5-18 VF FCBD drmirage Group *Photos* SHIPPED

[grendeljd]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

They still have to be routed through Nunavut.

yeah dude didn't you know all of our mail comes by dog sled

Hey, dudes - Nunavut is the coolest place on earth [no puns intended] - even Dysart gave it a shoutout in HW#2 afterall!

[lorddunlow]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

They still have to be routed through Nunavut.

yeah dude didn't you know all of our mail comes by dog sled

Hey, dudes - Nunavut is the coolest place on earth [no puns intended] - even Dysart gave it a shoutout in HW#2 afterall!

It definitely has one of the cooler names!

[MarkRoseHFX]

Our case just made it to Canada today, they are in Vancouver

Hopefully they get to Calgary soon

They still have to be routed through Nunavut.

yeah dude didn't you know all of our mail comes by dog sled

Hey, dudes - Nunavut is the coolest place on earth [no puns intended] - even Dysart gave it a shoutout in HW#2 afterall!

I wonder if any of the 12 people that live in Nunavut actually read that

[drmirage]

UPDATE: MAY 14, 2013

All the books have been packed and ready to ship. Just waiting for the addresses.

These would all shipped if I only had everyone's mailing info.



Those who ordered 10 books are in envelopes.

Those who ordered 20 or more books are in boxes.

[drmirage]

Update: 5-15-13

Tower of VF FCBD Books. Those who are in my group, please check your PM's. Thank you!
I will be shipping everything together on Thrusday.

Left Side (Waiting for Mailing information)
Right Side (Ready for shipping)

[drmirage]

Update:

3 more members waiting to hear from.

Everyone else is good to go.

[drmirage]

Finally, everyone's addresses have been confirmed and labeled onto the packages. Everyone should have a tracking # by email or by PM.
(Next time I need to get more prepared to have the information needed ready for shipment or it takes longer to mail these many packages)

I would have shipped all but two packages yesterday, but the USPS station here does not let me ship more than five packages all at one time. (I don't know why that is) Last time I shipped 20+ pre-paid flat rate envelopes. (Wondercon Exclusives) the Postmaster really said not bring this many packages.. They really said that they can't accept more that five packages... If I did, I would need to take them to the next station which is a good four-five miles away. Totally does not make sense to me, since the packages all were all pre-paid for (click and ship). This isn't a small USPS Extension, but a USPS Facility in Downtown LA.



So I requested for a carrier pickup which will be done on Saturday. ETA for everyone's packages to be delivered is 2-3 business days. Earliest by Wednesday! (if USPS does pick them up on Saturday). If not, before the end of the week! Thanks for everyone's patience.

[lorddunlow]

Hi drmirage! I'm bored. Great job with the packages! Hopefully I can pack half as good as you did.

[drmirage]

I'm sure you will do a great job!!! One package at a time.

BTW, I forgot to thank everyone who sent me a penny!

Made my job a lot easier!!!

[caniac]

I'm sure you will do a great job!!! One package at a time.

BTW, I forgot to thank everyone who sent me a penny!

Made my job a lot easier!!!

Wait, so your not paying me back

[drmirage]

Seemed like USPS failed to make their pickup as requested today (Saturday)

Paying you back! ARE YOU KIDDING ME..

I earned a dime from that

I'm going back to the post office on Monday. I need to play something else than Mr Nice guy.

I'm sure you will do a great job!!! One package at a time.

BTW, I forgot to thank everyone who sent me a penny!

Made my job a lot easier!!!

Wait, so your not paying me back

[nutflush76]

I have had USPS not pick up the carrier pick up that I have requested on Saturday either. My mailcarrier came on Monday and acted like the order was requested for Monday. She had the request and showed me. The request had Saturday's date

She asked me where the packages were and I told her I dropped them off at mailboxes etc on Saturday when she failed to pick them up. She said something about her boss not being happy and I just kind of shrugged.

Anyway thanks for getting all of this done! Can't wait to get mine!

[drmirage]

UPDATE: Everyone should be getting their books very soon! Sorry for the delays these have caused. (Hawkeye from Canada had delivered some of his books while I'm domestic and haven't even gotten them out yet.) But believe me, they will be worth the wait considering how these were packed.

And Finally, all the books were shipped out on Monday, May 20th. I went back to the station near my work to drop them off personally. USPS confirmed that this USPS Station does not allow me to leave more than 5+ packages with them because they are "short staffed and have to sort through them".

Last Friday, I had requested carrier pickup for Saturday, but USPS did not show. Also they did not show on Monday either. (Unbelievable)

I was allowed to leave the station 20+ packages only because I had printed out the carrier pickup request (no show)... so the postmaster made an exception.

[arghh!]

I received my books today. They could not have been packed better! After getting these I couldn't refuse Ellery's request to post Amazon reviews. It is done! Thanks again, you are the best Dr. Mirage!

[kevinbastos]

Mine came in, too.


Now, four need to go back out again!

Thanks!

[FormerReader]

That is all. Elery you are a champ!

[IanAlexavier]

Elery!!! You are THE MAN!! Im so impressed with the way you ship! Thanks for putting a lot of love into this!!! I greatly appreciate your efforts!!!

[hawkeyeps]

Elery is the man

[drmirage]

Thanks for confirming... Great! I did not expect USPS to deliver these so quickly due to the shortage of man power at our USPS Station. If anyone can share any photos of the package, that would be appreciated. Plus feel free to post if anyone is doing their reviews for the TPBs. I'm sure VEI will appreciate those reviews.

It actually took me some time to get these books sorted distributed fairly. You will notice that I placed the worst condition books on each end so that if there was any chance of damage in the transit, the NM or better books would sustain the least amount of damages.

This would not be possible without Greg Holland and Michael Tierney, owner of the local Comic Book Store, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Enjoy!!!

Since, reviews are rolling again... For those who need links to all the current VEI TPB's.... Here they are:

X-O Manowar Volume 1: By The Sword
http://www.amazon.com/X-O-Manowar-Volum ... roduct_top" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

X-O Manowar Volume 2: Enter Ninjak TP
http://www.amazon.com/X-O-Manowar-Volum ... pd_sim_b_4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Harbinger Volume 1: Omega Rising TP
http://www.amazon.com/Harbinger-Volume- ... pd_sim_b_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bloodshot, Volume 1: Setting The World On Fire
http://www.amazon.com/Bloodshot-Volume- ... gy_b_img_y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Archer & Armstrong Volume 1: The Michelangelo Code TP
http://www.amazon.com/Archer-Armstrong- ... pd_sim_b_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Shadowman Volume 1: Birth Rites TP
http://www.amazon.com/Shadowman-Volume- ... pd_sim_b_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Phoenix8008]

Got mine last night as well. I'll concur with the others that the protection Elery gave them for his leg of the shipping was monumental. Very obvious that any damage to them happened before they got to him. I only see a couple dinged corners out of my 10 and I'm very happy with them all. Now to start giving some of them away to comic book fans at work...

[nutflush76]

Got my books yesterday and opened them today. I'm very happy with the way the books turned out. The damage done to the books was way less than I thought it would be.

I really want to thank Elery for taking the initiative with this segment of the project. The amount of time that had to go into packing each package had to be significant. I thank you and look forward to enjoying my books!

Time to go hand some out at the LCS!

[Burrito Boy]

Another job well done. You rock, drmirage!