Swaggle, you have accomplished way more than most victims can ever hope. I believe you would rather have justice than getting your books back. We support you, keep fighting and posting. This incident is inspiring. You are doing more than just keeping everyone informed, you are helping protect and ensure the integrity of the comic collecting community, thanks.
Not gonna lie, I was not expecting an update so soon. I'm glad to hear some of these books are finding their way back to you and hopefully you get the rest back as well soon.
Thanks for the updates. I love it when people come together to help out one another. I hope this situation comes to trend favorably for you and all who are impacted!
That is so great to hear the community rally around you, Swagg! You are an educational, entertaining, & amazing asset to us, so I'm happy to see it. Wish I'd caught the guy! Wishing you success on this ongoing recovery mission!
VERY glad that you got some of the books back and HOPEFULLY, the rest of them. We're all human and make mistakes so it's a lesson learned for the entire community. Thanks for posting as well as putting yourself out there.
The first thing I felt when I fell for a scam at the comictom101's youtube comment section was how stupid I felt. To me It's like mosquitoes. There relentless! Yeah, we feel stupid but when your guard is down, that's when you get bit. Sorry for your bad luck and I hope it's the last time for you. Love your posts. Keep up the great work.
Wow! I never thought for a second you were going to have any luck tracking down your books, never mind this many and so quickly. Silver lining here might be that this really places some faith back into the community. Congrats, Swag!
So happy for you Swag. Score 1 for the good guys! I am so happy to be a part of this comic community. There are some very special people in it yourself included Swag!
Don't be disillusioned. There are plenty of dirt-bags in comic-dom. I once had a Silver Surfer 1 nm stolen from me at a show I was a dealer at. Also one seller pulled out all the McFarlane Spider-man's from a collection I bought when I came to pay him. I only found out later when I got home. Horror stories abound!
Good for you Swaggle, so glad you at least got a few books back and hopefully you find the rest. That was so cool of Diamond Club to help out like that.
I'm so glad you were able to find at least half the lot. I'm sure that eased the pain a little bit. It seems the community coming together was a great positive for all us as well as yourself knowing we have family in times of need.
Brother, I am so sorry for what happened to you. Glad to see the comic police stepped up and were able to help. In TN so I couldnt be much help, but had you in my thoughts. I love your content and watch (and like) every video. Dont get discouraged, comic book team has your back. Keep collecting, theres an Avengers #1 high grade waiting for ya at a great price.
Very happy to hear that you have some good news and some closure. Hopefully the rest of the Comics will find their way home. 😎. I am so happy to hear that this is a awesome community of people.
So glad that you're getting closer to resolution. It's clear that you're one of the good guys, and this show of support reflects that. Good luck, Micky!
So glad you have some leads and progress is happening. Can’t wait to see how this plays out. Hope you get your books back, and hope “Robert Mann” gets what is coming to him
Very good news to hear and glad this is partially resolved. I guess you can start a new mini series called the Tales of Swagglehaus, the missing comic books saga parts 1-6. Hoping for the best for you Swagglehaus 🤘🏼
Unbelievable what you have already gone thru. Makes me extra wary on how to move my books. Just the amount of time you spent on this event and still spending you cannot get back. Sorry that you are going thru thus....
Glad you got your stuff back... as much as I'm not a huge social media person, ref's pages are my starting point whenever I start any deals with my collectables. No refs... usually no deal.
Hopefully you can get all your books back. Whether you made a mistake or not the silver lining is that we can ALL learn from your experience. That's what this channel is all about. Keep up the great content my friend!
Best intro ! I had this happen to me off of sneakers I lost 170$ and it taught a lot about trusting sellers. As a buyer you always got to be careful and aware of scammers !
It's a good thing you had the following to help you out I can't imagine how many people with smaller channels Or with no channels at all that have been scammed and lost out from lack of support. Good to see a community come together, happy you reclaimed some of your books.
