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That's a pretty interesting sentiment. If you all put up walking dead #1 9.8s, do you think it would lower the price on them? What if you all put up Fantastic Four #1 9.8s? How far up the food chain do you go, before marking to market isnt a threat to price realization? Certainly doesnt speak well to the true "worth" of revival 9.8s. I'm not saying I disagree with selling smartly. I have several 9.8 or better Revival #1s, and 2 of the Sketch variants(more debateable what those will return at) that I am planning to sub. (sketches finally arrived yesterday, a month almost of waiting). I too would sell them when there isnt a lot of competition. But, economically speaking, every buyer that gets burned overpaying for something, is one less future buyer once they realize it. The flipping market can (and eventually will) turn, as all markets do. If a book's availability is artificial, so is its value, and neither is sustainable over the long term.

Problem is until you do there are only 2 graded for everyone to buy. All the shops round my way are sold out and so are most online retailers so I for one will find a copy worth grading In fact I could easily go and buy a few first prints tomorrow but not 2nd prints. You may be right but it's not a lot of peoples experience. You're not talking about a 1st print, though, you're talking about a 2nd print - which in the vast majority of cases will never be worth slabbing. Chew is blazingly hot right with 1st print #1s in 9.8 selling for $500-600. And what are the last couple of sales of 2nd print CGC 9.8s? $66 and $34, respectively. 2nd print Thief of Thieves #1 in 9.8? $50. 2nd print Saga #1 in 9.8? $50. With fast-tracking fees, ebay & paypal fees, you're looking at about $5 in profit - and that's only if the book actually hits a 9.8. People keep talking about the low print runs and perceived scarcity in grade of later printings of issue #1s - what they fail to mention is that it doesn't matter how low the print run is, 99.99% of the people who collect the book will not be interested in paying anything above cover price for a reprint. Unless you hold it for 25 years and wait until the OCD collectors demand all iterations in 9.8. , i think thats why he left in the 0.01% But will it be yours they buy or someone else's? seller->buyer ratio wouldnt be so strong at that point. Though maybe, if really no one bothered to slab it.

http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2012/2012-08.html http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales.html

Problem is until you do there are only 2 graded for everyone to buy. All the shops round my way are sold out and so are most online retailers so I for one will find a copy worth grading In fact I could easily go and buy a few first prints tomorrow but not 2nd prints. You may be right but it's not a lot of peoples experience. You're not talking about a 1st print, though, you're talking about a 2nd print - which in the vast majority of cases will never be worth slabbing. Chew is blazingly hot right with 1st print #1s in 9.8 selling for $500-600. And what are the last couple of sales of 2nd print CGC 9.8s? $66 and $34, respectively. 2nd print Thief of Thieves #1 in 9.8? $50. 2nd print Saga #1 in 9.8? $50. With fast-tracking fees, ebay & paypal fees, you're looking at about $5 in profit - and that's only if the book actually hits a 9.8. People keep talking about the low print runs and perceived scarcity in grade of later printings of issue #1s - what they fail to mention is that it doesn't matter how low the print run is, 99.99% of the people who collect the book will not be interested in paying anything above cover price for a reprint. Smart man, smart post, and absolutely true.

I wondered why it took a little effort to get a copy of #2, figures. I have access to several still in the diamond shipping box for $2.85 CDN, (in addition to the three I own), PM if you feel like paying more and covering the shipping....

that's very interesting.....

while you were gone we went from $132 on 19 bids http://www.ebay.com/itm/Revival-1-San-Diego-Variant-limited-to-only-500-Walking-Dead-CGC-/221109689001 to $102 on 5 bids http://www.ebay.com/itm/REVIVAL-1-BLACK-AND-WHITE-VARIANT-ONLY-500-MADE-/221119890263 on a raw NM of the highest tier variant. so down 22.8% in price, and 73.7% in bids. But, anything but higher forever without pause or pullback still remains blasphemy and sets off a fervor. and there was a debate over a member claiming inside knowledge of something that will drive the book higher (which of course in comic world can pretty much only be tv/movie rumors). If such a thing did break, it would instantly jack everything to the moon, so worth seeing what comes of that.

anyone interested in continuing to see rivera cry, it continues here. Otherwise, on with the Revival thread.

