Shrevvy

I agree. I also feel it is on the person posting the WTB ad to make an offer. It's ok to not state a price in the WTB ad, but I should not be pricing my book for sale. If you are posting a WTB ad, you are asking someone to sell an item that is not currently actively for sale. If I know want $XX for my book, I'll post that in the for sale section on the boards and reach a larger audience. Why restrict my audience to one person?

No one should think offering $550 on a $600 book is lowballing. I routinely get offers on items at half or less of asking prices through eBay.

I think I have been fair in regards to eBay's Managed Payments, but the following scenario is pretty lame. This is the first time I have noticed it. Two buyers bought separate items over the weekend. Both of those sales were cancelled by the buyers. No problem, I refund their money. My payouts are set for weekly. Today's payout looked a bit light. eBay took the refund for both items out of my available funds. The thing is, eBay has not yet given me credit for their payments. The funds for their purchases will show up in my payout a week from now. My weekly payout was reduced by the amount of the refund, but I never received their money to begin with. I just floated eBay $400 for a week. Stupid.

I would suspect that as a casual seller 99% of sales would not be subject to sales tax. I would assume any "casual seller" would not reach threshholds required to file sales tax on out of state sales. Only sales in the seller's state may be subject to sales tax.

X-men #14 CGC 4.0 $750

Silver Surfer #1 CGC 5.0 $1195 SOLD

Fantastic Four #12 CGC 1.8 $800 shipped

Books look better in hand. I'm not sure what I did with my scanner settings, but the books are brighter and more vibrant in hand. First book coming in two minutes...

This will be short thread with a few silver minor keys. Shipping is FREE in the US. I will ship to Canada at cost. Paypal, check/MO for payment 7-day return on raws. No return on slabs No members of bad lists

I remember watching this when it came out. Had low expectations (maybe that was key), but really enjoyed it. The Hoff pulled off the look as well. I need to find a copy and re-watch it. Probably doesn't hold up...

Very nice! I do not have a Colnago, but would like to have one at some point. I have never ridden out west, but it is on my list of something to do. I figure I need to start traveling for cycling rides. Otherwise, the opportunity will eventually pass me by. You have some great riding in out there. Funny on the sew ups/tubulars. The Lemond has clinchers, but I plan to put tubulars on it. The Trek has Veloflex clinchers (hand made in Italy) that ride as nice as tubulars. The Huffy has tubulars. I go back and forth between the two.

Now you are just talking crazy.

If you let me, I can geek out on bikes just as easily as comic books. The builders are the equivalent to artists in comic books. My tastes run to high-end America, Italian and Japanese builders. France, Britain, Spain (I'm tempted to delve in here), Canada and others all had their top craftsmen as well. This is a 1977 Trek TX900. It was the top of line race bike from Trek at the time. It was offered as a frame only and the customer would build the bike. This was completed as a frame up build a couple weeks ago. The pic is just before a shake down ride and final adjustments to saddle, bars, etc. Trek is a corporate behemoth today, but in 1977 it was an American upstart trying to compete with the Europeans. It was a handful of guys hand building bikes out of a barn. There is a mystique to these bikes. I own several bikes built by Trek alumni. This bike rides fantastic, by the way. I have two Huffys and one Murray. Both brands are known as low-end department store bikes, but they both sponsored the first American professional team to compete in Europe. The bikes were built by high-end builders, but carried the sponsor's brands. This is an actual team 7-11 bike. I don't know which rider unfortunately. You can see the number hanger on the top tube where a race number would have been fixed. This bike was built by Ben Serotta. Serotta built the bikes for the 1984 US Olympic team as well as team 7-11. Fastest Huffy you can own...

It is not a stupid question as some do not ride what they collect. Although I do display some of my bikes in my office, I buy them to ride. This one will definitely be ridden.

x10 at $150-ish. Last 14 Batman 404 sales have been $300+

I collect 1970s/1980s race bikes. It was the golden age of steel bikes. This arrived yesterday. It is dirty and in need of some attention, but it will clean up nicely. For those that don't know, Greg Lemond was the first and only American to win the Tour de France. His first win was in 1986 and the next year he launched his own bike line. The bike pictured below was one of the first pre-production bikes used to promote the brand. The "DS" stamp on the bottom bracket notes that it was hand-built by Roland Della Santa. Just months prior, Della Santa would have built the bike that Greg Lemond rode in the Tour de France. I've been looking for one of these for a few years. Lucky to find one in my size.

The sale was on Heritage. I am either very smart or very lucky (my money is on lucky). I bought my 9.6 on Heritage on April 25 for $900. The very next week, the $2,160 sale went through on Heritage. Not sure why the increase in a week. I did enjoy watching the auction close knowing mine was in the mail. I do know I bid on a few lower grades on eBay before getting my 9.6 and the competiton was tough. 5/3 $2,160 sale: Astonishing Tales #25 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages.... | Lot #11072 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com) 4/25 $900 sale: Astonishing Tales #25 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages.... | Lot #17102 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

I have been a paying GPA member for a while and just became a paying GoCollect member. I am not very tech savvy. So, take these questions in the vein. I like GoCollect's "lists" in which I can upload CGC certificate numbers and they will track the collection. I can get an updated value for the entire collection as well. I was able to export my list of CGC books, but I cannot find a way to export the values. The export has the ability to include a large numbers of variables, but not their estimate of value. Is there a way to export the FMV assigned to each book by GoCollect? I would also like to export my GoCollect list, make changes in Excel and import my changes in bulk. Can I do that with GoCollect? I do not see a way to re-import my data. For GPA, I find their ability to track my collection to be very clunky and poor. Is there a way to create a list by entering the CGC certificate number as you can on GoCollect? Can I export/import a list in GPA? I was hoping to have the ability to get a live (or relatively live) "quote" for my collection through both GoCollect and GPA. I would also like to compare the values between the two services for the collection as a whole and on individual books.

I wouldn't press this book. It won't improve the grade and doubt it will improve the appearance. My guess is that the value realized pre and post press would be the same. You would just be out the pressing fees (~$150) and the extended time it adds to get the book graded.

Don't know about gocollect, but GPA does not include Comiclink sales.

See the lower right corner: Astonishing Tales #25 (Marvel, 1974) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages.... | Lot #11072 | Heritage Auctions (ha.com)

Only $5 of purchases up until that point...I had to buy something.

Better lucky than good! I almost didn't buy the raw. In fact, I almost flipped it here on the boards for a couple dollars profit after buying it. About two weeks later it started its upward rise. Glad I held onto that one. 8.0s are bringing ~4x what I would have sold it for a couple months ago.

I don't. I had one 9.8 that I sold a few years ago. I always liked X-men #94 better. All but the CGC 9.4 I picked up earlier this year. The #94 felt like an under valued book so I picked up a couple extra copies. I did not expect the price to move like it has, but I am not complaining. The raw came from a local shop and I will be sending it to CGC. I would guess it is an 8.0ish. The low grade copy is my reading copy that I have in a short box somewhere. It is probably G-VG range. I will likely sell or trade all but the 9.4 and low grade raw at some point (not ready yet).