Mad Store.Com Mumblings 
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Regardless of what you may have been lead to believe by jealous
competitors and other lowlifes, we care very much about our customers here at
The Mad Store.Com. This page is where you get to say nice things about the
excellent service and pleasant experience that you had while shopping at the
biggest and best humor magazine website on the entire planet. While it would be
really nice if you slipped a little PayPal surprise of, say, twenty bucks into your
e-mail when you write these nice things to me, and while knowing that the
aforementioned twenty dollar stipend would absolutely guarantee that
your Humor Hovel Mumbling will be published here, I will most likely publish
any and all Mumblings that reflect positively on The Humor Hovel. Anonymous
smack talkers and any e-mail that begins with “You are the worst @#$%ing web
builder I have ever seen” will be dealt with accordingly. Here’s what you have
to say, and remember: You have made The Mad Store.Com what it is today. We
value your patronage!
“I
have ordered from SG at The Mad Store.Com and
was thrilled with my purchase! Thanks again, Scott!” -Donna,
“Dear Scott,
I just received my first copy of MORE TRASH FROM MAD #1, and it is the nicest
thing that has happened to me all day!
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
Please find more copies for me!!! ”
Mad-ly,
Lee,
Oct. 27, 2000
Dear Scott,
Here is my check for 11.20 to pay for a copy of MAD Magazine #
85, March 1964.
In case you’re curious why I’ve been searching for that issue: I
worked in
The MAD Magazine you’re sending me parodied that ad. PMA staff
people who knew that the price of drugs was (and is) a terrible burden thought
MAD was right on. The ad agency, A.W. Ayers & Sons said being satirized was
the highest form of recognition and we should feel flattered. As could be
predicted, the bigwigs from the drug companies were not amused. They thought
MAD was a commie front.
Anyway, now that I’m getting that great ad, I’m hoping that I can
find a tear sheet of one of those old PMA ads so I can frame the two side by
side.
So thanks for your help!
Sincerely, James,
Hi, Scott
I wanted to send you an e-mail to let you know that I received my
first order the other day and to thank you for the fast and courteous service I
received. This will be the first of many orders to come. Thanks again, and best
wishes for the holidays.
Kindest regards,
Matt,
Thanks, Scott - for your quick and very professional service.
These magazines bring back a lot of great memories for me.
Sincerely,
Rich B
Reno,
Hey Scott,
Thanks again for the great service. I received the MAD issue #118 and it is the
dope...pun intended.
later,
Michael
G'day Scott,
Greetings from Down Under. How's the weather? Watched the Super Bowl again this
year and still have got absolutely no idea how that game of yours operates.
You'd think after all these years I would have at least some idea, but nope.
Not a clue.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know you have broken the trans-Atlantic
record for delivery of Mad goods. I sent the IMO on January 15th and
before I could say Roger Kaputnik there was the bounty...14 days from
sending the Money Order to receiving the goodies. Thanks so very much.
The mags are in superb condition, especially that # 98 and the others
are just what I was after too.
So thanks again, Scott and keep up the good work. You can be sure this
Mad Aussie will be dealing with you again.
Kind regards,
Peter B.
Victoria,
Fast efficient service is so hard to
find now days and its a pleasure for someone like me to do business with
someone like you. By choosing to do business with someone like you I dont have
to do business with someone who does not care about his customers as much as
someone like you does. If someone needs a reference re: your service they
should read this and then they will see that someone like me recommends someone
like you above someone else. (clear as mud, or is it Mad?)
Lee B.
Hello Scott,
The Mad magazines and paperbacks arrived today and they are just
great. I hope we can do more business in the future.
Tyrone F.
Parkersburg , West
Virginia
Hi Scott,
How's things?
Warming up still I hope. Just wanted to let you know I got
the Mads today and I am thrilled with them, especially that beaut little
# 7...what a nice one. Definitely much better than some of the "vg"
ones
I've seen on e-bay. Thanks so much.
I'm so happy that I have decided I would like to take that # 11 off your
hands if you still have it. Would you be able to keep it for me for a
week or two as I need to save up for it?
