TheSpud

8 hours ago, Ryan. said:

PayPal can still be used to make purchases so that shouldn't impact sales. 

I used to spend the money that came into my Paypal on ebay stuff.

I don't spend the money that's now transferred into my bank on ebay

On 7/4/2021 at 6:49 PM, gradejunky said:

My sales this week were literally nill.  I have not sold anything all week.  Past few weeks have slowed down for me big time and I'm assuming that having conventions this year as opposed to almost none last year is the main culprit.

My sales dropped 75% for June when Ebay removed Paypal. (That's where my spending money is)

It's started to come back again over the last couple of weeks though.

5 hours ago, Brock said:

I’m in Canada, and we’re just about to make the transition (at least, I’m being told I have to - it could be a staggered rollout).

However, eBay linked me to a video that suggested buyers could make payment to their new system in lots of different ways, including PayPal. What am I missing?

You can pay with whatever you want, Mastercard, Amex, Paypal etc but Ebay will send the payment to your bank account. It will no longer go to Paypal.

Ebay now take the fee Paypal used to take on top of all their other fees.

3 hours ago, fastballspecial said:

Fair enough, but there is nothing wrong with the service if its not being used correctly.

 

Not knocking Ebay with my original point (Which I think started this little discussion?)

My point was the managed payments may cause problems come June 1st.

I signed up for them around 3 weeks ago, sales are around 20% down (but not bad)

However, I'm an impulse buyer & use my Paypal for buying.

I have bought nothing on Ebay for 3 weeks

On 5/24/2021 at 11:52 PM, littledoom said:

Yes.. I was talking w other ebay sellers and yes the past couple weeks are reflective of that slowdown.. a mix of reopening/no current MCU show/ebay's horrible system updates.. but I think mainly reopening.. that means saved up money that was supposed to be spent on vacations is being spent on that vs comics.. also the prices of everything went up.. groceries, hardware, gas, etc

Not sure if it's the same in the US but in UK Paypal has 2 more days left as a payment method on Ebay.

Then they switch to managed payments (commonly known as Ebay take the fees instead)

No money in Paypal, no buying for me. 

as a cover?  very dull. may as well just photo a woman in cosplay

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=how+many+copies+of+amazing+spiderman+238+cgc+9.8+are+there

42 minutes ago, fastballspecial said:

What? I've Sold 115s last 3 weeks for $50 to 90 a piece. But they were high grade.

 

Sorry this is in UK.

I had a copy up for about $35 (VF) for about 4 weeks with no movement. It sold last week so I

put up my last 5 copies which sat a while and all went yesterday within 10 minutes of the trailer showing

Had 5 copies of Master of Kung Fu #115 up on Ebay at $40 each with no movement.

All 5 sold yesterday within 10 minutes of the Shang Chi trailer showing

Is "You Promised Me darkness #1" out in the US?

It's selling for multiples of cover but there's none in the UK (yet?)

This has happened a few times due to covid delays, UK gets books a week or 2 later than U.S

I know it's not much but they're not raising the prices to $5.99 on most titles. That's the cardstock variant prices & these new fangled titles.

Superman Red White Blue, Wonder woman Black Gold etc.

They already raised the prices on the core titles to $4.99 - batman, Wonder Woman etc when Infinite Frontier took over.

Some lesser titles are still at $3.99

The article seems to kick off with batman #109 at $5.99, seems like a bleedin coll thing to me.

Bat #109 cover (maybe? Just saw the barcode)

Does anyone know the deal with the different trading cards polybagged with Wildcats #4?

I think it's just 2 different ones.

34 minutes ago, siro123 said:

Yes i agree you probably have a Fat stack of CASOL #8 and #9. Since you are pushing a comic you didnt read.

Anyways 

 

Yeah.... Nope. Got 1 copy of 8. Hardly worth the bother pushing it

39 minutes ago, divad said:

It's a freaakin' comic book fergawdsakes . . . you guys need to lighten up on the deep analysis! I happen to like both CASOL 8 and 9 Both! 

