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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2023 14:11:24 GMT -5
Comics storage question for the group - if anyone uses the plastic wall hanging cases, do you all store the books in bags and/or boards as well, or just in the case? My instinct is to never have a comic unbagged at least, but it's nearing impossible to get some of them in there with a bad without it looking just incredibly sloppy if it fits at all, defeating the purpose of having a display case. Thoughts? As long as it's not in front of a window that gets full sunlight, do you think it's okay to not have them also in a bag? This is the sort of case I mean. When I have used those, I did it without the book being in a bag/board because they don't fit right inside with a bag/board. Maybe if you had them in a top loader, but that might be too think to fit inside the showcase. I don't currently have anything in a showcase (I found the plastic a little brittle, especially the part that hangs on the nail or hook to hang them from the wall and found they fell off the wall quite frequently. As I has them in a stairwell, it was quite a fall when they did. The books survived fine protected inside them, the plastic of the case however did not. I made an initial purchase of 4 and two did not survive falls, one the clear front piece broke in a fall, the other the plastic where they hang on the wall snapped in a fall, a third had the plastic where the nail/hook goes snap as I was trying to adjust it on the wall, so only 1 of the 4 remains intact, and it is not in a box unused along with some other extra picture frames we have. If you use them, I suggest giving them extra support on the wall such as using Command strips or something else to secure them on the wall (which kind of defeats the purpose of having them and being able to switch out the content easily). -M
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2023 11:23:33 GMT -5
Comics storage question for the group - if anyone uses the plastic wall hanging cases, do you all store the books in bags and/or boards as well, or just in the case? My instinct is to never have a comic unbagged at least, but it's nearing impossible to get some of them in there with a bad without it looking just incredibly sloppy if it fits at all, defeating the purpose of having a display case. Thoughts? As long as it's not in front of a window that gets full sunlight, do you think it's okay to not have them also in a bag? This is the sort of case I mean.
I'd have it bagged. Even slabbed books have comics encapsulated in an inner well. That way the books don't touch the framing material.
I've never used these wall cases but a wall full of Archies or MADs would make a statement....
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Post by impulse on May 23, 2023 11:35:26 GMT -5
The trick is the bags don't fit in the case. They get all lump and wrinkly and ruin the aesthetic and sometimes even make it hard to close it. I wasn't sure if it was airtight enough to preserve it, but I don't see much point in an aesthetic presentation case that ruins the aesthetic.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2023 10:20:41 GMT -5
The trick is the bags don't fit in the case. They get all lump and wrinkly
Does that include mylar? That bag is more firm.
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Post by impulse on May 25, 2023 11:05:50 GMT -5
I haven't looked into that in a while. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2023 16:28:54 GMT -5
Requesting feedback from those who participate in (and win) auctions on Mycomicshop. I've never tried one but am interested in trying my luck for some that start in early July. Let's say I win an auction with $100, do I have to pay consignment fees on that or is just the winning bid & shipping?
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2023 16:57:13 GMT -5
Requesting feedback from those who participate in (and win) auctions on Mycomicshop. I've never tried one but am interested in trying my luck for some that start in early July. Let's say I win an auction with $100, do I have to pay consignment fees on that or is just the winning bid & shipping? There's a small fee (3% Buyer's Premium is what I have paid in the auctions I won) on auction wins. -M
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Post by impulse on May 30, 2023 10:30:12 GMT -5
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience in selling old toys from the 80s and 90s? I specifically have some Gen 1 Transformers and early TMNT toys. Thing is, these were my actual toys, so they're in used condition. I know sometimes the rarity can offset this, but I don't know how much.
Does anyone know a good place to sell these even for a reasonable bulk rate or just not worth it?