I hope you do a live video with everybody on there including the first guy that got scammed after you buying them. I would watch that for sure! Please let us know one way or the other live or video. Thank you very much I'm glad you found at least three of them sir.
I am really and truly happy for you that you are making progress with this scam. It’s also fantastic to see fellow comic fans helping you. It says a whole lot about this comic family. 👍
Dude, glad you had a decent resolve to the situation. The random thing is that these books were actually on ebay all for $1 starting bid and things look real fishy so after about an hour or two the account was no place to be found.
Chapter 2 of this story is so much better than Chapter 1! It’s great to hear about the help and advice you’ve received. It’s also great that progress is being made in your favor. You are a good man to share this with the community. Many people would not have opened themselves up like you have. You’ve really benefited many in the community (myself included) so thanks for that. Hopefully the next chapters will have things getting even better for you. I look forward to the chapter in which this wretched slimeball has charges filed against him! Good luck the rest of the way!
Yess! So glad this scammer situation was resolved with the help of the comic book community! THIS is what Community is all about. One of the greatest aspects of the hobby is sharing and helping each other out. Con artists and bad practice should always be called out, so we can continue to trust the honest people we want to deal with. Excelsior!
I'm so sorry that you that that guy was such a scammer, but I am very happy for you that so many people have tried to help you out.. and you got some of your comics back!!
First off. Great opening!!! Second, unbelievable how great the comic community is and assisting this quickly. I instantly checked eBay after your video too. Happy this is heading in the right direction 👊👊👊👍👍👍
Brother, soooo glad to hear that! We need to be reminded that there are still good people in this world, it's hard these days to not be cynical. Good Luck!
Hey swaggle…sorry to hear about what happened to you. As a new collector, it just reinforces to me how careful we all need to be and to look out for one another. It’s good to know that there are people in the community who look out for one another. Shout out to DiamondComicClub for looking out for you. Glad you were able to get at least a few books back. I’m friends with someone who just recently had a bunch of books stolen from him. It sucks and even when we try to be careful we sometimes still get taken advantage of. Keep the faith bud!
So much effort to scam someone. I'm so sorry you've had to go through this Swagg, but at least you're getting part of your books back and I'm proud of this community for rallying behind you.
As the sister of a comic book artist/Animated cartoon producer , let me just say how very happy i was that the comic community came to your aid! My brother had a similar situation where art of his that was to be displayed disappeared via the way it was mailed ! The art was found and returned thanks to the comic community and my brothers fans 😊
This is great news!!! Hope you get all books back and someone gets arrested. Would this be grand theft??? I think the starting point is $2000 here in Florida.
I'm so happy you got them back! Way to pull together everyone! Be careful out there, lot of scam artists lurking around! Best Regards, Bill from Boston
I'm very happy you found some of them, I think your name should change from swagglehaus to Serpico detective agency. We're always here for you my friend and anyone else going through the same awful experience. Thanks for the update my friend
Damn, that sucks, man, sorry you got burnt like that. I'm in the middle of a costly purchase right now, waiting on the item to arrive this week, and man I did not need to see this video right now. And of course today the package has not progressed past the current checkpoint so guess what I'll be checking first thing in the morning ugh.
I am sorry to hear about this happening to you and sadly it seems to be happening more and more. This is always a fear of mine when dealing with online platforms like ebay or even whatnot. I have been scammed before so I understand how you feel when you blame yourself but I don't think it is your fault. it is something that you learn from and it is nice to see the support you are getting. Good luck to you the rest of the way
So glad you will be getting some of your books back. Made me sick to my stomach hearing what happened. I hope the rest will show up at some point. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Our community is so great that a false sense of security is something we all have to some extent I think. My only advice (not that you’re asking) is don’t buy a raw book for high dollars without seeing it in person UNLESS it’s from a very reputable dealer or someone you have worked with previously. If this wasn’t a scam and you received the book it still could’ve been misrepresented I.e. page missing, restoration. You need recourse - someone to stand behind the sale. Take care
OfferUp won't do anything about scammer accounts. I reported the account that scammed me, provided them with police report and all the info they wanted and the account is still active. They never did anything...
