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NoooOOOoOOOooooo!!!1!!

111 is hard to find in 9.8?

Agreed, about mycomicshop at least. The auctions always go way higher than you can get elsewhere. I always wondered why. Not too familiar with Mile High though, haven't really heard anything goood about them, only bad, so I have kept my distance and looked elsewhere

 

I've never understood why a seller would list via an auction, instead of a BIN (with maybe BO offer). You take all price risk out of the equation. There are the exceptions, on iconic books, but that's extremely few-and-far-between.

Because BINs don't get nearly the same amount of traffic as auctions

And EB. There were a few tweets to Skybound asking how many Negans were made. They won't say. Seems weird the are being so secretive about it. Or maybe they are just blowing smoke up our (beep).

I think this is because, if they are truly limited, they don't want people buying 100 of them at once to flip later

Just how in the hell are they going to put Negan into the show... Are they planning on moving AMC to a pay channel?

You're technically allowed to say "fuc k" as many times as you want on cable.. The reason you don't ever hear it is because it would scare away sponsors.

It'd be awesome if AMC had the balls to do a direct adaptation on Neags

Got this signed at NYCC.. Just arrived today

You could've gotten Francesco Francavilla to sign it too. He was at the Archie Booth on Saturday w/ a writer signing their new (and very good) Archie Zombie comic. I missed out on this big time (both the zombie signing and the Detective Comics signing!)

 

I only wanted to get Snyder's sig on it. I love the way it looks right in the middle. I'd consider having Jock on there too, but it doesn't seem like he's ever in the US

Jock was at SDCC this year. He was signing at the DC booth.

I wonder if that means he'll switch up coasts this year and do NYCC?

Saga could potentially have a shot, I agree. But I have heard people say that Vaughan said he will not move this product to other media.

I think what he said was that he didn't think Saga would work as a TV show or movie because Saga is already an amalgam of different TV shows and movies. I think he also said something along the lines of "never say never."

SAGAH!!!!!

 

69 came out Jan 2010. 80 was released in October (this issue has the Photo Arizona Variant, which is pretty sweet).

 

Walking Dead was VERY popular before the show was announced. So I guess for something to be the next Walking Dead, it will need to have a large following previous to a TV/Movie announcement, be in relative short supply, already show a strong market demand in price, have 5 years worth of issues under it's belt AND still being published.

 

Can you think of anything that meets these parameters?

I just got a sweet #80 photo variant 9.6 in the mail

 

 

Congrats, retro! That was one of the ones I bought raw from eBay and got graded 9.8.

Nice. I was looking for a 9.8 candidate last year for an Xmas gift for my gf. I bought three different copies all lised at 'NM' one was listed at 'NM+'

I messaged the seller of the NM+ and asked him if he felt it would grade at a 9.6 or 9.8. He said maybe 9.8 definitely 9.6...

Out of all 3 copies I bought, none of were above 9.4s.. and that's being generous.

69 came out Jan 2010. 80 was released in October (this issue has the Photo Arizona Variant, which is pretty sweet).

 

Walking Dead was VERY popular before the show was announced. So I guess for something to be the next Walking Dead, it will need to have a large following previous to a TV/Movie announcement, be in relative short supply, already show a strong market demand in price, have 5 years worth of issues under it's belt AND still being published.

 

Can you think of anything that meets these parameters?

I think Saga could have a chance in a few years

Branget and Comicalgems are arguing discussing in the Preacher - AMC thread about the price of WD #1 before the show was announced, with the context that WD has caused collectors to rush to buy #1s after a show is announced in case it is the next WD. Branget says he couldnt give one away at $250, but CG recalls buying one for $700. According to Wikipedia, on January 20, 2010, AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot. So lets look at sales around that time, from GPA:

So it seems that for something to be 'The next Walking Dead' it already has to be a $500 book then get announced for a TV deal.

At that point in time, what issue was TWD on? 70-80 something?

I'm not sure what that GIF means, but that was absolutely a steal.

I think he's implying that the bubble is bursting

Hershel goes via samurai sword in front of the prison. Like Tyrese in the books. That's my prediction.

I was thinking this too

Got this signed at NYCC.. Just arrived today!

 

 

 

You could've gotten Francesco Francavilla to sign it too. He was at the Archie Booth on Saturday w/ a writer signing their new (and very good) Archie Zombie comic. I missed out on this big time (both the zombie signing and the Detective Comics signing!)

