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So, are ComicLink sellers still able to bid on their own auctions?

This is very true. I love shopping in general in Portland, but their comic store scene in particular is pretty great.

And just a general comment about Seattle-area comic shops: There really aren't any of merit. The closest thing might be Arcane Comics on Aurora Ave. This place is something of a dead zone for comic collectors...

The diner he's talking about is amazing, though. But I'm not sure if it's open any more/right now...

I live within a couple miles of this place. It's a dump, the owner's a . Not worth the drive. That's my review, I guess.

I have heard tales of some lumbering, romance book-collecting creepers who live up north, but we're in need of a change of scenery, so we're going to risk it.

I have questions about #2 I prefer to ship all my books Priority (in a Medium box, as I deal almost exclusively in graded books). I assume I'd have to find some other means of packaging the books for shipment? How is it that domestic shipping is free? I'm not seeing that detailed in their terrible explanation of the program. Why is eBay so bad at basically everything?

We're coming up next weekend (not this coming one). We're living in Seattle, currently, so this will be our first trip north of the border!

That first list you provided ALONE will keep us busy. There are some pretty cool places on there! Between visiting those stores in the link and the comic shops you mentioned, then laying down a trail of Reece's Pieces to lure Greggy away from his dungeon so we can raid his comic book hoard and pilfer his extensive collection of Strawberry Shortcake and Longshot #1's, it should be a busy weekend.

The wife and I are headed to Vancouver and I'm wondering if there are any shops worth checking out up there? There was a thread here a couple years ago about this, but I'd imagine the comic shop scene in Vancouver, as it is in many cities, is changing rapidly.

I don't honestly understand why someone would waste their time lowballing like this (my post above was a real exchange between a buyer and I), as it wastes my time and their own. Sometimes when I get a lowball offer I'll just counter with the original price and not even bother being a smartass - anything to force them to click. What I have noticed is there's very little haggling actually happening with these "BO" deals. What usually seems to happen is, when I get a reasonable offer (within 30% of my list), I'll knock 5% off the price and the buyer, more often than not, accepts. No counter-offers beyond that. If it were me, I'd probably try to erode the seller a bit more.

Me: *Selling a book for $115* Buyer: *Offers $50* Me: *Counter-offers $114.99* Buyer: *Counter-offers $50.02* Me: *Counter-offers for $115*

Man, that's super-lame. I guess it's time to start publicly identifying these losers.