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What's the deal with those Dune books for the ignorami in the audience?

I wouldn't hold your breath on Rai; the overwhelming sentiment on the VF boards is that the recall error was quite abundant in a number of shops. That, and I don't think a lot of people will care....if the VF regulars don't care about this, then few people will.

I had them on watch. I was scared to bid due to seller. I just saw them so low, I had to bid and take a risk. It made me feel better when he contacted me as soon as auction ended. I was still a little concern until they actually arrived to my house though. You see why they sold low (at least in my opinion they did), 0 feedback, and seller described them as F-NM. That's a huge grading range, who does that? I bid the #3 up, I see you increased your bid on it near the end but I wasn't going any higher than that. Was the seller a member on the boards here, the name definitely seems familiar....

I think it's depressed, but will defer to someone else. I've picked up a #1 2nd for $10 recently.

What can I say? I've been waiting for my ship to come in. Peace, Chip If I was unsure about the book I would have checked my phone to research, or asked to open one up to check the printing. It doesn't hurt to take a step back and think about it for a minute.

The fact there were 7 of these should have set off the warning bells.

Is there a site like "CPG" for these figures, that I can research and at least see what I have? I see the date stamp on the foot of these things, other than that... If you at least know the name of the figure you can go to Rebelscum.com. From there you can research the going rates for them loose on fleabay. That site is awesome and goes into detail about every figure like if it is new, a repack/repaint/kitbash, and the like. http://www.rebelscum.com/hasbro.asp Awesome, thanks.

Is there a site like "CPG" for these figures, that I can research and at least see what I have? I see the date stamp on the foot of these things, other than that...

Thanks. How do you know all this stuff? Looking at a loose action figure seems like it would be tough to find information on.

Grabbed these today at an estate auction...I only went because I was interested in the comics, but waiting around for hours you get caught up in the action! haha... Anyways I grabbed a box of unopened pez, some random loose star wars action figures (I'll have to defer to the experts here to see if these are worth anything), and a bunch of ASM pretty cheap which are going straight into my collection.

The best thing you can do right now is have a BIN at 3/4rds the price of the crazy auction, with a BO offer. You'll probably get offers above what you think is fair because, by comparison, your price is a deal.

Yup, hopefully Ween learns his lesson: stick to BINS instead of auctions.

I really enjoyed reading the series too as a kid. I've picked up a few more issues of these books for a buck a piece lately, the covers alone make it a sound investment!

Is this your auction?

Yea, a lot of work, like you would have to own a comic shop or something, huh? If you own a shop and have time to kill, then you might as well (if it's time that isn't being put into the business). For the majority of people that don't own a shop, here's the thing... If you enjoy what you do, it's a hobby, and it's not taking away from other commitments (that and you have little other interests to replace this with), then by all means. However, everybody should factor your time; I expect to get paid for sacrificing the things I enjoy away from work. Two other points: 1) You need to look at professional development (for me pursuing industry designations is very important to my career lattice), and this can be anything that provides value to your career (either technical or social). 2) You need to consider all alternatives in doing anything that's 'profit-driven'. I've had a number of investment articles syndicated, some that I threw together in a few hours that I generated between $50-100, some I spent the better part of a week on where I was paid $150 and $500. The latter was produced for discourse among industry professionals, and the reward of seeing my concepts put to light. The point is, there's lots of ways to make money (really a mess-ton), and before you take on the hassle of trying to grind out a few bucks here and there speculating on books before they hit the stands, ask yourself, is there something better you could be doing with your time? I think you deserve a punch in the nutz just for using the term; 'career lattice.' You're welcome to try, you probably won't like how it ends. Internet tough guys don't use terms like 'career lattice'. But they would be willing to punch another guy in the balls....them and 13 yr. olds.

I think this is the motivation for most flippers/resellers - its a hobby within the hobby. Some people like the research, chase and thrill of selling as much as they like the research, chase and thrill of collecting. Books with established sales, isn't the same at all of speculating on books yet to (or just have) hit the stands.

Yea, a lot of work, like you would have to own a comic shop or something, huh? If you own a shop and have time to kill, then you might as well (if it's time that isn't being put into the business). For the majority of people that don't own a shop, here's the thing... If you enjoy what you do, it's a hobby, and it's not taking away from other commitments (that and you have little other interests to replace this with), then by all means. However, everybody should factor your time; I expect to get paid for sacrificing the things I enjoy away from work. Two other points: 1) You need to look at professional development (for me pursuing industry designations is very important to my career lattice), and this can be anything that provides value to your career (either technical or social). 2) You need to consider all alternatives in doing anything that's 'profit-driven'. I've had a number of investment articles syndicated, some that I threw together in a few hours that I generated between $50-100, some I spent the better part of a week on where I was paid $150 and $500. The latter was produced for discourse among industry professionals, and the reward of seeing my concepts put to light. The point is, there's lots of ways to make money (really a mess-ton), and before you take on the hassle of trying to grind out a few bucks here and there speculating on books before they hit the stands, ask yourself, is there something better you could be doing with your time? I think you deserve a punch in the nutz just for using the term; 'career lattice.' You're welcome to try, you probably won't like how it ends.

