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    General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean

    in Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area

    Posted · Edited by Mark 1

    Joey, you hit the nail on the head. It would be against common sense not to say anything about that price

     

     

    Can you explain why you think that common sense demanded that?

     

    Knee jerk reaction to a price you think is high, and common sense are not necessarily the same thing, wouldn't you agree?

     

    You guys know me on here...I don't threadcrap.

     

    Yet there you were, pants around ankles, in full squat in his thread. (shrug)

     

    I feel his asking price was laughable and deserved to be called out on it.

     

    Are there any other pet peeves you have that you feel deserve swift retribution? lol

     

     

    A guy is in his thread, with his own books, not being accused of doing anything wrong according to the guidelines of this forum, and yet something as simple as an asking price is good enough to blast away? Wow.

     

    Wouldn't the book NOT selling be good enough? Or is it the need to feel like you know more than the seller? Once the book doesn't sell, he'll know his price is too high.

     

    Doing what you are doing is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy, no?

     

     

    Sorry some think what I did was out of line. We don't want this forum to turn into eBay with sales to take advantage of the unknowing (not saying this seller is doing that but interesting the grade wasn't mentioned although he had it graded in the forum). While most of us here know better...there could be a lurker or whoever that thinks that the book raw could be a higher grade and buy it....

     

     

    Who are these unknowing people with $5k to spend on a single book? If they found a way to make $5k to burn, how is that they need a protector from someone that hasn't lied, or cheated, and whose only crime seems to be setting a price that seems above market?

     

    Where's the line drawn, 10% premium over guide, 50%, 100%? Is it just a gut feeling, or something actually thought out?

     

    We are getting further and further from a viable and defensible position vis-a-vis this silly and unjustified threadpooping.

     

     

    It would need to be at least 9.0 graded for a 5k price tag...that book was in the grading forum and the average was 7.5 or so....a $1,800 book on a good day.

     

    The seller did include this in his thread, in post #1:

     

    the buyer has seven days from the day of receipt to inspect purchases of raw books and books must be returned in exactly the same condition as when they were shipped for a full refund.

     

    What's the danger again to the buyer? Can you explain it? If you are accusing the seller of something other than just having a price you think is too high, please elaborate because I can't see another issue so far.

     

     

     

     

    And, while we can ask what we want for the book...we should also be subjected to scrutiny if the price is in outer space. A premium is one thing...3x guide to me is a problem from anyone and not just a noob.

     

    Sorry.

     

    So to simplify: "You can ask what you want for your books except in those situations where you can't ask what you want for your books?"*

     

     

     

    * I'll decide when that time is.

     

    When a price is in "outer space" the market will determine whether it sells or sits...that's how market scrutiny works.

     

    I have owned pedigree books where I have gotten 5-7 times guide. Do you know why? Because a guide is just that "a guide", not the bible, not the law, and not binding.

     

    If everyone priced their books by guide, prices would never move...and all the books we love would still be 10-12cents. I'd love that as a buyer, but it's ANYTHING BUT common sense.

     

    lol

     

    I don't have the time or patience to respond to all your points or questions.

     

    We don't see eye to eye. He didn't do anything technically wrong yet the intent seemed questionable. He new the grade the forum gave it yet he didn't include that grade and reflect a price that resembles anything near that.

     

    If I'm wrong for calling him out on it...I apologize. That's my second apology. I won't provide a third.

     

     

    General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean

    in Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area

    Posted · Edited by Mark 1

    Some serious threadcrapping going on here over nothing more than price and by folks that don't look like serious buyers.

     

    I know that it can be hard to sell things here for anything other than a giveaway price, but when did that morph into it being illegal to ask whatever price you want for your own property?

     

    I don't see how having 500 posts or 50,000 posts would make a difference if the only complaint is price.

     

    Was there some claim against the seller other than a high price? When were the "Forum Price Police" appointed? I must have been in the bathroom.

     

    I agree completely with what you say, but at what point do we allow common sense and decency to go out the window?

     

    Joey, you hit the nail on the head. It would be against common sense not to say anything about that price

     

    You guys know me on here...I don't threadcrap.

     

    I feel his asking price was laughable and deserved to be called out on it.

     

    Sorry some think what I did was out of line. We don't want this forum to turn into eBay with sales to take advantage of the unknowing (not saying this seller is doing that but interesting the grade wasn't mentioned although he had it graded in the forum). While most of us here know better...there could be a lurker or whoever that thinks that the book raw could be a higher grade and buy it....

     

    It would need to be at least 9.0 graded for a 5k price tag...that book was in the grading forum and the average was 7.5 or so....a $1,800 book on a good day.

     

    And, while we can ask what we want for the book...we should also be subjected to scrutiny if the price is in outer space. A premium is one thing...3x guide to me is a problem from anyone and not just a noob.

     

    Sorry.

    Got a comic room??? Showcase it here!

    in Comics General

    Posted

    My basement flooded out in September, finally finished today. Made it into a sort of mancave/comic room.

     

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    Very nice shelving from Ikea for my comic book collection. Each one of those boxes is a magazine box. This is *my* stuff, the not for sale stuff.

     

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    The new office area. This was previously just junky storage. That Wizards poster needs to get hung. Right behind the pole is a Bose speaker

     

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    The two captains chairs that replaced the old blue ones. Also note the hardwood flooring throughout..

     

    Very nice and congrats remodeling after the flood. Might want to get those comic boxes off the floor by a couple of feet...just in case it happens again :baiting:

    Metropolis *spooned* me

    in Comics General

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    Bill977, at the time I did consider contacting them. I went to their website and read their return policy.

     

    To return the Mary Marvel would have cost me a little money and since they had not disclosed the actual condition of the book, I didn't feel like I should pay to return it. That seemed wrong to me. And I wasn't going to do it.

     

    But beyond the money, this is a hard book to find and I was happy to have the book (really, really happy). But I was not happy with what they had neglected to mention.

     

    That non-disclosure pocketed them perhaps an extra $30-40 dollars.

     

    The reason I am sharing my experience now is because someone on another thread asked about the grading accuracy of Metropolis.

    It's been two years. This may be one of the few times I've thought about it since.

     

    I don't want compensation and I have no grudge against Metropolis.

     

    I'm making dinner for some friends tonight. I have to sign out. If my two year ago experience means anything to you great. If not, that's great, too.

     

    I appreciate the time you and all the other posters and readers took to hear my experience.

     

    Maybe, if you shared your experience in that thread, you would have been taken a little more seriously.

     

    I thought the same thing.

    Metropolis *spooned* me

    in Comics General

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    I just talked with Frank. He offered to take the book back. I said no.

     

    I love this book.

     

    My purpose in this thread, is to share with the community my experience with Metropolis.

     

    Yes, I am looking for some resolution. In no way does it involve financial compensation. It's not that much money.

     

    What kind of resolution would you want if not money? Do you want frank to come to your house and give you hand relief? A back rub?

     

    You are a big dummy. doh!

    Amazing Spider-Man Collecting Thread!

    in Silver Age Comic Books

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    Got this yesterday...rough, but I didn't pay too much for it. Nice to have and definitely still undervalued.

     

    Great book, but it's not an ASM :gossip:

     

    These damn noobs cross posting everywhere,too much anarchy going on lately. :frustrated:

     

    But it has Spiderman on the cover... :kidaround:

    :roflmao:

     

    I edited my post as I didn't want to seem like a . Oh well. lol