TBH I was just having some fun with Sentinel #8 but some people obviously have a hidden stack of Cap #25s  

2 hours ago, fastballspecial said:

I think some people don't realize how high a print run it was. I want to see what the drop
off from issue 1 to 2 is.

 

The drop off is on - Boom! are already offering new incentives to get retailers to order more #2

This secret 1 for 3 incentive that they sprung last week & the insert in the foil covers offering a free copy

of SIKTC #1

"Moderns that are heating up on Ebay providing we've got the right issue number,

correct costume, agree what a cameo is, agree what a 1st appearance is"

Catchy new name for this thread

3 hours ago, siro123 said:

He is just putting on a discarded costume from a costume shop. This does not make him captain america he can say anything he wants.

Again I put on a Batman costume and say i'm Batman it doesnt make me Batman. It makes me a guy dressed up as batman.

Its Official in Captain America #25 

So let me get this straight...

Sam Wilson is Captain America.   

He puts on a Captain America "costume", holds Caps real Shield & he's not Captain America?

You realise Steve Rogers Cap outfit wouldn't fit him right? So he'd have to get a new one.

Also if Bruce Wayne wrecks his batman costume & grabs one temporarily from a costume shop

so no-one knows it's him is he no longer batman?

20 hours ago, bellrules said:

Why is everyone chasing Captain America 25 as the first Sam Wilson Captain America? Clearly, it’s not. 

Why is everyone saying Sentinel of Liberty #9 when clearly it's not.

5 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I see what you're getting at Spud, but no.

Two shops are told: "Order 10 of the standard and you'll get 1 variant cover". That's a 1 FOR 10 arrangement.

Shop A orders 10 standard copies and gets 1 variant.

Shop B orders 5 standard copies and gets no variant. 

If they were the only two shops in the world, what would the overall 'IN' ratio be then?

And how would that ratio be affected if, at a later time, the distributor released to those shops all the 1 for 10's that they printed and which were never claimed? And is the 1 for 10 based on direct sales only or, back in the day, newsstand copies too? And how do multiple variants of the same issue play into the mix? Or unsold standard returns?

You can say what the order ratio is - your FOR scenario, but no one can say what the resulting overall extant ratio is - your IN scenario - as there are too many variables that will influence that. You'll never be able to say that x standard copies of any given comic exist, with y copies of its variant, and then arrive at a meaningful ratio. 

Did that make sense? It's early and I've only had one coffee. 

Dammit! I was having fun here & you went and gave a sensible reply.

Now if you'd just made me think of adding the 1:25, 1:50 variants into the 1:10 mix.

IE order 50 get 5 x 1:10, 2 x 1:25, 1 x 1:50 I could have gone on for months :-)

So the retailer orders 100 copies & gets 10 variants.

Retailer gets 110 copies total,

So it's a 1 FOR 10 variant BUT a 1 IN 11 variant

14 hours ago, GeeksAreMyPeeps said:

yes

So it's a 1 in 11 variant? 

4 hours ago, IbukiLord said:

The incentive is only available to purchase when they have met the ratio quota for cover A, cover B unlocks when they have bought 10 copies. It does not count towards the next incentive therefor it is not a 1:11 as that would mean they need to purchase an addtional 9 copies of cover A to get another 1:10 but they have to purchase another 10 copies to get 1 more.

So it's a 1 for 10 Variant not a 1 in 10 variant?

Had to go in Moderns as that's where the ratio variants are.

Anyhoo,  I see 1:10, 1:25, 1:50 etc etc.

Retailer has to order 10 copies of Beezleybob #1 cover A to get

1 variant cover of Beezleybob #1 Cover B Incentive variant.

So, here's my problem......  Retailer is getting 11 copies of the book

therefore Cover B is a  1:11 variant?

OR.... Does the    ":"  mean something different?

1:10

1 in 10

You still with me?

Discuss

3 hours ago, batmiesta said:

The comic and the Lemmings buying it.

Must admit I chuckled a bit. Just bought a 20 longbox lot with 10 copies in.

Can't believe the price though

4 hours ago, batmiesta said:

? me or the comic?