All the best mate,
Peter B.
Got the Mads!!! Thanks a lot, they're
in great condition. I'll be perusing your sight again soon, will be buying
again!!!
Art B.
Hi!
Just wanted to let you know that my friend received the three Mad Magazines I
bought from you. I'm getting together with her in a few weeks and can't
wait to see them. Thank you so much!
Ann Z.
Bridget F.
Hi Scott, I just received another
shipment of MADs from you today. Once again I can't tell you how pleased I am
with everything. I guess with the MADs you sent today that makes about 75
issues I've bought from you. I buy from others but I have to say that you
have the best prices and when you grade something it is right on the money.
Thanx again.
Lori F.,
Ridge, NY
Hi Scott
I thought I'd drop you a line to let you know that the MAD
magazines turned up today - THANKS!! They arrived in quite possibly the
strongest packaging I've seen (it took me about 10 minutes to get in!) and
were in better shape than I expected! There's still plenty on your website that
I'm after, so expect more orders in future! I'm not sure how many international
orders you get, but I'd happily recommend you to anyone outside of the
Feel free to post any or all of this on your site if you'd like
to!
Thanks again Scott – Take care!
Simon
Near
Scott,
Received the MAD today in great shape, Thanks. If you come across 365 lemme
know...
madly,
David L.
Tampa , FL
Just wanted to thank you for the “Unwanted Foreigners” issue of
National Lampoon from April ’76. People in the office here are already rolling
with laughter. Thanks for your help.
Danny S.
The order was received in fine shape and seems to equal or
surpass its quality description. Thanks very much for helping me complete my
collection.
Jerry B.
Scott,
As a 'foreign customer' (what you
colonial types call anyone who comes from a country whose beer actually has an
alcohol content), I highly recommend ’Honest' Scott Gosar as one who delivers
the goods (after they've been paid for, of course). His gradings are FAIR and
his prices are Fine to VF.
Drummond G.
Shopping at The Mad
Store.Com has been a great experience for me. Being an inmate at a federal
pen and serving 6 consecutive life terms means you don’t get out too often.
Dick Hanchette
The Mad Store.Com is indeed MAD as I must be to waste
my money there!
Dick Hanchette
Scott begged me to say something nice
about The Humor Hovel . After hearing him whine for 6 hours, I gave in. The Mad
Store.Com is nice.
Dick Hanchette
Ahoy there Scott,
BLISS has come to me, as I have just opened and examined my order from The Mad
Store.Com (congratulations on the internet upgrade by the way).
I put my faith, hope, trust and a check for OVER $120.00 in themadstore.com and
to my delight, my order was fulfilled lightning fast (well, as fast as the
I can't thank you enough for being Honest, Scott. HONESTY is the theme here.
With all the wrong doers out there, it's just downright nice to know that there
is another "honest person" out there in this MAD, MAD world of ours.
You keep up the good work now ya hear? You should be feeling mighty fine
knowing that with every order you fulfill, you're raising a lot of good spirits
out there old buddy. You can bet that I will be recommending themadstore.com to
many a MADophile.
Cheers,
Mike
Hey, Scott!!! Got the MAD specials,
and finally got MAD #72. You got a nice li'l store there, and I hope you
do well. Looks like your customers are growing and growing. What
the heck are you FEEDING them?
By the way, was that really your letter in that MAD 193, or someone that just
happened to have the same name as you?? Just wonderin'.
Mike H., aka MAD FanAddict, aka Plebemann@aol.com
(That really was my letter in # 193, Mike. I was 10 going on 11,
home from school for a week with chicken pox, and I composed the entire letter
with clippings from magazines and newspapers like a real kidnapper would do. I
guess they didn’t have the space to run it in it’s original form, but the fact
that they did print it has
given me an inferiority complex that has lasted almost 25 years! [most kids my age were already being
published in TIME and THE NATIONAL REVIEW]
-sg)
I received the books; they are great.
Thanks for your help.
Anthony P.
I received MAD Special# 32 in the
mail on Wednesday. It is in great condition. Thanks a lot, Scott! I’m sure I will
buy again from The Mad Store.Com one day (and make you even more rich, you
slob)!
