FigaroToe

Nothing worse than waking up and seeing a $300 charge for a 25 book 9.8 prescreen, and then seeing this:

Definitely got a reviewer who hadn't had their coffee yet. 

On 5/15/2024 at 9:34 AM, jcjames said:

Why do buyers message you asking "What would be your best price with shipping?", and so then you send them your lowest "best price" discount - and then they STILL counter with an even lower offer? 

WTF are you wasting my time with an even lower counter-offer when you already STARTED with asking to know what is the lowest (i.e. "best") price I would go to??? 

 

 

I ALWAYS get this. Some people have absolutely no thought into how offensive/annoying it is to low-ball. 

Just got 1/2 my order shipped, pretty happy with this batch:

(actually found this Curse of Spawn 9 at a garage sale unbagged. Surprised it was in such good condition)

my LCS was only selling this for $20 raw, which kind of blew my mind based on how nice it looked.

On 5/14/2024 at 10:51 AM, Stefan_W said:

Which tier are those in?

Modern, split between a 9.8 pre-screen and a 9.0 pre-screen. One portion was moved to G/QC this morning.

Dropped off around 47 comics at Shortboxed Live last Sunday (5/5) and they arrived (5/10). Currently in GEI. Man CGC's TRTs have been amazing lately.

On 4/29/2024 at 9:49 AM, FigaroToe said:

Almost at 2 months and still SFG. One day I'll get them back...lol

Checked this morning and it's in the Quality Control / Finalized phase. Woo!

On 4/16/2024 at 11:22 AM, FigaroToe said:

Received: 3/1

SFG: 3/5

 

still waiting. I've been seeing people with Received dates similar to mine start with the Grading process recently so fingers crossed.

Almost at 2 months and still SFG. One day I'll get them back...lol

Received: 3/1

SFG: 3/5

still waiting. I've been seeing people with Received dates similar to mine start with the Grading process recently so fingers crossed.

On 4/11/2024 at 8:03 AM, joeypost said:

Why do they need to be local?

Good question. I'd like to reduce the amount of shipping between submitting my comics, getting them pressed, and submitting them to CGC. I've had an issue in the past in which I submitted a few comics to a presser located a few states away and it was lost in the mail when it was shipped back. Obviously not the presser's fault, but it made me cautious about the fickle nature of shipping expensive stuff. Plus I'd like to actually meet the presser face-to-face and express any concerns/comments I have regarding certain comics I'm submitting.

Just got to say that my experience w/ MCS has been amazing. I do wish they were a bit faster w/ processing slabs to be available for auction/eBay and there was a better way to look up past sales data for slabs without having to hunt them down within each auction group (if you can find them). But those are pretty minor issues, still love using them for selling and their CS is fantastic. 

For the East Bay, CA, there's a few notable ones:

Cape and Cowl Comics -1601 Clay St, Oakland, CA 94612 - Easily my favorite spot in the Bay Area. Fantastic back issue area, constantly revolving top-shelf selection of keys, super nice staff. Prices are extremely reasonable too.

Flying Colors - 2980 Treat Blvd, Concord, CA 94518 - originator of FCBD. They'll be moving locations soon apparently. Have a nice wall of keys but the prices can sometimes be a little crazy. They are VERY anti-slab so don't bring up CGC unless you want to get lambasted by an angry nerd.

I'm in

On 2/2/2022 at 1:30 PM, Beastfeast said:

That's what I saw, too.  Anyone who's sold with them in the last year (or previous years) have any insight?  

Did you ever get an answer for this? I realize this is 2+ years old, but I was wondering how MCS handles consignment sales given we don't give him our SSN.

I'm currently doing my 1099-K expenses now...I really need to set aside money for yearly taxes lol. But yes, all income you make should be reported regardless of amount. If you sold it on eBay, the IRS has that info so you most likely should report it.

nothing better than seeing a $450+ charge on your card for a 25 item 9.8 pre-screen submission of 70s-90s books. Now just F5ing until they show which ones were rejected.

On 3/14/2024 at 11:27 AM, FigaroToe said:

so this isn't comic related, but this eBay listing made me LOL. https://www.ebay.com/itm/176283445602?itmmeta=01HRZ3DDA5F5NQYT8811N1BJV8&hash=item290b4fe962:g:TdIAAOSw1bVl8OEm&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8EdqeHYTN16dX%2FhqWRWA7AJu1sVElh8dj5C1cIhUonexRStRycST0ZuUvoxckMMhsZapvTgv%2Fq1F0wlKf71S2Gpole6crgLOOob9W1%2B9lgPCiWq9pcU4VxvQ0wqduQH9MX762IHto6rXoH8SwZ54MqQBv2zjxMZLQEI%2FH5lz0B6W0AMx5%2FAV13riCQjyOayHvoXBRIVWx7doF4QQPuIQ94WA8hYwoCh1P90LkM2spf35E61VgIuXkXzTV3hzKbkPj8bMcuXR9isvxSiO0abHvPghEoZLhXDQEsBvf3O%2B0QsDRXaydQ04WaTvLr0WBnXAmw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMqNW148dj

 

I love that they upcharged something that goes for ~$40 because the dot looks like a heart

Someone actually bought it, wow

so this isn't comic related, but this eBay listing made me LOL. https://www.ebay.com/itm/176283445602?itmmeta=01HRZ3DDA5F5NQYT8811N1BJV8&hash=item290b4fe962:g:TdIAAOSw1bVl8OEm&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8EdqeHYTN16dX%2FhqWRWA7AJu1sVElh8dj5C1cIhUonexRStRycST0ZuUvoxckMMhsZapvTgv%2Fq1F0wlKf71S2Gpole6crgLOOob9W1%2B9lgPCiWq9pcU4VxvQ0wqduQH9MX762IHto6rXoH8SwZ54MqQBv2zjxMZLQEI%2FH5lz0B6W0AMx5%2FAV13riCQjyOayHvoXBRIVWx7doF4QQPuIQ94WA8hYwoCh1P90LkM2spf35E61VgIuXkXzTV3hzKbkPj8bMcuXR9isvxSiO0abHvPghEoZLhXDQEsBvf3O%2B0QsDRXaydQ04WaTvLr0WBnXAmw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMqNW148dj

I love that they upcharged something that goes for ~$40 because the dot looks like a heart

Yesterday I had a G/QC pre-screen submission show the Status of each comic after being billed, but now the status screen is blank for all the comics. Hmm...

On 2/27/2024 at 10:31 AM, Grizzard said:

That’s funny…Toff Machardin….I was messaging the yahoo with the Wolverine #1 and he got all offensive…it was funny. Nonetheless, I took his lead and listed mine along with the rest of the series and an additional 1&2. 

I’m out nothing but a few minutes of my time. It costs nothing to list so why not? You never know.

Well that conversation made my day

I've been loving the TRTs lately. The past few months I've had modern slow pre-screens be received-to-shipped in 8-14 business days.

Hello,

I’ve been using a presser through my LCS, and recently they closed down. The owner still says he’ll charge me the same for the presser, but tbh the last few rounds have yielded so-so results. Also, the cost is a bit high. I’d also like to not go through a middle man.

I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for Bay Area (preferably in East Bay) pressers.

PS, I own a pressing machine but I don’t feel confident enough to work on bigger books, and my cleaning skills are not amazing.

Doh!