I didnt say 1st class ever, so feel free to quote where I did.... I posted a link to a priority shipped item, that showed the tracking. I cant believe you are having such a hard time grasping that making up things I didnt say is meaningless. AGAIN, making up things I didnt say....still meaningless. .

here it is: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/05/the-very-rare-first-appearance-of-tim-seeleys-revival/

link the article? i'd like to check my FCBD copy

Nothing to see here but rivera repeating himself and me slapping him down...

lucky YOU! still some here in at least two LCS, but my city is <500,000 people. Might be harder to find in the bigger cities. At the one LCS I found 2 first prints almost a month after it came out.

it was a debate about being able to bid on revival 9.9 from Canada...

if i was wrong, i'd have trouble letting it go too... flatrate boxes are obviously a flat rate and the same everywhere, others are not. not going to debate it any further, my links and points stand for themselves. Plus my experience every day.

http://www.imagecomics.com/upcoming/2012/07

Shipping From Canada to the US is a lot more expensive than shipping from the US to Canada. However, US customs usually around and charges the Canadians extra after the item is delivered while the American customers just get there package. only if they ship UPS, and to a lesser extent FedEx. USPS doesnt charge extra. Also, currently have 54 bagged and boarded comics in a lot on ebay, 11.5 pounds. Can ship to Florida for $35, Hawaii/Cali/Tex for just under $40. CanadaPost/USPS is the way its sent, both coming and going. Obviously for 11.5 pounds, the rush options jack it way up.

I use it all the time, I posted a link to it earlier. right after I posted the link of the $19 dollar shipping on the ToT #1 CGC 9.6 https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input?strOrigTrackNum=CF000978159US which DID have tracking(the link clearly shows), as i already said, cost depends on where you are. So, like the other guys said...4 pages of this, time to move on. Just doing my part to dispel these Canada shipping urban legends.

yah, a lot of raw books will come that way. CGC books are usually sent priority. If its Express only, then i wont buy

The one I posted was a very well packaged slabbed 9.6 ToT #1, and it was $19 shipping (though I am sure he added handling). I also got a PGX 9.8 ToT, amazingly packaged with extra cardboard and Styrofoam packing 'peanuts', and it was $12 shipping. A lot of it depends on where you are in the country.

Everything I get is usually Priority Mail, and its nowhere close to $30 on a single book. Express Mail is what will murder you with cost, but its not needed. Maybe if it was a $500+ book, than yah, at that point it doesnt matter. I bought a CGC 8.5 X-Men 94 back in June, and it was sent Priority just fine.

Well, I live here, and buy stuff on Ebay all the time from the US(90%+ of my purchases), and I have never waited 25 days for anything. My average shipping cost for lots or CGC books would be in the $12-$15 range and the cost for a raw book can be as low as 3-4 dollars. If its like 50 books, then yes, maybe $35 or more dollars to ship. There's about a dozen flat rate options as well: http://ircalc.usps.com/?country=10054 The only horror stories for Shipping to Canada were back when UPS was the main source of shipping on ebay. UPS adds a made up "brokerage" fee when things cross the border, regardless of the item being used, or even valueless. Any company or user who ships UPS is an automatic deal breaker as far as I am concerned. Their brokerage fees can be higher than the item+shipping to begin with. USPS to Canada is blazing fast, no fees, and I have never had a problem yet. The item I posted with tracking right to my door was $12 dollars shipping, CGC 9.6 ToT #1. Arrived 6 days after the purchase, 5 days after it reached the sorting facility in IL.

Phase 2, you are in it.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model You Phase 2 bro? chill....

the 9.9 PGX for 55 dollars, was a mega deal. Whoever bought it yesterday is lucky they ALSO didnt ship to Canada, or all you would have saw was a sold sign. I don't know, $55 for a CGC 9.6 sounds like a bit much , amusing, and fitting for this forum, but if the 9.9s are advertised as potential "next walking dead" http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-WALKING-DEAD-1-PGX-9-8-NM-MINT-SS-Double-Signed-Moore-and-Kirkman-NR-/120926302238 The difference between the PGX 9.8 SS and CGC 9.8 SS as a % is much MUCH smaller than the PAID $55.00 for the PGX 9.9 Revival, and the 200 or greater that the CGC is closing out for. Thus, were it ever somehow to become the next walking dead, as I said, that was one heck of a deal.

No offense, but what are you talking about? I buy stuff shipped by USPS every day on ebay, and it tracks right to my door, on their site. Most of it arrives in <10 days, depending how far away they are. For CGC books, if they ship priority, I have had it in 2 days, from Cali, and I live 2 hours from Detroit.... Having your money locked by Ebay sounds like it has more to do with you being a new seller, than anything to do with Canada. USPS tracks right to the door, here's a 9.6 ToT #1..... https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input?strOrigTrackNum=CF000978159US