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    Any further info on Daredevil Netflix show?

    in The Movie Forum

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    I think the bigger the Iron Man machine got at Marvel...the more the Disney execs got involved and made changes, etc and made Favreu make a movie he didn't want to make with Iron Man 2 and the worst being 3.

     

    Knowing the Netflix model allows for a gritty rated R Marvel superhero and the success it's had so far with Daredevil....I just see them upping the quality and producing equally compelling work.

     

    Big movie studio execs hopefully won't get their noses in the Netflix work...

    So you want to set up at a comic book convention....

    in Comics General

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    Very cool thread Gator. It's a lot of work what you and others dealers do (like Greg Reece, Bob Storms, etc)

     

    No doubt about it, especially if you have a lot of merchandise like you do.

     

    I saw your booth set up at NYCC last year and unfortunately it was pretty hidden (I couldn't find you the next time I wanted to stop by before leaving). That seemed like a smaller set up as well with you setting up with Filter. I think I recall that show wasn't great for you....

     

    And it goes without saying I'm always impressed with your wall of books.

     

    I'm curious, how do you react when customers bring up GPA (for slabs) or OSPG for raw books and try to negotiate with you?

     

    I know some don't like this and others are fine with it.

     

    Thanks

    I don't use either, really...I buy a bigger book and mark up 7-10% if the market will bear...a lot of times my purchase price is the gpa recorded sale ( I bought at auction, etc) but I have decided this year I'm going with the "book is priced to sell" mentality... in other words, my bottom line price is already on the book, no negotiations nec...

     

    I realize that some folks like the "win" scenario, but I'm ok leaving some meat off the bone to realize "my" needed price...and don't have to waste time bartering back and forth...

     

    a couple of examples from last week that was indicative... I was attractively priced on an AF15....there was another in the room, same grade, that wasn't as visually appealing and was priced 15% more... the customer offered me 15% less on my copy, even though I had told him "that's the price I will sell it for"....he walked away, came back an hour later, and purchased at my sticker...quoting that the other dealer was willing to give him a 10% discount.... but, after some discovery, as mentioned ,the other dealer was 15% priced higher, and copy wasn't as nice, so I was still considerably the better deal...

    I told him I could mark my copy up 10% and then discount 10%, but that seems like a waste of time to me... ultimately he understood and was happy...

     

    another customer purchased a $75 book from me...there were multiples in the room priced no lower than $100.... he proceeded to ask me what I could do for him...I told him it is $75... he was like, "no discount"? and again, as he was aware, I told him I am already 25% cheaper than everyone else, how much more did he want me to discount... he then proceeded to hand me $75

     

    so I think my pricing model is going to take some time for folks to get used to, but it is a good model for me

     

     

    that's a great model. Haggling is over rated. Do you have any signage letting customers know that the price marked is the best price?

     

    also-- what about people who try to bundle fa few books to see if they can get a little break? I'm assuming you say no to that.

     

    yes, I had some small signs on my raw that price is firm/as marked (just on the $500 and under books, as 7-10% is not enough margin to "negotiate"...

     

    now, on the bigger $ books, a single purchase is at sticker...if someone bundles multiple books together that it makes sense to work a little on the price, and I have the margin, then of course, I will try... that actually did happen with one customer...he bought more than 25K worth of books, and a few of them I did have more than my normal 7-10% margin so I reduced for him...

     

    ultimately, my goal is that in any sale, if both parties are not happy, then it is not a sale worth doing...

     

    Excellent stuff. Thanks for your candor

    So you want to set up at a comic book convention....

    in Comics General

    Posted

    Very cool thread Gator. It's a lot of work what you and others dealers do (like Greg Reece, Bob Storms, etc)

     

    No doubt about it, especially if you have a lot of merchandise like you do.

     

    I saw your booth set up at NYCC last year and unfortunately it was pretty hidden (I couldn't find you the next time I wanted to stop by before leaving). That seemed like a smaller set up as well with you setting up with Filter. I think I recall that show wasn't great for you....

     

    And it goes without saying I'm always impressed with your wall of books.

     

    I'm curious, how do you react when customers bring up GPA (for slabs) or OSPG for raw books and try to negotiate with you?

     

    I know some don't like this and others are fine with it.

     

    Thanks

    Any further info on Daredevil Netflix show?

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    It's not THAT bad. :taptaptap:

     

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    He has no muscle mass at all...looks like a poorly fitted suit

     

    Daredevil in the comics isn't exactly WWE size in mass

     

    Great tv show and people can't help but pick it to pieces.

     

    I'm picking the DD movie to pieces. That's a picture of Devilfleck

     

    The TV show is awesome.