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Or an abstract of the thread so that it's a quicker read. Making money is really difficult so some quick one-liners or bullet points would be great. Don't really have time for stuff like details... I will give you an abstract: 24 year-old lives at home with his parents. He claims to have a learning disability and health issues. He collects government assistance. He can't hold a job bagging groceries and blames it on the aforementioned problems with mind and body. He also apparently struggles with even the most basic forms of hygiene, such as trimming nails and facial hair. He can't seem to form even a basic grasp of the comic business, yet insists upon spending what little money he has on bad deals. To make things worse, he has recently gotten a credit card. He makes the most convoluted, ridiculous deals that you can imagine and always seems to screw things up. People here have given top-notch advice over the last several months (or more) and he continues to ignore everyone. He is the single-most helpless SOB that I've ever encountered. At first, it was easy to feel sorry for him. But not anymore. You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't force one to drink. Awesome. Now how about one about one for the "Moderns that are heating up" thread or the threads about "hot" Copper and Bronze books, because the OP doesn't have time to read up on that due to how overwhelming it is. I never said I don't have time to read it I said that it overwhelms me as that's part of my learning disability. If you think you can memorize over 200 different posts go for it but I know I can't. It's simple, go through the thread and write down all of the hot books in alphabetical order. I believe this is your #1 problem. You don't want to do things for yourself and you expect help. No I lack common sense that most people have and my ideas are usually doing things the hard way and I can learn how to do something faster I ask for it.

I like quotes and yes I do realize I can't vote for Trump but I don't want politics messing with my journal. I'm getting help from a life coach and a psychiatrist and as for comics I just need to be smarter with what I do because I do learn from them whether you believe it or not I night make them two or three times but I do learn. Gabe since WHEN did you actually start seeing a life coach and/or psychiatrist? Funny just a few days ago you mentioned that would be a good idea and now all of a sudden you have both? Fact is you don't learn. You pay lip service to it. Keep on failing bud. It's not funny to me you never asked and I've had her for at least 6 months and the life coach three months you guys don't believe I'm making any changes so I thought it was pointless to mention until you brought it up,

Show your math for this please. Just because you can press a book doesn't mean its worth while. Show all costs you will have to pay. OK ASM 129 CGC 8.0 Paid $956 Expected grade 8.5 Last sale $1200 90 day average $1075 Costs of cpr Shipping $30 Pressing $15 Grading $75 Total 956+30+15+75 = 1076 which is 1 dollar over the 90 gpa average of a 8.5 Expected value 1200 Now I would take the expected value and take it away from how much everything cost me 1200-1075 = $125 profit Does the cost of grading above (75$) include return shipping to Canada? Selling for 1200 =/= (does not equal 1200 in your PayPal, but rather 1153.20 at 3.9% fee). Gabe your presser may tell you he can get you a bump but what happens if it stays an 8.0? What happens if drops are you financially safe to lose another 150 for an 8.0 or like 350 if it drops to a 7.5? .... a 10% return on your capital outlay that you have to wait months to make is a waste of time. I think you may be letting your ego run the show.... insisting on carrying only the hot "wow" books that have to be purchased at the top of the market, often with no one in the wings willing to pay higher. I went through that phase myself and took a bath. It's a horrible business model. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) That's why I'm selling it as the 8.0 first before I try anything else and I'm the last person that has a ego I talk about hot comics because that's what's been selling for me as are key issues. I've bought cheaper comics and lost money on them.

