I never understand the rush to throw cash away.
Sure, if the book/movie is rubbish - take what you can get - RIPD is the best example of that - I'm happy to get $10 tbh. The film stank.
However with other Books, It has to be better to wait surely, and let the readership grow?
Peter Panzerfaust, Saga and Revival are good examples, $400, $100 and $45 respectively.
I'm more than happy to turn a $18 commitment (book + slabbing+ postage) into $45+ any day of the week.
I have listed some EoW, but at my price, and if they don't sell, I'm in no rush.
People are very canny to snap up these CGC issues for $18 while the glut is on. Next year you would hope after 12 issues, this should be a steady $40 - $50 book all day long.
$18 to slab? super duper dealer discount? at non fast track, im at 14.40 plus $5 invoice and around $20 return shipping fedex. im looking at $20 per to break even, not even counting the price of the book. $18 even with return shipping to aus?
Yup
$14.40 pr. book for slabbing, $2.10 for the actual book (cover price $3.50 with a 40% discount), $0.15 for the invoice fee (on a 30 book sub) ... so on a 30 book invoice it's only costing you around $1.50/book to get it shipped from Australia to CGC and then back again to Australia?
You are making assumptions.
How I do things is mine to know. But it isn't like your scenario. Not even close.
And that's all I have to say on this matter.