manetteska

I usually check MCS for ratio/variant info. However, they definitely do not have everything in their db. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=22578957

I like watching easily identifiable books show up here days after ending at auction on eBay. With a markup, of course.

Nooooo!

I like how 17 is in quotes in the last picture, as if it's figuratively 17 issues.

I've wondered about this seller. At first it seemed like he didn't know what he was doing and people potentially received good deals on books. But he continues to use "odd" sales practices and a few sold books have popped back up for sale again. Maybe he is just playing dumb?

Wrap isn't that great, either.

My pickups from the weekend. The Lucy 4 would probably be the highest graded, but only bc two have been graded.

buyers can only be left positive feedback. i hope other sellers have reported him and ebay does something. it's clear hes a buyer who is abusing the system. Nah, he's just had really bad luck the past month with his purchases.

It depends; many buyers know a certain grading company is not extremely reliable and bid/offer at a much lower price in comparison. Some people were already taking risks with buying at these lower prices and re-grading with CGC. Now, as is probably expected with this announcement, that will be happening more often as the re-grading cost is (potentially) much much lower.

I usually do not buy books at this show. Sometimes I buy lost cost OA when a certain dealer is there. Years ago, I bought a JIM 84 with an undisclosed married centerfold from the bald dealer. After CGC graded it, he wouldn't do anything about it. I don't buy from him. I don't buy from the dude who forces his dog to balance on his shoulders for hours a day. I don't buy from the dealer who doesn't have prices on his books and turns to Overstreet when you hand him some potential purchases. This time around there was a new dealer I hadn't seen setup before. I only bought from this box of his: Are there some books where the dealer turning to OPG would not be so great? Karma-ish?

Purchases form a local show. I did not pay sticker price.

Please show and tell.

the $10 is if the grade drops Yes, hence the "over-graded" part.

If this is fresh back from CGC he has the notes, no?

So buy an over-graded (by another company) "big" key, get it re-graded (but hopefully stay blue) and re-holdered by CGC, and pay $10?

Congrats! Guessing this was a private collector?

as long as you "add to cart" and check out all at one time.... It's always been that way... I don't know if it's always been that way, or depends on the coupon. The coupon is advertised as "10% off Everything"; some may interpret that as everything is 10% off and buy an item here, another there, only to realize on that second purchase you couldn't use the coupon anymore. Just clearing it up.

You *can* use this coupon on multiple items as long as it is used in a single transaction. The 10% cap for that single transaction is $100. Ex: 3 items of $100, $200, $300. Instead of getting $30 back on that $300, put them all in your cart and checkout to receive $60 back. I haven't tried it out (yet), but that's what the fine print is telling me.

Guessing: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=return+of+wolverine+error&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

That's not the question. We're talking about sellers who DO NOT want to sell it, and forcing them to accept "the highest offer", whatever it may have been, to "clear out the clutter." But that is what I'm talking about and how this started: List items to sell them. If you don't want to sell (or sell in a "reasonable" amount of time [not to be defined here]), don't list the item on a site which was explicitly created to sell items. Pretty simple to me.

$600 is the "got to have the money now price" similar to if you walked into a pawn shop and said what will you give me for this item. Auctions on e-bay right now will give you a price that a couple to a handful of people are willing to pay for it (with most being flippers in my opinion) at that given time. The $1,000 price is the "sitting in a showroom waiting to find the right buyer" price and there seems to be a lot of people window shopping in the example you guys are using. The average price is $975 so the average going price for the book can be quoted at $975 and most people will price it at $975 to $1,000. Now if the only time the book starts selling is in the "need money now auctions" since demand tanks then the price will drop and the price may get down to $600 after awhile especially if there is a bunch of people that really need the money. So if you want to sell your item, you price it close to what the last sale was, ignoring the "calculated worth". A comic in 8.0 sells for $200 for years. All of a sudden it begins selling for $400; the new calculated/average worth is $250. Do you price it at $250? Seems like this calculated worth is just a number and worth is what someone is willing to pay for that item at that time.

Come on, these aren't fair responses. No, I'm not the only buyer on eBay, but I'm also representative of at least a PORTION of people who buy on eBay. I am, just as you are, representative of "an" average group of people who use eBay. Correct; but you can't take your situation (or my situation) and say that's the "average" person. It's a sample of 1. Without data from eBay, I don't think we can say how many times the "average" eBay buyer/seller/looker visits the site. Back to the "worth" example... If that $1,000 worth book sells for $600 at a recent auction, and the "average worth" is now $975, what do you price yours at -- if you want to sell it?

If buyers knew the best offer on an item wins it, would they be willing to offer $1000 on that $2000 ashcan? There is no fear of buyer rejection, just waiting that 30 days (worst case scenario) to see if you offered the highest amount. Because you haven’t checked eBay in a couple months that’s the end of it? Are you the only buyer on eBay? On the flip side there are buyers who look at eBay multiple times in a day. If not 30 days what is the appropriate amount of time? Perhaps 30 days is too short for some items, but I’m of the opinion that if you put something on eBay (or CL or the boards sale section, etc) it’s to sell that item. There are multiple other venues to show off your goods.

1. If it’s a rare item, how do you establish what it’s worth? 2. No one needs to look at eBay 24 hours a day. The listing would be up for 30 days — same time as a best offer now. 3. Dutch auctions have been run here without issue. Perhaps if there was a specific category on eBay for Dutch auctions and comics, a person could go there and sort by “latest price drop” or similar.