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There was some real gold in them there posts...

 

Agreed, but at what point does it just become sad?

 

 

Do we really need proof that water is wet?

 

Gabe apparently does. He keeps jumping in with both feet expecting to stay dry the next time he buys a $800 book to flip.

 

I've made bad choices that's true but with James's advice I'm working on it because my emotions got the better of me as they usually do so it's time to change that.

 

A vg NYX #4 is an awesome start

Don't forget the Betty and me 16 4.5/5.0 for $4.50

There was some real gold in them there posts...

 

Agreed, but at what point does it just become sad?

 

 

Do we really need proof that water is wet?

 

Gabe apparently does. He keeps jumping in with both feet expecting to stay dry the next time he buys a $800 book to flip.

I've made bad choices that's true but with James's advice I'm working on it because my emotions got the better of me as they usually do so it's time to change that.

 

Because if the reason is politics I don't understand why they didn't delete other posts related to it.

 

Didn't they? I don't see any from that tangent of the conversation.

About 30 pages back there are some things about politics that still there so that's why I asked

Because if the reason is politics I don't understand why they didn't delete other posts related to it.

Looks like all that golden information on the world's only two parliamentary systems got poofed overnight.

 

Hmm you're right I wonder what that's about?

 

Why don't you ask the moderators? I'm sure they'll be happy to fill you in.

Ok I'll ask and see what they say

Looks like all that golden information on the world's only two parliamentary systems got poofed overnight.

 

Hmm you're right I wonder what that's about?

 

Apparently the Civics lesson was deemed to be politics.

Fair enough

Looks like all that golden information on the world's only two parliamentary systems got poofed overnight.

Hmm you're right I wonder what that's about?

I can't imagine what would happen if Gabe stopped posting

 

 

That was sarcasm I got it right this time.

 

Technically, that one shouldn't count. The spinning head emoji was kind of a giveaway. Oh, what the heck, at least your getting better at something.

 

This time it was a couple things. The head spinning, The wording and the fact that she only really comes here to say sarcastic things

 

She's kind of a person_without_enough_empathy.

I've spoken to her a few times and she's smart and I've got nothing against her

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

Hmm, I think I may have figured out why you can't seem to hold a job. People on this board have been telling you these things for YEARS, and yet you make it sound like this is the first time that you've heard this advice. I'm guessing that if your previous employers had to tell you the exact same thing five times, by the time number six rolled around, they decided to cut their losses and get a new employee. The really smart ones did 2 minutes worth of research on you on the Internet and didn't hire you in the first place.

 

I see but I do tell every employer I need things to be repeated to me

 

No, you don't see, but at least your giving all those potential employers the courtesy of not even wasting the 2 minutes of their time in researching you before your application goes in the trash can.

 

Actually I do I see how employers would want someone else over me.

 

Okay, then what are you doing to make yourself more marketable? You need to face facts, and unless you plan on living at home forever, sooner or later you're going to have to support yourself. And please don't say you'll do it by dealing in comics, because it's not going to happen. Your track record is proof of that. Also, just because other people can be successful at flipping comics, that does not mean that you can be successful at it as well. Why would it? Guys like Rick and Ed have been successfully dealing in comics longer than you have been alive. Why does that mean that you, or anyone else, can automatically do it too? If your rationale for becoming a successful comic flipper is because other people can do it, then heck, by your reasoning, I should be able to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys because Dak Prescott can do it.

 

I made my resume better. I know that I'm going to have to support myself sooner or later and comics aren't going to be my living I realize that but it's a good side thing for now. I'm not saying anyone can do anything automatically but determination and effort go a long way.

 

You're right, determination and effort do go a long way, but it's not always enough. You need to know when to cut your losses. Comics, for you, are not a "good" side thing. If they were, you would not be in the hole. The reasons you're in the hole are irrelevant, you were scammed (multiple times), you overpaid for books, etc., the point is you are in the hole, and if comics were a good side thing for you, you wouldn't be. The sooner you realize that, the better off you will be.