These videos got my blood boiling! I haven’t been actively collecting for the past few years but almost all of my comic purchases as an adult were made on ebay. The fees suck of course but you’re paying for a level of protection that instagram doesn’t really provide. I’m sure a lot of great deals are made there but that app its not really designed for that purpose, its basically like an ad in the newspaper back in the day. I’ve been burned a couple times too but that’s a pretty hard hit. I really hope you get them all back and the whole mess gets settled. Thanks for posting these videos 👍🏼
glad you were able to get some justice. i had my whole collection taken a couple years ago from someone who watched my kids. unfortunately i wasn't able to get any justice from it.
I know you feel bad for the guy who still has 3 of the books that he purchased...but he's in possession of stolen goods. He has no rights to those comics, or keeping them. If you purchase stolen goods; they're still stolen and not yours.
You kept your composure. The community loves you. I felt earlier that you would get some results but I didn’t say anything because I was In optimistic mode and just wanted the comic angels to work. Salute ❤️💥🔥
Wow!!! Yesterdays story was crazy! Sorry to hear about the scam :/ can’t believe your update came out so fast 🎉 you can see how the comic community takes care of eachother! Shout out Diamond comic club !!! How this story developed is a comics book story of its own !!!!! sorry again for your loss :( mix emotions lol
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"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue."- Jim Malone (The Untouchables 1987)
"That's the Chicago way."
When that doesn’t work, hit him with the tax evasion. 😂
Swaggle, you have accomplished way more than most victims can ever hope. I believe you would rather have justice than getting your books back. We support you, keep fighting and posting. This incident is inspiring. You are doing more than just keeping everyone informed, you are helping protect and ensure the integrity of the comic collecting community, thanks.
Love hearing that the comic community came to your aid the way they did. It says a lot about the "most" of the people in the hobby.
Not gonna lie, I was not expecting an update so soon. I'm glad to hear some of these books are finding their way back to you and hopefully you get the rest back as well soon.
Such good news to hear. I really hope this scammer gets tracked down and punished accordingly!
I am so happy for the comic community for this
Thanks for the updates. I love it when people come together to help out one another. I hope this situation comes to trend favorably for you and all who are impacted!
That is so great to hear the community rally around you, Swagg! You are an educational, entertaining, & amazing asset to us, so I'm happy to see it. Wish I'd caught the guy! Wishing you success on this ongoing recovery mission!
LOVED THE INTRO! And, you deserve the support. Glad you are getting some of your books back.
VERY glad that you got some of the books back and HOPEFULLY, the rest of them. We're all human and make mistakes so it's a lesson learned for the entire community. Thanks for posting as well as putting yourself out there.
Wow didn't expect to get an update so quick. Eager to see how this goes.
The first thing I felt when I fell for a scam at the comictom101's youtube comment section was how stupid I felt. To me It's like mosquitoes. There relentless! Yeah, we feel stupid but when your guard is down, that's when you get bit. Sorry for your bad luck and I hope it's the last time for you. Love your posts. Keep up the great work.
Don’t worry I almost fell for it once recently until they wanted me to pay for shipping
Glad the community acted so quickly on this. There are way more good guys than bad. Bad guys, watch yourselves!
I’m so happy to hear this Mickey. You are truly one of the good guys in this hobby. Good karma is coming back to you.
Excellent news bud. I will keep a look out!
Wow! I never thought for a second you were going to have any luck tracking down your books, never mind this many and so quickly. Silver lining here might be that this really places some faith back into the community. Congrats, Swag!
Glad to hear you’re able to get some justice so far. Am I the only one that sees the connection with “robber man”?
This is an absolutely insane story so far. Glad you were able to get three of your books back.
