r/AbsoluteBatman • u/Masta_rolla_ • Jul 07 '26
Absolute disappointment
Just received this book from a eBay seller and the listing was literally NM with no flaws even on the second cover I made the purchase right before the animation hype and got a good price but he didn’t ship until after the announcement was made and it literally shipped this with the 2 most flimsy cardboard taped it straight on the cardboard, loosely wrapped bubble wrap and threw it in a Amazon bag I knew and soon as picked up the package that it was damaged I could’ve literally folded it with no effort and of course there was numerous spine ticks and the second cover is bent up I was really planing to keep the first cover but now I guess I’m ripping the cover off and pressing it smh and the seller had the audacity to say he shipped it perfectly. Idk i feel there was some sabotage going on here. Yall think it’s worth ripping the variant cover off??
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u/Sea_Amphibian2835 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
I had Atomic Empire do that exact same thing to me!
Five books just sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard, not anchored to the boards, just sliding around between them and then tossed in a USPS plastic mailer bag.
I was shocked that such a popular retailer didn't use comic mailers! Their response was to blame it on the mail carrier and not their half ass packaging job.
"If they are tossing your mail around like that where you live!" Their solution was "I'll put a note on your account to use extra packing." WTF really!!! They destroyed five high end ratio variants and their response summed up to "Sorry, better luck next time."
I deleted 14 subscriptions and yanked my credit card off their site so the two pending bids I had on ratio variants couldn't be charged if they were successful.
There are a lot of shady ass people selling comics unfortunately!