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You used the term registration correctly. Staples are often off center as well. Many copies are miswrapped or miscut in my experience as well and they are tough to find with minimal printing defects.

Yep. Photobucket has changed. It's no longer free. You'll have to save the pic and attach it to your post here (see choose files below the posting box)

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Just disinfect the poll. I don't think the usual 'stripper wipe down' will be enough.

He's a very interesting seller. Back in the early days of eBay he had a hoard of late bronze and copper books that were stored in a freezer environment. I bought quite a few of them and they were stunning. I'd never come across anything like that since.

And unfortunately, it seems like most big key collectors of the last 10 years won't even know what these books were.

Did you actually listen to this video? He went on and on talking about how prices for keys are falling and was talking about over spending on 'big keys' and then he ends up talking about how X-men #4 is a common book. I was like WTF?? OK, well it is a common book but I never considered that a big key. Then he goes on to say that the 1st appearance of Omega Red is in X-men #4 (1992) and how you shouldn't overspend for that book. Like, as in $30 is over spending. I almost fell off my chair. I thought he was talking about GA and SA keys that you can't buy for under 4 or 5 figures and he was talking about 2 figure keys. The reality is that most people who started collecting comics in the last 10 years have no idea that some fluctuation is normal and that books are not supposed to go up every year astronomically. You can't analyze the market so closely that every little price fluctuation makes you afraid of the market. If you've been collecting for 20+ years or longer you'll remember when early Batman Detectives were dead books, Amazing Fantasy #15 wasn't always an easy sell (and even went down in value a few times), Adventure #247 was a monster key and most importantly, nearly every genre went cyclically up and down in value over time. If you've been collecting for more than 20-30 years you realize that you feel like you don't even belong in this hobby anymore. This video really didn't say much except that you can get an X-men #4 (1992 not 1963) for less than $30.

Right. Because that's what everyone is doing. Frankly, people have been better behaved through this than they are though a Black Friday store sale.

People keep saying this about Covid-19. The virus is not a death sentence for everyone and to be avoided because you will kick the bucket if you get infected. Most of us may not even feel it if we're infected. This is not about whether you or I will live or die. It's really more about what people are willing to do to prevent their neighbor from getting it as they may die from it.

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I was going to ask the same question with a dedicated thread.

What's missing from that picture is the live animals peeing and pooping on each other. Anyway, in an effort to try to keep most of the chat forum fun and light and about comics (because we all need a fun place to hang out through all of this) I'm not going to keep posting here about CV-19 There's a few good threads going on in another places including the Water Cooler if people want to chat about CV-19

Source? Logic, for one. The US tested 77 cases while SK had tested 144,000. Yes, I understand that SK was closer to the outbreak, but really, are you really going to question US numbers skyrocketing? It's common, reported knowledge that the US was delaying testing longer than most rational people thought was reasonable. Also, NYC Mayor De Blasio, who was quoted yesterday as saying “We’re in a period where we have a very few days and weeks to prepare for a massive number of cases,” he said. “It’s not that long before we hit 10,000 cases.” https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/new-yorkers-should-be-prepared-for-a-shelter-in-place-order-mayor-bill-de-blasio-says.html That's NYC alone.

And now for something completely different! I never get enough of this video. You need to listen to the audio to get it.

Reread this in two weeks. See if you feel the same way.

The food hoarding is a little too much. The infrastructure is there, there will be people who will need the work. I don't think stocking grocery stores will be a problem.

In countries where the pandemic overwhelmed the health care systems, there was an average rise of about 30% a day before containment started to reduce numbers. I'd expect US numbers to sky rocket because up until a week or so ago they only had 77 people tested. There are probably several 1000's carrying the virus that have not had tests yet.

I don't think that's how it works in China. I think that when China insists that the general public do something, they do it. There were probably dire consequences if you disobeyed.

Gang, I'm open to offers. Going to move these books to another venue.

How that is handles all depends on front line staff. Most them should be triaged and turned away fairly quickly. It's ALL going to depend on how well people self-quarantine. In China, where they take no BS and just enforce isolation it took several weeks to get it under control. I don't see people being as compliant here and I can see it running on much longer than just 3 weeks. The NBA is not planning on resuming for 60 days and even after they resume after 2 months (if all goes well) they plan on playing in empty arenas. That loose plan of action should tell you something about what might be coming. What is ridiculous is saying it's not a big deal, when you can literally go from a few people dying to 100's dying in a week or two and you can go to 1000's dying (in each country) in a month when it is entirely preventable through isolation.

John, from what I've read medical staff is so overwhelmed in heavily affected countries that they are leaving people to die on gurneys, in hallways, choking in their own phlegm while they tend to people who have a greater rate of survival. And we're just discussing CV-19 infections. What about all the regular stuff that happens in day to day life? Workplace accidents, car accidents, chronic routine illness? Those don't stop happening (although hopefully they slow down with less people on the streets) Think about that. That there are 'only' a few 1000 deaths right now are because the medical system is working overtime, around the clock. In affected countries, doctors and nurses (and other health care workers) are not being given shifts. They are only told to work as much as they can. So they work to exhaustion, rest and then work again. I just read that the province of Alberta only has 300 ICU (intensive care units) beds in the entire province. What happens if you have more than 300 people who need ICU? They don't get it Read it again: People are being left to die untreated because the virus spreads so quickly there are not enough resources to help them. Because you can easily have 10,000' or 100,000's or even millions dying within a matter of weeks. Some projections put the estimated number of deaths into the millions by the time this all gets under control in some way. That's why people are worried.

If anyone cares to join, there's a thread in the Watercooler to discuss economic ramifications of the Coronavirus outbreak. With each day, world leaders and other policy makers, business people and ordinary citizens are trying to find solutions to this unprecedented event. Most of us are going to struggle to dig ourselves out of it. Feel free to add if you have anything beneficial.

The squatty potty is actually the healthiest way to go but If your every bowel movement is a mud spraying you're doing it wrong and might want it checked out.

I think there will be a lot of disappointed comic sellers in the next couple months, potential glut coming. When the general public sells, the smart / wealthy buy. And visa versa. It goes back and forth.

If anyone is interested in any of the books I'm open to offers.