Frost451

I think this was forgone conclusion. When demand far exceeds the supply the prices were going to go up for sure.

I picked up Forever people 1 Graded 9.2 the other day for like $400. I dont think that is crazy price.

I'm just trying to enjoy some of books I have already. Do I have every key comic, no. But, I have been turning my attention to some DC books that are not getting the love from the marvel mania. Look at these books: Forever people 1, CGC 9.6 for $1350 Jimmy Olen 134 9.0 for $850 Green Lantern 76 8.5 $1375 Batman 251 cgc 8.0 $1000 Batman 227 CGC 8.0 $1025 Batman 232 CGC 9.0 $1399 These prices are buy it now so you know you could probably get them for less. If you collecting because you love the stories and the characters then there are still opportunities to get some good books that you don't have mortgage your house for.

YAY its finally done. only got a half a grade bump but I'm ok with it.

My walk though finished pressing on 4/15 so today is the 4th business day to grade a walkthrough comic. Its definitely not same day as advertised.

Was in grading/qc all day today so who knows maybe tomorrow? That would be 17 business days for walk through.

Got say centered book VS White pages. I try and get white pages when I can but its not a deal breaker. Off center books just look really bad IMO.

Yep I have been hitting refresh all day and haven't seen any movement. Walkthough with pressing is taking 16+ business days after received. I would be pissed if I sent in a stack of books at the end of last year and the TAT just keeps growing for standard. I guess, just continue to be patient.

Still waiting for walkthrough that was received on 3/29.

I quit selling on eBay for good in 2021. It’s not just the new tax laws, their fees are stupid high. 13.5% fee on top of 28% capital gains tax. Do the math there, you sell high value comic let’s say hulk 181 9.0 and it sells for $13,000 that eBay fee is $1755. Let’s also assume you bought it last year when prices were still reasonable for $5500. You end up with $5745 profit that you then have to pay a 28% tax on which is $1608.60 so your actual profit is $4136.40 so between the government and eBay they are taking $3363.30 out of your pocket. Like that’s almost half your profit gone. At that point what’s the point of even selling. Flippers will be in for a real surprise when they go to file their 2021 taxes and end up getting a 1099. Also they don’t know what you paid for your items and so are reporting the entire amount of the transaction to the IRS.

Switched to scheduled for grading today so we will see, I guess it takes a day to schedule and then a day to grade for walkthrough. Today is 15 business days since the original received date of 3/29. They say 10 days for walk through pressing but its closer to 14 days. So far, pretty accurate to what they are posting for TAT.

So I called today and now the received date changed to today 4/15 so ???? Who knows, the lady was very nice but said she was new. Fingers crossed that the date change just means they got the book from ccs after pressing and cleaning. If that’s the case maybe it will grade tomorrow? If so that’s 15 business days for walkthrough pressing and grading. At this point I wouldn’t send in a book that isn’t walkthrough especially if it’s key silver age or Bronze Age book.

Walkthrough submittal still in received status since 3/29.

Even walkthrough is taking longer then they are saying. Maybe we need a new tier. Super walkthrough min fee $300 max 3% fmv.

Well apparently every X-men issue ever printed is also now a grail, so I guess that’s happening. Its easier to say grail then highly desirable, hard to find, and expensive comic book. That being said, x-men 282 is not my grail. You know what they say, beauty is in the eye of beholder. They also say there is a sucker born every minute...