And when the two Spider-man chromium and ASM 300 chromium came out I passed on them since there was really no demand at that time. Remember, that was during the death spiral phase where the industry contracted significantly. At that time we were busy chasing SA and BA keys since they were so cheap. I was just finishing university, and back then a VG copy of X-Men 1, Avengers 1/4, and even TOS 39 was just a $250 - $300 venture. BA keys in 9.0+ were a dime a dozen and were not worth more than a couple to three hundred for NM Hulk 181s or GSX 1s (books like Marvel Spotlight 5 and WWBN 32 were not really anything at that point either). I was buying every SA or BA key I could find locally and flipping them online due to the exchange rate. It ranged from $1.40 - $1.53 CDN:$1 USD back then, so even selling straight across for what you paid at a Canadian LCS was a nice profit.
That was also the time I cleaned out three LCSs of all of their Valiant pre-unity, last issue, and retailer incentive backstock at 3 books for $1.........