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Well, he gave two different numbers for how much it cost him (first was $108, then it was $116) and seeing the utterly convoluted and incomprehensible mess he made in explaining how much he spent shipping and how much the buyer paid and how he repeatedly changed the terms of the shipping costs on the buyer and who would pay what, I have zero confidence in any numbers being put forth here. That's because I needed to get all the numbers straight that's why it changed it again. You should have had the numbers straight before you gave your buyer a quote for shipping. Also, once you gave the buyer a quote, you should have honored that price. That's how reputable people conduct business. I agree I will do that next time. You constantly make stupid mistakes and keep saying you'll improve on it. Maybe that's why you can't keep a job because the things you're doing is really common sense stuff. The way you handled that last sale was unprofessional. Going back and forth on the shipping was shady because it seemed like you were getting greedy. You were lucky he didn't back out of the transaction. Yes I do make stupid mistakes that are common sense and I've said that many times already. I'm lucky he didn't back out and I wasn't getting greedy I just realized mistake with shipping in the last minute.

With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before. Why would your friend have you sell his sports cards when you know nothing about sports cards? pretty easy to figure that one out - drek! Boxes of cards that are not worth someones time as they have more profitable ventures - could be easily handed over to Gabe. Why not? If I had someone like him in my area - I would be putting them to work helping clear out low value books. Yes, that's what it would start with. He says that he has lots of 10 dollars cards and he doesn't have time to list them and once I prove I can sell those I'll get his higher end stuff. He said he'll put in a couple higher end cards just to see how I'll do with them.

With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before. How is the bottom dropping out on video games? Because GABE is not making any money at it; therefore, the bottom has dropped out. It is pretty scientific dontchyaknow? That's not it at all.

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With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before. How is the bottom dropping out on video games? It's not. Nothing has changed. You know where the bottom really fell out? Sports cards. And it was years ago. Yes it has. Not by a lot but just give it some more time. Yes I was reading about that and how sports cards fell in value but you can make money with this.

With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before. How is the bottom dropping out on video games? On games in general, people have skyrocketed the price of video games for a while and they're beginning to normalize. For example I had a bunch of gamecube games that would hold value but within a month they lost 100 dollars in value. I have people I'm friends with as well saying their stores aren't making as much as they used to as well.

With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before. Why would your friend have you sell his sports cards when you know nothing about sports cards? He said I can take my time with them and it's just research I would need to do on them. He knows my situation because I told him and he said he doesn't have time to play around with listings.

With the bottom dropping out of video games I'll keep an eye on it but I want to try sports cards and I have a friend that might let me sell some of his cards. I also used to sell yugioh cards before.

Well, he gave two different numbers for how much it cost him (first was $108, then it was $116) and seeing the utterly convoluted and incomprehensible mess he made in explaining how much he spent shipping and how much the buyer paid and how he repeatedly changed the terms of the shipping costs on the buyer and who would pay what, I have zero confidence in any numbers being put forth here. That's because I needed to get all the numbers straight that's why it changed it again. You should have had the numbers straight before you gave your buyer a quote for shipping. Also, once you gave the buyer a quote, you should have honored that price. That's how reputable people conduct business. I agree I will do that next time.

Well, he gave two different numbers for how much it cost him (first was $108, then it was $116) and seeing the utterly convoluted and incomprehensible mess he made in explaining how much he spent shipping and how much the buyer paid and how he repeatedly changed the terms of the shipping costs on the buyer and who would pay what, I have zero confidence in any numbers being put forth here. That's because I needed to get all the numbers straight that's why it changed it again.

It's 87.09 in profit to be exact That's how I usually sell things, I post in as many groups as I can and if it doesn't go fast enough I put it on kijiji or ebay. I wouldn't say bragging but I've said before you don't give chances to the same comics as I do, sure it wasn't the quickest flip but $87.09 in profit is good. $1097.71 Is the hole I'm in for now.

Nothing says 'professional' like telling a customer you're putting them on hold until you finish your bowl of capt. crunch. It's also nice to see the proper use of punctuation and spelling in that exchange that several have urged Gabe to adopt, which is another thing on the list of things he is "working on". Well I must be doing a better job if I haven't seen you complain about it otherwise Not at all, it just became clear that that advice, as with everything else that didn't come from your friend with the golden recommendations, was falling on deaf ears. Ah I see, it's not like I ignore everything that's been said to me, but I'm happy I didn't return the bat 189 like the boardies told me to because I sold it under 6 months and for a profit. Nice punctuation and grammar. And yes, nothing like a minor success to reinforce your perception that you know what you're doing and the collective board wisdom is wrong. Good luck to you. Thanks. You know what I mean, I'm happy because I listened to my gut on this one and I was right, the research helped but I was beginning to doubt myself and wanted to return the comic like you guys said.

