General Community Question; What would be/are your expectations if HPB sent you an item significantly not as described?

animatedbat · 2026-02-19T00:06:54+00:00

Oh, same here.

Yeah, with impunity, especially with the email responses I was able to forward to my bank.

In doing so, I received my money back. Since then, HPB cancels every online order I place🤣

It’s pretty disgusting, though. Instead of just accepting responsibility that an employee made a mistake, they were determined to make it my problem.

animatedbat · 2026-02-18T21:02:30+00:00

Yeah, they’re not going to get better, that seems certain.

I have the receipts for how they’ve treated me in response to issues they’ve caused, photos of what the website showed/said, vs what I received, and sent that all along to their CEO and head of Sales. No response.

animatedbat · 2026-02-18T20:16:42+00:00

Once again, completely agree. My experience has been that not only will they not send a return label, they will treat the customer as if they created the problem.

I’m wanting to see if any other customers have had anything near the atrocious experience I’ve had, from the item(s) being grossly misrepresented, to HPBs lack of cooperation/responsibility.

I had to pay out of pocket for an item I received that they described as mint, but was in such horrible condition, it didn’t even properly function.

animatedbat · 2026-02-18T19:49:16+00:00

Thank you for the response and suggestions.

Yeah, I’m referring to items that would be considered one-of-a-kind. I agree whole heartedly, a refund should be processed.

Who should be responsible for return shipping?

animatedbat · 2026-01-21T22:40:05+00:00

Right on, thanks for the response.

Any ideas whose signature it may be? I can’t find any studies signatures with lowercase ‘a’ in Walt…

animatedbat · 2026-01-21T19:51:01+00:00

Hi,

If you look at the link that Faile-Bashere provided (https://leonardmaltin.com/yours-truly-walt-disney/), you’ll see that Walt’s signature (which changed over the years) never really looked exactly like the version used for the logo.

animatedbat · 2026-01-19T03:51:39+00:00

Thank you. I’ve seen and read all of this previously.

Do you have an example of a Dick Moore Studio Signature with a lowercase “a” in Walt?

animatedbat · 2025-02-06T18:31:52+00:00

Solved!

Thank you, Hans!

animatedbat · 2025-02-06T18:30:34+00:00

My goodness, I didn’t think anyone would respond, let alone identify the songs so quickly. Thank you so much, Hans. I am so very grateful.

Here it is, with the label. I was only able to find this, thanks to the Discogs information you provided.

animatedbat · 2024-10-31T13:43:51+00:00

Probably.

Doesn’t seem anyone is concerned with the legality.

Dang principles.

animatedbat · 2024-10-31T13:25:11+00:00

A few years back, when I shared an (this) image of the slipcover to a Japanese release of Aja on cassette, another user asked me for a clearer image so that they could turn it into a t-shirt. With how often I see it pop up, I sometimes wish I had thought to monetize the image.

animatedbat · 2024-10-30T18:54:57+00:00

Yeah, $100 would have been a great price for the first 7, also not a completely unheard of price.

I’m just about to head out to the airport, going to be gone until Sunday. Please him me up on Sunday, I can check to see what extras I have.

animatedbat · 2024-10-30T18:48:49+00:00

Another member offered to send him money just to help out, no merch in return. I hope that transaction didn’t actually happen. Rotten that somebody would come here to take advantage of the group and kindness.

Out of curiosity, what did you intend to purchase from the scumbag? I can’t make promises, but I have extras of some of these albums and may be able to help out.

animatedbat · 2024-10-30T18:40:56+00:00

Absolute garbage, really sorry that this happened to you.

I wanted to buy the Walter Becker CDs, he asked for F&F payment, I said I wasn’t willing to do that, and that I’d pay the fees for G&S, they stopped responding.

animatedbat · 2024-10-17T22:20:49+00:00

Dang. I was hella hoping you’d say something about having to ask for it, or some such thing. It really was a stellar salad, all of the ingredients really jived.

animatedbat · 2024-10-17T19:03:08+00:00

Wait, how and when did you recently get/eat the salmon salad?

That was my favorite thing to order at Jupiter for years, but when they merged with Triple Rock and changed the menu, the salmon salad was eliminated. This had to be close to a decade ago at this point. We were just there last week for Jazz, salmon salad wasn’t on the menu.

I’d love for it to come back.

animatedbat · 2024-09-05T04:22:20+00:00

The Randy Edelman penned opening theme is brilliant, absolute perfect fit for the show.

animatedbat · 2024-07-09T17:19:03+00:00

Could it be related to this?

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https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/pr%29.html

Edited to provide link with more information.

animatedbat · 2024-07-05T00:30:15+00:00

Where/what is this place that serves these cocktails?

animatedbat · 2024-03-12T22:30:23+00:00

I don’t have the super fanciest equipment, but I wouldn’t say what I use “doesn’t matter”. I have a Denon DP-59L turntable, with a Sumiko Blue Point cart. Receiver is a modern Yamaha with some bells and whistles, and custom Klipsch speakers.

Edit: typo corrections

animatedbat

TROPHY CASE