I only wanted to get Snyder's sig on it. I love the way it looks right in the middle. I'd consider having Jock on there too, but it doesn't seem like he's ever in the US

Think we'll see a little Abe next week? A la the way they introduced Ty last season

Like James said, most of these sellers are subbing hundreds of books at a time. Let's say you sub 100 and sell thru 90 of them. What makes more sense from a business standpoint: sit on those slabs forever at $35-45 ea or move them at $25? You might be taking a loss, but now you have about $250 that you can reinvest as opposed to sitting on dead inventory.

 

Now, some people are obstinate and will sit on that product until they can sell it for a "profit" but I'm sure you've all walked into a store that had tons of old stock, be it 90's comics or baseball cards, and refused to sell it for anything less than the going price when it came out. These people fail to understand concepts like opportunity cost.

But even if you plan on selling the book at $35.. if it's fast tracked then you're only breaking even without factoring in the cost of the book. If it's a hot modern, they could potentially make more just to sell it raw.

Where's bffnut with his formulas?

 

, sorry I've been busy prepping for something my friends and I call, "Nerdsgiving." It's Thanksgiving for just my group of friends.

 

I just checked CGC's website and the cheapest shipping method is UPS at $10 for the first slab and $2 for each additional slab.

 

Assuming a submission of 30 books, at $14.40 per book ($18 w/20% discount), a $5 invoice fee and $68 shipping, a total of $505 is $16.83 per book.

 

If you sell a slab for $25, the PayPal fee on that (separate of the fee on the addl amount paid for shipping) is $1.03 (2.9% + $0.30), which leaves a profit margin after slabbing of $7.14. That is over twice cover on most comics.

 

The same slab on eBay yields a fee to them of about $2.50, and reduces your profit to $4.64.

 

And since the turn around times are around 6 months right now, that means any slabbed modern that was released in the past few months had to be fast tracked. So that reduces the profit to -$6ish

Don't forget the cost of the book ($2.99-$3.99)+shipping supplies and now you're breaking even.

Actually factoring a fast tracked book at retail price would mean you're in the hole for $10 :screwy:

Where's bffnut with his formulas?

 

, sorry I've been busy prepping for something my friends and I call, "Nerdsgiving." It's Thanksgiving for just my group of friends.

 

I just checked CGC's website and the cheapest shipping method is UPS at $10 for the first slab and $2 for each additional slab.

 

Assuming a submission of 30 books, at $14.40 per book ($18 w/20% discount), a $5 invoice fee and $68 shipping, a total of $505 is $16.83 per book.

 

If you sell a slab for $25, the PayPal fee on that (separate of the fee on the addl amount paid for shipping) is $1.03 (2.9% + $0.30), which leaves a profit margin after slabbing of $7.14. That is over twice cover on most comics.

 

The same slab on eBay yields a fee to them of about $2.50, and reduces your profit to $4.64.

And since the turn around times are around 6 months right now, that means any slabbed modern that was released in the past few months had to be fast tracked. So that reduces the profit to -$6ish

Starting off good this week!!!

Do you know how much 200-300 books weigh? Do you think that the postal services will give you a break for that much weight? No way

 

I'd love to see someones invoice for 300 books, graded shipped to and from, with insurance. Then divide that cost by 300 and I guarantee it's WAY more than $25 a book

 

I think CGC charges $9 for the first book then $2 per additional book after that... So for a 300 book submission that would be $607 in shipping alone?

Where does it say that books graded are $9? Do you have a link?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. They charge $9 for shipping on the first book and an additional $2 for shipping each additional book

Do you know how much 200-300 books weigh? Do you think that the postal services will give you a break for that much weight? No way

 

I'd love to see someones invoice for 300 books, graded shipped to and from, with insurance. Then divide that cost by 300 and I guarantee it's WAY more than $25 a book

I think CGC charges $9 for the first book then $2 per additional book after that... So for a 300 book submission that would be $607 in shipping alone?

I believe that dealers also get 20% (or possibly more) off the grading expense.

I still don't get it... if a dealer gets 20% of a modern fast track that's $33 if you include the $5 submission fee. After the 20% off it's $26.40 plus $9 shipping which is $35.40

So if they were to sell the book at $25.. thats a $10 loss without even factoring in the cost of the book. And I've seen slabs going for less than $25

How are people able to sell slabbed books so cheap?

If I'm doing a modern book it's $18.. something like a #115 would have to have been fast tracked to be sold by now. So that's $28 plus $5 submission fee, plus $9 shipping.. so that's $42

That's not to say TBP should have to pay more than $25. I see slabs of new books sell for less than $42 all the time. I'm just wondering how people do it.

If only there was a WD set that didn't include second prints