Mumford's Comics

I bought the lifetime membership on ebid.net several years ago & have never sold a single item. No one sees your listings. If you're popular on social media formats you can maybe direct your viewers there, but I doubt it.

Modern tier 12 books CGC Received 7/15 CGC Shipped 8/12 Will get books today 8/13

He probably didn't sell on his own site because it would be or at least appear unethical to do so. He did the absolute right thing & you are acting like he didn't. It is same reason CGC employees aren't allowed to grade their own comics.

Submitted 16 books on modern tier on September 14, just got them today October 16. I am shocked. I usually wait several months to get my books.

Their reply to what I stated before: "Do you want me to ship back all of the smelly packaging? Do you think this was stuck in a warehouse wher people smoked? A little sympathy or apology would have been nice." My comments were what I stated in my previous post, nothing rude what-so-ever. I merely stated that I personally packed the item & didn't smell anything. Plus as stated, it was packed with cardboard,bubble wrap & packing tape. The actual item itself was undamaged in any way. My customers typically commend me for my packaging (see comments on my feedback). I packed this person's item the same as all my other customers. No one has ever complained in the 15 years as a seller on eBay about my packing, except this one customer. I opened a new bag of bubble wrap when I packed this customer's item.

Received my 1st negative from a buyer ebay user- jlangii8lu3. His feedback is decent, although he has 4 negatives & 1 neutral in the last 12 months. Customer received CGC graded item & complains that packaging smelled smoky. I explained that I don't smoke & that the item is 3rd party graded and is sealed in plastic, plus I double wrapped the CGC book in cardboard & packing tape, then it was covered in bubble wrap. So even if the packaging actually did have a smoky smell, the actual item was protected. I think he/she was fishing for a discount, but never actually asked. I happened to check my ebay account yesterday & saw they left me negative feedback and I no longer had 100% positive feedback. The customer received item intact, undamaged & in a timely manner and left me negative feedback anyway.

Anne Rice's Lestat is going to be made into a new movie. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Lestat-Movie-Definitely-Happening-Who-Direct-66823.html http://www.thewrap.com/fault-in-our-stars-director-josh-boone-eyed-for-vampire-lestat-reboot-at-universal-exclusive/ So while the Vampire Lestat & Interview with the Vampire comics are relatively cheap now they should see a marked increase in a year or so.

I was pleasantly surprised when I sold this CGC 9.8 Omega the Unknown #1 http://www.ebay.com/itm/OMEGA-the-UNKNOWN-1-CGC-9-8-HIGHEST-GRADE-JIM-MOONEY-ART-/111473701961?rd=1 I had thought I over paid for it when I bought it, but apparently not. Is there a reason for the recent heat on these late 70's books suddenly exploding? Like Ms. Marvel #1 used to be a dead book. Everybody just collected the Mystique issues just 5 years ago. Nova #1 & Rom#1 are also ridiculous right now after being relatively ignored over for years.

Mumford's Comics http://www.ebay.com/sch/mumf69/m.html?item=111473656695&ViewItem=&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_vilcat=33822 Omega the Unknown #1 CGC 9.8 Witchblade vs Darkness CGC 9.9

