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Pretty sure people are speccing the first appearance of Electro. 😂 

2 hours ago, woowoo said:

Just hard to imagine i have had 5 or 6 of these MM 4 25 years ago and they where hard sell. I bought this thing for half that last year and only bid cause i had a Buzz and said it never sell that cheap just want to bid for bragging rights    

Great book. I don’t know how mmc2 vs 4 compare as far as desirability but almost everything marvel related is well up from 12 months ago. Last 3 months have been insane. 

13 minutes ago, atomised said:

I was the consigner.  I've had this copy for many years.

Congrats. I’m sure you’re celebrating tonight 

On 8/30/2020 at 10:01 AM, dem1138 said:

Batman #232 CGC 9.4 ow/w
$1500

I’ll take it per pm 

Someone got a steal in a vf comic. 8.0 condition copies of this book don’t come around often 

8 hours ago, dylanthekid said:

No, I just need to prove you knew something was not true, & you said it anyway with the intent of causing me harm.

Intent of causing harm is not enough for civil court. You have to show you suffered a financial harm in order to win any judgment. 
 

17 hours ago, Jennifer F. said:

Good morning,

Thanks for your message.  Do you have any examples you can provide?  If a book has restoration  and it is noted on the label it would get a restored label.  If the book then goes through restoration removal and we can successfully remove that restoration then it can get a universal label.  If you have a certification number you can provide, we can check further for you.

Thanks!

Please see response above. 

16 hours ago, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

This is an issue CGC is correcting.  They have a few mistakes out there that have been discussed in another thread here..

However if you have other examples definitely let CGC know as they are working to correct these mistakes. 

 

Here is one I saw recently. Hulk 181 9.0 trimmed but blue label 

Hi,

i have seen several books that are noted as having restoration applied to them receive universal labels. These same books always received purple labels in the past. 
 

is the reason they are receiving blue universal labels due to the fact they are custom labels? Will this be changed soon as it doesn’t seem right for restored books to still be in a blue label with a note on the cover. 

On 6/24/2020 at 8:58 PM, camera73 said:

Those bastiches have taken SO much of my money and I'm still one of their most avid apologists:

It doesn't really work that way. I have pops that are still in the box that it was shipped in last year (2019) that are selling on feebay for $200+

Some of the older ones sell for that much...loose. This market is curently all over the place. I just started selling them in the past 6 mos and have learned some interesting lessons. Like, some of the exclusive video game-based pops that I thought would have staying power (Overwatch) rarely appreciate, while the Ernie and Bert pops that I bought on clearance in B&N are going for $30-40. And when everyone got their May Covid checks - people were willing to plunk down for BINs, like crazy. It is definitely a market with short-term legs. I don't want to still be selling five years from now. But then, I may not want to be holding the bag with comics 5-10 years from now either.

Obviously there is a market today and people can make money. My opinion is I don’t believe it will last. I explained the type of collectibles that seem to be popular down the road and I personally see pops not fitting my personal assessment. 
 

doesn’t mean it can’t. I’m def not infallible but more times than not things that are immediately viewed as collectibles rarely survive. 

1 minute ago, Callaway29 said:

Super soakers are collectible?! Wow...well I certainly used the heck outta mine...

You me and a whole host of people.

And now they go for bucketloads on ebay.

I dont think they can last really when the vast majority keeps them in their boxes and is viewed as an investment or something to be well taken care of. This leads to the supply just getting bigger and bigger imo. 

The objects that the majority took out of the box and used and enjoyed are the items that seem to develop into the real collectible wave.

Anyone taken a look at the early super soakers that are still in the box. collectors are hunting them out like crazy but its an item I imagine was almost always taken out of the box and used for enjoyment.

10 hours ago, Gatsby77 said:

Wow...crazy to see Brave & Bold 25 on the list, and as more valuable than Avengers 4.

Yeah - I know there was a movie (and another on the way), but 10 years ago this book would have struggled to make top 75-100.

The valuation is only set at the high grade. Bb25 is incredibly more difficult than avengers 4 in high grade. 
 

mid grade and lower avengers 4 wipes the floor with bb25

1 hour ago, Lazyboy said:

By whom?

And?

Same way showcase 4 is considered the beginning of the silver age. There are dates that exist. 
 

its a bigger and more interesting book than half the list. 

I believe tec225 is viewed as golden age. If not its typically pricier than bb28. 
 

also batman 121 is absolutely missing. It’s far more valuable than Batman 181 and flash123

20 hours ago, jbpez said:

FLASH SALE...$895!!! WOW!!!

I’ll take it. As per pm. 

Backup take on the Batman 37   

@ADAMANTIUMhahahaha. That was funny 

4 hours ago, lou_fine said:

From a strict visual appearance point of view, I am surprsied there is only a miniscule difference in grade of only 0.2 between that 'Tec 73 and this 'Tec 38:

 

From a purely condition point of view, the visual difference between the 2 books would appear to be much more significantly different than what the assigned grades would otherwise suggest.  Then again, that's just my own personal point of view as I am certainly not a professional grader in any sense of the word.  

To each there own I guess. I know many collectors that would prefer a poorer visual versus a copy with brittle pages. Everyone has their preferences. I have a few 2.0 books myself that have brittle pages that present very well. I believe that at brittle, you start taking a hit on the grade of the book.

