Days before. Three Jokers came out on Tuesday 8/25 and that picture is from 8/21. They put out DC stuff as soon as they get it.
Report them to Diamond Comics Distribution. (443) 318-8308ā¦they are breaking their agreement with Diamond, and no shop is supposed to put their new books out before the books street date.
Iām not so sure about now, but Diamond used to take this seriously.
Diamond used to hire āsecret shoppersā to go to stores before release day, and see if a store is selling before they are supposed to. @Anthony used to be one of those secret shoppers on occasion, I believe.
But DC isnāt with Diamond anymore they are with Lunar.
From posts Iāve seen, Lunar doesnāt really enforce street dates well. They seem to not care much. Maybe if you told them a shop did it all the time thatād cause a punishment to the store?
Maybe someone should notify DC about it. It creates an unfair advantage if shops get them on different dates, this is why they create release days for books.
When I worked at Best Buy long ago, new albums would arrive about a week prior to their release and they would have signs everywhere that if any employee is caught opening to listen or sellong them early before approved date of release you would be terminated on the spot and likely held liable for any suits brought against the store.
Youād think that those other shops would complain themselves. Itās definitely unfair and gives them an advantage. Iāve got my pitchfork and a torch ready.
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New message from: 4reedm (368
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Hi,
My book arrived today. Good packaging.
You said you didnāt see any colour breaks. And the pictures you sent me did not show any.
I did notice one colour breaking tic on the back cover spine that penetrates right through the last two pages.
Because of that Iām opening an eBay return case.
I am open to a partial refund of $16 for the damages.
What do you think is fair?
You can still get a positive feedback from me. It all depends on what you do from here on out.
Soooo, basically threatening me if I donāt give him a refund then heās going to leave me negative feedback? I had 12 photos of the comic, including spine, and then sent him a few more photos in a private message saying it didnāt look like there were any breaks. I swear, these people.
Feedback extortion will get any negatives removed. They just committed it. Plus they were fishing for a partial, which I hate. You ask me if you can return it and Iāll offer a partial if I want to, donāt go fishing.
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I had made a considerable profit already, and he had good feedbackā¦hoping it was just a language thing as it was an international sale. Turned off international selling and blocked the buyer.
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ANYONE buying books months (or years) after release are 90% of the time not going to get NM books. If youāre buying books to get graded, BUY BOOKS ON RELEASE. Its that damn simple.
I never sell internationally. Once it crosses an ocean, itās never coming back and itās a hope and a prayer Iāll get to keep the money. I just reply to inquiries that a few bad actors ruined it for everybody else.
I sell internationally all the time. But I use ebays global shipping partner that protects you more from things like this. I would report the buyer for feedback extortion though.
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Shhh. Donāt be telling all my secrets.
And yes, I have done it. It was fun. Because most of the secret shoppers arenāt comic readers they come into the store asking questions like āWhere is your latest Super-Man magazine from Marvelā and then pulling out their cell phones to take pictures. With me, all the stores I have been in know me and never suspected a thing. But they also all respected the street dates.
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I took a hiatus from This thread. My PC is ok too. It seems to be an iPhone/iPad issue.
Stupid eBay and their rolloutsā¦
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I will sell internationallyā¦but only books $20 or less. I canāt remember the last time I didā¦
And yesā¦only ebays global shipping.
I always provide 12 detailed photos. Unless itās an expensive book, I wonāt deal with people who are a pain in the ass. Too many requests for more photos and constant questions turns me off to the buyer. They tend to be the ones that ask for refunds and returns. The exception would be for items over $100. I provide plenty of photos and highlight any flaws. Once someone starts to be a hassle, Iām done with them. Someone else will buy the book and be thrilled with their purchase.
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Yeah I got a bad feeling after he asked about āspine ticksāā¦next time I will just say please see the photos, and if they want another one I will send it, but not answering them anymore in writing.
Anyone that asks me for more pics or whats your best price, I block them.
I know what kind of people they are and Im not dealing with the hassle.
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They usually will not even respond when you respond to their requests anyway.
I had a guy ask me to take some more pictures of a graded 9.8 comic. Something about looking for the best one. I told him I donāt have it.
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Oh for sure. I once had a book for like $10ā¦ some ebayer messaged me several times asking for more photos. I thought, this is the person whoās not gonna be happy no matter so even if they tried to buy, I had already put them on the block list and never bothered to reply. Itās $10, Iām not spending 10 or more minutes snapping a crap ton of photos to make āthe saleāā¦
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