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Looking for an opinion on this Mighty Thor #134 - 1st High Evolutionary. Book is complete, no missing pages, rips, etc. There is a miscut and slight miswrap though.

It was definitely worth my time and got to hang out with family so it was a nice day. Got me thinking of maybe doing my own "pop up" shop one day with ALL my stock.

I "piggy-backed" my family's yard sale and did a small set up of mostly cheap stuff. I did $248 in sales. Not a bad morning for zero cost and small set up time when I was already "working".

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Another "fun" story... A woman contacts me via my FB page asking if I buy comics. I say sure and she sends me a few pics. Some look OK so we arrange to meet. Nothing crazy good but some "ok" stuff from what I can see. I get to her house and there is a shady looking guy having a smoke. Yes the house smells of smoke. She has all the books out. I start going through them. I can start to see I might be interested in 30 books at best. I ask her what she is hoping for. She tells me $30,000 for the whole collection but would take $10,000. It took everything in me not to laugh. I asked why she thought so much and she started quoting books in the OSPG. I gave her a quick education how to use the guide and that she had the wrong titles. Even then she was waaaaay off. Like there might have been $350- $400 retail total if lucky. I said thanks for letting me look and that based on her asking price I was not going to make an offer and might want to familiarize herself with the guide and her books a bit more. Days of educating non-comic folk sellers are over. The shady guy looked pissed that I didn't buy anything. I have ANOTHER similar situation with some better quality books but again a ridiculous asking price. As there are some decent books in that collection that I do want, I am going to make one offer for just what I want and see what happens.

Been a loong time since I have posted anything here...I have been focussing more on selling and saving lately. While I said I would refrain from buying "common issues" this book popped up at a LCS (relatively speaking) in the grade range I wanted and price I thought was fair especially with no shipping fees, so I decided to snag it. 24 issues to go to complete the run...

Zenescope exclusive auction with some art prints and other books as BIN or Best Offer. Check it out. Auction ends Sunday night! https://www.ebay.com/usr/more_fun_comics

Thanks! The GSX 1 for sure as I don't have one and was thinking likely to hold the HoS #92 for a bit. The others, just in time for the upcoming con season.

Recent acquisitions

I recently made a purchase from a customer and friend who was looking to downsize his collection. To me, this buy epitomizes the importance of relationships within the comic book community. He knew the value of the books. He knew I needed to have a fair room for profit. One of the easiest deals I have ever done. I'm in "no rush" to move them and likely may only keep the GSX for awhile. I have personal CGC 7.0 copy of House of Secrets #92.

"8.0"

1. There are a lot of them/common book. 2. People already bought into the speculation boom when Venom was released. 3. People are flocking to Beanie Babies instead of comics and VHS tapes right now as the next big collectible.

CLink auction was a total bust. Oh well. Live and learn. Nothing you can do when auctions go bad but move on...At least someone got some cool books for cheap.

FINAL 9 HOUR

Well it seems weird that ebay would not be willing to fix a technical glitch with a "big" seller, it is totally plausible with eBay so that is unfortunate for Paradise in this case. However, in any event it does not explain their decision to stop posting grades and just telling people to look at a scan for grade. If I have to look at a scan that tells me nothing about the back cover, the interiors, etc. and I have to message them for basic details about a book, I'm sorry, I'm moving on and not bothering. The "description" and "style" of their listings have gone downhill for sure. If buyers are/were disagreeing with the grade and most eBay sellers have all dealt with crummy buyers (there is a whole thread about it here), it happens, but at some point you start to wonder if the recent spat of negs and neutrals are all on the buyers and not the seller.

Modern stuff. Came in a few weeks ago...Avenging Spidey sold already. Superman Annual is a Canadian Edition.

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@BITCOINSWAMI you should speak to @uchiha101 together you could rule the comic book world!!!

Just over 24 hours to go on March Auction...

Why are so many people disagreeing? I am by no means a "big fish" and when I post booksI take the time to provide scans and grade and brief description of the book. I have been good. Over 800 transactions and no problems (knock on wood). At what point is it on the store and not the buyer? You have to ask why are so many people disagreeing?

Everyone has to move common stuff though... The bigger issue is that for them not to grade their books anymore and basically telling the buyer to look at a front cover scan for grade is just...Lazy. I tried asking a few questions on an odd book and information provided was less than satisfactory . I don't bother even looking now.

Ah ok. So eBay couldn't fix it for them? Just seems weird to bail on that account that had thousands of positive feedback...

They ditched their old ebay user id (paradisecomics) that had thousands of feedback I think due to some reason...I think I read something about a "ebay technical issue"? Anyway, their new ebay user id: torontocomics

Their new eBay is taking a hit. Everything is listed as "Hard to Find" or "Rare" or any of the other eBay catch phrases. No grades. No descriptions. They tell you to look at scans. If you have a question, they may or may not get back to you.