Iceman399

Is this predominately at shows ? I haven't seen the "PQ" on the label affect prices either way in the mid to lower grades at auction or on ebay BIN's. MC yes, but even now that seems to matter less as overall inventory has dwindled. -J. Pq, in my experience, is a minor to moderate differential, even among lower grades. Not so much 2.0 and below but definitely in 4.0 A quick perusal of GPA reveals that you are correct with regard to 4.0, though even there the books with "cream to off white pages" on the label are spot on with the 12 month GPA average for all sales. Overall, I would say that it is difficult, if not impossible to know if some or any of the price differences are related to marvel chipping and/or the "PQ" on the label, or just the normal market forces of the book heating up again and the timing of the various copies coming to market. For Example: -In a 1.5 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label has the current GPA high;. -In a 1.8 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label has the current GPA high; -In a 2.0 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label is 2nd highest, sandwiched in between two books (1st and 3rd highest) with "ow/w" on the label; -In a 2.5 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label has the current GPA high; -In a 3.0 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label is the 2nd highest, and tied with 4 other books with all manner of "PQ" on the label, up to and including "ow/w"; -In a 3.5 a book with "cream to off white pages" on the label is 2nd highest, sandwiched in between two books (1st and 3rd highest) with "ow" on the label; -In a 4.5 TWO books with "cream to off white pages" on the label have the current GPA highs. After that the sales get too sparse and sporadic to do an adequate analysis. But the trend is clear....there is no trend. Books with "cream to off white pages" on the label in every grade between 1.0 and 4.5 (with the exception of 4.0, though, again, those books are still in line with GPA 12 month averages) are either the current GPA highs (in four of seven of the grades), or 2nd highest (positioned between books with "ow" and "ow/w" on the label in the 1st and 3rd highest sales spots). No "discounts" or "premiums" either way can be observed from this data IMO. -J. no idea what gpa highs are, but I sold a 4.5 ow/w, no mc for 17995... as for what pq copies are setting gpa highs, my guess is it is some are likely the most recent sold copy....so, again, not sure it is pq so much as it is demand for "any" copy at this point where supply seems restricted relative to demand... I think if you have 4.0's (or any grade really), side by side that are visually comparable, one with cr/ow and one with ow/w, my guess is 100% of folks would choose the ow/w if priced the same, and some % would pay a slight premium for the ow/w over the cr/ow...that is the real "tale tell" I also believe eye appeal to be a bigger factor than pq....so, again, the cr/ow copies might have great eye appeal compared to an ow/w copy all chipped up...so J, your data may not tell us anything without some qualifiers there really is only logic that makes sense...the nicer looking book combined with nicer pages should and probably "is" worth more and will retail for more... really that simple Rick don't try he won't budge on it.

Here we go again

I believe it. Anyone with a copy gets PMs. Tough book to even find these days let alone affordable. +1 Seems every other WTB thread is for a showcase 4 and/or AF 15, which is pretty remarkable considering how pricey they both are. -J. Sure, but 99.9% of them don't even want to pay GPA, let alone FMV. They aren't "WTB" threads, they're "Want Something for Ridcioulsously Cheap" threads. Most wtb threads are like that... Oh it's not 25% below fmv how can I sell it on eBay then?

BEAUTIFUL book. Would love to see that at auction. I have a feeling it would outperform a certain spider.

Better get moving old man. That's not even 1 a week. First con of the year. By sept hope to be there! Sure make an excuse. Come up to Ontario for a con would ya.

Better get moving old man. That's not even 1 a week.

Subbing my 300 copies. Better get a few freaking 9.9's and 10s

Can we start a doctoral program for trolling?

Ya he didn't know when he bought it from the seller on ebay a while back, so when he KNEW about it, still sold it, he closed his eyes, opened his hand and said pay me. I haven't kept up with this situation since the guys sales thread was closed. I gather he turned out to be a scammer. Some people might not like me in this forum but I guarantee I would never screw anyone like these guys. I hope the buyer gets his money back no questions asked. And to the seller....your tactics are quite questionable. He has posted about 10,000 words and said Avengers 57 about 100 times. Basically he said I don't know what restoration is and as such the buyer can suck it.

Ya he didn't know when he bought it from the seller on ebay a while back, so when he KNEW about it, still sold it, he closed his eyes, opened his hand and said pay me.

I only get the win not the book. He said he sold it to his "anonymous" friend that buys his books all the time, but he can't do anything that its restored. Sucks to be his friend. I am pretty sure he has just given the book away to you if you agree to pay slabbing fees and then disclose the restoration notes. and I know for a FACT he has not refunded the original purchaser. Also on the claim that he did not have enough time to take the book down. He posted it for sale at 12:52, at 01:08 I sent him a pm raising my concerns that it was restored to which he replied at 01:24am but it was not changed to being sold until 02:28 am. So reconvene in 6 months when the book is back in hand

I only get the win not the book. He said he sold it to his "anonymous" friend that buys his books all the time, but he can't do anything that its restored. Sucks to be his friend.

for the win... not sure what I win but I freaking win

Didn't you read his explanation it went something like this:

Burn the witch!

11drdoom Took 2 weeks to pay (no big deal he told me would be a bit), mind you it was after buying it he told me that. Soon as he paid he asked me to hold off shipping as he wanted another one of my books. So sent him my bottom line on it a few days later. Didn't hear from him for about a week (nothing unusual there as it too 2 $ requests to get him to tell me he would take a while to pay), out of the blue a random NEG saying no book. Just looked at his previous feedback left for others and man almost 1 in 5 is a neg with no reasoning.

Over. Currently have MST PS since Jan 7th. Been graded for a month +/- a couple days.

solicitations are also not the same as offers. "Solicitation of prostitution does not require a completed act of sexual conduct. The mere agreement or offer to complete a sexual act in exchange for a fee (i.e. money) is enough to support a solicitation charge." I am not offering I was just inquiring.

So me asking a lady of the night "would you take $500?" doesn't count as an offer? Good to know...which of you can I call on when I get arrested for solicitation?

This is offer and acceptance. Any reasonable person would view "would you take x" as an offer. Big difference between asking if the price is firm vs putting a number to it.

Bring it to CG it will gain a lot more attention there.

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I diidn't make this public, but when my good reputation is attacked I defend it. Ok, so now that the missing book is resolved.... What reason are you giving for not paying for the return shipping? There is still the issue of the re prints, that I believe he specifically asked you about before you sent them. I just told him I will send him the two he is complaining about, and by the way the lot was for 115 comics. Do you know the price of tea in China by chance?