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Post by badwolf on May 30, 2023 10:43:07 GMT -5
I sold my Micronauts on eBay some years back. They were also my own toys in used condition, missing parts, etc. I knew the names of some but others I looked up on an online fan database. I took lots of pictures and made it clear that it was an assorted lot, mostly incomplete. I don't remember how much it sold for but it did sell.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 31, 2023 18:21:07 GMT -5
I had a serious afternoon in Court today (preliminary hearing on a multiple home invasion case). And all I could think of after I was done was this...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 1, 2023 4:40:55 GMT -5
I had a serious afternoon in Court today (preliminary hearing on a multiple home invasion case). And all I could think of after I was done was this... I've always meant to ask you if you take any of your work home. I mean mentally. I'm guessing your humor offsets the terrible things you must be part of.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 1, 2023 9:02:23 GMT -5
I had a serious afternoon in Court today (preliminary hearing on a multiple home invasion case). And all I could think of after I was done was this... I've always meant to ask you if you take any of your work home. I mean mentally. I'm guessing your humor offsets the terrible things you must be part of. I don't take my work home with me at all. Except sometimes to joke about it. My wife is a child protection worker. So we deal with a lot of the same people. I actually just got conflicted out of a case about a meth baby because she was the investigator on it. So yay for that...a little less work.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 1, 2023 9:06:27 GMT -5
I've always meant to ask you if you take any of your work home. I mean mentally. I'm guessing your humor offsets the terrible things you must be part of. I don't take my work home with me at all. Except sometimes to joke about it. My wife is a child protection worker. So we deal with a lot of the same people. I actually just got conflicted out of a case about a meth baby because she was the investigator on it. So yay for that...a little less work. Slam, you’re a decent human being. Now if we can only do something about the Superman hate …
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 2, 2023 22:37:11 GMT -5
When I got out of the military, I took a few classes, with an eye towards teaching, before I decided that the rate at which I could afford to take classes and the hoops I had to jump through just weren't going to be worth it. One of those classes was in Adolescent Psychology and the instructor was a social worker, specializing in kids who come into the law enforcement realm, either arrested for crimes or brought in because of child abuse charges. She dealt with some serious cases of children in danger and canceled class, one evening, after arriving and explaining to us why. She had been called out on a case involving a young girl. She arrived at the scene and the parents were talking about how the girl was violent and they couldn't handle her anymore. The detective on scene told her there was a much different story and she interviewed the child, without the parents around and the girl said she could take the physical abuse, but couldn't handle the mental abuse any longer. After speaking with her, she told the detective in charge she wanted the parents arrested for child abuse and the girl removed from the home. then the child recanted everything and they couldn't press charges(lack of physical evidence or something) So, the child stayed in that household.
I a year or two later, I ran into her, when I worked at Barnes & Noble and she remembered me, from class (we all had nametags, on our desks and I did mine like the Hollywood sign) and we talked and she had left the job, due to burnout, but was working for a women & family shelter, in the area, trying to have a more positive influence, without the restrictions and lack of money and resources she had in the public sector.
I have deep respect for anyone who can face those kinds of days and keep trying to make it a better world. It takes a heavy toll, though.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 2, 2023 22:47:02 GMT -5
When I got out of the military, I took a few classes, with an eye towards teaching, before I decided that the rate at which I could afford to take classes and the hoops I had to jump through just weren't going to be worth it. One of those classes was in Adolescent Psychology and the instructor was a social worker, specializing in kids who come into the law enforcement realm, either arrested for crimes or brought in because of child abuse charges. She dealt with some serious cases of children in danger and canceled class, one evening, after arriving and explaining to us why. She had been called out on a case involving a young girl. She arrived at the scene and the parents were talking about how the girl was violent and they couldn't handle her anymore. The detective on scene told her there was a much different story and she interviewed the child, without the parents around and the girl said she could take the physical abuse, but couldn't handle the mental abuse any longer. After speaking with her, she told the detective in charge she wanted the parents arrested for child abuse and the girl removed from the home. then the child recanted everything and they couldn't press charges(lack of physical evidence or something) So, the child stayed in that household.
I a year or two later, I ran into her, when I worked at Barnes & Noble and she remembered me, from class (we all had nametags, on our desks and I did mine like the Hollywood sign) and we talked and she had left the job, due to burnout, but was working for a women & family shelter, in the area, trying to have a more positive influence, without the restrictions and lack of money and resources she had in the public sector.
I have deep respect for anyone who can face those kinds of days and keep trying to make it a better world. It takes a heavy toll, though.
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