Glad you have a positive update!! Hope you're able to recover everything. Cheers to the comic community for helping. 🤘🏾
Good news!! I’m disgusted that people like this exist, but I’m SUPER happy to hear that the comic book community is as awesome as I thought.
So happy for you Swag. Score 1 for the good guys! I am so happy to be a part of this comic community. There are some very special people in it yourself included Swag!
Glad you got some of your books back, and thanks for giving the community the scammers info
Glad you were able to make some progress. Hope that SOB scammer gets caught.
THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE COMICS COMMUNITY . Awesome news!
Don't be disillusioned. There are plenty of dirt-bags in comic-dom. I once had a Silver Surfer 1 nm stolen from me at a show I was a dealer at. Also one seller pulled out all the McFarlane Spider-man's from a collection I bought when I came to pay him. I only found out later when I got home. Horror stories abound!
Good for you Swaggle, so glad you at least got a few books back and hopefully you find the rest. That was so cool of Diamond Club to help out like that.
I'm so glad you were able to find at least half the lot. I'm sure that eased the pain a little bit. It seems the community coming together was a great positive for all us as well as yourself knowing we have family in times of need.
Well that was quick. Good for you Swag, happy for you. Hope you find the rest.
So glad you were able to make progress so quickly! Hope the rest come back soon!
Glad to hear the events are progressing in a positive manner in your favor.
So glad you're getting at least 3 books back, hopefully the other 3 are not far behind...fingers crossed at this end my friend!
Great news mate. 😊
Also, brilliant video! You could have just sat there and talked to us, but we got clever movie clips and everything... 👍🏼😀
Brother, I am so sorry for what happened to you. Glad to see the comic police stepped up and were able to help. In TN so I couldnt be much help, but had you in my thoughts. I love your content and watch (and like) every video. Dont get discouraged, comic book team has your back. Keep collecting, theres an Avengers #1 high grade waiting for ya at a great price.
Very happy to hear that you have some good news and some closure. Hopefully the rest of the Comics will find their way home. 😎. I am so happy to hear that this is a awesome community of people.
So glad that you're getting closer to resolution. It's clear that you're one of the good guys, and this show of support reflects that. Good luck, Micky!
Glad that you were able to recover 3 of the books and how the community came out in support. Hopefully we get more positive news from here on out.
So glad you have some leads and progress is happening. Can’t wait to see how this plays out. Hope you get your books back, and hope “Robert Mann” gets what is coming to him
Great to hear the update so fast Swagglehause!!! Avengers ASSEMBLE!!!
Progress baby -The community unites -Hope you get the other 3 -nice to hear
This is a victory for the Internet and comic community. Always happy for a happy ending! 🙌
Very good news to hear and glad this is partially resolved. I guess you can start a new mini series called the Tales of Swagglehaus, the missing comic books saga parts 1-6. Hoping for the best for you Swagglehaus 🤘🏼
Unbelievable what you have already gone thru. Makes me extra wary on how to move my books. Just the amount of time you spent on this event and still spending you cannot get back. Sorry that you are going thru thus....
Good for you, keep up the search and hope it all works out.
Glad you got your stuff back... as much as I'm not a huge social media person, ref's pages are my starting point whenever I start any deals with my collectables. No refs... usually no deal.
Hopefully you can get all your books back. Whether you made a mistake or not the silver lining is that we can ALL learn from your experience. That's what this channel is all about. Keep up the great content my friend!
Best intro ! I had this happen to me off of sneakers I lost 170$ and it taught a lot about trusting sellers. As a buyer you always got to be careful and aware of scammers !
It's a good thing you had the following to help you out I can't imagine how many people with smaller channels Or with no channels at all that have been scammed and lost out from lack of support. Good to see a community come together, happy you reclaimed some of your books.
Glad you got some of your books back. I saw that same X-Men #1 on my feed. Glad I kept scrolling.
