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Mike's Rack got a reaction from aardvark88 in California Comic Convention 2023 ( CalComicCon )
Bwah, I came to buy comics and they told me to come back later… Terry how does one achieve VIP status?
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Mike's Rack reacted to Robot Man in California Comic Convention 2023 ( CalComicCon )
I might be able to do some at least behind the booth shots. But I suspect it will be quite busy. Will be busy digging out books today to bring. Would be fun to if nothing else, say hi to any boardies that come. I have one table along the back side of the wall.
This show is always VERY busy and fun. Come on down you won’t be disapointed.
From the last one. A lot of my happy customers.
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Mike's Rack reacted to joeypost in California Comic Convention 2023 ( CalComicCon )
Getting ready to board. Took a nap first.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from shortboxed in California Comic Convention 2023 ( CalComicCon )
I'm looking forward to this one. I haven't been to an out of State show since the last California Comic Con in 2020.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from F For Fake in Buyers who use the last auction sale to buy a book
It must be an outlier…
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Mike's Rack reacted to jsilverjanet in C2E2 Variant Drama
never understood the need to bring sand to the beach or in the case of this thread crap to a crap show
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Mike's Rack reacted to jcjames in C2E2 Variant Drama
It won't be the first time people have been upset at grades/labels they get back from CGC.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from oldmilwaukee6er in C2E2 Variant Drama
Since 2018 I’ve submitted around 1700 modern books with a 9.6 prescreen … 0 9.9 and 0 10.0.
No custom acetate covers though.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from toro in CGC Whatnot Event!
Someone told me recently that the way I sell is the old way and is dying out. Whatnot is the new way. I thought I should adapt so it gave Whatnot a shot. I realized that I don’t enjoy selling the new way. It’s more like entertainment centered on and funded by a transaction. I realized that I don’t enjoy selling comic because of a transaction I enjoy the deeper interaction with fellow collectors who share a common interest with me. I experience this at conventions, on the boards, at local shops and to an extent on Instagram. Whatnot is more of a streamlined commodification, hyper-focused for a brief time on individual items. I sold some books and made some money, but I didn’t enjoy it. I sell comics because I enjoy it, if it’s not fun, then it’s a job. I want to keep comics as my hobby not my job. That’s the old way. I like the old way, I think the old way will be around longer than I will anyway so I’ll leave the new way to the ones who grew up with Tic-Tock.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from Miket123 in CGC Whatnot Event!
Someone told me recently that the way I sell is the old way and is dying out. Whatnot is the new way. I thought I should adapt so it gave Whatnot a shot. I realized that I don’t enjoy selling the new way. It’s more like entertainment centered on and funded by a transaction. I realized that I don’t enjoy selling comic because of a transaction I enjoy the deeper interaction with fellow collectors who share a common interest with me. I experience this at conventions, on the boards, at local shops and to an extent on Instagram. Whatnot is more of a streamlined commodification, hyper-focused for a brief time on individual items. I sold some books and made some money, but I didn’t enjoy it. I sell comics because I enjoy it, if it’s not fun, then it’s a job. I want to keep comics as my hobby not my job. That’s the old way. I like the old way, I think the old way will be around longer than I will anyway so I’ll leave the new way to the ones who grew up with Tic-Tock.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from Gonzimodo in C2E2 Variant Drama
Just because they are making “fat stacks of skrilla” (do the kids still say that?) doesn’t mean that I have to respect them. I reserve the right to be an old . When I was young, old bastards ridiculed me relentlessly, now it’s my turn
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from F For Fake in C2E2 Variant Drama
There are quite a few, most of us won’t drop any advice unless we can bill someone for the time though.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from Juno Beach in C2E2 Variant Drama
That would make him an artist and a retailer. An artist and a retailer is still a retailer.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from Larryw7 in C2E2 Variant Drama
I’m pretty sure a trumpet blasted, four men on horses rode out from Sheol, and a woman with loose morals riding a dragon flew across the horizon when this announcement was made.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from Comicshows in C2E2 Variant Drama
I’d fight anyone from Merced California. But we’d have to do it in TJ and he starts under the donkey.
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Mike's Rack got a reaction from KirbyTown in My comic doesn't have defects, it has character! Show us the worst condition comic in your collection
I hope this doesn’t provide incentive to butcher the book in the theory that the sum of the parts are worth more than the whole…