Also I just got this book and didn't really try and put it in the most flattering manner since its not for sale and looks great in person to me. In person I find the colors on my copy really pop for a 1.8 book

Finally got my tec73 back from Cgc. Such a ridiculously awesome batman cover. Normally I’m more of a first appearance but I’m more in the tec73 boat myself. 

7 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

124 posts and now 5 of those are personally directed at me about issues of a personal nature. 5 of your last 5, about such things as my needing hugs, as though you have any idea at all as to what I need or don't need! I don't know whether to feel honored  or concerned. Not for me. For you.

I think it's funny, in a sad way, but at some point the mods won't, you'll get a warning, I'll get a warning, I'll heed mine, you won't heed yours, you won't be able to help yourself, and you'll be gone.. 

So out of the utmost respect for the forum, This is my last reply to you, before the mods even have to mention it.

I was all for a standard convo until your poor reply with an emojo and zero support. 

Awww you went through my history. Thats cute. so yeah I really dont come on here much, I have other outlets that I spend my time on, unlike you who seems permanently locked in. 

End of the day, poor analogy, zero retort, name calling. Yeah you are a beacon for this forum. 

31 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

You're 4 days ahead of schedule. You must have put a lot of concentrated thought and effort into this trolling attempt.

While I realize this may not be possible, and you seem determined to "get my goat". Since I don't have a goat for you to get, why not make a similarly focused effort to steer all of those off-topic posts back to the subject of tangible forum themes. Hobby related things. CGC related things. Matters of interest. None of which anything you've written to me in the last three posts, nor my replies to your off-topic trolling have.

 

Awwww someone needs a hug. Sorry I cant agree with your assessment on corporate greed. Its honestly not my fault I can read a financial statement while you remain illiterate to it. I am an avid collector and do post some of my books from time to time. I also sell on ebay and find this action by paypal to be a pure money grab but then again i do know what 2 + 2 equals.

Many others on this thread are also quite capable as well. Shame you arent. Enjoy your Goat or whatever you have.

15 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

Wrong interpretation. Needless to read more into it than what it was.

Simply interpret   at face value, as was intended.

And that gem, that literary masterpiece took you 5 days to come up with?

5 days. Don't flatter yourself. Unlike you, I dont hound the cgc forums much. Check out my history, large intervals of no comments.

Its ok you dont have any better retort and an emoji. I am sure you are a bastion of knowledge on this matter but just prefer to keep it to yourself.

On 9/20/2019 at 4:47 PM, James J Johnson said:

Ill take that as throwing in the towel.

Thanks for playing along. May yoru future analogies be more comparable.

18 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

Absolutely more exposure for paypal than 30 cents per transaction!  

Now this is hypothetical and I'm using Berk as an example because we discussed their taking in $118,000 "for charity" last month. But say paypal facilitated $118,000 worth of sales for them last month for them, the money went where it was supposed to, to whatever account Berk has those funds transferred to in those 100% charity auctions. Over a period of 2 weeks, they gradually spend the money through a third account, having been disbursed from the charity account. A charity investing to amplify their donations, let's say. The $118,000 worth of books they bought through another account have almost all come in, and any money left in the account that didn't go to purchase more inventory has dwindled to almost nothing. Now Berk is holding $118,000 of product, almost all delivered after two weeks of buying, and almost nothing in cash in either paypal account, or a third for buying.  But let's say while doing this, Berk has not sent out any of the books that the winners paid for! Let's even assume that Berk might answer questions of "Have you sent out my books yet?  by stringing buyers along, "I'm so sorry. An unexpected death in the family. I'll get them out to you as soon as I'm back in town, you can count on that". But the tracking info never comes, the complaints start coming in to paypal and ebay and guess what.... too late for paypal to recover $118,000 to pay back the claims for buyers who did not het their material, many of which funded the purchase with credit cards. Now paypal is on the hook for some, a lot, or most of that missing $118,000!

No. Paypal's exposure is a lot more than 30 cents per transaction.  I'm sure that there are many instances where paypal becomes a victim of a non-responsive seller in having to step in an reimburse once a seller's accounts are empty and their funding sources as well. .

Do you know how many transactions they do. Also you are assuming a big event like $118k from a single customer.

Fact is their profit levels are at near all time highs which is a much better gauge as to whether the 30 cents they presently make on every transactions plus 3% of all sales that are fully completed results in terrific profits. Have you read their Financials? Do you know for a fact refunds they are unable to collect are not offset by every single 30 cent charge they perform? What percentage of sales returns are uncollectible and result in Paypal having to eat the costs?

You throw out big numbers saying there is a big risk but have no evidence that paypal has any difficulty collecting from the seller. Also for every single sales they make 30 cents regardless of the end result. Do you know how many transactions paypal does on a daily basis? 

Your original analogy was awful, paypals charges are nothing akin to rent and I called you on it. Paypal's pay structure is more akin to a royalty (think McDonalds) except Royalties dont get paid on money that has to be refunded.

Also if the simple process of returning money from one account to another is so time cumbersome and costly, how is it they can process all friends and family transactions for free. Its doing the same thing, shifting of funds from one account to another and there is zero cost.

Feel free to throw out more extreme level examples that have either not occurred or have not had a material impact on Paypal's profitability.