I thougt ASM #361 (2nd print) was hot too, but I just sold 361-363 plus another spider-man in nm for a grand total of $9.99 plus shipping on ebay. Ebay basically sucks. I did sell a Hellblazer #1 NM- for $23.50 though. Just because you list a book it doesn't mean it will sell for the going average. A lot of other things come into play like what else the seller has for sale and multiple bidders (bidding war). Like listing it as an auction maybe? I did list it as an auction. It wasn't a buy it now. I put up 4 spider-man books in a lot that were related to & included Carnage's 1st app(2nd prt) in nm condition that got a total of one bid in 7 days. My Hellblazer #1 NM- in the same time period had a starting bid of $8.88 got 17 bids and a final bid of $23.50. That came off a little sarcastic so let me expand on my thought. Auctions are for only very hot books and books you just plain want to get rid of. They bring in buyers that are only looking for cheap deals and honestly many don't pay or drag their heels on paying. Even buyer's remorse is much larger with auctions in my experiences. I have pretty much stop doing them because they are too problematic. Id say 90% of my buyer problems over the years have been with auction buys so I just stop doing them and maybe only 2 or 3 times a year now do I have to file a NPB. I cant really point to one main issue, but I can give you a few thoughts. Selling a book at auction and hoping and expecting that a large pool of buyers is waiting for that book on that exact week is a shoot. Does it happen? Sure it does and occasionally on books that are not in demand or high grade, but its not common. Are their sellers that do this and are successful? Sure Zilaf is the first one that comes to mind, but they have long time buyers and have been selling for years. I am sure someone will come here and tell me they do and it works great for them. More power to them, but it unless you build up a strong clientele that trusts you grading and packing over time its a losing proposition. Seeing a book sells for $30 regularly and thinking Hey I can just list my book at auction and it will pull $30 just wont work. This the mistake many new sellers make. Selling comics is about developing relationships with your buyers over time and they will come back. Screw one of them over and it can cost you literally 100s more. Oh and one more thing. Don't post any of your drama here with your buyer or seller until they transaction is complete. It will blow up in your face. The General thread has one or two a week. I didn't take it as sarcastic at all, I understood your meaning. I have been a seller on eBay since 1998 and have seen a lot of highs & lows during that time. I almost never sell raw because they sell for almost nothing in most cases. My best sales profits have come in buying in bulk from other ebay sellers of CGC/PGX 9.8 lots and believe or not CGC restored books. The few times my items have been in a bidding war were about 15 years ago with a Vengence of Vampirella #1 2nd print (green foil) selling for $33 while having a book value of $8. A Pro Wrestling magazine where the Ultimate Warrior pinned Hulk Hogan in VF- condition sold for $52. I also sold Green Arrow #100 & 101 for $27 back when it was hot, but that was a long time ago.

Yea, there are a bunch of factors that can contribute to an auction not doing well comparatively. Pictures/scans, grade (sometimes listing the grade helps, sometimes not listing a grade and letting people determine on their own is better), do you have other things for sale (if I want to buy something I often look at what I can "bundle" to defer shipping costs over multiple books), how much are you charging for shipping and what service are you using, how much feedback do you have, bidding wars, etc... http://www.ebay.com/sch/mumf69/m.html?item=121295896520&ViewItem=&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 feedback 1957 (100%) ebay id = mumf69

People on here are always quoting the outliers, and conveniently forgetting about all the other auctions that mysteriously end at much lower prices. I guess that doesn't make as good a press when you don't have two psychos bidding against each other (and possibly not paying). Two weeks ago on ebay, I sold Wolverine Annual '99 NM+ (Wolverine battles Deadpool) & it got a total of 2 bids and it sold for just a little over the cover price. I then had to notify ebay I hadn't received payment to urge the buyer to pay after no contact for 6 days. The final bid was $4.25 plus shipping. This has happened to me more over the last year than any other time in all my time selling on ebay.

I thougt ASM #361 (2nd print) was hot too, but I just sold 361-363 plus another spider-man in nm for a grand total of $9.99 plus shipping on ebay. Ebay basically sucks. I did sell a Hellblazer #1 NM- for $23.50 though. Just because you list a book it doesn't mean it will sell for the going average. A lot of other things come into play like what else the seller has for sale and multiple bidders (bidding war). Like listing it as an auction maybe? I did list it as an auction. It wasn't a buy it now. I put up 4 spider-man books in a lot that were related to & included Carnage's 1st app(2nd prt) in nm condition that got a total of one bid in 7 days. My Hellblazer #1 NM- in the same time period had a starting bid of $8.88 got 17 bids and a final bid of $23.50.

I thougt ASM #361 (2nd print) was hot too, but I just sold 361-363 plus another spider-man in nm for a grand total of $9.99 plus shipping on ebay. Ebay basically sucks. I did sell a Hellblazer #1 NM- for $23.50 though.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/mumf69/m.html?item=121291683059&ViewItem=&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562 Ebay items for sale this week including Hellblazer #1, Vamperotica #12 CGC 9.8 (1st Koi Turnbull comic book art), Tom & Jerry #240 CGC 9.8 Random House File Copy plus more... ebay id - mumf69