Trust me I'm working on it, for example the last time I got scammed was about a year ago and I almost paid off every single comic I overpaid for so that's improvement

.. don't forget: it's them that are paying for the shipping options .. not you .. which is why that thought crossed my mind, as you worded it as what the shipping would cost you (which isn't correct at all).

I'll change that then

Shipping has more then one option but using a box is more expensive then shipping it in a bubble mailer.

 

Gabe .... the different amounts for shipping shouldn't matter. You are giving options for your potential buyer, and they will appreciate the time you are taking to do that for them. I always look to see what packaging options a seller provides. It's not a deal-breaker, but it's good to have that extra packaging option. Other buyers mileage may vary on that one .. and anyway .. it's the buyer who will be picking up the tab for shipping.

 

A thought just crossed my mind: Heaven forbid you're "adding a little bit more" on the shipping price to make that little bit more on the thing that you're selling? Doing that is rightly-so frowned upon

That's not what I'm doing at all I'll give you a example of what two different shipping options cost me.

Bubble mailer with tracking and insurance $15.67

Box with tracking and insurance plus shipping supplies $27 dollars

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

Hmm, I think I may have figured out why you can't seem to hold a job. People on this board have been telling you these things for YEARS, and yet you make it sound like this is the first time that you've heard this advice. I'm guessing that if your previous employers had to tell you the exact same thing five times, by the time number six rolled around, they decided to cut their losses and get a new employee. The really smart ones did 2 minutes worth of research on you on the Internet and didn't hire you in the first place.

 

I see but I do tell every employer I need things to be repeated to me

 

No, you don't see, but at least your giving all those potential employers the courtesy of not even wasting the 2 minutes of their time in researching you before your application goes in the trash can.

 

Actually I do I see how employers would want someone else over me.

 

Okay, then what are you doing to make yourself more marketable? You need to face facts, and unless you plan on living at home forever, sooner or later you're going to have to support yourself. And please don't say you'll do it by dealing in comics, because it's not going to happen. Your track record is proof of that. Also, just because other people can be successful at flipping comics, that does not mean that you can be successful at it as well. Why would it? Guys like Rick and Ed have been successfully dealing in comics longer than you have been alive. Why does that mean that you, or anyone else, can automatically do it too? If your rationale for becoming a successful comic flipper is because other people can do it, then heck, by your reasoning, I should be able to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys because Dak Prescott can do it.

I made my resume better. I know that I'm going to have to support myself sooner or later and comics aren't going to be my living I realize that but it's a good side thing for now. I'm not saying anyone can do anything automatically but determination and effort go a long way.

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

YES! ... doesn't that seem like common-sense to you?

 

That's what I did with some of my listing but they were hit and miss tbh

 

Gabe, you're not seeing it ... if you lower your prices: You'll make your books far more liable to be purchased. If you provide good pics and descriptions: you're giving your potential buyers confidence that what you're offering is what they'll receive if they DO buy from you.

 

I always (but ALWAYS) walk away from listings that have poor pictures. To me, it shows that the seller is either potentially hiding defects, or that they're lazy. Either way, it doesn't inspire confidence for me to bid or buy it now.

 

Ok pricing is one thing I need to change and which listing are you saying has poor pictures? The DD257 or Tec 359?

 

As a frequent buyer on Ebay, here are some of the things I saw that would steer me away from your auctions.

 

Tec 359 - Tape pull not mentioned. Marker on the cover is mentioned in your listing however there is only one picture of the inside cover that does not show the entire inside front cover. Whenever I hear "rare" on a common book then it throws up the red flags. You ship regularly but if I want you to ship another method then I'll have to pay more. What the heck does that mean? Looks like someone erased something by Robin's gloves and cape but not mentioned in the description. Looking at all of these questions makes me very leary of buying your book.

 

DD 257/FF 53 - looking at the description of these two books makes me wonder the condition of the case. Not knowing how bad scratches and scuffs are a big no for me so unless there are pictures of how bad the damage is on the case, I'm not buying. The mention of "1st Klaw Movie soon" tells me you're a flipper and most likely you're hyping the book. Why are you wishing me luck on your books when it' not an auction. The books are BIN so there is no luck involved.

