Auction Hall of Shame!

Richv1 · Post by **Richv1** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:13 pm

Oh well free enterprise is alive and well.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:15 pm

childres wrote: If Image books could get that I would be a rich man & I def. wouldn't have a problem selling mine off!

-Joe

I would have no problem parting with all mine either.

Richv1 · Post by **Richv1** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:21 pm

Well I basicly have their entire first year run excluding special covers. Which a lot of them I do have as well. But I have every regular comic from the first year that they published. I enjoyed them because I like comics not for profit and I still have them. I doubt I'd sell then even if the price was 10 times what this person is selling them for.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:25 pm

Richv1 wrote:I doubt I'd sell then even if the price was 10 times what this person is selling them for.

I don't think you'll have to worry about that ever happening.

Richv1 · Post by **Richv1** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 7:00 am

Well I would find it hard to part with any comic in my collection. I got them for me to enjoy and I sometimes do go back and look through the older issues. I never got one comic with the idea of reselling it.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:44 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mystery-In-Space-38 ... dZViewItem

Looks like ol' Flying Donut's at it again, grading Fair books as "VG".

Ah well.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:49 pm

Hey, at least the guy runs a giant picture with the auction.

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:01 pm

depluto wrote:Hey, at least the guy runs a giant picture with the auction.

That's true, but Donut should know better. You can't grade books with spine cracks like that VG. Even if it's still a solid copy, I'd bet those tears in the spine go through the book, and you need to say it's a Fa/G or G-. but with VG appeal. That's the way I do it anyway.

With the scan that good you can pretty much tell it's a Fa/G, though.

Richv1 · Post by **Richv1** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:20 pm

I agree from that picture you can tell its not a VG comic easy enough.

childres · Post by **childres** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:00 pm

Thats a lot better than some sellers who say the same thing, but show the book in a 1&1/2 inch picture. At least you should be able to judge it yourself, and if a buyer can't with a large scan like that its pretty sad.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:13 pm

depluto wrote:Hey, at least the guy runs a giant picture with the auction.

Yeah, but Donut's like that...I once bought a B&B #34 graded VG/F...got the book, and the cover had become detached and GLUED back on to the spine.

Sigh.

What *SQUEE* me off is that I only paid $75 for it.

Ah well. $75 for a VG/F copy is a STEAL.

Everyone notice the large piece missing from the top of the spine on the latest book? That's what knocks it squarely into the Fair grade, with all the rest of the wear.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:40 pm

Even if the rest of the spine was whole, with the top piece missing and the horizontal book-length crease, and other assorted wear, I couldn't have called this any better than VG- and probably would've went with G/VG. But the spine looks perferated and the top staple doesn't even look attached anymore. Fair/Good is about it, I'm afraid.

What really gets me is the rationalizing that guys like donut give after the fact: "well, for what you paid it was a good deal even at the lower grade." NO! EFF THAT! I WANT WHAT WAS ADVERTISED AT THE PRICE I PAID, DUMB AS!! NOT WHAT YOU THINK IS A GOOD PRICE IN RETROSPECT!

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:58 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:Even if the rest of the spine was whole, with the top piece missing and the horizontal book-length crease, and other assorted wear, I couldn't have called this any better than VG- and probably would've went with G/VG. But the spine looks perferated and the top staple doesn't even look attached anymore. Fair/Good is about it, I'm afraid.

Yeah, pieces missing, unless the book is otherwise IMMACULATE, and the piece isn't more than 1/8" diameter, drops the book instantly to "best grade of Good."

With pieces THAT big, and all the wear, I could never get away with calling it better than Fair.

What really gets me is the rationalizing that guys like donut give after the fact: "well, for what you paid it was a good deal even at the lower grade." NO! EFF THAT! I WANT WHAT WAS ADVERTISED AT THE PRICE I PAID, DUMB AS!! NOT WHAT YOU THINK IS A GOOD PRICE IN RETROSPECT!

<rubs hands in glee>...yesssss....my disciples are growing in number....

If I had a dollar for every time I read the words "well, you got a good deal anyways", I'd be a millionaire.

Which reminds me.....

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:34 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: <rubs hands in glee>...yesssss....my disciples are growing in number....

If I had a dollar for every time I read the words "well, you got a good deal anyways", I'd be a millionaire.

Which reminds me.....

Well, I'm no one's 'disciple' but I know a bullshite line when I hear one, and that old chestnut about how, "you got a good deal for the price even if my advertised Fine/Very Fine turned out to be a Very Good"

CRAP!!

