What the hate site says about Todd

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by JT

Food for thought.

Many first day covers are sold before the actual event or whatever these are commemorating, thus this FDC could have been issued before Frye died.

Stamps are also sold before the first "Official" issue.

Cancellations can be added weeks, months, or a good amount of time after the event by the USPS.

Me being completely ignorant of FDC's and how they are/were issued and distributed, what kind of range are we talking here? I could see them being printed up weeks or even months before the "First Day of Issue" event, especially "back in the day" when distribution of the physical envelopes would have taken longer, but surely the lapse between printing and cancellation wouldn't have been more than a couple of months? Or is there something that I'm overlooking in the process? I'm not trying to cast judgement on either side of the argument, but just looking for a typical range for future reference.

[Runscott]

I have never physically met any of you, and have only been talking autographs here for about a year, so I can say this without too much hypocrisy. I see the following reasons for nonsensical behavior towards sellers, auction houses and bloggers. All make perfect sense to me, because they involve money and/or emotion. I have to admit, I'm guilty of the third one every now and then, and in 'real' life I'm guilty of the first one, and I suspect I'm not the only one

• the person is your friend, so you make excuses for their illegal/unethical behavior
• the person provides part of your income, whether it be through advertising or buying stuff from you
• the person sells you stuff that you need for your collection
• the person pissed you off, but otherwise you have no proof of illegal behavior

[shelly]

Scott you forgot one,

The person pissed you off because he denies selling bad stuff and you can prove it.

[Runscott]

Shelly, I was only listing reasons for behavior that doesn't make sense to squeaky-clean people