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Podterp

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    Moderns that are heating up on ebay!

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    48 minutes ago, gradejunky said:

    I was going to comment on this myself.  I live in Orlando, FL and the buying opportunities here in greater Orlando are pretty dismal.  The big chain here which is Coliseum of Comics has a pretty horrible model as far as finding good inventory.  New books that don't sell get put in just a bag (no board), and placed in the back issue bins at which time the price is raised $.50 for just the bag I guess :frown:.  If a book gets hot, it is quickly snatched out of the box and re-bagged with a board to be put back in the box or on the wall with eBay NM prices, regardless of whether it is anywhere close to being a 9.4.  I have rarely had much luck getting books that are already hot out of any of their locations.  Then you have Acme Comics, a beautiful and massive store very close to me.  They like to eat and have drinks behind the counter as they are processing books for the back issue boxes. I can't tell you how many times I've bought books out of there listed as 9.2/9.4 on the price tag, to then get home and remove a book to find a huge water spot damage or food residue on the BC etc.  Not once or twice mind you, dozens of times.  And the big $1 room they have in the back?  Literally just overflowing with junk that is mid grade at best.  When and if you do find something of some value...."oh that is not supposed to be in there".  Yep, you ain't leaving the store with that.  My better buying experience was by far when I moved to a small city in NH for about 5 years.  The few shops I had within a 5-30 minute drive from me yielded many more hot books for cover price or less with no sales tax to boot.  Aslo, add in all the competition here and it pretty much sucks around me.  I have better luck just sourcing off ebay and other sites, or pre-ordering books for selling, no lie.

    @gradejunkyHave you tried BAMF in Maitland? I find my experience there better than ACME and Coliseum frequently.