If I wanted a VG I wouldn't have bid on your supposed F/VF book jackas! And I don't really care what you think is a good deal for the price I paid. Either sell what you advertised or get out of my face! I hate it when sellers try to tell me what was a good deal after the fact! It's my money, I'll decide whether I've gotten a sufficiently 'good deal', not you!!

Alright, I'm having a flashback to icomics when that baztard sold me a supposed NM- Primer 2 and because it only sold for $22.00 he sent a VG/F instead! Of course, he's NARU'ed now since I killed him and stuffed him into three long boxes and buried him...

Okay just ignore that last part, thanks!

Technique · Post by **Technique** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:07 am

mrwoogieman wrote:...

Alright, I'm having a flashback to icomics when that baztard sold me a supposed NM- Primer 2 and because it only sold for $22.00 he sent a VG/F instead! Of course, he's NARU'ed now since I killed him and stuffed him into three long boxes and buried him...
...

That's funny. Both parts.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 11:03 am

Technique wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:...

Alright, I'm having a flashback to icomics when that baztard sold me a supposed NM- Primer 2 and because it only sold for $22.00 he sent a VG/F instead! Of course, he's NARU'ed now since I killed him and stuffed him into three long boxes and buried him...
...
That's funny. Both parts.

And scary.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:04 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: <rubs hands in glee>...yesssss....my disciples are growing in number....

If I had a dollar for every time I read the words "well, you got a good deal anyways", I'd be a millionaire.

Which reminds me.....

Well, I'm no one's 'disciple'

I'm just kidding. You know I've always been the biggest loudmouth when it comes to this nonsense.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:05 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Technique wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:...

Alright, I'm having a flashback to icomics when that baztard sold me a supposed NM- Primer 2 and because it only sold for $22.00 he sent a VG/F instead! Of course, he's NARU'ed now since I killed him and stuffed him into three long boxes and buried him...
...
That's funny. Both parts.
And scary.

And true.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:13 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
mrwoogieman wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: <rubs hands in glee>...yesssss....my disciples are growing in number....

If I had a dollar for every time I read the words "well, you got a good deal anyways", I'd be a millionaire.

Which reminds me.....

Well, I'm no one's 'disciple'

I'm just kidding. You know I've always been the biggest loudmouth when it comes to this nonsense.

Of course you have the biggest mouth ZWH, no one's disputing THAT!

(Yeah, you walked right into that one, pal!)

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:30 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:
Of course you have the biggest mouth ZWH, no one's disputing THAT!

(Yeah, you walked right into that one, pal!)

Well duh, that's why I said it.

Hey, you can't dress up a pig in a frilly skirt and lipstick call it Marilyn Monroe, so why even try?

I wonder how many people aren't going to get that sentence......

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:09 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: Hey, you can't dress up a pig in a frilly skirt and lipstick call it Marilyn Monroe, so why even try?

I wonder how many people aren't going to get that sentence......

Around here we have a similar phrase.... "You can put lipstick on a pig, but in the end it's still a pig".

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:30 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: Hey, you can't dress up a pig in a frilly skirt and lipstick call it Marilyn Monroe, so why even try?

I wonder how many people aren't going to get that sentence......
Around here we have a similar phrase.... "You can put lipstick on a pig, but in the end it's still a pig".

Yup, that works.

Not that I'm a pig, per se, but I am a loudmouth, and don't try to pretend to be anything but.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:59 pm

The "Desperately In Need of a Period" Award goes to....

http://cgi.ebay.com/COMIC-BOOKS-SUPERMA ... dZViewItem

Goodness. That's a long breath!

And notice the clever Action #1 reprint, and the actual Star Spangled Comics in front....yeah, ok, we're gonna get that!

danthecomicman · Post by **danthecomicman** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:01 am

This seller has listed and re-listed these comics for the past 3-4 months. S/he started at $125 for the set, and is now at $49.99:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HELLS-ANGELS-SUED-M ... dZViewItem

The sad thing is that is someone actually buys it, even at the current price, that they'll make their listing fees back AND still make a profit.....

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:50 am

danthecomicman wrote:This seller has listed and re-listed these comics for the past 3-4 months. S/he started at $125 for the set, and is now at $49.99:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HELLS-ANGELS-SUED-M ... dZViewItem

The sad thing is that is someone actually buys it, even at the current price, that they'll make their listing fees back AND still make a profit.....

*COUGH25centbooksCOUGH*