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Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 (Copy B) $18.00 Sold!

I have two copies of the next book. These aren't C2E2 exclusives, but ""convention exclusives"" that are being offered at C2E2 before anywhere else. The cover stock on these is weird, and not in a good way. It's like this paper stock was not designed to fold, hence the spines are real tight at the staples and have a ""crunch"" sort of feel to them. I'm sure that description isn't going to help me sell any of these books, but I'm not sure how else to describe them. I picked out the best two copies in a stack of about 50. Other than what I described above, these are great looking copies. Cheapest prices currently available online by far. Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 (Copy A) $18.00 Sold!

American Gods #1 (Copy C) $16.00 SOLD! NM

American Gods #1 (Copy B) $16.00 SOLD NM

American Gods #1 (Copy A) $20.00 Sold NM+ One back cover spine tick likely keeping this from being a 9.8.

RECAP $35 $30 - Ghostbusters 101 #1 (Copy A) - NM+ $35 $30 - Ghostbusters 101 #1 (Copy B) - NM+ $250 $200 - 4 Kids Walk into a Bank #4 CGC 9.8 SOLD American Gods #1 (Copy A) American Gods #1 (Copy B) American Gods #1 (Copy C) Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 (Copy A) Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #6 (Copy B) 4 Kids Walk into a Bank #4 (#27/66) Monsters Unleashed! Sketchpad #1 (2 Available) Batman #21 Foil

Where are all the C2E2 Exclusives? Where are all the sales threads for C2E2 Exclusives? I can't be the only one posting, can I? This will likely be a small thread. I'm happy to take requests, but note that I won't be back at the show until Sunday morning. Terms First unconditional by timestamp wins, whether in the thread or in PM. I will post the timestamp of any winning PM should a conflict arise. I will absolutely NOT sell to anyone on probation or on the HOS list. I reserve the right to withhold sales to any member currently being discussed in the probation thread. Payment PayPal, Chase QuickPay, Money Orders, Cashier's Checks, and Personal Checks all accepted. I wait 10 days for any form of paper payment to clear. Shipping Priority Mail Shipping is a flat $6 to the US. Purchases under 13oz can be sent USPS First Class at cost (less than $6). International shipping is at cost. I generally ship within 2 business days of receipt of payment. Local pickup in the Chicagoland area, but you have to come towards me. (Southwest suburbs) Returns Returns on RAW books are accepted within a 10 day period of delivery. Returns on CGC graded books are only accepted if they arrive damaged.

Wolverine per PM Spider-man still available.

75 Cent Bin Bloodstone #1 Marvel Must Haves: Wolverine 20-22 Classic X-Men 2, 3, 4, 5 WildCats X-Men Golden Age WildCats X-Men Modern Age WildCats X-Men Silver Age

And yet, that's the heart of the conversation here. "Marvel's Falling Sales". Clearly these gimmicks are not selling anymore. They are not convincing anyone to buy more books. They are alienating their core readership and losing more readers than they are picking up. As a BUSINESS, they have done an awful job with regards to comic sales. But was Luke Cage "FORCED" upon the readers? You "knew people who wouldn't read Luke Cage," so I'm guessing the answer is no. Did Luke Cage take over the Captain America mantle? Did The Incredible Hulk comic get canned so that Luke Cage could be promoted? Creating a NEW character and publishing a NEW comic series based on that character is far different from changing the RACE or GENDER of an already ESTABLISHED character. You can still sell comics with the former, and you're not FORCING anything on your readership to accomplish it.

This book must have just recently gotten hot. My copy sold last week after I had a Buy It Now price of $13 and free shipping. This is the same copy of mine that sat there UNSOLD at that price for 3 years!!! I'm happy to have finally sold it, but looks like I may have left a little money on the table.

I agree that it isn't a perfect world we live in. But that doesn't mean that we can't try to come up with the best possible solution (one that is both fair and easy to moderate on the boards). If the entire print run of a book is damaged, that is the perfect argument for NOT allowing presales. Sure, no customers get the books they wanted, but in this scenario, only one party made a guarantee. Also, there are cases in which I could have a presale and make a guarantee, but my postman decides that he's tired of carrying the extra 100lbs of paper stock each week (with my increase of sales due to all my presales), and he runs over all my packages with his truck. Sellers B and C both get their 9.8s, but my guarantee falls flat due to "circumstances". The point I'm trying to make is that you can NEVER make a guarantee without having the book in hand. If you do make a guarantee and you fail to fulfill that promise, you need to be held accountable. Don't get me wrong, I'm actually PRO-pre-sale. But I've been bit enough on the boards to know that rules need to be put in place to protect buyers from getting screwed.

Doesn't this open up potential problems, though? Can you really guarantee anything without having the book (and grade) in hand? (This applies to both convention and non-convention comics). What if there is a problem with the shipment and the books all arrive damaged? What if there is a problem with the shipment and the books never arrive at all? The comic landscape today moves very quickly. A book that is sold for $100 today may only be worth $50 tomorrow. Similarly, a different $100 book sold today may be worth $200 tomorrow. Take the latter $100/$200 situation, and let's allow ANYONE to have their own presales. Sellers A, B, and C all offer a presale of the latest hot variant. All guarantee 5 copies available in CGC 9.8. The book sells out and has higher than normal demand. Seller A fast tracks the books, and within a month (or two) gets back all 5 copies in CGC 9.6. Sellers B and C get all 9.8s and can fulfill the orders to their customers. What happens to those unlucky five buyers of Seller A's comics? Not only do they not have their "guaranteed" 9.8s, but while waiting a month for them to get graded and arrive, the market moved on them and now they have to shell out double the money to get their comic. How would seller A be held accountable? "Sorry, maybe I'll do better next time" doesn't really seem to cut it here. There are people on these boards that I trust with getting the job done. They have a proven and near-perfect track record and have shown to go above and beyond what is asked of them. Should we allow them to do presales? How do you determine who is worthy in these cases? In the current system, I don't see a good way to fairly allow some sellers the right of pre-sales, and lock out others. Now, if sellers are held monetarily accountable for their "guarantees", maybe that is a good check and balance. Think along the lines of "Pre-sale of hot variant #1, CGC 9.8 Guaranteed or 125% of your money back". The boardies with a proven track record should have no issues with this (afterall, they can back their promises). The boardies that don't fulfill their sales either pay up or very quickly get put on the Probation List. It's a slippery slope, but the best idea I can think of. Either that, or continue to disallow all presales.

I had a friend one time that got the flu. It was really nasty, and we had to take him to the emergency room. He was in really bad shape, but the doctors said he was lucky that we took him in when we did. He was a straight laced guy, the type that lived clean and followed all the rules. A couple years ago, I would never have imagined this could happen to him. So it got me thinking about how little time we all have. I should probably live life to the fullest and take care of myself. So I decided, when no one was looking, to "take care of" my friend. Afterall, he was already in sorry shape... I speculate he probably only had 4 years left to live anyway. (And since this isn't a comic from the big 2, he's not magically coming back.) Then, I harvested all his organs and sold them on the black market. That was a good day. I made a lot of money, and no one misses my friend.

What the hell, I'll take this one too.

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Came back and bought some more comics. As expected, another great transaction!

Form of payment has already been stated as "trade". However, even for "Trade Only" deals, I agree that the shipping and return policies should be listed (maybe this should be clarified in the sales usage guidelines, maybe it's already implied/understood). To the OP, it looks like everything is now set up properly. GLWTS!

PM incoming to arrange for shipping.