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Stephen Churay
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I don't know what the National news has
said about the flooding in South Louisiana
but the Greater Baton Rouge area looks
like one big landfill. 61,000 homes took
on water including mine which got 4.5
feet.
Its strange thing putting everything you
have to the road for trash pickup.
The,worst was my comic book collection
consisting of about 10,000 single issues
and a few hundred trades. In fact, Fox
News stopped right in front of my house to
show the devastation. I'm told that if you
watched Sean Hannity's report on the
flood, my house was shown.
So, has anyone else ever had to rebuild a
comic collection from the beginning?
Because after the house becomes in order,
I'm going to rebuild it, issue by issue.
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Matthew Wilkie
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| Posted: 27 August 2016 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | 2
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Really sorry to hear that, Stephen. Hope you manage to replace your favourite issues.
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Robbie Parry
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| Posted: 27 August 2016 at 4:23pm | IP Logged | 3
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Yeah, ditto what Matthew said, Stephen! :/
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Stephen Churay
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| Posted: 27 August 2016 at 4:34pm | IP Logged | 4
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The only advantage to this is I get to
avoid buying back a lot of the cap I
didn't want to keep.
But, the whole event took a relationship
that I had with my girlfriend, which has
been strained, and brought us closer
together than we ever have been. That's
worth all the comicbooks in the world to
me. I love that woman with all my heart
and soul.
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Brennan Voboril
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Sorry to hear about that Stephen. Glad you are okay.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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First and foremost Stephen I'm sorry you have to go thru that headache. I hope you are able to rebuild everything with little trouble.Now onto the subject of this thread. It sucks to have to lose all your stuff. I've lost or have sold or have given away all of my collection. Which at one point was close to 15,000 pieces. I've regretted the ones lost or sold everyday since it occurred.A few years a go I've decided to begin rebuilding. I made the choice to be much more selective with what I buy back and what new pieces I try to acquire. Much of the stuff I got during the 90's I have no intention of replacing. I've found I have no desire to relive that crap.I probably have about 100 pieces if that after several years of collecting again. I'm trying to be much more selective. So that I'm collecting what I actually enjoy and not just collecting because of compulsive habits. I am finding much more enjoyment in the hobby now than I've had in quite a long time.
I've also allowed myself to getting into collection like the Marvel Essentials. It saves me money on the titles I liked but didn't LOVE. It also has made it easier to complete some storylines I couldn't finish before because I couldn't find missing issues.
Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 27 August 2016 at 5:11pm
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Ted Downum
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Sorry to hear about your collection, Stephen. I wish you the best of luck in your replacement-hunting.
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Brian Miller
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Sorry to hear you were hit so hard Stephen.
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Sean Watson
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Sorry to hear this Stephen. I hope the future is better and brighter for you.
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Wallace Sellars
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Stephen, my wife and I are sorry to learn about the damage done to your home
and other possessions.
As far as rebuilding my collection goes… After my freshmen year of undergrad,
my dad's ex threw away all of the books and comic books I had left at their
house. I have had to content myself with replacing many of the books via
ESSENTIALS, SHOWCASE and other collections.
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Mario Ribeiro
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Sorry and good luck!
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Ronald Joseph
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Y'know, I'd be more than willing help you restart your collection by sending you some issues/runs from my very own collection - for free - as a token of how sorry I am for your losses. That's really horrible.
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