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Post Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:47 am 
 

I did a video unboxing of a Remington Boot Hill set recently.

Early in the video, you can see what is - I believe - the "H" seam on the back. The overlap band running across the middle of the back?



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Post Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2020 11:34 pm 
 

So there is a woman on the FB group who claims 110% with authority on ability to declare legitimate on SW items.  Just curious as there seems to be bad blood between here and there.

  

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Post Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:23 am 
 

stylean wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:So there is a woman on the FB group who claims 110% with authority on ability to declare legitimate on SW items.  Just curious as there seems to be bad blood between here and there.


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Post Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:02 pm 
 

MadCatUSA wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:
What FB group?


RPG Auctions.  I don't pay a lot of attention to it, but SW stuff occasionally gets posted there and someone is summoned to judge authenticity.  Now, I'm not entirely sure how that works via FB, but IIRC, a SW TOE started at $600 just recently.  I didn't bother to look and see what it ended at.  I also vaguely recall someone here not being enthused with this person/practice/group, but its been a while so I only have a vague recollection.... sorry.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 7:46 pm 
 

stylean wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:So there is a woman on the FB group who claims 110% with authority on ability to declare legitimate on SW items.  Just curious as there seems to be bad blood between here and there.


Is it Susan by chance?

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Post Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:30 pm 
 

Mars wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:
Is it Susan by chance?


She likes to travel around, yeah
She'll love you and she'll put you down
Now people let me put you wise
She goes out with other guys

Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say
Keep away from a Runaround Sue, yeah


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:07 am 
 

If it's Susan then there probably aren't many people in the world that are more of an authority on RPG SW.

Susan is an old friend of The Acaeum. :)

  

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:35 am 
 

dbartman wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:If it's Susan then there probably aren't many people in the world that are more of an authority on RPG SW.

Susan is an old friend of The Acaeum. :)



Even Susan knows it's Susan :)

  


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dbartman wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:If it's Susan then there probably aren't many people in the world that are more of an authority on RPG SW.

Susan is an old friend of The Acaeum. :)


Anyone care to elaborate?  Sounds like there might be some story there?

  

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:45 pm 
 

Susan?

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:55 pm 
 

stylean wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:
Anyone care to elaborate?  Sounds like there might be some story there?


Susan is stratochamp on The Acaeum.  He pops in here once in a while.

  


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:34 pm 
 

dbartman wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:
Susan is stratochamp on The Acaeum.  He pops in here once in a while.


Lol, ok gonna back away from the inside joke slowly....

  


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:27 pm 
 

In an attempt to clear up this thread that is spiraling out of control, I use my wife's FB account (because I was too lazy to start one of my own) and her name is Susan. I don't remember proclaiming my spot shrink-wrap inaccuracy with 110% chance of success, and I'm quite sure I never profaned the Acaeum, so I think this is all much to do about nothing. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 9:30 pm 
 

So, I did some research on the name Susan. Apparently, it can mean "protective" and/or "pure." But "pure" can also mean "clear." So the name makes sense when it comes to shrink wrap. I can understand why you assume the name.

  


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:14 pm 
 

Well, protective, pure and with a lack of guile would all describe my dear wife very well, so...


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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 10:22 pm 
 

stratochamp wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:In an attempt to clear up this thread that is spiraling out of control, I use my wife's FB account (because I was too lazy to start one of my own) and her name is Susan. I don't remember proclaiming my spot shrink-wrap inaccuracy with 110% chance of success, and I'm quite sure I never profaned the Acaeum, so I think this is all much to do about nothing. Back to our regularly scheduled programming.


Roger that, sorry for the huge derail.

  

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:11 pm 
 

stratochamp wrote in Shrinkwrap legitimacy.:Well, protective, pure and with a lack of guile would all describe my dear wife very well, so...
r be

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I think I have seen Susan and Bill in the same room together before......then again I am not sure  8O


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:26 pm 
 

I maintain that most folks selling rewrapped items as original SW are just mistaken.

Here's an exception:

I had one guy contacting me on FB, trying to get me to appraise his shrinkwrapped box set. I asked him if he was the original owner.

No.

I asked him, "how do you know it's original SW?"

In fact, he knew it wasn't. I told him to take that wrap off there, as it served no purpose. He refused, saying the store he bought it from had impeccable owners.

I told him there was no way I could appraise a set in rewrap, w/o knowing what was inside.

Never heard back from him.



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