 

I understand some of the verbiage used in your listing is to try to market your book, but seeing that you don't have many books for sale it gives me the impression that you're a part time flipper that I might want to stay away from. I've purchased books from sellers that had similar, worse,and sometimes stock pictures but because they were in the business of selling comic books I felt confortable with purchasing from them. If I'm interested in purchasing something from a seller with low feedback or does not deal with comics then I will only bid if they have the book in an auction. I will do BIN but only if it's at a good price but if the person has a small inventory of books and their BIN is at or above FMV then I will just assume the person thinks they're holding onto gold and are pricing their books as such.

Good point for the TEC 359 I didn't mention it because of it's grade but if it makes that much of a difference I'll add that on and what I mean by rare is it's PQ for it's grade and age. It's not erased that I know if but I'll check and I wish people luck because I usually do OBO

Shipping has more then one option but using a box is more expensive then shipping it in a bubble mailer.

DD257/FF53 I always say a case has scratches and scuffs to prevent people from giving me negative feedback by saying it's not as described. I buy whatever I think I can flip and lately I've been doing video games as well.

I want to thank you for taking the time to give me feedback

what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me?

 

 

Let me rephrase that. I'm selling comics and I know may grammar isn't perfect but they can understand me.

 

.. have you heard of the saying: You are what you write?

 

If people see lots of grammatical errors, they will pre-judge you as a simpleton. Yeah, sure .. the odd one-or-two ... everyone's human afterall ... but when whole sentences are strung together with no punctuation, well .. you are what you write.

 

No I heard of "You are what you eat" though and yes my grammar needs to improve more

 

Yes it does but there's like ten different situations you use a comma though

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

Hmm, I think I may have figured out why you can't seem to hold a job. People on this board have been telling you these things for YEARS, and yet you make it sound like this is the first time that you've heard this advice. I'm guessing that if your previous employers had to tell you the exact same thing five times, by the time number six rolled around, they decided to cut their losses and get a new employee. The really smart ones did 2 minutes worth of research on you on the Internet and didn't hire you in the first place.

 

I see but I do tell every employer I need things to be repeated to me

 

No, you don't see, but at least your giving all those potential employers the courtesy of not even wasting the 2 minutes of their time in researching you before your application goes in the trash can.

Actually I do I see how employers would want someone else over me.

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

YES! ... doesn't that seem like common-sense to you?

 

That's what I did with some of my listing but they were hit and miss tbh

 

Gabe, you're not seeing it ... if you lower your prices: You'll make your books far more liable to be purchased. If you provide good pics and descriptions: you're giving your potential buyers confidence that what you're offering is what they'll receive if they DO buy from you.

 

I always (but ALWAYS) walk away from listings that have poor pictures. To me, it shows that the seller is either potentially hiding defects, or that they're lazy. Either way, it doesn't inspire confidence for me to bid or buy it now.

 

Ok pricing is one thing I need to change and which listing are you saying has poor pictures? The DD257 or Tec 359?

 

Strong truth from me: I've not bothered looking at either listings, as too many people have said the pics are poor. .. and talk like that doesn't inspire confidence in me to look at them (plus I'm not a Bats fan, so I wouldn't naturally hunt them out anyway).

Well I always do appreciate the truth and it seems like I didn't do three things properly

Pricing

Pics

Description

what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me?

 

 

Let me rephrase that. I'm selling comics and I know may grammar isn't perfect but they can understand me.

 

.. have you heard of the saying: You are what you write?

 

If people see lots of grammatical errors, they will pre-judge you as a simpleton. Yeah, sure .. the odd one-or-two ... everyone's human afterall ... but when whole sentences are strung together with no punctuation, well .. you are what you write.

No I heard of "You are what you eat" though and yes my grammar needs to improve more

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

Hmm, I think I may have figured out why you can't seem to hold a job. People on this board have been telling you these things for YEARS, and yet you make it sound like this is the first time that you've heard this advice. I'm guessing that if your previous employers had to tell you the exact same thing five times, by the time number six rolled around, they decided to cut their losses and get a new employee. The really smart ones did 2 minutes worth of research on you on the Internet and didn't hire you in the first place.

