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I just got this spidey from Walmart on Saturday. I don't buy the alternate colored logo versions like the xforce shown but I will get all the different covers like the black cat. anyways I think this one is all new. its at least not used for issue 33 but does anyone know if this was just taken from another issue which they have done in the past. love the cover regardless.

id just ignore it but I have had dumb enough buyers to counter offer my price with a higher price which I obviously accepted and they paid. ive also had several occasions where they send a best offer higher than the buy it now price. I don't understand their logic but the extra money is nice.

just curious how sales were and what attendance was like. I normally go but I along with a lot of other people I know are all going to keystone this weekend so skipped out.

im watching and think this season is pretty lousy. I really thought the show was great and hit a stride when they did the big re-cast but has since slowly died back down. this latest episode I thought may have been the worst episode of the entire franchise. was extremely boring. it felt like more of a recap for people who have never seen the show before. and can we get over this whole leave a box thing, we get it, it doesn't need to drag out and be the entire premise of the show. you can leave boxes while doing a bigger story line to keep continuity but to keep it as a main focus is just dull.

I just won a captain marvel 18 last week the same way, so I guess it does happen quite often. I will say as a seller I have also been seeing more and more slow payments.

ill buy a low grade book as a placeholder. if I never get a chance to buy a better copy or the book sky rockets in price at least I have a copy for the run. this has happened a few times where a book skyrocketed and I became ecstatic to have bought the lower grade as at the time I wouldn't have even been able to afford that if I waited. then if you do get a nicer copy you simply sell the lesser one and recoup some of the cost. bottom line is either way you at least have the book.

for the same reasons one cover A book that is printed at 20,000 copies goes to $50 and another cover A book printed at the same amount is found in dollar bins.

I just ran out at lunch and confirmed the exact quantities that were listed above. I picked up the 3 black cats and a thanos. I like when they have totally different covers and not just the changed logo color but decided on the thanos anyways.

I would never buy a book off a dealer if they made me pay tax on a cash purchase. id tell them to take a hike. now for a credit card transaction im shocked if they DONT add tax and that is fine. whether you have a tax ID or not doesn't mean you actually report the tax. like someone else said like waiters, dealers don't report 90% of their income since theres no way to track how many books were actually sold at a show. they report enough to make it look worth while and to pay for the booth but the rest just goes right in the pocket. all credit card transactions must be reported because there is a trace. this goes for anything in life. if you never asked a maintenance guy or laborer doing work on your house for a cash discount you are wasting a lot of money because they almost always give deals knowing they are making the money under the table and don't have to report the tax from a cashed check or card which can be traced. you can pull this for any small family business as well like landscapers, photographers, electricians, etc.

def a very awkward cover. is this a retailer exclusive or just a late cover add through previews?

ill chime in. im a big fan of the series and even a big fan of fear. but this past season has been total trash. ive never been more bored. the stories are dull and not cohesive at all. only thing redeeming right now is Negan which we get so little of. why keep watching it? well I have a lot of time invested with the property so even if its garbage I still want to know where it goes. how much worse can it get, will it turn around, don't know unless you watch. I also hate the argument of if you don't like something you cant comment. if only the people who liked it watched the show than every comment would be positive. that goes for everything. to make an informed statement about anything good or bad you need to watch it to make said comment or else you have no merit. so let people speak their mind. I will say while the show is bad its still probably the best thing on sundays at 9pm. again that's not saying much or mean its good, just better than award shows and baking championships that are on every channel. but once sunday night football starts back up TWD get demoted to Monday dvr watching at 6pm.

I might drop in. last show was one of the better ones, got a lot of great deals and pulled some killer books out of the dollar bins. but at the same time I have a ton going on so playing it by ear. what type of stuff are you bringing?

im a big figure collector and these would go down as the same price as loose figures. easy to sell but not for the high price packaged figures, even damaged but complete card figures would demand

ive been through his stuff a few times at Lehigh valley comic con and just never found anything remotely worth while. I did see maybe a book or two that would have been good but like you said the condition took it back down to being worthless. I have had much better luck with the people who run the show in their 50 cent boxes. I have pulled plenty of $50 to $100 books out of there and can walk away with a stack of $20 books every time. so for my time vested id rather just give them a look rather than try to pull a single book from the old guy. I also checked his stuff at the last gap con and didn't find anything. now I don't bother looking at his stuff. he also does a flea market I visit and I just don't bother. im sure its good for run fillers on newer stuff but I already have all that stuff I need. maybe ill give it one more chance based on your experience.

