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On 8/29/2023 at 8:40 AM, St. Unger said:

In one case, that's easy. Heritage is in Texas. Shill bidding is legal in Texas. Halperin and Ivy confirmed this decades ago 👍 Ironically I never hear of MCS taking advantage of this loophole 🤔 

Sure.  I am not aware of evidence of Comiclink doing this, but maybe that is out there as well.  My comment was to a comment that stated shilling was the case with any online auction, which I disagree with, unless there is evidence of such dastardly acts.

You started this thread. Things really dropped off right from that moment as far as I can tell.

Anyone still have the link to the “lady in the white dress covers” in the late 60s and early 70s DC horror books? Please, please repost if possible.

On 8/27/2023 at 3:47 AM, Courageous Cat said:

however to the OP original point, shilling does in fact take place in any online auction setting. Good luck preventing it It's just the nature of the beast

Maybe.  Prove it, and then you might be on this something. 
 

In the meantime, given the title of this thread, the OP’s gripes, and the shockingly very reasonable and realistic responses to this thread, the only thing I have come up with is, this is just a really poorly-titled thread to begin with. 

On 8/17/2023 at 9:31 AM, MAR1979 said:

Remember a lot of folks using comic link are also consigners so the spending of "free/found money" effect is always possible.

IMHO it's very smart to cull and consign extras of Copper key-like books and use the funds to purchase Silver.  Even I did that recently,  first time I've sold any books in over a decade in my case the credit was utilized to fund buys of high grade Silver.  yeah getting less for the copper's than if it had been 1-2 years back but the Silvers are selling for less as well so it mostly but not entirely balances out.

Welcome to ten years ago.

On 8/16/2023 at 10:34 PM, Ghostzapper said:

Conan #242 Rare Newsstand Variant CGC 9.8 WP. Jim Lee cover.

ASKING: $399.00

 

 

Thank you!

On 8/8/2023 at 11:17 AM, Robot Man said:

According to most major dealers, now is a good time to buy a lot of SA keys. Prices are dipping and leveling off. This will change. Buy and hold. In a few years, today’s prices will seem like a bargain. 

Most major deLers 

ASM McFarlane newsstands have entered the chat. Wow.

That is just one really long tweet that goes over the character limit.  Is this par for the course with what passes as an "article" on that website? Because its :spoon:

On 6/26/2023 at 1:49 PM, electricprune said:

Good lord that’s a ton of misses with the Todd signing.

I'll send this away for the 210 fee. 

On 2/6/2023 at 4:44 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

My perspective on it is simply that the whole "charity" angle is very shady and an obvious ploy to get past eBay fees.

If you can get past that, Berkbridge / Jalali / Marino is just another comic book dealer.  Like many dealers on eBay, their prices are usually too high.  But on those occasions in the past where I found something I wanted and worked out a deal, there were no surprises and everything went smoothly.  They've been trustworthy by the narrow definition of delivering the book(s) you're buying quickly and safely.

The one wrinkle that makes them different from a typical eBay seller is that you never actually deal (or appear to be dealing) with Jalali/Marino himself, you are always dealing with "Nicole" or "Sophie."  Whether those are real people or not, who knows.

So, yeah, I’m suggesting that it’s not worth the effort, despite your vouching for Berkbridge because they ship in a safe manner.

The fact that you have to ask yourself “I know I’m not dealing with the guy that I know changed his name for reasons unknown to me, but am I dealing with Nicole or Sophie and are they real or not,” pretty much is Reason 1 as to why it’s probably not a good idea to have anything to do with them.  

But you do you.

Why is this still a thing?  If you buy from this group, your name ends up, at one point or another, on a transaction list.  When whatever they have going on cracks open, your name is somewhere on whatever data gets recovered from some investigation.  Is that worth it?  Especially because I don't really see them selling anything eye-popping in the first place.

On 1/21/2023 at 1:09 AM, Rob said:

Some of us even predicted this drop.  The conversation below was about X-Men #1 in 2.0.  People called me crazy for thinking the price would drop.  It peaked over $10k, and this month the low was $6200.  I'm thinking we haven't seen the bottom yet.  (Same applies to all grades of this book.)

😆 Now do all the books you overpaid for during this period of time.

Jim, got The Matrix book, it arrived in perfect condition, two days after I paid, properly packaged and shipped in a very safe manner. Thank you again!

My situation is somewhat like the thread floating around on General right now, but I know I am looking for a SA book, and that thread is going to get yanked at some point.  I am a BA and CA guy, and this purchase would be a 5 yr investment, or if that would not be necessary to cash it out then, then it becomes a 10 yr investment.  This is a serious inquiry, my knowledge cuts out around the late 60s with Nick Fury Agent of SHEILD and a few horror books, and I don't know enough to drop real money (at least real money to me) on something like this.  This is not a "buy what you love," this is a buy what I can turn around in 5 years or in 10 years.

A very serious thank you in advance for anyone that is willing to give me their input.

What did you offer up as proof when USPS asked if you are sure you dropped it off in the Dropbox?

I've been waiting for this 

The Matrix 

Beautiful, beautiful books. Well done. 

On 1/2/2022 at 4:39 PM, FlyingDonut said:

A reminder that you are taxed on your net, not on your gross.

😆 for the people that have trouble walking and breathing at the same time

On 12/25/2022 at 11:27 AM, Dr. Balls said:

Like @Semicentennial mentioned - he'd been here for a long time. Had his post been written by a member who just joined, it would have been an easy pass. Someone who lurks around here for ten years - you'd think they get the general vibe of expectation in sales threads, and would be worth the risk of making a purchase. 

Wasn’t this the seller that lamented everyone for not be willing to pay his asking price because “everyone wants everything for free” or something like that? You can be on here forever and that’s not a recipe for things that are going to end well.

Buy the book, not the grade, Dr. Balls.

I’m shocked anyone bit on this stuff; the whole vibe of the thread made sending this person a dime a 100% pass.