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With all due respect to the OP I can't imagine that book being worth more than $50-75 So when you come out with an asking price of likely more than two times fair market value it doesn't do anything to instill or create buyer confidence Or assist with seller credibility Ok but I don't understand what credibility has to do with this unless they would think I'm trying to rip them off? It's a OBO and right now I'm testing the waters to see if I'll get any offers for it. You obviously don't know what the word "Credibility" means. Here is an assignment for you: Look up the definition of Credibility. Next, post that definition in your response. Next, tell us why asking between 2 and 3 times the value of your book does or does not hurt Your credibility and why. And by the way, your answer cannot include the fact that You overpaid for the book in the first place and it cannot include "But I put OBO". If you do this, you MIGHT actually learn something. I won't hold my breath, but stranger things have probably happened. Oh, and by the way, when you are asking 2 to 3 times market price for your book, why would a potential customer Not think that you are trying to rip them off? Definition of the word credibility the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: I was always told by my dad to always ask double and work my way down so if people haggle I'll still get the price I want.

With all due respect to the OP I can't imagine that book being worth more than $50-75 So when you come out with an asking price of likely more than two times fair market value it doesn't do anything to instill or create buyer confidence Or assist with seller credibility Ok but I don't understand what credibility has to do with this unless they would think I'm trying to rip them off? It's a OBO and right now I'm testing the waters to see if I'll get any offers for it. I like to think the questions being asked are comig from a child but I know that it's coming from someone in their mid-20s. So sad... I don't think it's sad to ask about something you're not sure about I may not be as smart as you guys but at least I'm trying. It's sad how a 27 year old can't figure out how over pricing a book can impact their credibility as a legit seller. You seem very sure of your pricing methods and it makes total sense to you however your prices don't make any sense for the reasons mentioned by the other posters. It seems like you're hoping to sucker a new collector in over paying for your book just like the seller did to you. I'm actually 23 and as I said before I'm testing the waters and if I don't get a bite then I'll change the price

With all due respect to the OP I can't imagine that book being worth more than $50-75 So when you come out with an asking price of likely more than two times fair market value it doesn't do anything to instill or create buyer confidence Or assist with seller credibility Ok but I don't understand what credibility has to do with this unless they would think I'm trying to rip them off? It's a OBO and right now I'm testing the waters to see if I'll get any offers for it. I like to think the questions being asked are comig from a child but I know that it's coming from someone in their mid-20s. So sad... I don't think it's sad to ask about something you're not sure about I may not be as smart as you guys but at least I'm trying.

With all due respect to the OP I can't imagine that book being worth more than $50-75 So when you come out with an asking price of likely more than two times fair market value it doesn't do anything to instill or create buyer confidence Or assist with seller credibility Are you listening to this, Gabe? This is sound advice, for free, from an extremely successful person that has been buying and selling not only high dollar books, but low dollar books as well. If you were the least bit concerned with getting better at buying and selling, you would address this right away. But you won't, because you're more interested in making the big score than in making a small profit on a pile of books one at a time. As to the ASM 7 on fb, where do you come up with an asking price of $150.00 for your coverless and cornerless copy, when a graded, blue label 4.5 can be had for $253.00? No one in their right mind will pay you that price for your book, and even if someone did, who would it be? I'll tell you who, a new collector who has no idea of the true value of the book. So, let's say you sell the book to a person like this, what will you have accomplished? You will have found someone who actually knows less about comics than you, and when that person finds out that he way overpaid for that book, they are going to be suspicious of all other sellers out there, and rightfully so. Ill give you this much, though; you have managed to create a thread that's better than the Jelly of the Month Club, it just keeps on giving year after year. I'll wait after this weekend is over and I'll fix the price and it's not something I just randomly came up with I used the sale of 75 dollars for a .5 ASM 7 to get my price .I disagree somewhat with that there are people that aren't new that buy coverless comics because they're cheaper then ones with a cover and yes it's most likely going to be a new collector but that's why the OBO is there. I know I overpaid for coverless comics but it wasn't the first comic that I bought and like I said if no one bites I'll change the price.

