.01 will get you 7

I recently won seven copies of New Mutants Vol. 1 #1. They were described as near mint. I opened the picture hoping I could see every minute detail. I couldn?t. The bidding was to start at one penny and to ship the items themselves would be five dollars. I placed a bid of one dollar with the thoughts of ?why not?? I figured if I could win this then maybe one of them would be worthy to send in to get graded (or as in my case wait till the next convention that CGC will be at.)

I still had a few days left before I would get notice of either winning or losing. I did not want to bid any greater than a dollar and as anyone knows who bids on E-bay that a lot of items are lost in the last seconds. I have won and lost this way myself. A few days later and it was over. I won. I was the only bidder, after all who would be crazy enough to bid on seven copies of the same comic book (um?. Don?t answer that.)My winning bid was the initial penny. I paid using pay pal (something I normally do not like) and waited for their arrival.

Most times I wait and wait anxiously for my purchase. I didn't wait long. It was at my door step within days (two). I opened the package and glanced through all seven copies rather quickly. I did not have to give a second glance to see they were all in no greater condition then a Very Fine. Upon closer examination they were probably no better than a 5.5. I looked at the yellow discolored bags the comics came in. All seven books were in three bags with a board for each one. The board was normal cardboard and not acid free at all. Two of the three covers were even sun bleached.

Of course it?s E-bay and they were not CGC graded so the description were to the whim of the owner. Am I disappointed? Not in the least. I mean really, how can you beat the price? (I never count shipping into the price of anything. That would be like including the tax). So no I have these seven additional comics that I will not be sending into get graded. I don?t even consider them as part of my collection, although I did pass on a copy to my son.

I have no idea what I am actually going to do with the others. Maybe when I finally sell something on E-bay I will add it as a freebie, or maybe packing material. Of course I will have to sell something in the first place. I am not even discouraged from buying more books on E-bay. I have six more separate issues of New Mutants I won on E-bay , one of them is my favorite number to get, #15. I think I purchased that number 4 times already in the hopes of getting one worth sending in. I know I have a better chance of going to the casino and betting the odds but this is so much more fun.

Thanks for reading

Tnerb