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    General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean

    in Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, Bird said:

    Just make another thread! It is 2 additional seconds of work, cut and paste the rules and be done with it. If you want, add a post to the "in other ages sales thread" thread. If the idea is to get people to see it, then two threads are better than one with a link in the first post to the other thread. It isn't that difficult to do. :sumo: No need to go muddying the waters and all that jazz.

    I agree with this.  Would this not give the most exposure.

    People looking for Copper/Modern books are most likely not going to be looking in the G/S/B forums..

    General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean

    in Comics Market - Forum Only Selling Area

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Dale Roberts said:

    Hi everyone. After my thread ended, I messaged arch about having the rules clarified. I made my suggestion, and basically, he said he didn't have a problem with a few books being mixed in, but suggested we throw this out there for everyone to discuss.  Here is how that discussion went. Let's see how the community feels about it as a whole. 

    From me to Arch

    Hi, I would like to propose a change to the selling forums which would make things easier for the sellers. I don't see any reason why a seller can't post the occasional copper age book in the Gold/Silver/Bronze forum. If I have 10 books, or 100 books, or 1000 books to offer on the forums, and 90% or more of them are golden/silver/bronze, I don't see any reason that makes sense why I should have to start a separate thread for those few books. 

    In the past, Foolkiller, October, and I have all done this to a very minimal degree. Someone recently complained in the discussion forum about me offering a couple of books which were copper age in my sales thread. I agreed to remove the books and not offer anymore during my sale, just in order to keep the peace and not violate the rules. However, it really wasn't a problem within the thread, and as I said, it was a very minimal amount of books that fell into this discussion. I think I probably offered somewhere around 800 books, and probably no more than 25-20 would have been copper age.

    My thoughts are this....The separate sales forums is here to help the user find what he is looking for, not to penalize the seller. I shouldn't have to create a new thread for 20 books in a thread of several hundred books. To me, a seller should be able to post what he wants, if he is willing to accept that the majority of people in the G/S/B are not looking for copper and modern age books. 

    I hope you would consider this change. Perhaps setting a guideline of 90% book, must be in accordance with the appropriate forum, or something similar, but a few exceptions are allowed. I think this would be a benefit to buyers and sellers alike. If not, I would like to propose that specific dates and guidelines be published. If we are going to have a hard and fast rule, it seems as if we should have a hard and fast date to go by. No one seemed to know in the discussion thread, as dates ranged from 1983-1985.

    Thank you for your time and consideration. 

    Dale 

    Hi Dale,

    I don't have a strong opinion on whether a small X% of books on threads bigger than Y books should be allowed. It's ok with me if buyers and sellers agree that it's a good idea and beneficial to both. Especially if the buyers understand that the result of saying "no" isn't that sellers will make a new thread, it's that sellers won't bother to offer those books.

    On the date range, I feel like any books that fall anywhere in the "contested zone" are just fine to list. In other words, if the range is 83 to 85, then let the wider range prevail. Buyers themselves won't know exactly where to look for those books anyway.

    That said! If everyone can agree that SOME strict date is better than none - even if individuals disagree about what's "right" - then I'm also ok with adding a specific date.  Personally, though, I think there will always be a reason for exceptions - e.g. "Copper is clearly X date, well, except for this one major series, which of course is allowed an exception up to Y date, because everyone just KNOWS the art and style and story are more in keeping with Copper".  Those kinds of exceptions that make sense to collectors of that era are just way too difficult to police.  So if I have to pick specific dates, I would pick the widest range of each, and I would allow those dates to overlap.

    Either way though, to make these changes what I'd suggest is that you start a community discussion about it and link me to it.  I'll read the feedback and try to choose something that looks like it will make the most people happy with the results.

    I can see where this can be a problem for some but isn't that what the Comic Market "Mixed Age" threads are for? 

     

     

    'PLANET COMICS' (is deserving of its own thread)

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted

    46 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

    I can say "whoever" bought that got a very fair but not crazy low price. 

    Thank you.. It is very difficult to gauge a price on these books as they rarely make it to market, well in the last year or so, even though we joke around that #2 is common as dirt because of the listing on CC.

    :baiting:By the way, you are quickly running out of room on your signature line, nice books.

     

    'PLANET COMICS' (is deserving of its own thread)

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by SamPool

    20 minutes ago, Dubble G said:

    They've been up a day or so. Someone trying to cash in on the craze/post Church fever. They claim there are only 20-30 issues of #2 in existence. I would love to know where that fascinating 'fact' comes from. :sumo:

    I guess this was expected..

    For this "They claim there are only 20-30 issues of #2 in existence. I would love to know where that fascinating 'fact' comes from.", in Gerber's issue #2 has a SI of 7 which claims there are around 21-50 in existence.

    CLOSED! JUNK SALE! Expanded Edition Lots of Weirdness!

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

    Posted

    On 10/27/2018 at 5:46 PM, Robot Man said:

    True Life Secrets #23 Nov-Dec 1954 Charlton Pubs

    What can be said about this classic cover?  A must have book!

    A real nice, clean tight, complete copy. Flat with smooth very tight spine. No pieces missing, tears or creases. Has a couple small light scuffs at top left in black band. A light, thin discoloration at very top middle edge of book. Back cover Has a light 3" crease in top left edge and a light discoloration at bottom left corner. Tight, clean staples with off white-white interior paper.

    $100. I'll keep it for less

    true lifesecrets23a.jpg

    true lifesecrets23b.jpg

    :takeit:

    Selling one book at a time and they used to cost you a dime

    in Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only

    Posted

    4 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

    Requesting friends and family is a no-no.If they give you a hard time about not,I'd mention that to them and keep them on my personal list,if not say something publicly.

    I have always been leery of “Friends and Family” payments as there is no protection I guess it is the same reason I have yet to purchase anything from anyone on Instagram as all the sales say “fee free”, which I would assume is “Friends and Family”.

    What do people think of when a sales thread says, “Over x amount of dollars the preferred payment is in Money Order, personal check or bank transfer”, what kind of protection is there with these methods of payment?