FormerReader

I am cautiously optimistic on this one. We may finally get a third good Alien movie in the series.

On 11/22/2023 at 12:21 PM, szav said:

 

All the NFT/collectibles/stimulus related insanity going on in the covid era aside, it still blows my mind how much money people spent on these not really knowing how many copies of pristine unsold/unopened of all these games are out there.  Early 90s a friend of mine's family owned a computer store that sold a lot of PC and console games and they always had crates of unsold games sitting in the back of the store.  I think we are still a long long way away from knowing where prices will really settle.  I grew up during the golden age of gaming but I won't touch these as collectibles for another 10 or 20 years if ever.

I agree on several of your points. I think it will be many years before that market settles after the alleged manipulation.  I’m shocked people couldn’t see what was happening, but I suppose money makes people lose their sense.

I’m surprised there isn’t more discussion on this. Very interesting, but also very predictable state of the market. 

On 10/8/2023 at 9:50 AM, LazySundayComics said:

You could get a coffin designed and built to replicate a 10.0 CGC case. 

High grade Dr.Balls?

On 9/27/2023 at 6:20 PM, Every Day A Story said:

 Congrats!

On 9/26/2023 at 8:39 PM, Every Day A Story said:

And finally I'm in; and a UK Price Variant to boot 

Is this the copy from Heritage that ended last night?

On 9/23/2023 at 10:26 AM, spreads said:

Hard to say...high interest rates, it's a tough argument to make when you can park your money into something with a high yield of 8-10%.....either way, my personal collection I don't really care about the value that much (other than for insurance purposes) since I have no intention of selling.  I'm just happy that one spamming clown is no longer here!

If you say his name 3 times, he will return.

On 9/5/2023 at 1:45 AM, kimik said:

X-Men #135 CGC 9.4 - $120

1st Senator Robert Kelly

 

Take it.

X-men Annual #3 $35 9.2.

I’ll take it at 40% off.

On 7/6/2023 at 3:25 PM, Dark Knight said:

I guess my crystal ball worked that time as projected . I was trying to warn everyone on here about what I'm predicting.  Hopefully most people listened 

I think those of us who track the price of this book through GPA and many of the other books that shot up during COVID saw this wasn’t going to last. Still a great book. 
 

Hopefully those that bought at the inflated prices have time to wait for the price to recover over the long term.

On 6/18/2023 at 1:15 AM, Hero Restoration said:

I think you're confusing excuses with reasons. It is what it is on both sides.

I think you’re confusing your lack of responsibility and thinking you’re owed something. It is sad that those who are in the wrong always justify their bad behavior instead of doing the right thing.

On 5/25/2023 at 7:06 PM, Ryan. said:

I enjoyed the Eniac series but quickly tired of the hurdles needed to get books, lost interest in the line, and kind of stopped thinking about Bad Idea altogether. 

I stuck around through the last lot of releases, but grew tired of the games and paying $8 for a comic I can read in 5 minutes made no sense for me. I think megalith looks good, but again the games. I’m out.

Even in a comic book forum this nonsense comes up. Do better.

On 4/28/2023 at 6:34 PM, The humble Watcher lurking said:

Interesting that X-MEN #1 took a big loss.  I guess the movie hype might have cooled down? 

The movie is years out and the book is overpriced. Once actual news starts coming out it should get a bump. For now the COVID bump needs to come back to reality.

When DC makes a good movie, it is great! When they make a bad movie it is terrible. This looks great.

On 3/30/2023 at 5:31 PM, drbanner said:

That's the ugliest 7.5 AF 15 I've ever seen...here's the last 7.5 Heritage sold, which looks like an actual collectible comic book:

That is definitely a nicer looking copy, but the other copy has much better colors.

On 3/30/2023 at 4:35 PM, Batmanis#1 said:

Like I said bottom of the ladder 7.5. I perfect looking 7.5 would have sold for much more than 117k.

Well no such thing as a perfect looking 7.5 as by the grade it has some defects. It is a matter of preference what defects a buyer is willing to accept in a certain grade. This book has great colors. I think it presents well. I don’t follow the market though so I haven’t sorted through dozens of copies to make a comparison.

On 3/30/2023 at 4:29 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Much deeper waters than I swim in, but I would think there is a slight adversity to buying books that a seller turned blue from purple.  This book looks okay compared to most hatchet jobs, but I think the stigma is still there. 

That is a good point. I’m the same as you, I’ll never be able to afford this book, but I wouldn’t pass on a book that had restoration removed if it still presented this nicely.

I’m not seeing what some of you are seeing. Other than the obvious issues, this is a very nicely presenting book. I don’t follow the AF15 market, but considering some of the grades I’ve seen with Marvel chipping, this is not an ugly book.

On 3/30/2023 at 4:08 PM, mjoeyoung said:

It does have some minor restoration removal, but I don't think that can be responsible for the entire drop.  Here is a link:

Amazing Fantasy #15

I read that. I still think it is a very nice copy. Granted this book is way above what I could afford and I don’t follow the market for this book, but that’s still a huge drop on what looks to be a fairly nicely presenting copy.

Maybe if I was spending 6 figures on a comic I would feel different.

On 3/30/2023 at 1:48 PM, mjoeyoung said:

There are going to be a lot of financial losses in the near future.  

Heritage Auction today:  Amazing Fantasy #15 in 7.5 sold for $117K, last sale was $198K.

Ouch.

On 3/26/2023 at 9:56 PM, FormerReader said:

Thank you. I was trying to checkout on my phone. That may be why I saw no option to request the total from the seller. I will give it a try on my laptop.

I added multiple items to my cart from a single seller, went to checkout and there was no “request total from seller”. This was on my laptop, logged into my account, and doing this several different times with several different sellers. I googled the issue and sounds like this is an intermittent issue with eBay.

Anyone comes across this issue before?

On 3/26/2023 at 9:47 PM, rexinnih said:

I think it varies by seller. Some are fast to send a combined shipping invoice if they list in the description it's something they do. 

Thank you. I couldn’t remember if the seller can send you an invoice directly or if the buyer triggers it through checkout.

On 3/26/2023 at 9:52 PM, Tnexus said:

You can message them to combine it. Alternatively, on the webpage when you get to checkout there's a button that says request a total from the seller. I think this only works on desktop and not the app or mobile.

Thank you. I was trying to checkout on my phone. That may be why I saw no option to request the total from the seller. I will give it a try on my laptop.