No, it took me 36 days to sell the comic the six months was the deadline I set myself.

No, it took me 36 days to sell the comic the six months was the deadline I set myself.

Nothing says 'professional' like telling a customer you're putting them on hold until you finish your bowl of capt. crunch. It's also nice to see the proper use of punctuation and spelling in that exchange that several have urged Gabe to adopt, which is another thing on the list of things he is "working on". Well I must be doing a better job if I haven't seen you complain about it otherwise Not at all, it just became clear that that advice, as with everything else that didn't come from your friend with the golden recommendations, was falling on deaf ears. Ah I see, it's not like I ignore everything that's been said to me, but I'm happy I didn't return the bat 189 like the boardies told me to because I sold it under 6 months and for a profit.

Nothing says 'professional' like telling a customer you're putting them on hold until you finish your bowl of capt. crunch. It's also nice to see the proper use of punctuation and spelling in that exchange that several have urged Gabe to adopt, which is another thing on the list of things he is "working on". Well I must be doing a better job if I haven't seen you complain about it otherwise

Nothing says 'professional' like telling a customer you're putting them on hold until you finish your bowl of capt. crunch. I told him that because some people I've dealt with get impatient and think I'm ignoring them.

It's low cost and easy to flip in most cases and after the Animosity #3 Harambe Variant I decided to take another shot but I check the print runs and prices before I decide if I want it or not. I don't have a "Thing" for her it's just buying and flipping to start finally making money.

Yeah anything like this should do you fine Gabe. https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=postal+scale&sprefix=postal%2Caps%2C288 You just want it accurate and with a high enough capacity for larger packages. Thanks I got mine from Staples. It is a DYMO Model M10. Capacity 10lbs/4500g. Draws power from your laptop or PC. Super easy to operate. Just watch the online sales and/or flyers and get one on sale if $ is a concern. Seriously, a scale could have saved you a lot of trouble and if you are going to be selling, it is a good tool to have. Thanks I'll check it out.

Yeah anything like this should do you fine Gabe. https://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=postal+scale&sprefix=postal%2Caps%2C288 You just want it accurate and with a high enough capacity for larger packages. Thanks

Comic Plan So I was asked a while back what comics I wanted to sell and when, though I didn't do it for all I prioritized some I want to sell in the next 30-45 days if I can #1) IH 180 CGC 5.0 SS Stan Lee 2) Fantastic Four 53 CGC 7.0 3) Daredevil 257 CGC 9.8 The Second Category is comics that I don't mind waiting for 2-3 months to sell 1) Betty and me 16 2) New Gods 7 3) NYX 4 4) Doctor Aphra #1 Set

That kind of happens when you don't know what you're doing. Yeah it was a bit of a mess next time I'll do it better Good job on making some profit on that book. If you are going to keep selling invest in a digital mailing scale so you can give immediate and accurate shipping quotes. You are lucky the buyer didn't walk away as the cost of shipping kept going up. Some may have gotten annoyed with that and wanted out. The back and forth regarding the shipping charges was not very professional. I think if he stated he would send the book out for $210 shipped then he should have stuck to that. I know he could care less for advice from boardies since he thinks he knows what he is doing and every mess is just another "i'll do better next time" type experience but after a couple years of this when is he actually going to do better? Yes I agree I should have gave him the quote from the get go instead of doing it in parts that's something I'll keep in mind.

That kind of happens when you don't know what you're doing. Yeah it was a bit of a mess next time I'll do it better Good job on making some profit on that book. If you are going to keep selling invest in a digital mailing scale so you can give immediate and accurate shipping quotes. You are lucky the buyer didn't walk away as the cost of shipping kept going up. Some may have gotten annoyed with that and wanted out. Thanks. For the scale can it be any digital scale as long as it's accurate?

That kind of happens when you don't know what you're doing. Yeah it was a bit of a mess next time I'll do it better You've said that before. At least now I know what a broken record sounds like. To be fair I only shipped a book internationally once.

That kind of happens when you don't know what you're doing. Yeah it was a bit of a mess next time I'll do it better