When are you going to stop making excuses and using your disability as a crutch? Excuses? I'm giving you the reality of things that I deal with and I've mentioned I'm working on each problem How many times have you mentioned your various problems, especially your learning disability? Certainly more times than I can count. 95% of the people who are reading and responding in this thread are well versed in your disabilities, and the fact that you continue to bring them up sure looks like your using them as a crutch. Lots of people have learning disabilities, it's not uncommon. The difference between them and you is they see no need to make sure everyone knows about it. Those people learned long ago that they have to work harder to be successful in certain areas and because of that, nobody can tell the disability is there. You seem to bring it up constantly, I'm guessing to fish for sympathy every time you screw something up. I guarantee that a lot of people, some on these very boards have been dealt way worse hands than you, but they overcame because they were willing to work harder, rather than continually offer up excuses, to get to where they want to be. As far as I'm concerned, and I speak for nobody but myself, given the fact that you continue to bring up your problems as an excuse to cover your mistakes, coupled with the fact you won't even work a full time job, my sympathy for you hovers right around zero. Maybe it looks like sympathy from where you're looking at but it's not I'm stating what I'm dealing with and yes I haven't been dealt the best hand but I know people have it worse off then myself, I've mentioned quite a bit that I'm working on these problems starting with my emotional impulses you don't seem to mention that. I'm not going to say that I don't want to work towards my goal but I always seem to choose to the hard way of things and in most cases it's ineffective. There's balance between determination, hard work and thinking smarter and that's what I am for or I should say I'm aiming for it. Why do you think I finally listened to James's advice? Because I realize it's a problem I had, it costs me money and time and will help me in the long run if I learn to control it now with something simple like this.

With all due respect to the OP I can't imagine that book being worth more than $50-75 So when you come out with an asking price of likely more than two times fair market value it doesn't do anything to instill or create buyer confidence Or assist with seller credibility Ok but I don't understand what credibility has to do with this unless they would think I'm trying to rip them off? It's a OBO and right now I'm testing the waters to see if I'll get any offers for it.

When are you going to stop making excuses and using your disability as a crutch? Excuses? I'm giving you the reality of things that I deal with and I've mentioned I'm working on each problem

It's not a comic I have a lot of money into but I'll check it out

Yeah he's making you up with James if I'm not mistaken

Wow you're doing awesome then and I have made good profit with smaller comics before. I have been following Casey's advice for a bit and it's forcing me to buy comics that I'll profit on or just save up. I do also look at various websites to find deals as well. My problems are that I'm stubborn, emotional and have a learning disability. I don't have anything against small books either it's just if I find something it's not worth shipping in most cases. But I'm working on my emotional control with what Casey told me because it's what cost me the 200 that it did.

Best of luck sounds like a great score

I will I learned how to save money with bubble mailers and bubble wrap You don't send slabs in bubble mailers do you? No I don't

I will I learned how to save money with bubble mailers and bubble wrap Uhmm...I can still ship a slab boxed for that $19 CDN or thereabouts...It is weight and insurance value that will determine your tier options. I hope you are not shipping slabs in a bubble mailer? How do you not know this already though? Seriously dude. I learned about how to ship and values BEFORE even listing anything on the Bay... His greatness can't be contained by your traditions and logic I'll be clear then. If I don't know how to ship something I sell it locally

I will I learned how to save money with bubble mailers and bubble wrap Uhmm...I can still ship a slab boxed for that $19 CDN or thereabouts...It is weight and insurance value that will determine your tier options. I hope you are not shipping slabs in a bubble mailer? How do you not know this already though? Seriously dude. I learned about how to ship and values BEFORE even listing anything on the Bay... No I don't ship slabs in bubble mailer you were assuming again and I just checked how much a slab would cost me to send with tracking and 100 dollars insurance cost 19.20 CAD excluding shipping supplies

No, not everyone, not even close. That assumption will prevent you from succeeding. Perhaps saying everyone wasn't the best idea but it's certainly a trend and I don't see it often here but I see it from time to time. "I see it from time to time" ≠ "it's certainly a trend" I also didn't mention that I talked with comic book dealers that are my friends or rather they told me because people aren't buying runs as they used to it's always a hot comic more often then naught Key books definitely are in bigger demand but that does not mean all other books are dead. I listed about 80 books this week on E-bay and sold 14 of them for a profit with the week. Half I would call minor keys like X-Men 266, FF 25 and the rest were nice standard books (mid grade Ms Marvel 1 and JO 135) so don't just look for the top ten key books when hunting. Probably a bit tougher from Canada but you are the one who thinks you want to sell books from Canada. Yeah those comics you mentioned I would buy if the price was right and I have nothing against smaller comics it's just that people have been buying the bigger keys much faster compared to the others and I can see why as shipping is usually about half the cost of the comic or the same so for that I'll offer combined shipping. Another thing I want to point out is about 90% of my buyers are from the states.

