BillS25

I completely understand your intent. I think you are missing my point or are decidedly avoiding it. The vehicle you are using to prevent the "handful of people who are purposely driven to prey on the generosity of others and give back drek" is based on the dollar value assigned to the item offered up. As soon as you utilize this mechanism to prevent the greedy you are also excluding the honest individuals who do not have the dollar value to provide the equitable exchange that is expected but NOT stated in the rules of participation for the thread. When that happens it does create a system of exclusion that in no way hurts the greedy but does send the message to others that what they have to offer is not good enough because of the lack of dollar value. If the dollar value is the vehicle you feel is the best way to ensure the bad eggs stay away then the solution is simple, put a rule in place that states explicitly the single item or group of items in each given lot offered in response to a claimed item must be within a specific +/- $ of the item claimed. If you do this then everyone comes into the thread with eyes wide open and know that relatively equal reciprocity is expected. Then if they post an and their offer does not meet the rules you simply refer them back to the rule and there is no back and forth issue. Toro is also quite right. Based on the current model more and more people will end up excluded than included and the thread will hurt itself based on the continually increasing ceiling. Harvey, my comments are not intended in any way to denigrate the work here. I have no horse in this race. I have not claimed or offered. I do however watch and see what is going back and forth and the lack of clarity around central issues that will come up again if not addressed. You want something great to come of this thread. I would love to see that achieved. Relying on inference and assumption will not facilitate those results. They will only hinder them.

How about making it clear that to claim an offer the new offer MUST be of equal or greater monetary value? Nothing in the rules states this however this is the notion that is really the crux of the issue and pages of shaming that never should have made it into the thread. Be clear. Be transparent. Inferred or thinking someone "should know" equal value is expected is not the same as putting it in black and white. I could claim offers and post offers however I do not believe in excluding anyone based on monetary value so I am making a conscious decision not to participate. Essentially this has become a thread where if a person falls into the classification of being a "have" then come and play. If you are a "have not" then you are not welcome. Nothing in that sentiment, which many have stated, is even remotely generous or imbued with the spirit if giving. That sentiment is exclusionary. If I put up a hundred dollar book and someone took it because they truly wanted it and would not be able to get otherwise and all they genuinely had to give back was a $15 book my attitude would be "Thank you for giving what you could." I realize that is not even remotely close to the sentiment of the most active and vocal participants in the thread. If this thread is going to require an equal degree of reciprocity then state that in the rules and change the name to "The Reciprocity Tree." That is really what the unstated expectation is and the current name is a complete misnomer.

I have always operated from the tree's perspective. I give what I can with no expectation of anything in return. My giving was, and is my gift to myself. I know the person who only takes is living a lonely existence. I felt for both the boy and the tree. The boy for always chasing happiness which he would find right where he started from and for the tree because she deserved recognition for her selflessness. I also greatly admired her for being so selfless and that she was never diminished for the giving. My point is not everyone will be able to match value for value. Some may only be able to genuinely give a fraction in return but it is given with the same level of generousness as the item they claimed. Should that prevent them from taking part? I would hope not but that is how it is coming across. You passion for this project is evident. Please know that is seen and recognized.

I absolutely love the book "The Giving Tree". Watching this entire episode leaves me very disheartened. The Giving Tree is about giving from the heart with no expectation of return. The tree never once looked down on the boy, the adolescent, the young man, the man or the old man as she gave and he took. Even in the end when all she had left to give was her stump as a place to sit upon she did so gladly still with no expectation of anything in return. The Giving Tree is not about give unto others and expect the same or better in return. The Giving Tree is about giving what you can and accepting what others have to give in return even if that may be very little or even nothing. If The Giving Tree is going to be the inspiration for this thread some serious thought needs to go into accepting what others have to offer. If the expectation is that the offer posted in return is to be near equal or better than the one before it a disservice is being done to a wonderful book that has spoken to generations of readers and it is being horribly misrepresented as the foundation of this thread. This would make the tree sad.

Fast payment from a great buyer! Thank you so much!!

I had found a thread a while back where someone had put together an awesome list of the WD comics with scans and issue highlights and stupid me didn't bookmark it and trying to find it in the search engine is like looking for an demagnetized needle in a hay stack. Does anyone know the thread I'm looking for and happen to have the link for it?

Listing Walking Dead 2 and Walking Dead 3 and Walking Dead 4 on Ebay with a 5 day running time on them.

Hello all, I figured this would be the best place to go since you all are more up on the Walking Dead books than I am at this point. If this is an inappropriate place to post this inquiry please point me in the right direction. I am going to be selling off my Walking Dead run (2-85) but I have absolutely no idea of the current value of the books. Since they are so volatile the OSPG is pretty much useless and since they are all raw GPA isn't all that helpful either.. Is there anyone who would be willing to help me with coming up with appropriate pricing for these books? In order to keep this thread clean please reply to this post via PM.

Why not keep it? Cause I'm still out of work and I gotta pay the mortgage :-(

I FINALLY got my last three books back from cgc today from the old collectors society coupon I had forgotten I had. Thanks to Joeypost for his pressing services especially on the walking dead 1. I wish I had taken before and after scans! Now that I have these in my hands I can list some for sale again. The spidey 300 is going to be tough to part with. I remember buying that book.

Seeing all these beauties up for auction pains me since I don't have the coin to bid

Last month

Just got these two beauties back after having them pressed by Joeypost and entombed by cgc. It floors me that these both have been sitting in boxes in my collection for 25 years. Amazing Spider Man 150 double cover goodness

Great Hawkman Cover

Been getting settled into my new home so haven't had time to posted in a while. Just got this in the mail the other day after finishing a time payment.