I see but I do tell every employer I need things to be repeated to me

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

YES! ... doesn't that seem like common-sense to you?

 

That's what I did with some of my listing but they were hit and miss tbh

 

So I understand...low prices, good pictures and good descriptions were hit and miss? So you went to bad pictures and descriptions with unrealistic prices, and you assumed that would lead to better success?

 

Is this thread actually happening or am I imagining all of these posts? There's no way this is real.

This is all very real and you asked way I went from good to bad and the answer is because I'm impatient and when one way didn't work I switched to another.

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

YES! ... doesn't that seem like common-sense to you?

 

That's what I did with some of my listing but they were hit and miss tbh

 

Gabe, you're not seeing it ... if you lower your prices: You'll make your books far more liable to be purchased. If you provide good pics and descriptions: you're giving your potential buyers confidence that what you're offering is what they'll receive if they DO buy from you.

 

I always (but ALWAYS) walk away from listings that have poor pictures. To me, it shows that the seller is either potentially hiding defects, or that they're lazy. Either way, it doesn't inspire confidence for me to bid or buy it now.

Ok pricing is one thing I need to change and which listing are you saying has poor pictures? The DD257 or Tec 359?

what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me?

 

Let me rephrase that. I'm selling comics and I know may grammar isn't perfect but they can understand me.

That said if people see me change the price down to about 75 bucks won't that lead them to believe they can lowball me?

 

And you counter-offer, which at least starts a conversation on the book. At the price you're at there is zero chance of that happening.

 

Or, leave it at the price it is at. Hell, double it to make it even higher. It is only two days, right?

 

No I won't make it worse then it is but why is two days such a big deal? I don't sell comics that quickly

 

You won't sell them quick because your prices are not in line with what books like that go for. You just don't get it. You're really clueless.

 

I agree for the most part and some comics I really underpriced and people still didn't ask anything about them and I can't sell them for free

 

That should tell you one of two things:

1) You're not really underpriced

or

2) You are holding onto comics that are literally worthless, meaning nobody wants them at any price. There are literally thousands of these books out there, it's only logical that you would acquire a few of them in your career as a comic book flipper.

Have you ever heard the saying "There's an for every seat"? Well, forget it, it's not true. There's tons of stuff out there that you can't pay someone to take. You are obviously sitting on some of that stuff, so get rid of it. Give it to the Goodwill, or better yet, give them away to kids (the kid friendly ones anyway). In any event, just get rid of them, if nothing else, you'll free up some space, and you won't be constantly reminded of the mistake you made when you bought them every time you see them.

 

I agree most of what I have is overpriced junk but I can give a good example

 

ASM 101 6.5/7.0 for 75 bucks and now one wanted it and I know that's a good price

 

This is where credibility comes into play. First, the grade of the book is either 6.5 OR 7.0 (or another, likely lower grade), it can't be both. You need to learn to grade, so that you can say exactly what grade a given book is in, unless it's a third party graded book. If you're selling a book and you think it grades 6.5 to 7.0, call it a 6.5. Nobody is ever going to complain that you sold them an undergraded book, but if you don't have enough confidence in your grading ability to assign a firm grade to the book, most people won't even bother with you. Also, and if you don't understand anything else, understand this: A collectible, be it a comic book, car, coin or anything else, is worth exactly what someone will pay for it, nothing more. The amount you paid or the price in a price guide means absolutely zero. Let's say you have book "X" that you paid $20.00 for, and the guide value is $75.00. You put it on eBay and it sells for $10.00. What is that book worth? The answer is $10.00, because that was what the high bidder was willing to pay. You need to learn some simple economic lessons or you will never get ahead.

 

I only take issue with you saying that no one will take him seriously if he calls something a 6.5/7.0, there are several reasons no one would take him seriously and that is not one of them. I see lots of "long time, well respected" boardies do the exact same thing and no one cares.