That would be a good thing, but what if it comes back a 7.5? You know as well as anyone else who flips that you need to have that margin for error built into your business model. What is the margin of error percentage? The margin of error is lets say you're buying a book for $100 and you submit it thinking it has a good shot at a 9.8 which will then be worth $300. Look up what that book goes for in 9.6 or potentially 9.4. Maybe at 9.6 you break even and at 9.4 it will be a small loss. If you've subbed enough books you start to get a general idea of what CGC is looking for in certain grades, so you have to develop your grading eye so you have some sort of confidence that a book will come back in the grade range you believe it to be. There's nothing wrong with taking a gamble now and then as long as you can afford to do so, but you should always try to mitigate your losses, especially now as you're trying to build up your cash. I like the way you laid it out and I do think that way sometimes but not often. You need to think that way all the time right now. Grind it out, build your cash up and eventually you will be able to take risks on bigger books. Always think about building your cash up, you will take some losses, that happens to everyone, but you want to minimize them as much as possible. To be honest I don't know how to begin with finding 100 dollar comics I remember the comics that I do because they are key issues and in mist cases easier to flip. On this forum alone there are threads discussing "hot" books in both the Copper and Bronze sections. Take some of that information and start looking on eBay, other web retailers or scour the local LCS's. Most of the guys I personally know have to hustle a little to find books, they're not just going to drop out of the sky. To be successful at this you're going to have to work at it. I think there are a lot of people here who are willing to share information and knowledge, but no one wants to hold your hand. Do your research, do your work, build slowly within your means. I checked and I was overwhelmed by how much info there was do you how any tips? Tips on what, books? Or tips on how to organize information? How to organize information properly Write stuff down, make lists. Thanks

Show your math for this please. Just because you can press a book doesn't mean its worth while. Show all costs you will have to pay. OK ASM 129 CGC 8.0 Paid $956 Expected grade 8.5 Last sale $1200 90 day average $1075 Costs of cpr Shipping $30 Pressing $15 Grading $75 Total 956+30+15+75 = 1076 which is 1 dollar over the 90 gpa average of a 8.5 Expected value 1200 Now I would take the expected value and take it away from how much everything cost me 1200-1075 = $125 profit Does the cost of grading above (75$) include return shipping to Canada? Selling for 1200 =/= (does not equal 1200 in your PayPal, but rather 1153.20 at 3.9% fee). Gabe your presser may tell you he can get you a bump but what happens if it stays an 8.0? What happens if drops are you financially safe to lose another 150 for an 8.0 or like 350 if it drops to a 7.5? I would have to check again as I believe he would cover the difference should that happen. The 75 would cover shipping and the return cost to Canada. Would I be able to handle the financial loss? I would but I wouldn't like it.

Show your math for this please. Just because you can press a book doesn't mean its worth while. Show all costs you will have to pay. OK ASM 129 CGC 8.0 Paid $956 Expected grade 8.5 Last sale $1200 90 day average $1075 Costs of cpr Shipping $30 Pressing $15 Grading $75 Total 956+30+15+75 = 1076 which is 1 dollar over the 90 gpa average of a 8.5 Expected value 1200 Now I would take the expected value and take it away from how much everything cost me 1200-1075 = $125 profit $1,200 - $156 (10% eBay/auction house + 3% PayPal) = $1,044. $1,044 - $30 shipping = $1,014 [LOSS of $62 IF the grade bumps up and IF you can sell it for GPA high. I don't agree with those numbers for the simple reason that I wouldn't use anything that would cost me fees like ebay or a auction house and my paypal fee would already be calculated into the price of the ASM 129. Also another thing is you put shipping fees and that isn't right as well as shipping would be added on top of the purchase price of the comic.

Tree fiddy 1050 or 1000 So, $1,000? As soon as you post two numbers of what you're looking to get, do you think a potential buyer will give you the higher of the two numbers? I realize that but none of the boardies here would even buy it so I'm not worried and I was answering what they asked of me.

