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Hmm, $40 a ticket seems a bit much for what they have on the guest list.  Probably past for this year.  Like you said, I do hope they can grow from this.

On 4/14/2019 at 8:50 AM, aardvark88 said:

Won a STMC charity auction with 13 sigs from 'The 100' sci-fi tv series for a reasonable bid:

Allan, this was a cool snag.  Great on you for supporting the silent auction. 

Congrats on the sale @aardvark88.  too bad I was late to the setup, would have love to have a look at your ff48.  Traffic was less than last show for sure.  Most of my sales were from the $1/$2 bins. 

grades in 

Count me in!  Thanks Andy

Sam

On 6/5/2017 at 0:44 PM, Red84 said:

The sequel was definitely not as good as the first.  I give the first one an A and the sequel a B.

Totally agree...but I was expecting that... 100 percent bullets and explosions and 0 percent storyline.

11 hours ago, aardvark88 said:

Was a bit worried with the increase in competition due to about 40-45 extra vendor's tables being added to the expanded Van Comic Show but the attendance seemed to be about 20% higher than the previous high, thus retail sales were stable. There was a steady 1.5 hr line up to get in after 11 a.m. Some folks lined up before 10:30 a.m. Other collectors who lined up later at noon still had to wait over 20 mins. to enter the con.

There was a steady 5 person line up for the entire con for Voldemort grading service who was literally up on a stage along the back wall. 1 of their reps told me they were happy with the Vancouver crowd and support of their services (greater than at Van Fan Expo).

Thanks to greggy who gave me a mercy  buy of an Archie 45 rpm record after he grabbed a nm DC Comics Presents comic and a UK b/w compilation book from me for way below market value. Thanks to ComicSam who sold me a Hero for Hire #1 for a reasonable price. Thanks to Fan Boy for the SA Kirby purchase, and selling me some low priced  Archie comics.

 

After taking aardvark88's advice on pricing I was able to haul a few boxes to the show.   I thought the show was excellent, lots of traffic in both rooms.  The mix of toys and comic vendors was nice.

I even had greggy buy some comics at my table... he offered such a fair price I didn't even get to haggle with him.

Sam

Thought I should ask for some  helpful advice from sellers at this show.  I will be a first time vendor at this show.   I've been lazy so I'm just starting to pull things out of my collection to bring to the show.  I noticed some vendors have their comics priced out with sticky notes, labels, etc.  while some just use the price guide to give you the price when asked.

My question is will sales be much worse if buyers don't see price tags?

I'm guessing it would...

Sam

Great setup!

Purchased 2 slabs from the Mayor, arrived in no time, the cases were perfect. Great to deal with.

Sam

Purchased a few books and got them within a week. Pleasure to deal with.

Sam

A+ seller. Received the comics within a week and all securely packed.

Thanks Paul.

Sam

Just received my TMNT 1 from Richard. Fast shipping and well packaged. Will buy from again.

Thanks,

Sam

I purchased the following ASM 194 and ASM 252 from Bighaley21. Received the comics within a week of payment. Nicely packed.. plus also got a bonus book. Definitely will buy from again.

Sam