01TheDude

seems like the major choke point to the operation is the grading.

think that lower left corner might keep you out of the 9.8 zone

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would the Canadian post office care if you used USPS shipping materials to ship within Canada? not that I am endorsing this conduct by any means. Just a question for our northern allies.

won't disagree that the buyer was at fault. However, giving them about it seems unproductive.

I wonder if you created a comic with a double cover on purpose if it would sell decently-- as it would allow so many people to own one. I've never even held one (that I know about at least). Then somebody would probably find the same issue with three or four covers just to cheese everyone off.

welcome to the boards

sweet book! cool date stamp too. 7.5/8.0 - maybe better if the pages are white.

no problem-- you can also just click on the option for large thumbnail when you are copying the address from imgur.

FYI.... if you add a lower case L (l) to the end of the file name for the imgur link (as I did above), you will get a more manageable Large thumbnail.

Voldemort does have some nice slabbing boxes I'll ask thanks for the idea. if you have one of those Voldemort shipping boxes, there should be some manufacturer info on the box somewhere so you can go to them directly.

check out U-Line-- they have some packaging that might work and will be more affordable than what you state you are paying for shipping materials. Since you are in Canada, the USPS shipping boxes would not be an option.

nice books-- I take it the Weird Science and Vault of Horror are reprints? horse book -

Some of my early Strange Tales -- all acquired pre-1979

(shakes fist angrily at the sky) "Damn you internet!"

wow -- what a copy

Enjoyable little presentation.... My belief is that before you can really do 'impressionistic' type of art, you really should be grounded in the fundamentals, if not absolutely a master of them. Moebius (Jean Giraud) spent many years on 'Blackberry', completely MASTERING a look from a genre not even a part of his native land... Before venturing into a more abstract form. It gave it substance, and thus artistic merit. McFarlane began his career by learning the basics.... anatomy, layout, perspective, etc.... But since comics are somewhat a perversion of those techniques in the first place (and Todd never really mastered them anyway), his growth to the 'next level' or whatever you want to call it, is spectacular in it's flashiness, no question, and somewhat pleasing to some to look at... but in reality... artistic reality... it's overly unnecessarily busy and...kinda flat. Of course, much like professional wrestling, it caught the eye of many young boys right at the onset of puberty and it SOLD incredibly well and.... well... If you want to see the progression of a master, check out Picasso's "First Communion": Picasso was FIFTEEN YEARS OLD when he painted that. Look at the composition. Look at the realism. Look at the use of light and dark. It's breathtaking, and far beyond anything most of us could ever produce. The argument that you can "break the rules before you know them" doesn't hold water. (PS. I thought it was "Blueberry"? Or is there a "Blackberry", too?) Something that was not touched upon in the video was the advances in technology and the emergence of photography. While I appreciate the efforts of the masters - especially works that are not from observation, is it possible that the ability to capture the images of the world so exactly through photography released artists to move away from the strict discipline that was handed down for centuries? Or more to the point- allow the practice to be used in ways they enjoyed? Now I am not saying that everything is art--- the squatting pee cop and the huge rock are just amusing if anything to me -- I agree with what he is saying there. But the world is so vastly different from the one where these masters worked. Is it really surprising that even legitimate art (however that is determined) has morphed into so many new levels of thinking? As we always say here-- collect/buy what you like and be open to let others do likewise..

neat book Would it make sense to crack this book out and have some professional restoration done to bump that grade up significantly?

no use whining about the USPS imo-- just update your shipping charges to reflect the costs and move on. I updated all my eBay and just finished upping my price on all my Amazon offerings (since Amazon dictates what the acceptable charge to collect is without regard to real shipping costs). I send my stuff using priority mail-- even though Amazon charges some standard charge for practically everything (3.99 thinking you can simply send it media mail). You can't - well at least not reliably. If someone else wants to take less for their stuff-- great-- good luck. Mine costs this much and that is the bare minimum to get me to pack this stuff up in the first place.

not totally sure but I think the one where you can see the title might be this Image book from 1993:

If you have the misfortune to watch Joe Dirt 2 - I will spoiler this just in case it is a big deal.... The store kind of reminded me of one of our forum members shops (clearly it wasn't or the mistakes might have been corrected). I took any screen shots I could find with identifying book covers etc and put them in this image: You might also notice him kissing one of the books while simultaneously double flipping off the audience.

cool stuff that pillow had me laughing (you had me at Ho Ho)

I look at it as protecting both sides of the deal-- it is always better to show the whole item good and bad for what it really is. I am amazed sometimes that people read some of my descriptions and still decide to buy something. Not sure what they do with it (and really rather not find out). It does help your case though sometimes. I remember selling a Gameboy system with a bunch of accessories etc- at a very reasonable price. I took 12 pictures of everything and had a long detailed description etc. Somehow the guy read that I said it was perfect- which I did not say at all. Then tried to complain that the screen had some vertical line missing== stating I did not show that-- but I actually had a picture of the screen showing the same line he talked about. He still whined-- ended up telling him he could either send it back on his dime for a refund OR take $10 off the price and be done with it. I was tired of haggling at that point. He took the money of course because he knew he already had a sweet deal.

Hordes item you didn't help yourself by only taking a picture of the box and a minimal description. I always try to show the parts of any toy or game that has been used or opened so there are no surprises. Reading your description, I would assume the items inside were practically untouched. Not that I am calling you deceptive, or defending the other person-- they might very well be angling for a discount-- had that happens on occasion. But the rest of their feedback shows no pattern of abusing the system that I can detect. And yours looks spotless as well. I decided to block them just in case though.