For me it was because my mistakes were overpaying for these comics and the fact that I got scammed three times led me to the situation I'm in now but I'll keep my eyes on the sales threads. You've been doing that for years, your youtube videos prove it. Time after time after time you say in your videos ("I overpaid for this but...") Years of making the same mistake, over and over and over - and not just with $5-$10 books but with $100-$1000 books. That's insane that you just keep making the same simple mistake over and over and over again. The very very basic and simple concept of RESEARCHING comicbook values and prices before buying appears to be beyond your ability! Either that, or you just completely lack any self-control whatsoever and your addiction takes over and STEP #1 of buying comics just goes right out the window. AND the fact that you keep blaming others for your predicament (you didn't "get scammed", you sought out and ALLOWED yourself to get scammed in venues where otherwise-knowledgeable people would know scammers operate and have the advantage. You blame others for your own ignorance.) THAT is why so many professional dealers here and sellers with years and decades of experience here have been telling you to STOP BUYING AND SELLING COMICS. Because you can't even do Step #1 consistently even after YEARS of doing this. Let me tell you something then. I am a emotional person and with that one of my biggest problems are impulse buys and acting on my emotions to do with that. I have made many mistakes where I have overpaid but you know what? I paid all those mistakes off except for the current asm 129. I wasn't the only person that was scammed by these people and many others more knowledgeable than myself the difference is most don't admit it because they'd be embarrassed by it. Should I have known better then to be scammed? Yes I should have. I also do my research before I buy a comic buy this is where my emotions come into play for example if I see something that's a good price and I think someone will buy it from under me I buy it as quickly as I can. I'm not completely naive it may take me longer to realize what I've done wrong but if I really didn't move forward I would still be paying off the overpaid comics which I already did expect for the ASM 129. What's left is my mistake with being scammed which I'm working on because those are some pretty heavy hits I've received but I learned from them. You don't believe me I'm sure but the scams happened in this order. 2 and a half years ago, 2 years ago and 1 year ago.

You think that's me haha no I just say what I mean to others and no one forced red to come here. No, I don't think. Haha You're pretty insolent for someone in your situation No you can say what you wish but I don't like being insulted. You choose to be insulted by criticism. Well deserved criticism in this case, by literally hundreds of years of experience on this subject. Your "criticisms" border on insulting quite a bit. I may not personally agree with how the OP is handling his "business", but he's remained fairly even keeled in the face of a lot of people throwing krap his way. I think that's admirable and I don't know a lot of people here who would be able to do that without lashing out. I don't believe in coddling. You don't have to coddle but there's a difference between being insulting and giving criticism so I'll say something based on what I see here. You have been so blunt with people over the years your line between the two has blurred so much you can't tell the difference anymore and should someone point this out to you then you turn it around on the person saying they can't handle what you have to say.

Show your math for this please. Just because you can press a book doesn't mean its worth while. Show all costs you will have to pay. OK ASM 129 CGC 8.0 Paid $956 Expected grade 8.5 Last sale $1200 90 day average $1075 Costs of cpr Shipping $30 Pressing $15 Grading $75 Total 956+30+15+75 = 1076 which is 1 dollar over the 90 gpa average of a 8.5 Expected value 1200 Now I would take the expected value and take it away from how much everything cost me 1200-1075 = $125 profit

Tree fiddy 1050 or 1000

Yes I will ask for contact info and I want to see how this comic does before I decide the next step.

What I'm looking to get out of the asm 129 is 1050 or 1000 after everything is said and done.

You think that's me haha no I just say what I mean to others and no one forced red to come here. No, I don't think. Haha You're pretty insolent for someone in your situation No you can say what you wish but I don't like being insulted. You choose to be insulted by criticism. Well deserved criticism in this case, by literally hundreds of years of experience on this subject. There's a fine line between criticism and being condescending you know this as well as I do and you were quick to point out that it wasn't a insult so go back a few pages and the let me know if everything you see here is really "Criticism"

Of course there is money to be made by capitalizing off of shop owners/ con dealers' ignorance. However, you have to know the market in the first place to do this with any measure of success. After reading a couple pages of this thread, Gabe does not have the first notion of how to go about making the judgement calls needed to play this angle. To suggest any of this to Gabe is doing the kid a huge disservice. It is complete lunacy for Gabe to continue onward as a comic dealer. Gabe needs to follow the Wall-Crawlers advice, completely.Everything that he said, Gabe needs to do. That said, this thread should be closed by a moderator. Ridiculous. This is his journal, he wants to do it. None of us have to read it or respond. It may be his journal, but it is not his board.When talk in threads becomes unproductive, moderators close threads.As they should. Gabe clearly needs professional help, as Wall-Crawler said.There really is nothing else to be said.Going on any further only serves to fuel Gabe's disordered and far from linear thinking. I am getting help and no it's not unproductive I may not follow every piece of advice given here but I do follow some things.

