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    Where’s the eBay coupons?

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    On 12/22/2023 at 6:01 PM, Mr. Spider-Woman said:

    I got a popup on the eBay app about a $10 coupon with a targeted code. I also got an e-mail. Nothing on the regular eBay website, though. It's not one of the annoying category specific or seller specific coupons.

    Good through December 29 with a minimum $50 spend. 

    What's the code?

    Tell us a C-R-A-Z-Y comic story

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    On 12/15/2023 at 10:25 PM, zuulioso said:

    One of my favorites (sorry so long)...

    A Craigslist find out in West Virginia. This was maybe 2012ish. I saw the ad for a large collection split maybe 50/30/20 silver/bronze/copper located deep in West Virginia. I'm in the Baltimore/DC metro area and loved loved loved traveling around looking at collections. This was pre-movie hype and after requesting a list, talking on the phone, and debating on whether or not it was worth the two and a half hour trek out west into the mountains of WVA, to take a look at this collection.

    From what I remember, I think the ad said maybe 5k-6k books. I was in the position as a collector looking to complete runs. At the time, I was looking for early Avengers and FF books and he had a bunch. We spoke on the phone and I had hoped for a whole collection purchase, but after talking, I knew going into it he had an unrealistic expectation on prices as he was pricing at NM using some online resource. After some discussion, I had thought we came to an understanding that I was to come to look at some books and not the entire collection.

    So, I took a beautiful drive out into the middle of nowhere. The place was a small house on a lonely several acres of land with no houses around it. It ended up being a very small house in a beautiful area in the mountains. When I arrived, I met an older man, maybe late 60s early 70s. He seemed friendly and greeted me kindly if not a bit overly enthusiastically at the door. His energy had me a bit off guard from the beginning. I entered the small house and it was littered with comic boxes in every room. I didn't make it through all of his boxes, but he had already gone through it all and priced it and knew where specific runs were.

    Almost immediately, as I was scanning the first box, he told me was that he was selling his collection to fund travel expenses so that he could bring his bride in from an Asian country (I admit forgetting which). He then showed me a picture of someone that appeared to be in their early 20s. I looked at him, then at the picture, and formed some opinions of the situation, but smiled and wished him luck as I continued sifting through books.

    As I pulled titles of interest into a pile, I began trying to set the expectation that I would not be interested in the entire collection and thought maybe we could come to a deal for specific books. He seemed open to that. Again, at the time he wanted a number that I thought was far more than reasonable for what I found. There were no keys, but there were some nice upper VFish books that I was looking for.

    I think I came up with a preliminary pile and he took it and led me to his computer where he proceeded to look each book up on whatever overpriced website he was using and quoted me the NM price for each. Ugh. I quibbled that the condition was important and the books I chose where not NM. I removed some books and asked to keep sifting. As I was going through a box, he said "I have some chili I made, would you like some?"

    Without thinking about it, I thought to myself, "I like chili and I don't want to offend this nice gentleman" so I accepted. After all I was hungry and someone offered me food. He brings me a bowl of his homemade chili while I continue to sift through his collection as he is telling me about the deep love he and his soon to be bride have for each other. The chili was tasty, but not great. I'll cut to the chase. I didn't wake up in a tub with a missing kidney or anything, but in retrospect, it probably wasn't the smartest move.

    As I was eating the chili, he came out with a shotgun. Yep. Just out of the blue, he came out and was holding a shotgun. He showed it to me and I was so surprised by this unwelcome turn of events that I don't recall why he was so proud of this weapon or why he was showing it to me, but he handed it to me to admire. So, I went from "Oh , I'm dead" to "He is handing me his gun". So, like a gentleman, I took it, inspected it, and being the non-firearm educated person that I am admired it, turned it over in my hands, and handed it back to him.

    Okay. So, here is my pile of books. Now, at this point I wanted to get out of there. I had brought maybe $1500 cash with me and had maybe $350 worth of books that I wanted. I was willing to go up to $500 and $500 is what we ended up settling on, but I started at $300. Pretty gutsy for a guy that just showed me his shotgun because he was not happy about my offer in any way. He wanted $1000 and we ended up in the middle.

    Looking back, it was an innocent exchange but certainly one I remember well to this day.

    wow

    eBay The eBay Official eBay Thread eBay

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    On 12/15/2023 at 7:08 PM, Point Five said:

    Hi y'all, ebay question for you.

    I listed an item for BIN $750 (no auction feature), and got a bunch of watchers but no bites. I sent one of those mass offers for $690 to all the watchers. One of the recipients quickly counters with an offer of $680. That seems reasonable so I accept, but instead of closing the item nothing happens. The book is still for sale, and under Offers it now says "You have made buyer XYZ the winner! There is still quantity 1 available." 

    I assume ebay has done some tinkering with the counteroffer feature and it no longer works the way I remember. So I'm now waiting for the buyer to... accept his own offer?  ???

     

    It sounds like you may have accidentally listed 2 quantity?

    Post your Garage Sale/Flea Market/Antique Mall Finds Here

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    Posted · Edited by littledoom

    On 12/13/2023 at 7:21 PM, spreads said:

    The maxx Glow and Valiants are amazing!  This is a serious collector to have those gold books.  Which gold holo ultraverse is that?

    Another cool buyer picked up Supreme #1 gold variant and Darker Image #1 silver platinum B&W variant for $2 each also! Yup he was a terrific collector! The gold holo ultraverse variant is Ultraforce #1