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I love his art, and good for him if he can get those prices. I wish I could have a piece, but it's unfortunately well outside of what my art collection is worth. There's nothing "abusive" about getting what you can for your product and time.

For that type of shipping I would have declined the purchase unless it was something I absolutely had to have. With the gap between the winning bid and the next highest I feel like they would have had no choice but to take that as a smaller loss. They couldn't hold you to paying an unadvertised fee.

Kindt's XO is one of my favorite books I read every month, and I'm not a "superhero" guy. It definitely helps that Valiant has paired him with excellent artists, particularly the first arc.

You're absolutely correct, Murphy does kind of shoe-horn a lot of modern sociopolitical topics together. It bothered me less than it does in some instances, but it is far from elegant. I really enjoy Rick Remender's writing, which admittedly can get borderline preachy. I think Murphy has a more ham-fisted way of doing it to be certain. I'm just interested enough to see where this is going that I will keep picking it up.

I get where you're coming from, but I don't find it quite so off putting. I absolutely love the art, and feel like it's worth buying for that alone. His cityscapes attention to detail definitely make what could've been talking head panels interesting. With the way he is instituting his plan at the end of issue 2, I am certainly a little confused about this characters moral alignment. Joker being a parallel for those who suffer from untreated mental health disorders getting wrapped up in the system was very interesting to me. To see him get treated and then champion a good cause could've made for something worth a very deep dive. But with his villainous methods sticking around, I don't think there will be much to go on.

Will call line instead of ticket line.

Oh boy, the will call wait for Groupon makes the savings not really worth it.

Have an extra Friday ticket I bought through Groupon. My wife will not be able to attend with me after all. If anyone needs a last minute voucher let me know. I believe I would have to give it to you in person.

Thanks for the heads up! Procrastinating paid off!

Welcome back! Not that we know eachother, but welcome none the less! 3. I concur that the big 2 are publishing junk these days. I've been off them for about 5 years now. Hoping to come back at some point and find that the Marvel line is great again like I did back in 2007. Then again I liked the first few months of the New 52. 6. I agree that cameos are first appearances. But if I have to choose which one to own, I want the first FULL appearance. 8. I moved from a state that had Whataburger and Jack in the Box, to one that had neither. I don't know what I was thinking.

I would love to own a few of these, however the price point is way too high for me to enjoy them.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm interested in this cover purely as a fan, but am not interested or already have what's in their ebay store. I'm not familiar with this store, did they just take an over the phone order via credit card?

Hopefully people are catching on to it. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Kindt readers came over for this release. His writing coupled with the announced art team seems like a no-brainer.

Isn't this a little unfair since #2 is ordered before shops know sales or actual readership of #1? Obviously #1 sales were inflated because of incentives, but to drop off that far doesn't speak to the quality or reception of a book that wasn't in hand yet.

I think this is a great feature, even if it impacts images. We only need to see the part of the image/text to know what the reply is in regards to. This would definitely help when viewing on mobile.

If you are buying comics with the notion of grading/reselling then you should not be buying from an online retailer, ESPECIALLY not a discount retailer. If condition is of high importance then I personally think you should go buy in person, or work out a mail order arrangement with a company where you specify you are ordering high grade comics. It's simply not worth the headache of being unsatisfied and attempting to do any sort of return shipping. Significant creasing or tears would warrant me using a different retailer in the future, and probably sending an email to the previous retailer informing of the fact and why. Maybe they will offer a replacement, but I wouldn't expect it.

Definitely alphabetize the books. You will already have them broken into quite a few subcategories, this could lead to a lot of confusion. Keep it simple, and clearly label major titles.

I hope you didn't already accept those trades and take them home. I get that you can't take legal action, but you can certainly go to the public. You are getting completely hosed on prints that are selling for close to what his originals go for. I hate to see someone who can afford Ross originals getting scammed into prints for the same price.

I actually really like this approach. Yeah, I could see it being frustrating if the potential buyer offers to pay that price and the seller still says no. But I think for the most part, it goes without saying that the seller would accept an astronomical figure if it was thrown out, so why even talk about that? There are of course exceptions to everything, but I feel like that is a fair generalization. The approach you mention is almost to say, "I don't want to sell, but if I did this would probably be my fair price". It lets the potential buyer know if he would be able to even afford it, and what he could keep available should the item come for sale. It also shows a certain relationship in the negotiation. I think it would be very friendly of the seller to approach the situation like this!

This is why I have decided to message people politely despite the NFS status. I've seen so many things with a "NFS" status but prices mentioned in the description, or comments. I've also seen the items show up on ebay. I feel like it can't hurt to express interest.

Thank you all for your feedback, this has been an excellent, and healthy discussion. On the particular piece in subject, I happen to come across the last sale price, and since I don't think I could offer something in multiple of that, simply informed them of the fact, thanked them for their response, and complimented their collection once more. I've only bought art from creators, which presents many less challenges than other collectors.

Definitely. I know when commissioning an artist my favorite current books/longtime favorite books I'm still reading compete for the subject matter. After Marvel completely soured Spiderman for me I no longer request him, or really have as much interest in those pieces.

I completely get that, and that's how I would feel as a seller as well I imagine. But the only way to know is to ask/offer. This wouldn't sour you on dealing with a potential buyer in the future would it? I know I wouldn't write someone off all together for making an offer lower than I'd like, but I'm interested in others thoughts. I just want to make sure I use some proper etiquette when going about these things. I appreciate all the feedback.

Heroes and it's not even close IMO. Heroes has been my favorite convention, hands down. The variety of artists and how available they are is unmatched. Really wish I could make the trip this year, but I've recently moved even further away. Awesome Con is practically in my backyard and I doubt I'll be going. It seems more like a pop-culture con when Heroes is ALL about the creators and fans. It's so common to strike up a conversation with creators and other fans hanging around.

Thanks for the tip. So you don't think someone offering FMV when prompted for " the right price" would sour you on dealing with them? I should preface that I am assuming FMV based on similar pieces. Im certainly no expert. I can certainly see that. But for someone like me who buys art in that price range, that's still a 25% or better return. If it would take a double FMV offer to move it, doesn't that go without saying? Maybe not, I'm quite new to this. I certainly agree they have all the power. I should mention I'm not looking to negotiate some killer deal in all of this. Just looking at a way to approach these situations without offending or hurting a possible relationship with the owner. After all, if we share the same taste in art it's possible we could end up with other possible transactions in the future and I would hate to sour that. I know some people's collections scale from the low hundreds to the many thousands, and I have a hard time approaching that I suppose.