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Kinda like me saying that sales are great and I predict that this trend will continue and grow and then tomorrow there will be an announcement that post offices close/restrict shipping from certain locations

1 minute ago, fastballspecial said:

What made your change your view on this? Few weeks back you telling me about a slowdown

You’re absolutely right. Even though my sales never slowed down, just reading from everything that was said here and relating it to the news there was a sentiment that suggested that people will stop buying online especially from high infected areas. But in those 3-4 weeks conventions came to a halt, brick and mortar stores closed and diamond closed. Total different ballgame now

I dont think that the secondary market will be effected from this. If anything it may even do alot better. Sadly, because there are no cons and comic book shops are closed/ing theres basically only one main outlet for books - online. And I think that will only get stronger and stronger as time goes by if nothing else changes. I've had the strongest month in sales in March, and not alot of it were keys/big books... TONS of $5-20 i never dreamed Ill ever sell. 

As far as new books, who knows, maybe Diamond will never open again, but there are so many ways to change the status quo positively. 

The big 2 (3?) may chose to implement conservative subscription services once again. the indies may go the kickstarter route. Or maybe they will both combine and create a new online distribution channel.

Brick and mortar will now focus on selling online, so even though they are closed now, they still have inventory to move and if focusing on just that, at least they will be able to sustain operation while this play out.

None of this is easy, but one thing is for sure, the industry will not die, the market will sustain, and maybe a new generation of distribution will be born 

lets wait and see 

This is gonna be a BIG test for the industry. No new comics coming out (hopefully resuming once the threat of the virus is over) and no new comic book related movies coming out OR in the making. If this correction will not break the spec/hype trend I doubt anything else will. But that’s a BIG if

On 3/20/2020 at 1:51 PM, William-James88 said:

I am sure there is nothing ground breaking in stating that sometimes (often?), getting a book slabbed is not worth it. We all have our reasons (mine is that when it comes to really pricey books, I like knowing exactly where my comic is valued at and the current collecting landscape with CGC grants that), but when looking at what some of these go for on the market, I really wonder what was the point of slabbing random books. Here are examples below of books all selling at either a loss or very marginal gains. Slabbing costs 20$ plus you have the shipping fees for both ways (or submitting at a con, which has it's own costs), plus invoice fees, taxes, and extra fees you may opt for (pressing/fast track). And then there's the fees related to selling (e-bay/paypal fees or consignment fees on auction sites). And of course, all this does not take how much the actual book cost into account, which could really amplify one's loss. At least selling a comic raw would minimize one's losses.

So, what was the point to slabbing any of these?

 

 

Books needed to be quarantined 

12 minutes ago, the blob said:

This is something hitting all "face to face" businesses right now. Do you think all the gyms will close too because people got used to online workouts? (Which have been around forever). Heck, maybe, I dunno. My wife likes hitting the gym and doing her classes, but if she gets the same workout for free or $9.99 in our living room rather than $199.99 a month, maybe she does that. I'm an old fart, reading comics on line doesn't work for me, but you're right, my teenager has no problem doing so and he hates floppies too, prefers TPBs.

 

No they wont, 

New comic books may

Seems more and more like were amidst a major correction very similar to past ones that took down well known industries. In 2007-2008 for instance many record distributors and stores closed down "until further notice". Ended up closing for good. The trend of downloading music which picked steam in the early '00s was part of it, but the 2008 recession was the final nail in the coffin.

8 minutes ago, ygogolak said:

It will go up and then come back down for sure. But it won't be a $20 raw book anymore.

Star Wars has not yet had a character take this form. Meaning, build popularity from comics and animated shows and then crossover into the live action realm. They have a stable of characters that will fit this mold moving forward too.

I took from your 2nd point that Star Wars comics (moderns at that) are performing better than your average movie/TV show speculated comic, and so, thats absolutely not true. 

or was that a prediction  

1 hour ago, ygogolak said:

1. The book has been on the upswing for years. Not because of a casting this week. So yea, you don't know the market.

2. We all know movie appearances make books go up and down. This is Star Wars. Star Wars is bigger than a movie or TV show here and there. So, yea, you don't know Star Wars.

I agree with first point. Not so much with the second. But overall the first point is what makes sense to me as well - it seems like a big player and has been so for awhile so not gonna go down soon if at all

(As in quarantined)

Quickly! Get all of those books slabbed!!

One of my favorite Art Adams covers... revisited

Ive had many sales this weekend leading into today... Many many lowball offers as well... Which indicates to me that people are trying to take advantage of what they suspect is an economic collapse

I’m dying here...

1 hour ago, MGsimba77 said:

I'll believe it when I see the numbers materialize. We've been hearing for years now about how trade wars are going to torpedo everything and even though it has slowed the recovery imo it hasn't stopped it by any stretch. These predictions of economic doom have not materialized. If anything the opposite has happened. Turns out the US economy can absorb a trade war better than I initially thought it could. When we see imperical evidence of damage being done from current trade policy I'll be happy to believe it. Till then its just free trade people complaining. 

This virus will hurt China and Europe's economies much more than the United States. I think this will have an impact here yes but that article is more hysteria than fact. 

Again I'm much more concerned over another episode of debt default brinksmanship circa August 2011 than an allegedly "devastating" trade war or a virus. The fact that the national debt has grown more rapidly in recent years makes that more not less likely. Add to that the short term budget deficit has now resumed its unsustainable expansion from a brief respite before 2017. That imo is the real threat 

You’re already seeing an unproportionate “Call for action” in regards to the outbreak. 
sounds familiar?

the government always finds a way to empty our pockets. History will teach you that, there’s no need to “wait and see”

Did you think in a million years that we will open two fronts with Afghanistan and Iraq before 9/11? 
I’m not questioning here what’s “right or wrong”? Everyone has an opinion they will stick through thick and thin to. 
I’m just showing you facts of how easy it is to drain the economy through political agendas. 
 

18 hours ago, fastballspecial said:

This next month or two will be interesting. Online sales will increase while conventions either idle or have lower attendance
due to the corona virus. 

Im willing to bet that everything will slow down tremendously until theres a sign of hope... Even in this very board there are people that have restricted ordering books from highly infected areas

21 hours ago, MGsimba77 said:

This will pass like other health scares

 

Only its not a health scare according to some 

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-deaths-trump-stock-market-pandemic-economy-bankrupt-italy-a9394891.html

BTW having the best week in sales YTD this week... Surprisingly all of my big winners this week came from overseas and Canada... So I have no idea if its tax season over there or what

1 hour ago, RANDOM ACTS said:

Where you the buyer or seller?  

4 hours ago, Wolverinex said:

Another big drop today

Guess why?

Me last night:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DARK-SHADOW-Lot-of-4-ISSUES-Dell-Gold-Key-Comics-1-w-POSTER-2-3-6/313019567526

20 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

“fans of caroline munro fan club newsletters”

 

haha, but seriously, the guy has 9 neg feedbacks in the past month and all accuse him not shipping out books and yet hes still listing books and making sales

Can anyone tell me how the hell is this seller still in business???

https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?ssPageName=&_ssn=linhea.zikgy3&_sop=10

Did you mean McFarlane vs Stan Lee?