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=O !!!! Ironically, I see no obvious red flags anywhere either. That only lasted 5 minutes and some odd seconds, too.

I looked again and I guess that I tracked down that second cheap #2-a after all. =)

I picked up a couple #1-a's and 1-b's, and a 2-a and 2-b fairly early, and wound up keeping three runs going from #3 through #8. Still waitin' for my #8's though. Logically, I would want to cut my orders to one run to coincide with any major increase in print-run until I want to sell. . I'm not upset about not buying more #1's at $30 to $50 bucks each when the tv hype began, or by keeping a couple extra incomplete runs going till now. I'm a little upset about not hunting down another quick and cheap #2-a back then, though.

#1 second print or #1 ThirdEye still = my favorite cover art for Revival so far. I also like that this is still a decent series, although I think that I am at least two issues behind right now. Nice little rally going on with it right now, too. I gotta read some more comics.

He said they did already charge him. That's how they get out of it. Your PayPal is debited(and held pending acceptance). They chose not to honor the order or prices. It's is not 100% bait and switch, but it IS close to being that (advertising a product/price and SWITCHING product, price, or both). Yep, that's their wiggle-room. I doubt that they had any "plans" to raise price until they got a couple of "big" orders and that's their "watchdog" to investigate their server "glitches". He "could not figure out" how I was able to clean out his inventory into my cart. I don't know, I just kept requesting the next-highest number of items until it said you were out. =\

I got allocated by ComicsAmerica that day as well, but after a conversation on the phone later that evening, the guy sold me one of everything that I had ordered at the prices that you have in that invoice there. It's not bait and switch because rather than keeping the low prices posted online, the guy raised his online advertised prices and kept them there after contacting me to say that the order could not be processed. (I've since checked a few times over the past couple of days to see if he WAS dropping them down or whatever, but it does not seem that way.) Also, they are not obligated to honor the posted prices or amount of stuff that you add to your cart because they do not accept your offer to purchase until after they approve the order. Now if they charged your card and then said, well, we can't sell you this at this price because it's more now, then that would be bait-and-switch. Or price gouging, I forget which. Either way, I was also disappointed, but hopefully I will at least get a box from them and it will not be damaged.

I understand where the high-grade slabbers have been coming from all along with this title, it's unnerving to see ~40k of an issue. Of every issue. However, it seems that all of the TPB's and multiple printings available are not stopping people from adding a lot of support to the first prints of all the issues, both raw and slabbed. It will be interesting to see where the real resistance begins. I guess once more books get high grades that will put things into perspective. I don't know. All I know is #1 raw went from 30 bucks to 100 bucks for no obvious reason, and all the other back issues started to creep up in price and vanish altogether, so I bought some more cheaply while I still could, and some weren't as cheap as I would have liked.

Pics like what, real big wide ones so now I have to scroll over to read a full sentence on the page? =) Seriously though, how do you mean exactly?

I had #5 in my cart but gone by the time I checked out Sorry, I bought that too. I had three in my cart moments ago, and then they got snatched out of my cart, much like an unattended toddler at the supermarket.

I am beginning to experience allocations, price increases, and cancellations on pretty much any online first-print non-current back-issue that I order at or near cover at this point, out of the very few that I found to begin with. Let's see if there is a slew of fresh offerings in the near future to stabilize price, or if this madness continues up for a little while longer.

I just tanked up on a bunch of back-issues, although I'm not sure if my last order is for first prints or not, although the date codes are for first prints....I just bought them and then sent a question about it. The last guy I asked something to before deciding to buy or not, jacked up his prices before sending me a reply, hehheh.

Complete with a questionable description of condition and shaky pics, too.

I would buy it at $40 too. I could see this uptick lasting a little while, the buying frenzy came out of nowhere and sellers have not been shy for testing the waters.

....seems legit....

Tax. =/ Steam. =)

My take would be that the two zero-feedback bidders with new accounts duking it out are shill accounts, hoping for someone else to jump on board due to all of the excitement that they are creating. The seller probably runs them both. Sorry mate - how do you work out that this Image first TWD #1 sell is a shilling war? Open your eyes, and I ain't your mate.

Chapter five cover has been my favorite for a while, although now I also like 7, and 8 might be the new favorite for a while...decisions, decisions....

Probably not right over her face, I would imagine. =)

My take would be that the two zero-feedback bidders with new accounts duking it out are shill accounts, hoping for someone else to jump on board due to all of the excitement that they are creating. The seller probably runs them both. Forgot to add, I'm liking that new Infinity UK variant! Lego star destroyer, oh yeah!

Verizon eventually got my fios hooked up at my new place, but since I missed the last episode, I have not cared enough to bother to set up my stuff yet. I have more important things to do, like buy and sell comics on the internet anyway.

I completely and totally disagree on a couple of levels. As someone who supports Saga, I want the book to continue and the best way for that to happen is for as many people as possible to pay for the book. If that means that they are buying it via trade, comixology, etc., whatever. Brian and Fiona will keep writing and drawing the book as long as they continue to make a living off of it. The longer the run is, the better it is for the value of what you own. Also, trades create more customers for the books. Think about the Walking Dead. Even before the show or rumors of the show, a lot of people jumped on board the title because they picked up the trades and loved them. This created demand for early keys... before the show. This can and may make the Saga books that you own more collectable. In sum, more readers = more value for your earlier issues, in my opinion. Reprints and trades help create more readers. I would imagine that we will continue to see trade paperbacks as the series continues, as well as electronic "prints" of each issue, just not reprint after reprint after reprint, ad nauseum.

I think that this is great news! I've grown tired of reprints diluting the market. I ordered an extra four or five #7s by accident, to add to my usual ten. =)

Revival is great so far, but I just voted for SAGA. ;-)

I love Dreamcast, which games do you have for it? ugh they were all mess games.. NBA2k, Nfl2k, Bass fishing, Rainbow six, a couple of racing games.... scratched to mess... It was weird because the system/box and system paperwork is in GREAT shape, but they abused the games. I almost thought I would find a friggin Beiber CD with it, the games were in BAD BAD Taste. MUST BUY GOOD GAMES...! (thumbs u Not knowing what you like to play, I'll just go out on a limb and suggest trying out Shenmue, Crazy Taxi, Soul Caliber, and insofar as sports and racing, NHL 2K2 was really well-done, and Ferrari F355 Challenge is hard as hell, but awesome, and Test Drive Le Mans is also awesome. All of the above are beautifully done games, and my friends and I have spent probably thousands of collective hours playing them.

Not from bags unlimited. Although, that is where I get my top-loaders from.