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You would have to be a fool - she would get HALF of your comics!!!!!!!!!

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Well - this is kind of when my accounting methods fail..... I did a lot of 1 and 2 business - but don't know the split. This was the first time I had $2 boxes. I used to just mix them in the back issues.

the dollar zone ( the last 6 rows are $2) The wall zone -- $20 and up books. Some cheaper ( like the X22 at that time) - final pic - the obligatory cosplayer stopping by

So other notes - I use cheap wire racks from displays2go. You see a low of boxes in the images - I use the boxes they came in for storing them. There may be a more efficient way - but they seem pretty easy to move and store this way. The low cost zone forming - they did make me move the right row closer in ( much closer to the edge of the drapes) - but still ended up being plenty of room. The back right - is the locked display for slabs. and the TPB/set area takes shape. The racks - can fit 4 rows of comics and a flat row in front. Had many boxes of backups to reload. and no booth is complete without a dealer coming in early to snoop. Things filling out more. A good view down the racks.

So - wall crawler asked about my setup - so I will show what I do. For all - keep in mind that I do NOT set up at many shows. I have my main local show ( Count i Con ), that is a reasonable cost and a decent size local show. My goal is to at least look like I know what I am doing. Last year - the show had a special Friday event - where some of the vendors could open early. I was not on the list at first - but it pays to be in touch with the promoters. About three weeks before the show - they green-lighted me and I was in early. About two weeks before the show - I get the follow up - " do you think you can fill a 20 x 20?". - but I was somewhat prepared as I had a similar thing happen last year ( they doubled my booth form 10 x 10 to 10 x 20 then). So - I plan in powerpoint - I can set up the tables and such -- lay out everything with a plan - then get blindsided again as there is a power pole right in the middle of my booth. What you see is the booth with some re-arranging at the last minute ( I changed the layout in PPT to kind of match what happened). So - on to the pics. The layout of the con - we were in an area where it was easy to spread out a little ( island booth) - so it was easy to fit everything anyway. So - up front was Chuck Fiala - a local artist that I know. He is always a blast to hang with. It is great to have him - not only as an added reason for people to see the booth, but laying out to make the space seem fuller is easier. This is set as an inside layout - I have pipe/curtain in the back. Left side - is all trades and sets/runs. There is enough room for a row of books laid flat in front as well. Center island = back issues ( $3 to $20). Right side - about 6 rows of $2 books and the rest dollar books. The back racks are "wall books" and the table in front had random stuff and treasuries. The yellow block - is a lockable display case for some high end slabs I brought. Not the best overall for displaying slabs - but they were there more for show than sale. the beginning, - all the junk you see is me...... The view from the "front" - with the drape set. Great news kids - if there is a fire - we can save the books!!!!!

check your PM!!! - I have a question on one of the books - otherwise my grades are ready to submit........

and here I was though my greatness was finally being recognized with two chances FWIW - I think you guys are handling the issues well - the timing of the new boards implementation is not helping things.....

Cash box - this is kind of a tricky one - or at least for what I see you using it for..... Now - I do only one show a year at the moment- but I go big ( 20 x 20 last year). I typically have myself and 2 others manning the booth - but there is not a lot of spare time for tracking individual sales. I do not keep track of general individual books sold unless it is a high $ slab. High $$$ ( for me is $100+ books) I do note somewhere so I can pull them off of inventory and record the % profot ( and I am the one who takes care of the bigger books) ... The rest - I use my receipts at the end of the day to figure out the general revenue. Bulk items - my pricing structure is somewhat standard ( ebay or show) - so for the tax man, I average out everything at the end of the year for the bulk sales. I can usually match out at least 50% of my ebay sales ( and the live big books) - so I can calculate a gross profit % for use across all of the funny book revenue. Now - the bulk of my sales are online - so this method works for me. If you are doing most of the sales through shows - then easy access to that recordkeeping might not be there. I would recommend treating easily accountable books as bulk - having similar margins so accounting at the end of the show is based more on the $$$ you took in. For the bigger ones or items you want to separately track , use the voice memo on a phone ( or get a stand alone voice recorder- they are pretty cheap) to make a quick sales note for your records. This is fast - and you can do it without a table or much interruption. edit - and like Andy - I use the good old 90s fanny pack as a cash belt. and looks dorky - - but when I am selling comic books to an adult wearing a minions costume, I would think I am not judged too harshly .....

Using the corners for display space is tough - people are crawling over the boxes or rear table display. Racks might work there - you can get wire displays that fit tabletops and turn them at an angle in those corners. Otherwise - that area is good for general storage ( bags, your lunch, soda, stacks of books for people). For the back table - tabletop racks might also be decent for helping display more. My side tables - I have the 2 tiered ones ( 2 rows of books) - for runs/sets/trades. The size of these lets me lay books flat in front of the racks as well. You are able to use ~ 50% of the table flat in front - so you could have several rows of better books (or just a display of the clearance ones) and tabletop items in the same space. If you need a quick flat surface - just put a top on one of the longboxes for a minute.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Captain-Marvel-17-1st-Print-2nd-App-Of-Kamala-Khan-Last-Issue-CGC-9-6-NM-/361473594781?hash=item542981559d:g:q~YAAOSwGotWoTkE http://www.ebay.com/itm/Captain-Marvel-17-2nd-Print-CGC-9-8-1st-Kamala-Khan-Ms-Marvel-Cover-NM-/172006329492?hash=item280c604c94:g:6hIAAOSwHQ9WULA9 the RC - even on the 2nd print - has that look ( not my auctions )

that's printed on the book

--- Uncle scrooge is MIA ---- not me ( though I did throw some grades in) ...

is that a requirement in your location? For taxes - I file using schedule C - Sole Proprietorship You are not required to have a home business license for comics in my area ( I checked) - as long as I am not using the home as a store front. State wise - you might need to file for a separate tax id ( or for state sales tax). Illinios - I did this as part of receiving a resellers form (so I can eliminate sales tax on purchases). Of course - means i file state taxes for Illinois sales. Beyond this - I just registered a DBA ( doing business as) - for the name

the JIM cost me my fourth , my own bad- I was researching some items on GPA --- look at how they listed coverless ( they show them as .5/NG) and of course, used .5 instead of my brain at least I was "close enough" on the rest -

.......I do not think it is a fishing expedition at all!!!!!!! - love reading about how people build these dedicated collections any excuse to show off that book, - is all I need ......... i still have an ASM 2 from that collection as well (purple label 6) -

make SURE to take a picture of the book ahead of time ---- I sent in a SS - almost received a universal on back. CGC took care of it - but having a picture with the sig placement and cert number helped, I am sure.....

ASM 3 you say??

Eh - just ship it to me and save the time,

Wouldn't worry too much about pics yet either- arch had another thread going - they are tweaking images so things are not stable yet on that front.....

saves the image on my hard drive - then used the "choose file" option at the bottom..... might be imgur --- trying a couple of photobucket options.... copy/paste..... HTML IMG -- ok - so none of these seem to work --- but the insert from link one does.... ( right click on image - copy image location on photobucket) ..... but i tried that with your image- and nothing...... insert from link

-- I know that Arch has been playing with the image settings to get them better - so no idea if this is a temporary glitch ovrclck --- I had to save the image on my hard drive - then use the "choose file" option...