Sean M.
(aka Natjackm92)
Thanks, Scott.
I enjoy your sick sense of humor
(like mine). Will be sending you some ski boot/glove warmers I make. Plug them
in overnight, boots/gloves perfect the next morning. I need a little time to
make some up but I won’t forget.
Mark S.
Hey Scott!!
I got that Hussein Asylum issue just
now!!!
You are DA MAN, MAN!!!
Thanks again, Scott. You’re a
pleasure to do biz with.
Mike (aka) “MAD FanAddict”
Good Evening, Scott!
Just a short note to let you know
that the MAD issues came in the mail today, and everything looks fine!
They will fill in some holes in my collection that I hadn't been able to find
elsewhere, then I stumbled into your site ("no awards", but still
cool). Thanks for the help, and I'll keep looking in, in case some of the
other ones turn up!
Thanks again!
Sincerely yours,
Derek D.
Hi Scott,
I received the issue today, and I
thank you for the great service. The issue was what I was looking for. I
am also looking for another issue with the Horrifying Cliché
"BREAKING OUT IN A RASH" I believe this was a drawing with an ugly
car breaking through a wall of a prison. Can you find this issue? I
thought the "grudge" & "rash" drawings were in the same
issue but was wrong.
Do you know how many times MAD did
the feature of "Horrifying Clichés”?
Thanks,
Mark M.
Got the mags…thanks for the help!
Jim Murray
Scott,
Received my Totally MAD CD set
yesterday. Thanks for the
FAST service!
Linda C.
Dear Scott,
I have just received the MAD Magazine
Game. It is, as you say, complete. My son will be delighted. Many thanks for
all your help and good luck in the MAD business.
Sue S.
Just wanted to let you know that I
got the National Lampoon magazines today---thanks a lot! Its been a pleasure
doing business with you!
Larry M.
Hi Scott,
Just wanted to let you know I just
got your package in the mail. I am very pleased with the condition of the
magazines, especially for the price I paid. Thanks for the quick service. I'll
be in touch soon.
Bob M.
Las Vegas ,
NV
Hi Scott
Returned home from NYC yesterday to
find a lovely package of MAD mags waiting for me.
Many thanks and many MAD memories
brought flooding back from issues I lost many years ago (especially the Batman
issue from '66).
Cheers, until next paycheck.
Angie S.
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the e-mail about the colour of your wonderful web site!!
We ran a bet at work about how easy it was to read. You lost! Only joking.
I think I must have reached that age where all the type goes weird on a computer
screen. 3-D glasses might help! But it really is HARD TO READ!!!!
And it was so hard to read that I had to get a copy of MAD 135 elsewhere.
Sorry.
Maybe you should have a place on the site for the older folks (45 and
counting!).
I've just bought "Cover to Cover 48 Years, 6 months, & 3 Days of Mad
Magazine Covers" book. I'm sure you have it or have read it. What a blast!
Anyway, glad you commented on my reading ability!
As you say, "MADly".
Nick Alderson
To whom it may concern...
So, last Wednesday, as I awoke
to the sound of pouring rain, I got out of bed, and immediately stubbed my
toe! Groaning, I took a shower, and found, to my surprise,
that my kids had used all of the hot
water. Ignoring this unfortunate mishap, I dressed, and left for
work. Didn't you know it, the car broke down! After walking 15
miles to work (in the rain, uphill - both ways!), I reported to my supervisor,
and found to my dismay that my position had been, well, finalized! Collecting
my things, and setting out for the 15-mile walk home (remember - uphill,
in the rain), I was struck by lightning. Hours later, my smoking,
charred, and soaked self arrived at the smoldering remains of my home.
Luckily, the dog had escaped the fire, but had run away. (The neighbor
told me this - no lie!). Hours later, after the fire department
left, I sifted through the charred remains of my humble abode, I chanced
upon a wet, but still smoking, charcoal encrusted box sitting in the
corner of my water-damaged living room. Tearing through the expert
packaging, I exposed the perfect copies of the MAD magazines that I had ordered
a week prior. What a great ending to a perfect day!!!
