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Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:23 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote: Beckychick is at it again, eh?
Oh. She's a celebrity? I didn't know.

Yeah, she had a Harby blue for the same price with "free shipping" last week.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:00 pm

BloodOfHeroes wrote:Eternal Warrior #1, signed by Jim Shooter

The Seller wrote:Don't get hung on shipping. Buy from me and get it FREE

And Issue #2, also signed by Shooter, is available for the same BIN price!

Does that "free shipping" include a bj? Because for that price, it really should.

caniac · Post by **caniac** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:24 pm

Chiclo wrote:
BloodOfHeroes wrote:Eternal Warrior #1, signed by Jim Shooter

The Seller wrote:Don't get hung on shipping. Buy from me and get it FREE

And Issue #2, also signed by Shooter, is available for the same BIN price!
Does that "free shipping" include a bj? Because for that price, it really should.

It would still be too much.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:39 pm

caniac wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
BloodOfHeroes wrote:Eternal Warrior #1, signed by Jim Shooter

The Seller wrote:Don't get hung on shipping. Buy from me and get it FREE

And Issue #2, also signed by Shooter, is available for the same BIN price!
Does that "free shipping" include a bj? Because for that price, it really should.
It would still be too much.

Id expect a whole weekend booking with trimmings for that.

madness.

J-Scott-R · Post by **J-Scott-R** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:09 pm

Draco wrote:
caniac wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
BloodOfHeroes wrote:Eternal Warrior #1, signed by Jim Shooter

The Seller wrote:Don't get hung on shipping. Buy from me and get it FREE

And Issue #2, also signed by Shooter, is available for the same BIN price!
Does that "free shipping" include a bj? Because for that price, it really should.
It would still be too much.
Id expect a whole weekend booking with trimmings for that.

madness.

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:22 pm

J-Scott-R wrote:
Draco wrote:
caniac wrote:
Chiclo wrote:
BloodOfHeroes wrote:Eternal Warrior #1, signed by Jim Shooter

The Seller wrote:Don't get hung on shipping. Buy from me and get it FREE

And Issue #2, also signed by Shooter, is available for the same BIN price!
Does that "free shipping" include a bj? Because for that price, it really should.
It would still be too much.
Id expect a whole weekend booking with trimmings for that.

madness.

trimmings...

...whetteon involved with that?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:47 am

So, that was just a man-scaping issue???

-slym

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:20 am

slym2none wrote:So, that was just a man-scaping issue???

-slym

I can't hear "Man-Scaping" without flashing to both the scene in 40 Year Old Virgin AND recalling memories of adverts for "Queer Eye". An unpleasent combo, to be sure.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:45 pm

So we had a pile of random DC books sitting there gathering dust and decided to not add them to the Web stock and instead quickly bung them on ebay for 10p each and see what happens.
There isnt much worht anything so it was a quick fix to being rid of another growing stack of less than average and some average books.
They went up an hour or so ago.

This happened.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... AQ:GB:1123

So Drift made a booboo and then he tried to correct it but removed the wrong one and then i got this message.

"In just want to know which comic your selling. It says that its Formerly Known as the Justice League #4. But its got a booster gold picture and it says that that the item bidding for is an Aquaman one. Which is it?"

Fair question.
Which one is it Drift.

Pure Genius and recordbreaking feat achived in one auction.
Not one, not two, but three errors are or is it just two?
Im too confused myself.

VEI Reborn · Post by **VEI Reborn** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:16 pm

WOW!!!!!!! HAHA That is just amazing

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:18 pm

That must be the variant edition of Aquaman #6.

-slym

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:48 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123

Classic.

Would any of you buy from this guy?

I am by no means a professional grader.

If by "professional" we mean people who are paid to do it, there are very, very few professonial graders out there.

However, it's a copout when used online, and it generally means "you can't hold me to my grading because I'm going to pretend I don't know what 'near mint' means."

I use the Overstreet guidelines and other books I have received from reputable sellers as a reference for my grading. I have graded this book to the best of my abilities. Please allow some leeway between my assumption of grade and your assumption of grade.

Define "leeway"....

Even CGC and PGX have been known to give different grades to resubmitted books.

