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Lazyboy

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  1. Lazyboy
    True. Slabs are much, much worse if they're being moved around a lot like during shipping.
  2. Lazyboy
    Well, sure, since that's only a few years after the beginning of bar codes on comics.
  3. Lazyboy
    For the vast majority of comics with dual distribution, the only thing that changed was the content in the box because that meant only the black plate needed to be changed during printing.. But there are some seemingly random issues that didn't have the box at all on Directs, as well as some publishers/titles that didn't have it.
  4. Lazyboy
    The vast majority of comic shops then did not use scanners at checkout (or at all). Some still don't.
  5. Lazyboy
    I take it you've never seen this thread and its offshoot(s)? Also, adding a sticker to a comic only damages the comic, it does not change what it is. Anybody can make a sticker, anybody can attach a sticker to a comic and these can both be done at any time.
  6. Lazyboy
    You are understanding the situation perfectly. No, he certainly is not. Natural demand by collectors is completely different than speculation and scarcity should (and does in the vast majority of cases) have nothing to do with the demand for a comic book.
  7. Lazyboy
    You don't really think I was taking issue with TWD 1, do you? Popular covers, no matter what words you use to describe them, are not important. Character crossovers are not important, they are just likely to be in higher demand and have higher value due to appealing to more than the normal audience for an issue. Issues worked on by "famous" creators?
  8. Lazyboy
    In what world are 'popular' and 'important' synonyms? The only thing you've made clear is that you really don't understand.
  9. Lazyboy
    Who said they could? What does that have to do with anything?
  10. Lazyboy
    You don't have a definition for 'key' and neither do I. We're not so special and powerful that we get to redefine the English language. https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/467134-spider-man-100-200-keys/?do=findComment&comment=11158205
  11. Lazyboy
    FOMO explains brief spikes and individual outlier sales. FOMO absolutely does not explain demand for everything.
  12. Lazyboy
    Yes, it simply is. Supply AND demand.
  13. Lazyboy
    No, you gave reasons why books may have more relative demand (and therefore more value), some of which do not make keys. That is relevant to the thread question in that it's not only keys that are worth more than average issues, but the assertion that all those things make keys is incorrect. Being popular is not important. Don't cut the head off the statue.
  14. Lazyboy
    The only thing that makes a comic valuable is demand being higher than supply. Demand may only be higher than perceived supply and there are many different reasons that could cause that demand, but that is it. Period. Once again, you have failed to understand this very basic concept.
  15. Lazyboy
    That means there aren't any Grader Notes. There's no guarantee that any book will have them and notes on 9.8s are exceedingly rare.
  16. Lazyboy
    Yeah, we already know that. Unfortunately, all this thread has proven is that you are apparently incapable of understanding even this very simple concept.
  17. Lazyboy
    Exactly. No, there is only one: importance. Things like scarcity and popularity may increase value, but they don't make keys.
  18. Lazyboy
    So this is actually a special edition reprint and not a variant? Good to know.
  19. Lazyboy
    Well, since slabs don't accomplish that, even completely ignoring that the comics will have to be subjected to the hazards of shipping to be slabbed... He's talking about the people in charge, who actually have some power. Do you know who owns CGC (well, CGC's parent company CCG)?
  20. Lazyboy
    That would be true if the original scale was numerical. It wasn't. 25 steps were shoehorned into numbers that only go up to 10. The numbers are meaningless, except relative to each other, with higher grades obviously being represented by higher numbers.
  21. Lazyboy
    No.
  22. Lazyboy
    Rarity and value are different things.
  23. Lazyboy
    It's how the paper was made/treated. Ink levels will affect how the colours look and, thereby, your overall perception of the cover, but covers with significant white areas can still be glossy. Wear and exposure will affect gloss.
  24. Lazyboy
    Which comics today? Less text than what? That's not the common complaint I've heard. Some are, for sure, though they aren't necessarily the readers of yesterday (or ever). But those people are not the majority.
  25. Lazyboy
    I am about a decade younger than you, as if that has any relevance. You have no idea how wrong you are. Not that that's anything new. Or maybe I just actually care about context, because context always matters. No, I don't have any trouble following things, unless those things are incoherent ramblings.