Scott - the magazines were
awesome!! I'll be in touch! (As soon as my insurance claim goes through,
that is!)
Bryan W.
(“bwoolf” from the old 'eBay' days!)
Dear Scott,
Just a quick note to let you know that the Cracked magazine arrived yesterday
in perfect shape! It looks great and I can't wait to read it.
Thanks,
Beverlee H.
Dear Scott,
Thanks again for the MADs. As
soon as the Red Cross clears me to
give more blood for cash, you'll hear
from me again! (Unless the wife finds out, that is!)
Anemically,
Hi Scott –
I received the magazines
today...thank you very much!!! They are in absolutely wonderful condition
and I
couldn't be happier. I'll be
sending another list to you soon!!!
Thanks again,
Jeff Harris
Toronto , Ontario
Two great things happened last week -
England beat Argentinia for the first time in 36 years in the (soccer) World
Cup, and the MAD books I ordered from you arrived safe & secure. Actually
make that three great things, because my wife was out when they arrived,
so I didn't get my chops busted for ordering more MAD crap. I just hope
that I manage to intercept the bank statement in the morning mail before she
see's how much I've spent this time. If you never hear from me again, then
assume she found out...!
What, me worry? Yes - you've never
seen my wife.
Simon
near
Hi, Scott
Just to let you know; I got the National Lampoon magazines last
week the 18th of this month. Extremely fast I must say, perhaps faster than any
heavy post delivery in
All the best,
Christopher A.
Hello.
Just wanted to let you know my order came in today.
That was quick!! Much sooner than I expected.
The Cracked Mags from 1965-66 were in amazing
condition, as were the early Crazy's I ordered!!
I don't know where you get 'em, but if you keep
finding them, I'll keep buying them.
Thanks again and I'll be ordering from you again real
soon.
Forest P.
Roanoke
Scott,
I received the magazine today in the
mail, #135 June 1970 and it looks great, better that I expected. I look
forward to searching your sight again in the future.
Thank You,
Rise’ Grossman
I
received my magazines today. Thank you. I hope to do business with
you again real soon.
Tom H.
St. Albans, WV
Howdy Scott,
I thought I'd let you have the exclusive first view of an amazing crop
circle I spotted the other day while free-fall parachuting. A print of it is
heading to Amy "The Big Easel" at the magazine, tomorrow. Remember,
you saw
it here first.
Caption to go with the picture? "MAD magazine, outstanding in it's
field!"
Don't forget to hit the ground running when free-fall parachuting.
Nick Alderson in the
(Nick’s
pic of the mysterious Alfred E. crop [or is that crap?] circle.
Still
think that fresh produce is good for you? Think again. -sg)
Hi Scott,
Just a quick word to let you know my
MAD goodies showed up yesterday, and I was VERY happy with them! Thanks so
much!! That issue of DYNAMITE is awesome, what a great Mingo/Alfred cover!
Will definitely be buying more from
you soon. Do you happen to have any copies of THE MAD WORLD OF WILLIAM GAINES
(soft or hardcover) available? Does this title show up much? I saw a hardcover
on eBay a couple of weeks back, but the opening bid was $24.99...
Thanks again....
Cheers!
John Harrison
THE GRAVEYARD TRAMP
Collins Street West
graveyardtramp@optusnet.com.au
http://www.ebayshops.com.au/thegraveyardtramp
Hi Scott!
Just wanted to let you know that the
magazines arrived yesterday.
Thank you! I'm delighted with
them (and know my husband will be too).
Merry Christmas Scott!
Linda
(New Zealand).
Scott,
I received the 3 magazines today:
(CRAZY #1, CRACKED #177 & #200) They look great! I will try to
get a wish list to you (for the German MADs), after the New Year.
Happy Holidays,
Ken C.
Dear Scott
Just a word of thanks for dispatching the Spring ’81 MAD winter
special so swiftly and efficiently. Actually I could hardly believe it when it
came so quickly. So good to be reunited with the MAD map of the
Thanks again, and be sure, if I had any friends I'd be
recommending you to them.
