Nick Furious

Why didn't you want a fourteenth copy? Poor Harley, probably still trying to figure out why you buy that book from everyone but him, lol.

You are correct for everything from 9.0-9.6. The supply of ASM 300 in 9.8 is significantly lower than any of the other books that are most commonly graded. It's about 30% of ASM 361 or Secret Wars 8.

I'm not sure which books you referring to but I'm guessing it would be books that were not slabbed in huge quantities before the bubble drove submissions. For those books in particular, the quantity of high-grade slabbed copies is probably exponentially larger than it was before 2020.

I think there is still some downside to go. People resist selling at a loss but over time the "sunk cost" idea becomes easier to accept. When the cost is far enough behind you, cash flow can take precedence over profit. Sometimes people just get sick of looking at a poorly timed purchase and decide to accept what the market is willing to pay. The last sellers to accept this tend to get the worst price and mark the bottom of the market. The other option is to just hold on for the long haul and hope demand returns to the book.

Hopefully you read my comment as being facetious. If a buyer wants to buy multiple items from you they can reach out in advance and try to make a deal. If they don't do that, they should expect to pay for what they get. Including shipping in the price doesn't obligate you to offer the buyer a discount that they didn't negotiate up front. The value of a comic book is such a variable thing. When a price includes shipping there is no way of knowing if the buyer is paying the full shipping cost or if it being subsidized by the way the seller priced the book.

We have no idea what you charge for your books. We just know that if you ship more than one in a box and don't reach out to the buyer to offer a discount you must be a greedy dog.

I think all this criticism would be praise instead if you just said, "all my books come with free shipping, so I don't need to combine shipping to make buyers happy".

YouTube schmucks are not your friends.

Those books are also facsimiles. No, I'm just messing with you.

I'm not sure that the overhead of selling at a convention works out to be any less than the variable costs of selling on Ebay. If the dealer spends just $2K on booth fees and logistics, they will have to sell $20K to reach a 10% cost level.

Sounds like a gay bar orgy.

The Donkey Show in Tijuana is not the place to go if you're inclined to defend a lady's honor. It's got nothing in common with the trained animal shows at Seaworld or Universal Studios.

John Byrne grew up in Canadia. So, it's possible he is both a very nice guy and also can hold lifetime grudges over minor critiques and perceived scoldings.

And then comes the $997 online tutorial system "At Dylan Universe you will learn the brilliant hack that will have people paying you thousands of dollars to take their mega keys off their hands..."

Is there anything special about #39 that makes it worth so much more than the other two books?

Won't be surprised if this guy opens a comic book restoration business soon. I'm sure he's aware that a space in that market has opened up recently.

Much of the industry marches to the beat of the same drum as we are all influenced by the same information, more or less. So it's fairly predictable that a large number of collectors will be at the entrances and exits at the same time.

Well, nobody's ever happy when the books they buy are going down in value and the books they sell continue to go up in value.

I would be curious to know what the numbers look like for the middle 40 books, when you sort from best to worst percentage change.

Just read the abbreviated version. I would nominate him for Least Persuasive Gas-lighter. Maybe he will get better at it with age.

That was my thought also. The attendance fee is such a small cost component in the scheme of things. Even if attendance were free, it still wouldn't change who could attend...other than some who live in the region.

One day the writer will discover the internet and realize there are forums where all his investigative reporting insights were long-ago covered by people who weren't even attending a convention in Michigan. It's gonna blow his mind.

Yes, it would. And the vendors who spend huge dollars to be there would prefer the show be filled capacity with people who can afford to spend money with them. Not filled to capacity with people who can only afford $20-$30 for attendance. And where would those people come from anyway, considering the cost of travel and lodging? Not every show is intended for every financial demographic. There are other shows available to those people, they are called local conventions. And I include myself in that group that is better suited for a local convention than for the expense of attending a remote mega convention. I think those who refuse to recognize the law of supply and demand have a narcissistic perspective. They don't recognize those already attending as real people who would be replaced by new attendees if the barriers were eliminated. Only they, and others like them are real people in their minds.

You're probably right that the payout could be contested. When I was shipping media mail it typically would be lower value stuff and I would purchase the minimum insurance amount simply as a deterrent against internal theft. I assume that even the rottenest USPS employee won't want to become subject of an inquiry over an item insured for $50. When I was shipping high dollar stuff, I would use Registered Mail.

Insurance can be purchased for Media Mail.