I have no opinion on the matter, but I would have bet any amount of money on that. Yeah, I saw that reference about Gabe posting die hard right wing videos on his youtube page, going all out for Trump....and the sentiments expressed by you two were exactly what came to my mind. The Trump stuff is just icing on the insufficiently_thoughtful_person cake, which I just let slide because talking sense to this kid....as evidenced by the sheer volume of attempts made by others in this thread, is on par with screaming into the wind. Fair enough but I'm not going to talk about politics here.

Of course there is money to be made by capitalizing off of shop owners/ con dealers' ignorance. However, you have to know the market in the first place to do this with any measure of success. After reading a couple pages of this thread, Gabe does not have the first notion of how to go about making the judgement calls needed to play this angle. To suggest any of this to Gabe is doing the kid a huge disservice. It is complete lunacy for Gabe to continue onward as a comic dealer. Gabe needs to follow the Wall-Crawlers advice, completely.Everything that he said, Gabe needs to do. That said, this thread should be closed by a moderator. Ridiculous. This is his journal, he wants to do it. None of us have to read it or respond. He should start one in the personal announcements while he's at it No

Of course there is money to be made by capitalizing off of shop owners/ con dealers' ignorance. However, you have to know the market in the first place to do this with any measure of success. After reading a couple pages of this thread, Gabe does not have the first notion of how to go about making the judgement calls needed to play this angle. To suggest any of this to Gabe is doing the kid a huge disservice. It is complete lunacy for Gabe to continue onward as a comic dealer. Gabe needs to follow the Wall-Crawlers advice, completely.Everything that he said, Gabe needs to do. That said, this thread should be closed by a moderator. Ridiculous. This is his journal, he wants to do it. None of us have to read it or respond. Thanks

I have no opinion on the matter, but I would have bet any amount of money on that. I don't want to derail it due to politics, but yes. Tons of "I Hate Hillary" type of stuff intermingled with "Who Is Your Best Friend" type of "quizzes' and Anime. It is not the posting of poltical things per se, it is the type of stuff he is posting that may give a potential employer/volunteer coordinator "pause'. Again, just wanted to clear that up. I haven't posted anything inappropriate and I do realize employers can look at that so I say let them I know plenty of successful people that post what they want and yes I'm not at that stage or close to it yet but if they don't hire me based on that then who cares?

I have no opinion on the matter, but I would have bet any amount of money on that. Yes I am a Trump supporter.

Yet another excellent post worth more than gold. (gold prices can go down, good advice never decreases in value) Agreed

Yes and I don't want to talk about politics as this isn't what the journal is about.

I like quotes and yes I do realize I can't vote for Trump but I don't want politics messing with my journal. I'm getting help from a life coach and a psychiatrist and as for comics I just need to be smarter with what I do because I do learn from them whether you believe it or not I night make them two or three times but I do learn.

I do that from time to time but what I mostly go for is comics sites with old pricing

good advice, I'd put the over/under on 25 times someone has suggested that in this thread. Pretty sure there's a huge conspiracy in Canada, that comic stores won't pay such a motivated, business savvy, hygienic, non-temperamental, knowledgeable, experienced gentleman to stock comics and run a cashier at a comic book store. G(abe): Hi, I'd like to work at your comic book store. O(wner): Thanks for coming in, what books do you read? G: Mostly ASM 129 and Batman Adventures 12 O: No I mean what series are you reading now? G: Well I know Harley Quinn is hot. She's in a movie. O: Have you read the series? G: Not yet, I need to make some money before I can buy new comics. O: Well what are your hobbies? G: I like to buy hot comics and flip them for profit. I've been doing it for about 3 years. O: Well how much money have you made? G: -$1,100. O: Why do you have money to burn on old comics, but don't read new comics? What's the last full run or series you read? Graphic Novels are free at the library. G: I don't really like reading. Please buy my ASM 129 for 20% over market. And pay me $10 per hour to carry boxes and sort comics until I get tired, then pay me to rest for a few hours. I'm developing or rather have developed a strange addiction/attraction for this thread......can't stop watching the posts..... Because it's a train-wreck right?