kmarty009

On 10/2/2023 at 6:54 PM, LadyDeath said:

I just bought a book from them yesterday for the first time. Afterwards it said, "shipping your orders can take up to 3 weeks to ship out of our facility." Seeing that left a sour taste in my mouth. I'm in NY though so hopefully don't run into the same problems you've faced. That sounds like a nightmare scenario. I really hope it gets squared away for you.

Oh man….  I just bought there a few weeks ago and I’m encroaching on 3 weeks and no shipment yet.   I cannot believe it takes that long.  I’ll probably never buy there again.

Great point, you should see what his ASM #300 NM+ sold for just a couple of weeks ago.  It went for 2K raw....  A 9.6 is currently valued at 1,300 bucks and there are "Buy it Now" options around 1200 on eBay.  The bidding was insane at the last minute and I knew it was being shilled including one cancellation in the last minute.  Think about it this way, the price was artifically/intentionally inflated, his grades are inflated, could you imagine paying 2K for a NM+ sending it to CGC and getting a 9.0/9.2?  Oh man....  that would sting hard.  

BTW - I paid 370.00 for the x-men #109. 

I have bought several items over the last month from Beatle Blue Cat on eBay bidding.  He does have high bidding on his x-men comics, especailly the John Bryne/Claremont/Austin/Cockrum series.  I have bought several from this run (109, 111,116, 117, 121, 122, 124, 135) in bidding on all NM+ comics (9.6).  I clean and press comics and after finally getting to that stack to prepare for CGC I noticed various flaws that rule out 9.6.  His grades for NM+ are truly NM/NM - or VF like my x-men 109.  It is so easy to over pay, especailly when sellers grade higher than the comic should be - and I believe this seller knows it.  Great example is the x-men #109 i bought in NM+ that came back a 9.0.  You can read the grader notes CGC #4372276002.  

Bid with absolute caution,  If your plan is to buy and get CGC grades and you're trying for 9.6 or higher I would highly advise you avoid this seller.  If you just want them raw and don't care about grading, I still think you will definitely over pay.  I recommend, highly recommend you bid with exteme caution from this seller.   Lessons learned can be costly and finding reputable sellers takes trial and error.  Hopefully this helps.