Westy Steve

Take

I'll double-board and the box won't be packed stupid-tight. Ever watch people bend every book backwards because the box is tight?

Yeah I got to be honest, I just wanted some opinions on how best to organize myself for setting up at shows. But the answers have been very interesting and I’ve learned much more than I expected. We don’t really talk about our buying tactics much here.

take

No backing out. $10 is a bargain for such a pretty book. Definitely taking it.

take

take

Hey guys, I’d like to find some of the earliest humorous Deadpool comics. What series would you recommend? Basically, what series is worth hunting down (rewarding to find) with great 4th wall breaking humor? TIA, Steve

Watching

Two transactions and very happy. Trying to coax more stuff out of him!

Hmmm....that's an interesting thought. Is it against the rules to start a thread in the sales forum that would allow ANYONE to post a book that cost $20 shipped with the understanding that payment would be through Paypal goods and services. I mean, are you allowed to let other people sell books on your thread and mail the book to the buyer? (sort of like ebay operates). If that's allowable...there could be a $20 thread

Ah, you guys don’t understand the fun of having a cheap secondary collection! Like if your primary focus is collecting golden age Detective comics, it can be fun and challenging to try to put together a fine or better run of Howard the Duck for $3 each or less.

Interesting. I do agree with you that an insurmountable number of boxes can be offputting. Perhaps because the buyer thinks, “if there is a bargain in there it shouldn’t take me long to find it”

I tried 3 for $10, but had better luck with $4 each. Makes me agree with one of the posters on this thread who said the trick is enticing them to start looking.

As the OP of this thread, I’ll freely admit that I’m a wall book guy too. I will skip over lots of booths if the quality of wall books is low. I prefer to spend all my money on one or two great books, though I might buy something that’s good for a flip to defray my cost of attendance. I have realized however, that sometimes the booths with nice wall books have equally great books in boxes that they simply don’t have room to display. Always ask where they keep the books that didn’t quite make the wall. I had this idea of labeling one of my boxes, “boxed wall books” or “wall books in a box”. Those will be the ones that have individual price tags on them.

We’ll the last book wouldn’t go in my $5 box (too cool!). The Mr. Miracles would probably start out in a $10 box and be moved down quickly if they didn’t sell. I’m assuming there isn’t a key there…not a miracle collector. The others are $5 or less (shooting from the hip). Understand I accidentally sold a $300 book at my last show for $100…I will do some screening now!

My plan/thought was to put items that would cost twice as much on eBay in the boxes. The idea is to keep it compelling. If something stays in a box too long, I would discount it. Im hearing there is a market for $20 boxes. That’s encouraging. I’d rather give someone a great deal than have to individually price $5 or $10 books.

When I go to shows, I skip over the $1 boxes because I figure there can’t be anything good in there. Also because I generally attend shows for only one day so I need to be judicious about how I spend my time. (Please hold your story about how you found an AF15 in one) I occasionally set up as a dealer at small shows. At the last one I set up a $5 box, because I don’t really accumulate stuff worth only a dollar and one $5 box takes up 1/5 the space of five separate $1 boxes. I received limited interest in my $5 box. Probably only sold 20 books out of there. Most of those books might sell for $10 shipped on eBay. I was considering expanding my selection of boxes…like maybe adding a $10 box. Would these “non-$1 boxes” be of more interest to you or less? Would you be interested in a $20 box that had discounted stuff or would you keep walking hoping to find a great bargain in the dollar boxes elsewhere? Thanks for your feedback

Sold me a book box of comics. Great price the average grade was higher than I thought they would be. Very pleased.

Got my package. Bumping a closed thread because I was very happy with my purchase. Avg grade was 8.5 to 9.0.

Forum name is Westy Steve On the eBay my user name is Reecy I try to do things on the up and up. Drop feedback if you would please.

Take if not already gone

Probably will divide my Conans by artist, but my X-men by writer

I didn’t want this thread to disintegrate into a “when did it start“ conversation, but I did notice that the independent comic companies started up about that time. Then the older companies (Dc, Marvel) had to respond to the new threat so they seem to create a lot of interconnected stories like crossover‘s, Crises on earths, secret wars, etc. To me when the copper age started depends on which kind of company you’re talking about. Those who pushed new territory, or those who responded to the corporate threat.

So are we supposed to contact you to pay? Or do you contact me?