PGX is a joke not worth mentioning beyond this, and CGC has, in fact, graded books differently upon resubmission....but those different grades are QUARTER or HALF grades. I can safely say that no book has ever been graded a 4.5, been removed from its holder, had nothing done to it, and regraded 9.6. Ever.

If a book goes from 8.5 to 9.0, or even 9.2....that's where the subjectivity comes in.

You won't see a 4.5 graded a 9.6, and you won't see a 9.0 graded a 9.6 on resub. You MIGHT see a 9.6 graded a 9.4, or a 9.8, depending on which way it leaned to begin with. But you're not going to have wild, vast swings in grade.

Sorry, charlie.

With that being said, this comic is being sold "as is" with no returns so please ask all questions prior to bidding.

You follow that?

"no returns, so please ask all questions prior to bidding."

Ok, fair enough....

......

THEN, Seller, in big, bold, red font wrote: I have been getting questions about how I came to my grade. Here are some deciding factors on my assumption of grade. I feel I was conservative on the grade. Sought after books like this one seem to attract overly picky buyers who think 3rd party grading is the best thing since sliced bread and expect that assumed quality -- I have gotten some graded books back that really missed the grade.

You follow that? So, after he JUST gets through saying there are "no returns, so please ask all questions prior to bidding"....

....HE GETS UPSET THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING QUESTIONS!

In other words "shut up and bid, suckah!"

Is it REALLY a good idea to insult your potential customers by calling them "overly picky"....?

Isn't it the RIGHT of a buyer to be as picky as he or she wants to be?

No, the reality isn't "overly picky"...it's "making sure I'm getting my money's worth"....or "how not to overpay for this particular copy."

As far as "getting books back that really missed the grade"....I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts those books came back LOWER....not HIGHER...than the seller thought they would, eh?

Anybody wanna take that bet?

I am not responsible for uninsured items that get lost or damaged during the shipping process or delayed delivery problems of the USPS. Please be aware of this when leaving star ratings in feedback. You will be contacted when your item is dropped off at the USPS. It is out of my control from there.

This is flat out wrong. As sellers should know, and which some of us have found out the hard way, eBay and Paypal consider it the SELLER'S responsibility (and rightly so) to MAKE SURE that their contracted carrier (whether the USPS, UPS, FedEx, or other) DELIVERS the item to the buyer.

If it gets lost....the SELLER is responsible.

But then he tells you he's not, and says to "be aware of that when leaving star ratings in feedback."

Why these sellers cannot seem to get it through their thick heads that the USPS is accountable to THEM, as their contracted carrier, I do not know. I don't know where people got this idea that you wave bye bye at the post office...whose service you pay for...and hope for the best.

(yes, that's a rhetorical statement.)

What sellers need to do is PROTECT THEMSELVES. REQUIRE insurance on large dollar amounts. Don't LET the USPS off the hook if they "lose" something. After all....the seller paid them....they work for the seller, not the buyer.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:47 am

If he has stated he is not a professional grader why would he later say that the professionals completely missed the grade. By him making this statement he has now put himself in a class above professional grading. He may in fact have god-like grading skills and not the professional skills that mere mortals do.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:23 am

So, after all that - do you agree with his grade assignment? If not, how off is he?

-slym

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:06 am

slym2none wrote:So, after all that - do you agree with his grade assignment? If not, how off is he?

-slym

pretty hard to tell from those small pictures.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:03 am

next time he can use the camera on his phone to post a pick

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:47 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shadowman-comic-boo ... 240%3A1318

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:56 am

mjm00014 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/Shadowman-comic-boo ... 240%3A1318

ah, you beat me to it.

$40 opening bid for a Shadowman #0, whatta bargain!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 5:45 pm

smoking

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:08 am

And a $78 BIN. Hahahaha

Where do people come up with these numbers?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:13 pm

$45 BIN

Ninjak Vol 1 Issue 1

Seller says it's gold even though pic shows it's a regular #1. Well even if it's a gold Ninjak, it's not worth anywhere close to $45

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:31 pm

maybee a quater

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:24 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Worlds-Greatest-Com ... 240%3A1318

"Never to be found again"

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:38 pm

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:58 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/TUROK-DINOSAUR-HUNT ... 240%3A1318

I thought it was the VVSS at first . . . then just realized it's a goofy sticker

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