Hamlet

Why doesn't everyone just switch over to a competitor of Ebay? People look at GA/SA/BA, so people prefer to put their sales threads there, so people continue to look at GA/SA/BA. It's a self-fulfilling thing. I can pull up the first page of GA/SA/BA and there is a pretty good bet that there are books I'm interested in. That's not generally the case in Mixed, so I usually forget to check it. On another note, is it wrong that I am sort of hoping that someone puts a sales thread in Mixed that only has GA/BA/SA books and the Mods move it.

I bought them off the stands, but I can't actually remember anything about them. I'm not sure if that is because I didn't read them, or because they weren't very good. I'll have to read my 5 and 6 before I sell them.

It's certainly doable, but it is more work for both the seller and a buyer. For low dollar books, a sales thread needs a certain number of books in it to be worth dealing with the shipping. For example, I have a bunch of SA and BA books that are numerous enough or high enough value that it would be worth having a sales thread. I also have a half-dozen $5 Copper Age books. Someone might throw them on top of an order, but they probably aren't going to pay shipping to order just them. It makes sense to just tack them onto the SA thread, rather than create a separate thread for them that no one will be interested in on its own. Buyers are less likely to go look at my other thread than they are to look at additional books in the thread that they are already looking at. When some books sell, I can post a complete update in one thread, rather than go back and forth. In Dale's case, I'd prefer to be able to just look at his thread to see what he has for sale, rather than go hunting for an additional thread in a sales forum I never remember to check. For the love of Festivus, can someone please explain why everyone is so worried that some Copper books might end up in the GA/SA/BA forum incorrectly?

Frankly, I would prefer that we just got rid of the Mixed sales section. I think most people (definately including me) don't think to check it. It seems a little silly that if I have a sales thread of GA/SA/BA stuff, but want to include some McFarlane Spideys that it needs to move to a different section with a tiny fraction of the traffic.

Yeah, I can't help thinking that cashing out is a pretty good call at this time. There are so many people that have many multiple copies of these kinds of books. I think that their are plenty of copies to go around for the actual collectors that want one copy. These books all depend on hoarding to maintain any real price support, IMO. On a downturn, those hoards will turn to selling pretty quick. Strike while the iron is hot.

Hey, at least he's actually getting the signatures. I'm suprised that he doesn't just save the money and sign them himself. They don't (eg. PGX) - I've witnessed Ryan Elliott get books signed all by his lonesome at numerous shows and then seen them show up on eBay in PGX "signature" slabs. At ECCC I noticed him buying 3 raw copies of Peter Panzerfaust #1 all of which I'd looked at too - none of the copies were better than a 9.4, with one being a solid VF/NM. I then saw him getting them signed by Kurtis Wiebe. All three books were posted on eBay as PGX 9.8s a couple of days later.

I think that the point of the question is that almost everyone over-estimates the rate of inflation. Since the financial crisis, we've had lower inflation than we've had in my lifetime, but if you ask the average person they would say it has been higher. People remember prices going up but generally forget prices that have gone down. Look at gas-- http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=96 That huge dip in the middle of the graph is the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Note that the price of gas today is less than it was when Lehman collapsed over five years ago. That isn't indicative of runaway inflation, but people always cherry pick the rising prices in their head and convince themselves that there is some big conspiracy to understate inflation. The truth is, if people would actually sit down and look at how inflation is calculated, they would see that it has actually been extraordinarily low over the last five years.

Those are great comics.

Does anyone want some of those Wolverine 50s? I'll give you a great price

That is very different that my experience here in Minnesota. Here even the completely trashed X-men 266s end up on the wall for $15.

Yeah, that is probably a better comparison. It will be interesting to see how it plays out this time, given the differences you mentioned.

Is anyone else getting that early 90s bubble vibe in the comic market? It seems like there is more and more speculation going on. The race for GOTG stuff, Hulk 271, the Marvel Premiere Antman issue, etc have really highlighted how desperate people are to chase the latest "hot" thing. The craziness of the CPR crowd has also reached a peak that I doubt is sustainable. I think we're going to see some ugly carnage among the speculators soon.

Nevermind.

I don't think Daredevil 181 is undervalued, as it is extremely common, even in high grade. It came near the end of the extremely popular Miller run. There are just too many copies of that book out there for it to be worth much more than it is, even though content-wise it is about as awesome as it gets. How many people on this board have more than ten copies of that book? I bet it's quite a few.

I'd have a hard time calling McDonald's food a high quality product. They are actually a perfect example of the concept being described. They are fast, and cheap, but Filet Mignon they are not.

I saw the first part on Netflix. It wasn't very good. It would be pretty hard to follow if you haven't read the book. Remember the Dune movie? Same problem. I don't think anyone who hasn't read the book will like it. I've not seen the second part, but initial reviews have not been kind. It has an entirely new cast. I'll probably watch it if Netflix has it, but I may just end up fast forwarding to Francisco's money speech if it doesn't start well.

CGC is a BIASED 3rd party. I'm sure as a seller he is completely objective CGC isn't perfect, but anyone who bought expensive books before they existed knows that they are a whole lot better than the average old school dealer was in those days. Buying books mail order was a complete shoot.

I bought a book from Sam and it was well packaged and quickly shipped. An excellent seller.

There is something dark in my core. I was just daydreaming about finding a stack of 9.8's of this book, and submitting just one, putting it in one of the auctions, and then submitting all of the rest and blowing them out a couple months later. It gave me a dark, warm feeling to imagine the misery of the first buyer.

Picked this up here on the boards recently--

Yeah, it is getting a little ridiculous. I don't think I can bring myself to spend the money required to get a decent copy of that book.

My first Heritage auction win-- http://comics.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=121130&lotNo=10026 I'm down to missing just 1, 2, 3, 5, and AF15. I'm sure I'll find reasonable priced copies of those soon.

Agreed. I see low grade AS8's even in the relatively small conventions here in Minneapolis. The book is currently not extremely hard to come by as long as grade is not a concern. I do think that an increase in demand has the potential to soak up those copies pretty quick. Whether that increase in demand will ever happen is debatable though.

How often do you see raw Action 1's change hands? That is a book I would almost always expect would get certified before it got sold. It's just too expensive to risk purchasing raw for most people. Well, people I know

That could change pretty quick with a decent uptick in demand. I've felt for awhile that WW is a little under appreciated. She's only female superhero that is really recognized by the general public. If I were a MANNUP collector, I would try to pick up a nicely presenting 6.0+ unrestored copy. Of course I'm not, so I continue digging stuff out of dollars boxes.