or It's only One More

Anytime I tell myself I am not going to buy something, I do. It's those times that I don't say anything that I have a dry spell. Today there are a few books in an auction I want. There's nothing major about them. They won't complete a set. They won't satisfy my need to buy an iPad Mini. They won't even be here the second after I win...if I win. I placed this bid in November, knowing full well that the time the bidding closes would be well into a month that I vowed I wouldn't buy and CGC graded comic books. By the way this rule goes out the window if a New Mutants #58 appears or a copy of the fourth Annual in a 9.8.

After seeing a copy of Warlock #10 I decided I needed one, but as with most of my CGC graded comic books I wanted to read it first so I picked one up at Fat Jack's on Sansom Street. This is the place I trawl too every Wednesday to purchase my New Books. I always picked the best book possible but now I skim a bit more closely in case I decide I want to try or a 9.8 which falls outside the category of purchasing CGC graded comic books. The issue of Warlock #10 I picked up would probably be a 4. The scan looks a lot better than the actual book.

So what I do to occupy that time to stop me from purchasing or bidding on graded comic books? I did decide to start my collection over within the software I use, starting with my Graded books. This way I will have a much easier time to pick and choose what I want. I tend to make a list of ten raw books I might like which stops me from purchasing doubles, because as god know I have purchased many doubles thinking, I don't have that.

I also am limiting myself to fifteen books to bring to the ECCC for signatures and grading. Ten for me and five to sell, this limit will stay unless I do very well this month with tips or sales. I still have yet to finalize my last payment with my parents. I still have to pay off the Gyclee I want and now I have to save up for an impending surgery my cat needs and as much as I might need a book graded by CGC, he comes first.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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