Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[herbertwest]

Congrats Ari!

Are you planning to visit Hodder & drop them a copy while being in the UK?

[HONKYTONKSMASH]

Good deal, Ari!

[Ari_Racing]

Thank you everyone! Hope the year is up to the news and expectations!

@Jeremy: Hodder's responsible already has a copy

[zelig]

Just got this email. One less thing to worry about.

"$3,500,000.00 WAS DEPOSITED FOR YOU IN THE EU/UN 2017 GLOBAL GRAND DONATIONS"

[bdwyer19]

Just got this email. One less thing to worry about.

"$3,500,000.00 WAS DEPOSITED FOR YOU IN THE EU/UN 2017 GLOBAL GRAND DONATIONS"

Did my good friend in Nigeria send you that?

[zelig]

Yes. Looks like we may have the same friend.

[Randall Flagg]

Over time I have accumulated close to 1 Billion dollars through these emails.
Unfortunately I've never been able to withdraw any.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Actually, the Emails are legit. All they need is your Social Security number and Amex number for processing fees. My wife and I gave that info about a month ago. It should be any day now we see that deposit in our account.

Mulleins

[herbertwest]

LA Times : "With so many bills in California, it's no surprise one truly horrible law slipped through unnoticed"

This bill proposed that all autographed memorabilia sold for more than $5 come with a certificate of authenticity, a copy of which sellers must keep for seven years. The intention of the bill was to stop the proliferation of forged celebrity autographs, which apparently are being sold to unsuspecting fans and collectors.

>>> http://www.latimes.com/opinion/edito...nap-story.html


Consequently, apparently Easton Press do not ship to California, for instance
> http://eurekabooksellers.com/repeal-...ph-law-ab1570/

[Tommy]

I wonder if you can sale say a T-shirt or some other non-autographed merchandise for the actual price of the book/autograph but offer the book/merchandise as a "free gift" with purchase? I know sellers like Easton press can't do that but individual sellers maybe?

[Br!an]

No

If you even state that an item is signed then the law applies.

[jsmcmullen92]

Well I hope all you California people like those home made COAs

[Br!an]

Well I hope all you California people like those home made COAs

When an item is advertised as coming with a COA I generally disregard it.

[Theli]

Even if the COA comes with a COA?

[Randall Flagg]

Certainly members in California should sign the petition to change/delete this terribly conceived law.

https://www.change.org/p/california-...edium=copylink

[Room 217 Caretaker]

[Br!an]

Even if the COA comes with a COA?

LOL

I just read the law. The COA is required of the dealer and acts as a warranty. It isn't necessarily a bad idea to have the dealer guarantee authenticity. The way they went about it isn't very sensible though.

[Theli]

Is that implying that each wipe is it's own COA, or at the least the value of one?

[Brian861]

I'm thinking the above photo is for DNA COAs only.

[amd013]

Hi all, hopping someone here can help me identify a document. I was going through a box of mementos that me Dad had, which I think was actually from his Mother or Father. It had some interesting newspapers in it, (end of WWII, 11/23/63, first man on the moon). Also some discharge papers from the army dating back to 1861. But this one below I was not sure what it is. I am wondering if this is some sort of bank note from Germany (1923?). I can't read German so not sure what it says. Can someone help be identify what this is? I photoshoped out part of the serial number.

Front:

Spoiler:

Back:

Spoiler:

[Sai Sheb]

Im not a paper money collector so this is the best I can do.

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5373...ld/valuing.htm

[Sai Sheb]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/311770415233
I think this the same thing

[jsmcmullen92]

Looks like a bank note from from Germany. pre WW2 but not worth very much is you were planning to sell it. In that condition probably $2.

[Iwritecode]

This is one of those odd coincidences that happen rarely in life but I was just clicking through one of those FB posts "23 bizarre but true history facts" and this fact just came up:

At one point in the 1920s, the German mark was so hyperinflated that it took over 4 TRILLION of them to make a dollar.

In 1923, 4,210,500,000,000 marks were equal to one U.S. dollar, which means that this 50 billion mark was worth about a penny. Germans were forced to carry large baskets or suitcases full of almost-worthless money to buy the bare necessities.

It included this picture:

[Pasiuk57]

I have a bunch of these old Marks at home.
Yes, inflation was SO high then, it was unreal!