ASM 67 in 9.6 on Ebay. Doesn't look right. Seller is comic-keys

[alecholland]

Does this look a little odd to anyone else? Spidey 67 9.6

Private feedback and all the bidders identities protected?

[Darrell F]

I think all of Comic-Keys auctions are private.

[Anfield Fox]

He is a scammer.

[alecholland]

He is a scammer.

That's what I thought. If you look at the larger image, it almost look's too perfect like it's been trimmed.

[rob_react]

comic-keys

[Hobo]

comic-keys

 

Seller is a well-known rip-off artist, sending out very overgraded books and stuff sold as unrestored with CT and trimming. From the image, that book looks very trimmed to me.

[alecholland]

Oh...

That's who comic-keys is. I've seen a few other posts about him. Should I report him to Ebay?

[OldGuy]

He is a scammer.

 

I'd add "a very successful scammer".

[Hobo]

Oh...

That's who comic-keys is. I've seen a few other posts about him. Should I report him to Ebay?

 

Not that it would do any good, but sure, why not?

[OldGuy]

Oh...

That's who comic-keys is. I've seen a few other posts about him. Should I report him to Ebay?

 

Yea, do it up. Let me know how it turns out.

[alecholland]

Yea, do it up. Let me know how it turns out.

 

Alrighty, I think I'll do that.

[jediknight]

Look close this comic has been trimmed on the top edge with color touch on the top edge center.

[Wally's Comics]

HAMMER - TYME!

 

 

When it comes to scammin' he's...

 

2 Legit, 2 Legit To Quit!

 

 

 

[dc360]

Trimmed!

 

.. insufficiently_thoughtful_person bidders

[Sal]

i'd love to see someone buy some cheaper stuff from him just to neg him. that would be pretty kewl

[dgillock]

Here's something that I just noticed about his images...

When I scan comics, I use colored paper behind the books. I find that it helps bring out the cover colors and the edges are better defined than if you scanned against white (scanner cover closed) or black (scanner cover open). Comic keys also has colored backing in his images. Now, one thing I've noticed is that comic keys images always have a "drop-shadow" at the top edge of the book, suggesting the depth of the comic... makes sense, right? Thing is that every scanner I've ever seen scans top to bottom, not bottom to top. The shadow should be at the bottom of the book, not the top. Here's an example from one of my listings:

Shadow at bottom... DUH!

If you look in my store, you'll see shadows consistently at the bottom of every book... Which makes sense, because I don't Photoshop my scans.

 

Does comic keys scan all of his books upside down and then invert the images? That would be an awfully strange thing to do, but it's the only way you would end up with the shadow at the top, unless he's using some strange scanner that I've never heard of.

[dunefan]

Ahh. There's that blue background that raised flags when I posted some pics in the grading forum. Well, I'll be using that for some origami now.

[Hobo]

Here's something that I just noticed about his images...

When I scan comics, I use colored paper behind the books. I find that it helps bring out the cover colors and the edges are better defined than if you scanned against white (scanner cover closed) or black (scanner cover open). Comic keys also has colored backing in his images. Now, one thing I've noticed is that comic keys images always have a "drop-shadow" at the top edge of the book, suggesting the depth of the comic... makes sense, right? Thing is that every scanner I've ever seen scans top to bottom, not bottom to top. The shadow should be at the bottom of the book, not the top. Here's an example from one of my listings:

Shadow at bottom... DUH!

If you look in my store, you'll see shadows consistently at the bottom of every book... Which makes sense, because I don't Photoshop my scans.

 

Does comic keys scan all of his books upside down and then invert the images? That would be an awfully strange thing to do, but it's the only way you would end up with the shadow at the top, unless he's using some strange scanner that I've never heard of.

 

Far be it from me to defend this tool, but sometimes I put the book on the scanner upside down then flip the image 180 in the viewer.

[alecholland]

I did report it to eBay as a fraudulent listing along with the link provided by rob_react about comic-keys. We'll see what they say.

[OldGuy]

I did report it to eBay as a fraudulent listing along with the link provided by rob_react about comic-keys. We'll see what they say.

 

Check out my signature. I know a little about this seller. He's been reported to death. Believe me, if it did any good he wouldn't be selling on Ebay. Do you know how much money he makes for Ebay? They are in no hurry to let him go. Trust me on this. If you manage to get him into trouble with Ebay then you will have done what many, many people before have failed to.