Yea, a lot of work, like you would have to own a comic shop or something, huh? If you own a shop and have time to kill, then you might as well (if it's time that isn't being put into the business). For the majority of people that don't own a shop, here's the thing... If you enjoy what you do, it's a hobby, and it's not taking away from other commitments (that and you have little other interests to replace this with), then by all means. However, everybody should factor your time; I expect to get paid for sacrificing the things I enjoy away from work. Two other points: 1) You need to look at professional development (for me pursuing industry designations is very important to my career lattice), and this can be anything that provides value to your career (either technical or social). 2) You need to consider all alternatives in doing anything that's 'profit-driven'. I've had a number of investment articles syndicated, some that I threw together in a few hours that I generated between $50-100, some I spent the better part of a week on where I was paid $150 and $500. The latter was produced for discourse among industry professionals, and the reward of seeing my concepts put to light. The point is, there's lots of ways to make money (really a mess-ton), and before you take on the hassle of trying to grind out a few bucks here and there speculating on books before they hit the stands, ask yourself, is there something better you could be doing with your time while high? no. oooo Jimmy Jam!

It's normal now, maybe it takes time to be saved on the server.

Grabbed all these yesterday at a contents sale (wasn't planning on going, but managed to sneak some time in). The 298 and 299 are sharp copies, so I put them in mylars. I apologize this is upside-down, no idea why photobucket keeps doing this...

Yea, a lot of work, like you would have to own a comic shop or something, huh? If you own a shop and have time to kill, then you might as well (if it's time that isn't being put into the business). For the majority of people that don't own a shop, here's the thing... If you enjoy what you do, it's a hobby, and it's not taking away from other commitments (that and you have little other interests to replace this with), then by all means. However, everybody should factor your time; I expect to get paid for sacrificing the things I enjoy away from work. Two other points: 1) You need to look at professional development (for me pursuing industry designations is very important to my career lattice), and this can be anything that provides value to your career (either technical or social). 2) You need to consider all alternatives in doing anything that's 'profit-driven'. I've had a number of investment articles syndicated, some that I threw together in a few hours that I generated between $50-100, some I spent the better part of a week on where I was paid $150 and $500. The latter was produced for discourse among industry professionals, and the reward of seeing my concepts put to light. The point is, there's lots of ways to make money (really a mess-ton), and before you take on the hassle of trying to grind out a few bucks here and there speculating on books before they hit the stands, ask yourself, is there something better you could be doing with your time?

Yea, a lot of work, like you would have to own a comic shop or something, huh? Agree... flipping moderns on ebay is time consuming and as mentioned by others you have to try to hit the best window if you can. Often it's better to dump something pretty soon after it heats up, especially if it is gimmicky, so just sitting on a stack of books and waiting for the ship to come in isn't going to get you far unless you are lucky. It helps if you are quite well read when it comes to comics so you can decide for yourself which ones are going to be the keepers based on their own merit and print run. I mentioned "The Strain" ages ago and picked up a few because they were dirt cheap so why not take a punt? Never really expect it to do so well. It's a comic based on a novel that now has a TV show and the market has decided it is hot hot hot. Frankly it still baffles me now because I don't see the difference between it and say the Game of Thrones comic or anything else that is an adaptation of another format. Shouldn't really appeal to the wider comic collecting culture in its own right... almost as if it's just people jumping on a bandwagon. I would be willing to bet that only a small percentage of boardies have even read "The Strain" comics but they sure as hell have sold them all the same. This may well be true for a lot of other flash in the pan stuff, just people getting wound up by everything pumped on here and review blogs giving high ratings to so many releases it's not true. If you find it easy to get excited about a new title just because the CGC boards are raving about it then this should by now be ringing alarm bells in your head. If you can identify where you went wrong, if you go wrong, then that's half the battle. There seems to be this mentality out there that there are "monthly picks" which can be chased... that's what can lead to a lot of effort, spreading yourself massively thin. Flipping moderns is still a fun hobby and it's still not difficult to rake in a few hundred dollars with each listing. What is making it harder for some could be that they are not appreciating that most new titles use the first issue to get a head start so they can fund the next few and it will be top heavy for a long long time, possibly always. That and there are a lot more people out there flipping now which retailers are slowly going to absorb. This is probably the most insightful post I've read in the modern forum. It should be stickied, starred, tarred and feathered!

I don't think that's a great analogy, but I see your point.

Haha ditto that. Wasted enough money on flavors of the week that never went anywhere. *Cough cough* Watson & Holmes, Helheim, Day Men, Escape From Jesus Island (cue the angry jagoff's response in 3-2-1...) Ok, "Lonzilla" I'll take the bait. If you speculate on moderns, you cannot sit patiently waiting for another Walking Dead #1. You'll ante out. You have to play what the market presents. The market presented Figment. Fortunately I recognized it was a very playable hand. I'll play, & then play the next hand. Watson & Holmes was VERY hot a couple times. #1 Debut Week #2 24 hours after it's media announcement Helheim explosive for months, before the gurgle. Day Men: plenty of cash there. It was cool out of the gate, then explosive before cooling. Escape From Jesus Island. If it "pops", I'm in good position. I stand by the pick. I've made cash on them all. Funny that you lost. Angry jagoff's that cannot hit the window on moderns should perhaps try something else... Sounds like a helluva lot of work to earn a few bucks. Aside from books that sell for any kind of real money (e.g. The Strain), speculating in recent moderns seems like a collosal waste of time, even if IRR is respectable.

Hey Larry, the MODERN Forum is calling you. You got it D_ink. I'm out. I won't bore you guys with my drivel... See ya tomorrow!