Mystery Solved
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Courtesy of Gary, proprietor of Morgantown's finest comic book shop, I have resolved a bit of a puzzle. Longtime readers will remember Pip, AKA Jim, the Comic Book Guy Who Will Not Shut Up. I was somewhat puzzled by the fact that Jim's given last name does not match his email address, which has 'jimgray' in it.
Making this all the more interesting, when I described Pip to
sheliakbob who is an expert on Morgantown and its nerd culture, he said it sounded like a guy he knew named Jim Gray. But he and I were not certain it was the same guy.
Well, it's been confirmed. I mentioned the fellow to Gary, and Gary had some amusing and slightly horrifying stories to tell about Jim, who has used the false last names 'White' and 'Gray' at various times. Infamous, obnoxious, and legally dodgy. We have a winner!
Making this all the more interesting, when I described Pip to
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Well, it's been confirmed. I mentioned the fellow to Gary, and Gary had some amusing and slightly horrifying stories to tell about Jim, who has used the false last names 'White' and 'Gray' at various times. Infamous, obnoxious, and legally dodgy. We have a winner!
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Date: 2009-08-13 11:35 pm (UTC)But the one that got me was his attempt to unload some Punisher books to the local comic store. Said books were 1.) Fairly common, thus the owner already had a couple sets and 2.) would've gone for about $200, the way the owner prices things. Pip wanted $400 dollars from the owner. Needless to say, no deal.
So Pip called back every day of the following week, to see if the owner had changed his mind.
And then shopped the books around to every other store within several hours drive. And found that they were telling him the same thing as the local owner.
So he calls the local owner. Disguising his voice. Pretending to be his own lawyer. Complaining about a lack of contact from the store, and indicating his 'client' was going to just 'destroy the damn books' since no one wanted them.
Just... wow.
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