Will
Dawbarn
Hi Scott –
You have made my 12-year-old
burgeoning Mad aficionado very happy. Though he deals daily with what he
believes are my innate peculiarities, little does he realize that what he’s
actually witnessing is the accumulated weirdness of Mad magazine reading since
about 1956. He’ll get his! Thanks for sending. We’ll likely order more back
issues in the near future.
Jim
W.
Scott,
Thanks!
I received the Olga Korbut / punk rock version of Nat Lamp in the mail promptly
as requested. Thanks for the prompt shipping.
It is a bit frightening to see what I found so hysterical so many years ago. My
wife read the article, and now looks at me like I’m a roach. Oh well.
I had forgotten that PJ O'Rourke was the editor back then. I still read him in
the Atlantic Monthly, and have several of his books in my library. Quite a
talent, and still pretty much the voice of his generation.
I'm a former subscriber/disciple of Mad Magazine. When I was a kid in the
mid-late 60's my most cherished possession was a Mad Annual, probably around
'66-69, with the free "soft" record insert "It's a Gas",
replete with Alfred E. Neuman's belches. I suspect that is out there
somewhere.... If so, please let me know and at what price.
Thanks again
David K.
Scott!
By amazing coincidence, the order for
MAD crap I placed soon after Christmas as a late present to myself arrived a
couple of days ago (Feb 6) on my birthday! As usual I wasted 15 minutes of my
life trying to get into the friggin thing - why don't you skimp on the
packaging like other 'cheap' vendors??
Seriously though, now that I've received
my third order from you, and we're practically 'buddies' as you Yanks say,
maybe you can send me more MAD goodies on my Birthday next year? I predict
that by doing so, I'll at least consider buying more MAD crap off you in
future!
Thanks again 'mate'. Toodle-pip for now guvnor. Bollocks. Fancy a cup of
tea?. Etc Etc......
Simon W.
Near
Hey Scott,
Been meaning to mail for a while now to say how pleased I was with the mad
magazines you sent. I’m very pleased that Mort Drucker is still on the scene
in the later ones.
Thanks very much
Darren D.
Scott,
Thanks for the email.
The books arrived yesterday. I will take them home
tonight and put them on the shelves. After that, I will get back to you
with a "corrected" want list. This may not be different from
the one I
sent you but I find that actually looking on my bookshelves more reliable
than looking at my list in my office.
Thanks for the GREAT service.
John S,
**********
Scott,
I received the '74 MADs in the mail Saturday. They were all in GREAT
condition, AT LEAST as good as you describe on your site, most are BETTER.
You also provide EXCELLENT shipping packaging, and they survived the trip
COMPLETELY UNHARMED. Thanks for the great service and I look forward to
doing much more business with you in the near future.
P.S. I hope this RAVING REVIEW knocks a few $$ of my next order :)
Thanks, Robby
Dear Scott,
Wow!
Fantastic! What can I say? You got the books to me before Xmas and they look
smashing! Looking forward to purchasing some more in the New Year. Have a great
Xmas and enjoy your holidays!
Paul
Thanks
Scott,
I mean the utter sensation of trying to open that package and trying to bite it
is just phenomenal!
Oh
yeah, the magazines and books were good too!
Bye (and thanks!)((And many more good sales with me)) (((and with other
customers *knocks wood*))),
Zachary "Opsman Gorby" U.
Scott,
Thanks so much for all your help! For months and
months I have been working on recreating my uncle's
Mad magazine collection, which I used to pour over
when I was a kid and visited my grandparents each
summer. (The magazines got tossed in a move, as is so
often the case, alas.) This last batch of Mads
completes the set! I'm very excited -- I can still
remember lots of the articles/images even though I
haven't seen them in more than 30 years. I got my
first sense of the irony of American (and global)
politics from Mad; some things never change, no matter
how much time goes by or who is in office! And it's
fascinating to see the John F. Kennedy parodies all
these years later... Ah, I'm looking forward to some
great reading. Best to
you,
Elizabeth Chapman
InfoQuest Foundation
chapman_1066@yahoo.com