 

Point taken, and I agree with you 100 percent. My point is it goes back to his (lack of) credibility. For most of those other boardies, I have confidence that if they call a book 6.5 to 7.0, it's at least a 6.5, because every book that I have ever bought on these boards has been in at least the condition advertised, if not better. In Gabes case, I have zero confidence that the book would be at least 6.5.

 

My grading isn't that terrible and is this lack of trust because I'm still new to this? Or I haven't given you any reason to trust my grading skills?

 

 

You've been doing this for at least three years, you're not new at it, you're just not good at it. There's a difference. The lack of trust, this entire thread notwithstanding, is when you post books for sale either on eBay or Facebook at drastically over market price, usually with terrible pictures and a substandard description. As an outsider looking in, if I saw those posts, I would think that either you had no idea what you were doing, or you were just trying to screw someone. A good example was your Detective Comics 359 on eBay. I don't remember what you had it priced at, most likely way too high, but your pictures were atrocious. At best, it made you look like you couldn't take a decent photo to save your life and at worst, it looked like you were trying to hide problems with the book. Neither of those is conducive to having serious buyers bid on your books.

 

Really then how come people say they do this for years and are still considered new? Yeah this thread is one thing and I do overprice but my descriptions are simple because the comics speak for themselves if not I add to it. Yeah for the tec 359 I did eventually fix the pics that I got so people would see the full front and back cover. I also had nothing to hide it's in the description. I have a dd257 cgc 9.8 listed with OBO and it's not going.

 

You're missing the point (again). You may have had nothing to hide, but without good photos to prove it, how is a potential buyer to know that? I can SAY that I'm 6 '4, with a full head of hair and built like Vin Diesel, but without good photos, there's no way that you could know that the only part of that statement that's true is that I'm 6'4. On your DD 257, it's CGC graded, so that's not the problem. Why do YOU think it's not selling? Is it overpriced (like most of your other books)? Are your photos substandard? Is your description lacking? Let me clue you in on something that you obviously haven't figured out for yourself. Listing a book for sale with a way too high price and simply including OBO will not usually result in many offers. For one thing, you already told buyers that you're willing to take less, but when I look at books that have too high of a price on them, even if they have a best offer option, I don't even bother. I figure that if the seller slapped that high price tag on the book to begin with, they most likely won't be receptive to a fair market offer, so I don't even bother. Your pricing strategy is doing you way more harm than good.

Oh man I always thought the opposite I thought that if I put a high price but OBO people would be willing to make a offer on the comic. As for the photos they aren't the best but the aren't as bad as the tec 359 used to be.

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

Here is an idea...have your friend, who is doing a good job selling his own books, sell your books for you. There is nothing you can do to "immediately" make people want to buy more from you. You should have been on damage control last year when you were making your mistakes and you did not want listen to anyone's advice but your own.

 

Another member mentioned the garbage you have on your FB page. Maybe you should start cleaning that up first.

No I want to sell these comics myself because I know I can do. I would have to look how to get rid of the stuff on fb.

It's possible the selling mediums you're using aren't great. Here and eBay are enough for most non dealers, with a side of mcs or bigger auction houses for pricier stuff. If they are not enough for you when they are enough for most, you should probably adjust your practices to MAKE THEM enough, unless you have a good reason to use another venue.

I agree with that if you guys can make it work so can I

 

Three sentences? I only see two at most and what does my grammar have to do with how seriously people take me? Because of being professional? I know I'm not the best but I have improved if you haven't noticed. There's more the one reason for sure but the big one was boardies didn't like me saying nice comics.

 

I think the way people see you is not only through how you conduct yourself but also how you represent yourself. You do not appear to be someone that knows what you're doing. The way you describe yourself and the way you conduct your business is sloppy. You won't be taken seriously unless you clean up your act.

 

I see so what can I do immediately to make people want to buy more?

 

Lower prices

Good pics and descriptions

 

YES! ... doesn't that seem like common-sense to you?

That's what I did with some of my listing but they were hit and miss tbh