I joined just to get a good laugh : )
Actually, I do enjoy looking at Ozio's and Joseph's group page. I like learning about the items featured there. Even Ross's page is good.
But, after being called a "liar" or that my pieces are "fakes", I am starting to think FB is not for me. Seems I have to provide proof they were graded before people take them serious. I get that, they don't know me. But with a group that size on the "vintage" forum, you certainly get idiots. I try to be kind in my responses : )
Again, it can be fun for a good laugh most of the time....
-Steve

Hahahaha...what do you expect of a format like facebook?!?!?!?

Seriously....too many tools?? on FB??? NO WAY!!!!...that can't be your serious thoughts, are they???

        


I do not use FB...for several reasons, wether for SW nor private nor jobwise. If this is the future of Vinatge Star Wars collecting I rather quit!   

I think it shows one thing I've suspected for some time. Hopefully I type this so it makes sense.

Groups like on FB attract Star Wars collectors of all types. Guys and gals who collect and enjoy their hobby be it vintage or otherwise. But their knowledge isn't as strong and they're unwilling to learn certain aspects of the hobby like our people here on TIG or RS or SWFUCK or whatever forum you name. Trying to explain something as simple as the difference between a repro and a bootleg or the YPS thing mentioned above is a long drawn out painful process that falls on deaf ears. I think the short version of my long winded rant here is that I think people who really want to be serious collectors of vintage will seek out a forum like TIG for answers and to chat with like minded folks.

Now while I have your attention. I have some Power Of The Jedi figures still mint on their cards. Anyone want to give me 1500 bucks for them?? They're vintage right??? 

Facebook is starting to really kill me, the majority there couldn't care less about our hobby. I rarely post there these days except on the 20/21 back group. Joe's bootleg group is cool too. He runs a tight ship.

John got banned      

@aussiejames wrote:

John got banned      

What??, the big boss man ?!?!

@walkie wrote:

@aussiejames wrote:

John got banned      

What??, the big boss man ?!?!

Probably should let him tell the story ( if he wanted to    )
editing/deleting posts/threads is guilt.
I've been blocked by a few people  

Come on John share your story.....

Published a selfie of himself naked with a bunch of POTF2 figures in his garage. It got quite ugly till the mods over there closed the thread and banned him.

sound like he's having a rough time lately on FB and RS   

@kisstour03 wrote:

Published a selfie of himself naked with a bunch of POTF2 figures in his garage. It got quite ugly till the mods over there closed the thread and banned him.

    

Why are so many people interested in my nude selfies?   

Yes, I did get my first ban!!

In a nutshell, here it is:

In August Rick Alsop was selling a 12bk Chewbacca. He needed to move it quick (vet bills) and I knew someone who wanted one.

My buddy wanted to offer a trade and cash. Rick didn't want to do it. Since the trade item was foreign I told my friend I'd buy it for the exact value in the trade. So Rick wanted $400 for the Chewbacca. My guy offered $250 and the other MOC. I paid the $150 so Rick got his $400. Simple

Chewbacca arrives and the bubble is lifted on the top. I contact Rick. Rick tells me it's my problem now and he wont' look at pictures or get involved. I actually sent a $40 refund to the buyer under some bull story about it not being my money (so he'd take it).

I let it go until Rick showed a photo of it yesterday talking about how he wished he didn't sell it. I cordially reminded him about leaving me to clean up his mess.

John, next time you pose nude you may want one of these....



Not sure who this Rick Alsop is? but he sounds like a dickhead!

John: Is Rick Alsop an admin, so he could ban you?

I joined the Droids & Ewoks facebook page last night, after 5 mins I logged out......  

@Dr Dengar wrote:

Pro's Forum:

• In depth discussions possible
  
• Search function to look up old topics
  
• Limited number of threads per day
  
• Structure which provides overview (main section, limelight, classifieds, bootlegs, etc.)
  
• Community Feeling
  
• Serious collectors
  
• Limited amount of trolls
  
• ...(pls post more)
  

Pro's Face Book

• Possibility for small (closed) focus groups (Lili Ledy, bootlegs, ...)
  
• ...(pls post more, can't think of anything else right now)
  

Pros Forum:
-John isn't banned here.

Pros Facebook:
-It's good for a laugh.
-Makes me glad I discovered forums like TIG first. Otherwise I would have thought all SW collectors were total tools.
-John is banned there.

I steer clear of FB for the most part (99.96% of the time), but I have to ask, what groups are worth looking at?


And if you get a random FR from Jay Williams.... well, that would be me. I'm gonna give it a little whirl... well, at least see what the heck is going on there... oh and to defend my LB crap when its mentioned.   

Anyway.......................

cheers!

have seen people go and come back and this where all good guys
note to my selfie  

I've unfollowed the vast majority of fb groups once I realised that no matter how many times I punched the idiots' profile pics with my mouse pointer it didn't actually hurt them.

Good ones:

Joe Y bootleg
Echo base
SW 12-21 bk
Lili Ledy
International collectors

and I think that's it but I may have missed a couple.

cc4rhu wrote:

I've unfollowed the vast majority of fb groups once I realised that no matter how many times I punched the idiots' profile pics with my mouse pointer it didn't actually hurt them.

Good ones:

Joe Y bootleg
Echo base
SW 12-21 bk
Lili Ledy
International collectors

and I think that's it but I may have missed a couple.

Thanks for that!
I can't seem to find the Lili Ledy group though.   

@psybertech wrote:

Thanks for that!
I can't seem to find the Lili Ledy group though.   

https://www.facebook.com/groups/47776905992/

Ask Ozio to invite you.

After you have passed your Lili Ledy Exam, and obtained your black Wampa belt.  

@DarthBerizing wrote:

Yes, I did get my first ban!!

same here.  Couldn't take a group leader contemplating opening a MISB, thought he was joking- guess not!
Jawad also finally blocked me.

sorry to hear that AJ, im only new to that group,
but after following the post you mention about opening the MISB,
has put me off the group, some just don't get it I suppose.

I'm in the process of signing up to Ozio's FB page, looks like a decent place to hang out.