the bad news, I've confirmed that the Amazing Fantasy #15 posted in the chats above is a customer book - and in fact that exact book was one that was packaged up and ready to be mailed the day that bomb post dropped...which now has that customer worried even though a tracking label was already created prior to this  Four other customer orders were also being addressed and possibly ready for shipping later this week.

I still hope that he is still going forward with his plan of mailing back books to those who filled out the survey, but I have not heard from him since last week.

Sauce Dog, FWIW, very appreciative of your efforts.  

 

[ZappedMoose9995]

On 1/16/2024 at 11:48 AM, ZappedMoose9995 said:

Started an account here just to respond to this. 

Yes, I do recognize my book. Tales of Suspense #57. It has a date handwritten at the top, making it very distinguishable.

 

Just to build on my previous post, here's the proof. The image of the book sold on eBay 5 days ago by BlueMoonAlways, and then the instagram post from the day I submitted it (and the rest of my now-stolen books) back on 12/15/22. Ouch.

I had basically done my best to make peace with the situation, but seeing someone sell your stolen possessions is jarring.

Thank you Sauce Dog for organizing this effort, and also to all the contributions from the rest of the community.

Edited January 16 by ZappedMoose9995

[Sauce Dog]

On 1/16/2024 at 12:46 PM, ZappedMoose9995 said:

Just to build on my previous post, here's the proof. The image of the book sold on eBay 5 days ago by BlueMoonAlways, and then the instagram post from the day I submitted it (and the rest of my now-stolen books) back on 12/15/22. Ouch.

I had basically done my best to make peace with the situation, but seeing someone sell your stolen possessions is jarring.

Thank you Sauce Dog for organizing this effort, and also to all the contributions from the rest of the community.

Thanks for joining the boards and posting this. This is the most clear-cut, smoking gun out of all of this. Your instagram post clearly shows the same matching book that was sold on ebay here https://www.ebay.com/itm/256369553490?hash=item3bb0d0f052 (same hand written date notation at the top and tear on the right edge) AND the post even tagged where they were being sent to #herorestoration, showing a clear chain of custody - which I can confirm by looking at your HR invoice you provided me, showing your email submission for these exact books to them December 14th 2022 at 10:48 AM)

The fact that the ebay account has had its name/handle/picture changed within the last 24 hours further shows they are trying to obfuscate any wrong doing, and are fully aware of this thread and recent revelations.

 

UPDATE EDIT: For those seeing this post now an update: The TOS57 above with the unique markings was listed on ebay but the sale was cancelled and never shipped. Mike still has the book in his possession and apparently is returning it to the owner. The FF52 however does seem to have been a completed sale.

Edited January 19 by Sauce Dog

[royaluglydudes]

I have no further questions, your honors.

[Cnight]

Well, Mike is done now….

 

I guess he ate the baby chicks, and not the dog!

[phretbored]

ZappedMoose9995 I am really sorry to see what happened to your books.

 

[phretbored]

That bomb drop poast from KindaMistyish would not surprise me if it's 100% true.

Especially if Mike is an addict.

It starts with  "I have the answers to what you want to know (with proof)!" which to me looks like some time was spent reading thru the thread to have context.

[Sauce Dog]

On 1/16/2024 at 1:28 PM, Cnight said:

Well, Mike is done now….

 

I guess he ate the baby chicks, and not the dog!

To be fair, I've see a picture of the dog and they do have the cold dead eyes of a chicken killer

[F For Fake]

I hesitated to speculate on it previously, but now that the big bomb has dropped, everything Mike has said in this thread pointed to an addiction of some kind. Once you've dealt with a junkie or tweaker, you develop a radar. I was really hoping that the books were still out there, but this seems to confirm the worst. Shady business dealings are one thing, as are health issues, debt issues, and an ego issues, but they are things that can be dealt with. You can't reason with an addict. 

Sincerely hope many of you can still be made whole, and for the books that are gone, let's hope there's some way to get those treasures back in the right hands. But it's clear that Mike needs the book thrown at him, not only for the sake of the people that he's ripped off, but clearly for his own sake as well. This path only leads to one place.

Edited January 16 by F For Fake

[Beige]

So has anyone actually gone to the cops yet?

 

This guy has been enabled by non-action for so long that he doesn't care.

[Chip Cataldo]

Interesting that the Amazing Fantasy #15 he sold has just "AF 15" as the title. Almost like it was pre-arranged where someone would look for that exact listing and it wasn't active for long.

[habsfan1]

On 1/16/2024 at 12:46 PM, ZappedMoose9995 said:

Just to build on my previous post, here's the proof. The image of the book sold on eBay 5 days ago by BlueMoonAlways, and then the instagram post from the day I submitted it (and the rest of my now-stolen books) back on 12/15/22. Ouch.

I had basically done my best to make peace with the situation, but seeing someone sell your stolen possessions is jarring.

Thank you Sauce Dog for organizing this effort, and also to all the contributions from the rest of the community.

So sorry this happened to you.  I took a look, and it looks like this is the Fantastic Four 52 pictured as well:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256359782661?_trksid=p2349526.m43663.l10137&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

 

[Sauce Dog]

GUYS THIS IS GETTING CRAZIER. Mike has contacted me! He can't get into his account here for the moment, so maybe a post from him later.

Apparently some of those sold listings were cancelled by him (but still appear as sold under ebay searches) when he noticed the mistake. Apparently he has his own comic collection, and with everything going on lots of them have been mixed up with customer books - so when he lists an item for sale he is 'getting books mixed up' but once he catches the mistake (finding the right copy he owns) he cancels the sale (which is what happened with this tales of suspense).

@ZappedMoose9995 Your book is still in his possession!!! I will get him your invoice and he will have it put together for return as your customer notes he lost on it.

Also, as I thought...the meth claim is false, and apparently well...better you read it from the horses mouth:


 

Edited January 16 by Sauce Dog