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miraclemet

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  1. miraclemet
    and mobile phones with data plans are useful.
  2. miraclemet
    Granted 90% of my orders come via USPS, but I've never had a book lost by FedEx or Ups, but Ive had several lost (and later found) with USPS, which to me points to bad asset management processes
  3. miraclemet
    OP was this a domestic shipment?
  4. miraclemet
    My main collecting title, Space Adventures, will never "blow up", not that I care...
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  6. miraclemet
    Don't start tempting me! Great books here!!
  7. miraclemet
    I've been collecting appearances with Hal Jordan as Green Lantern. Granted I'm fine with Omnibuses of his early appearances, and I'm a little narrowing in only collecting stories where Hal was central to the story (otherwise I'd have a whole run of JLAs where Hal is nothing more than a sidekick).
  8. miraclemet
    but the seller did not say he would accept "pending scan" take it's, so in theory it doesn't conform to the rules of the thread. If you wanted to get real technical, until the scans were posted it wasn't a valid sales thread (per marketplace rules) since the books had prices but no grades, descriptions or scans.
  9. miraclemet
    Regarding the Strange Terrors 4, it's place in PCH is due to its odd cover artist, whose unique style only appeared on a few covers, and he only took the comic cover work out of need. WILLIAM ekgren was from Norway and only did three comic book covers that were published. Here's a bit of an article http://thecomicsdetective.blogspot.com/2010/02/who-is-william-ekgren.html
  10. miraclemet
    Think that Captain Science #1 went cheap considering the white pages...
  11. miraclemet
    Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm sending it in soon, so we'll see!
  12. miraclemet
    Missed one here on the boards so I hunted one down elsewhere!
  13. miraclemet
    LOOK AT THE SMILE ON CAPS FACE as he mows down Nazis!
  14. miraclemet
    GREAT collection my man! Those Tomb of Dracula books are awesome additions to the theme. Can't wait till you find a Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love 2 and my favorite Lady in White, DMoFL 4!
  15. miraclemet
    just cause mom and dad are fighting, don't worry...they still love us.
  16. miraclemet
    great book! my main worry would be how they assess the back cover's discoloring and why does it stop about an inch from the bottom? I'd assume the worst at a 6.5 and be happily surprised when it comes back 7.0 or higher.
  17. miraclemet
    bah!
  18. miraclemet
    I'm seeing 1.8. Am I being too hard on it? Cover is detached at top staple, but in this grade I don't think that brings it any lower than it already is... Sweat do you think? Too hard? To easy?
  19. miraclemet
    I see them too
  20. miraclemet
    He was on of the rare eBay sellers willing to come off his price more than a few bucks. I was willing to pay market-ish but not over.
  21. miraclemet
    I ended up using this as a comp, and was trying to figure out if I should offer less due to the cover being detached from the bottom staple. https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/the-spirit-22-quality-1950-condition-fr-gd/a/121735-14493.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515
  22. miraclemet
    Well now that I've bought it, I can just show... As I said it was a low grade copy,but also has the cover detached at one staple. There's a tear on the reading edge, a little piece out of the top edge, and plenty of spine issues, but the money shot was in great shape so I pulled the trigger.
  23. miraclemet
    These are great examples of books that would otherwise be nice mid-grade or better books, brought down by their detached-ness (ant thus present a good buying opportunity for those not dissuaded by detached covers) I'm trying to figure out for a low grade book if I need to factor in a further value discount when it is also detached from bottom staple.
  24. miraclemet
    In terms of low grade GA keys, how much do you devalue a book when there is a partially detached cover (detached from one, but not both staples)? Does partial detachment matter less for low grade (3.0 or lower) copies? Like does the detachment just lump in withal of the other defects/wear?
  25. miraclemet
    Take it!