I hope you do a live video with everybody on there including the first guy that got scammed after you buying them. I would watch that for sure! Please let us know one way or the other live or video. Thank you very much I'm glad you found at least three of them sir.
I am really and truly happy for you that you are making progress with this scam. It’s also fantastic to see fellow comic fans helping you. It says a whole lot about this comic family. 👍
Glad you're getting some (hopefully all) of your books back swag 💪🏼
Dude, glad you had a decent resolve to the situation. The random thing is that these books were actually on ebay all for $1 starting bid and things look real fishy so after about an hour or two the account was no place to be found.
Chapter 2 of this story is so much better than Chapter 1! It’s great to hear about the help and advice you’ve received. It’s also great that progress is being made in your favor. You are a good man to share this with the community. Many people would not have opened themselves up like you have. You’ve really benefited many in the community (myself included) so thanks for that. Hopefully the next chapters will have things getting even better for you. I look forward to the chapter in which this wretched slimeball has charges filed against him! Good luck the rest of the way!
I got ghosted by a Juwana Mann on tinder before ☠️
Gator don't play!!!! Glad you are getting some of your books back! Will Collectible Insurance cover the other 3 hopefully?
Yess! So glad this scammer situation was resolved with the help of the comic book community! THIS is what Community is all about. One of the greatest aspects of the hobby is sharing and helping each other out. Con artists and bad practice should always be called out, so we can continue to trust the honest people we want to deal with. Excelsior!
I'm so sorry that you that that guy was such a scammer, but I am very happy for you that so many people have tried to help you out.. and you got some of your comics back!!
First off. Great opening!!! Second, unbelievable how great the comic community is and assisting this quickly. I instantly checked eBay after your video too. Happy this is heading in the right direction 👊👊👊👍👍👍
Brother, soooo glad to hear that! We need to be reminded that there are still good people in this world, it's hard these days to not be cynical. Good Luck!
Glad for what's positively occurred so far...good luck with the rest. I wish I was still in the Chicago area...
Hey swaggle…sorry to hear about what happened to you. As a new collector, it just reinforces to me how careful we all need to be and to look out for one another. It’s good to know that there are people in the community who look out for one another. Shout out to DiamondComicClub for looking out for you. Glad you were able to get at least a few books back. I’m friends with someone who just recently had a bunch of books stolen from him. It sucks and even when we try to be careful we sometimes still get taken advantage of. Keep the faith bud!
So glad you will get some of these back!
So much effort to scam someone. I'm so sorry you've had to go through this Swagg, but at least you're getting part of your books back and I'm proud of this community for rallying behind you.
More valuable information to the fam. Thank you so much.
thanks for the update , i hope that eventually you get all 6 books back . the other guy who got scammed has to do his own case against the scammer .
I'm late to this party, but glad you are tracking this down. Thanks for the share.
Good to hear that there is some positive progress and great to see the comic community coming together to help out!
As the sister of a comic book artist/Animated cartoon producer , let me just say how very happy i was that the comic community came to your aid! My brother had a similar situation where art of his that was to be displayed disappeared via the way it was mailed ! The art was found and returned thanks to the comic community and my brothers fans 😊
Glad to hear it.
Awesome brotha glad u got some books back
Glad you were able to get a few of your books back to bad someone else was caught up in this scam
Hang in there! So good to hear you may be getting some of your books back.
Great to hear a few books have been recovered. Clearly this dude is isn't nt being too cautious. The authorities might get him yet
This is great news!!! Hope you get all books back and someone gets arrested. Would this be grand theft??? I think the starting point is $2000 here in Florida.
I'm so happy you got them back! Way to pull together everyone! Be careful out there, lot of scam artists lurking around! Best Regards, Bill from Boston
Happy the community pulled through to help out !
I'm very happy you found some of them, I think your name should change from swagglehaus to Serpico detective agency. We're always here for you my friend and anyone else going through the same awful experience. Thanks for the update my friend
Glad people were able to find some of your comics. Hopefully you can catch the guy.