this is probably the worst convention you could ever go to. I went twice, first time was a mess but I never give up on something after one experience as things can always change. well second time I went it was even worse so will never return ever. they don't have more than a handful of dealers and its the same people every time. the older couple selling junk 50 cent books are just that, 50 cent junk books. sorry don't need those for my collection, that's the junk I just want to get rid of. and the guy who sells the older hodge podge books he pulls from his basement show after show and never sorts is soooooo over priced. the grades of his books are terrible and he sells them at VF to NM prices. complete waste. im sure your stuff was better, not like that would be hard, but I don't see how its even profitable to go there cause both times I was there I don't know if 50 people total walked through the door. with that said anyone hitting up the Allentown comic con next weekend. wont be the best but will def be better than this.

I would never even think to use string so baffles me how someone actually thinks its a good idea. like it wouldn't even be on my radar when thinking of the worst ways to package something.

this just proves theres a lot of dumb collectors out there. its a nice cover but nothing special, many DC B covers of the week are better than this. and like others said, many much better first appearance books can be had for less. sell now if you have one that's for sure.

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wow, im not a dealer and I can tell your in way over your head and sound essentially clueless about comics. not trying to be rude but you need the truth and if your asking im going to give it. and really your asking about profit potential when you don't even know what you have. how would anyone even be able to answer that? we don't know if you have dollar books or hundred dollar books. and you cant get through a measly 2500 books. a main point of business is to know your inventory which you clearly don't. I sort through that many in an hour all the time, its rather easy. if it takes you longer you clearly don't know what your looking for. I also work a 8-5 and have family and all the other stuff people do but still find an hour to look through something especially if im considering it as an income. if you don't have time how are you going to have time to go through 10's of thousands of books. stick to being a hobbyist and making a dollar or two here and there because if you try this as a business you will just be selling it to a real comic dealer for pennies on the dollar a year from now.

ive never experienced what you said. as long as you know the situation I cant imagine you would run into a problem. if the booth is packed with 10 people trying to buy don't bother the guy asking to open and inspect books. if its a small local show and hes sitting there by himself or maybe one other guy is going through boxes than ask away. I also don't ask on any book under $50. I guess I just don't imagine being "ripped" off for that cost. over that I really need to know what im getting. just always ask them to open it so any possible damage to the book would be on them and not you and they will respect that. also don't be that guy asking to open 10 books and then not buy a single one. I would be mad as a dealer in that same situation and thank you for wasting my time.

I thought the show was great. very organized and a lot of comic dealers compared to a lot of other conventions I attend. is it as good as Baltimore, no. was it much better than wizard world philly, yes. I thought the dealers had books priced to move so I got some great books for really cheap. as others said the show was beyond dead. I felt like I was shopping during after hours or something. it made for a great experience as a shopper since there was so much space to look around and you didn't have to fight for box space and you had plenty of space to set your books as you looked. but for the promoter I have no idea how they would make money with such little attendance. I will def go back next year.

id also just cancel. like miraclemet said every buyer I had that either had a lot of questions upfront or had any minor issues prior to shipping always had major issues with the delivery even though nothing was ever wrong. they complain about the item or damage or delay but when asked for proof never offer it. basically a lot of people in this world will just complain over anything and everything and expect things for free. so instead of being stuck with return shipping or having to completely refund and never get your item back just cancel and sell to a reasonable person.

the idea was to always display the stuff so I can enjoy it or else whats the point. I did have half of it boxed up prying to moving so made it a priority when I finished the basement to have enough room to display everything. just gives me a childhood feeling of walking through TRU as a kid and seeing just aisles of cool toys. so that feeling is priceless. that's what stinks about my comics, over 16,000 books and only have like 10 graded books out on display. I guess they are still at least accessible if need be. Also if anyone wants an actual walkthrough video to get a better feel for layout you can search "dysfunctional nerdcast" on youtube and it will come right up

id be happy if the shows around here had those $20 books you don't want. I feel every show is dollar boxes or pure garbage or $100 and up wall books. I don't particularly want either of those types of books at shows. some mid and minor keys in that $20 - $50 range would be fantastic but are just not around. with that said ive never walked away from the show empty handed. I will force myself to buy at least one thing to justify my time.

well I finished half my basement for just this purpose so it was all carefully planned out and built accordingly. and my OCD also helps with the organizing