Gabe, I was trying to get at what iceman just told you. There are several shipping options that are less than $27 USD per single slab. Go explore the CP website. I'll check it out later thanks

I will I learned how to save money with bubble mailers and bubble wrap

That's it's still about 27usd to ship a slab I can see if it is a pricey slab it can cost that much due to insurance such as the ASM #129 8.0 costing near that due to the value of the book and wanting to insure it for the full value But how often are you shipping slabs worth $200 or more? I just shipped a $250 USD valued slab for less than that, about $22 USD (and I took $2 off) to make it an even $20 USD. It was just under $30 CDN to ship. Did I "lose" out on a couple of bucks? Sure but it made me as competitively priced as I could be. Do you have a digital mailing scale? That might help so you can plug in your values and you will know everything exactly for listing purposes. Also, small business owners can get a card from Canada Post that gives you discount on shipping. Actually that's the unfortunate part that's my shipping cost for every slab I sent. I don't have a digital mailing scale but it's something I thought of buying and yes I do have the small business card it saves me 5% on supplies and shipping in most cases.

No, not everyone, not even close. That assumption will prevent you from succeeding. Perhaps saying everyone wasn't the best idea but it's certainly a trend and I don't see it often here but I see it from time to time. "I see it from time to time" ≠ "it's certainly a trend" Many people are saying its a trend. They're telling me 'hey, it's trend to buy hot comics.' And I buy all the hottest comics. People ask me why they're so hot, they burn my hands, but I buy them anyways. Even the ones I buy by mistake, they're still so hot. That's what everyone tells me. I see what you did tthere

No, not everyone, not even close. That assumption will prevent you from succeeding. Perhaps saying everyone wasn't the best idea but it's certainly a trend and I don't see it often here but I see it from time to time. "I see it from time to time" ≠ "it's certainly a trend" I also didn't mention that I talked with comic book dealers that are my friends or rather they told me because people aren't buying runs as they used to it's always a hot comic more often then naught

That's it's still about 27usd to ship a slab

I didn't think people make judgement calls that quickly if they want to buy something or not I was going to take better pics and I didn't even expect to get as many offers as I did before the listing got taken down. They do .. it's called experience that makes me impart that info to you Offers from here, or eBay? .. and no-wonder the list got taken down (as others have posted already) people don't ALWAYS make quick decisions, but it doesn't take much sloppiness or unprofessionalism to turn away a buyer, unless the price is significantly cheaper. And you're already playing behind, seeing as you're in Canada. You literally have no margin for error, figuratively or financially. I agree I'm in tighter situations then most are and one of the biggest problems is shipping as that turns people off that's also something I'm working on. Trust me, shipping is NOT one of your "biggest problems". Crappy pics/scans and poor write ups are among a few other things. I'm in Canada (as you know) and while I am by no means a big time dealer, I sell a fair bit on eBay and my customers are pretty much 50/50 I would say with regards to being in Canada and USA...I don't think it is shipping that is the problem unless you are overcharging. Are you taking the exchange rate into consideration with regards to ship costs? With the current exchange rate, if it is $18 CDN to ship, I charge $15 USD. Or if it is a big book, I might take a tad more off shipping cost to be even more competitive. Yup it's one of the things I take into consideration

Yeah it does look like that and one of the transactions was on fb and the other off fb So it total I got scammed 1340.98 The comics were HOS 92 CGC 7.0 ASM 40 7.0 and GSX 1 6.5/7.0 These are the books you were supposed to receive but what were the ones that you sent and not get anything in return? The deal with the hos 92 and asm 40 I sent my IG # 1 X5 9.8 and x2 9.6

Yeah it does look like that and one of the transactions was on fb and the other off fb So it total I got scammed 1340.98 The comics were HOS 92 CGC 7.0 ASM 40 7.0 and GSX 1 6.5/7.0

Who is KPR? He's the who just paid too much for an ASM 129 I'll pay you $644 shipped for it that way it's the same beating you gave Gabe. I need to press it first I suck with sarcasm but you really do press it let me know what happens