Found him and reported the account 👍💯 sorry for the issues you had. We as a community never want anyone to suffer. Takes the fun out of it. ❤
Just saw the video
Very cool you were able to get some of these books back - hopefully you are able to find the rest! All the best The Professor and Lady T
Damn, that sucks, man, sorry you got burnt like that.
I'm in the middle of a costly purchase right now, waiting on the item to arrive this week, and man I did not need to see this video right now. And of course today the package has not progressed past the current checkpoint so guess what I'll be checking first thing in the morning ugh.
Thanks for sharing glad you got most of the books back 😊😊
I am sorry to hear about this happening to you and sadly it seems to be happening more and more. This is always a fear of mine when dealing with online platforms like ebay or even whatnot. I have been scammed before so I understand how you feel when you blame yourself but I don't think it is your fault. it is something that you learn from and it is nice to see the support you are getting. Good luck to you the rest of the way
Amazing video! Really great that scene fit perfectly
So glad you will be getting some of your books back. Made me sick to my stomach hearing what happened. I hope the rest will show up at some point. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Our community is so great that a false sense of security is something we all have to some extent I think. My only advice (not that you’re asking) is don’t buy a raw book for high dollars without seeing it in person UNLESS it’s from a very reputable dealer or someone you have worked with previously. If this wasn’t a scam and you received the book it still could’ve been misrepresented I.e. page missing, restoration. You need recourse - someone to stand behind the sale. Take care
OfferUp won't do anything about scammer accounts. I reported the account that scammed me, provided them with police report and all the info they wanted and the account is still active. They never did anything...
Never heard of offer up until this video, after your testimonial and Swaggy's I'll avoid it.
Just found out about this randomly on RUclips saw the intro to this video and it is awesome
Sorry about all this bullshit my pinoy brother but this has got the be hands down the best content on comic books I've ever seen
These videos got my blood boiling! I haven’t been actively collecting for the past few years but almost all of my comic purchases as an adult were made on ebay. The fees suck of course but you’re paying for a level of protection that instagram doesn’t really provide. I’m sure a lot of great deals are made there but that app its not really designed for that purpose, its basically like an ad in the newspaper back in the day. I’ve been burned a couple times too but that’s a pretty hard hit. I really hope you get them all back and the whole mess gets settled. Thanks for posting these videos 👍🏼
Wow wow wow, great work fellas!
glad you were able to get some justice. i had my whole collection taken a couple years ago from someone who watched my kids. unfortunately i wasn't able to get any justice from it.
I know you feel bad for the guy who still has 3 of the books that he purchased...but he's in possession of stolen goods. He has no rights to those comics, or keeping them. If you purchase stolen goods; they're still stolen and not yours.
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HURRAH! I'm HAPPY you've recovered 3 of your items! Well wishes on finding the others AND the CROOK!
I bought a brave and the bold 28 from Diamond comic club before
Idk still feels a little fishy David already bought the book and he’s already selling it…
That’s awesome that you are in better spirit and are making progress. ❤
You kept your composure. The community loves you. I felt earlier that you would get some results but I didn’t say anything because I was In optimistic mode and just wanted the comic angels to work. Salute ❤️💥🔥
Tbh this story is more engaging than some of the recent MCU shows. I cant wait to see where this might go.
Regarding the overwhelming support for you, I will quote every independent wrestling crowd ever - YOU DE-SERVE IT 👏 👏 👏👏👏
Super Glad for You. THE HONOR SYSTEM IS STRONG!!!!!!!
I'm so relieved. Great news.
Darkhawk would be proud.
Wow!!! Yesterdays story was crazy! Sorry to hear about the scam :/ can’t believe your update came out so fast 🎉 you can see how the comic community takes care of eachother! Shout out Diamond comic club !!! How this story developed is a comics book story of its own !!!!! sorry again for your loss :( mix emotions lol