littledoom

5 hours ago, masterlogan2000 said:

PirateShip's pricing is higher than eBay or PayPal if you do enough business to get a shipping discount.  I wouldn't consider myself one of the bigger guys, but my last shipment is $7.23 (Priority Legal Flat Rate) or $8.65 (Regional Box A) on eBay versus $7.45/$8.92 on PirateShip.  If you're selling low margin, single issue comics this way, every penny counts.

What are you using for creating labels? Usually the lowest I pay for PLFR is $7.55.

4 hours ago, spreads said:

The movie really projected the value of X-Factor 6 (and 5 to a lesser extent), but the argument here is that the books were always keys.  Everyone knew they were key books but collectors didn't put a ton of value to them because of their oversupply.  An important comic, nonetheless....

dealers see X-Factor 6 as a $30 book at many shows I go to..but it's not bronze age

Millennium Age

Damn I regret passing on a Superman/Batman Annual #4 2nd print back in late January for about $15.. it's now a $100 book!

On 5/4/2020 at 5:30 AM, Lightning55 said:

No, the logo doesn't show up.  That would be cool, I think.  Although the postal service might not take kindly to it.

You can add a small custom message (text only) to labels called a "rubber stamp".  More info here: https://support.pirateship.com/en/articles/1804193-what-are-rubber-stamps-and-how-do-i-use-them

Pirate Ship has made my life so much easier.. I like how the page shows all the details after purchase.. It's very clear.. and it's extremely easy to schedule a pick up vs the tiresome task of entering all the info in the USPS website.

When you send a one time offer through the mobile app, buyers can make a counteroffer

2 hours ago, 1Cool said:

IM 55?  It definitely was a book that became hotter due to movie hype but I'd think X-Factor 6 or TOS 50 were the first few books that became keys simply for movie hype (and have since crashed).  But since neither are Bronze I'll go with your suggestion.

collectors are still buying all 3 of those keys

X-Force 116 several copies sold the past couple days I don't know why.. someone clue me in

Darth Maul 2 1st Cad Bane... unfortunately I sold mine in a set back in February for the low whatever.. it's trending up

9 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

I think that's a cop out by sellers who do that. "I'm not a professional grader so please look at the pictures... blah, blah, blah".   Hobbyists graded raw books for 30+ years before CGC started up. Grading a book is the most basic nd necessary element in hobbyists communicating condition when conducting trade, and we do it with an organized letter and/or letter and number system, not superlatives like, "Look at this", "Wow", "Unread", and the like, terms that have nothing to do with the grading system for our hobby. Clear large pictures will show us when the seller is off or close to what we, the buyers, feel are accurate grades, and as such, when a seller calls a book "unread/NM", and there's a tan halo around it, we don't even have to wait to get the book in the mail to know it's vastly over-promised. You can see it. But grades are a very important part of the sales details for a comic, and how the seller and buyer grade it will determine if they are in agreement with each others grading and the transaction on a whole.  CGC's opinion comes later, if submitted, but the initial approval period usually involves only whether the buyer and seller are in agreement with the grade given by both of them.

one of my most favorite store owners to my surprise said he's bad with grading.. and that's a guy who's been at it for 30 years.. or maybe he just told me that because he knows me haha

when I sell multiple items within one post, they won't show up individually every time in the sold feed..usually once

1 hour ago, telerites said:

Think this my be by invitation only (i.e., have to have received the email) but it may appear on the Ebay homepage header or check you email.  It says tech but when I looked at a BIN comic book listing, it does show the bonus bucks.

On my main account I do not get that promo

but on my burner account I do haha

contemporary age

On 4/26/2020 at 1:15 PM, Lightning55 said:

This seller can do exactly what he is doing WITHOUT committing fraud by just eliminating the hype.  The boasts (lies) about the history of the comic is what is misrepresented, fraudulent.  If he buys nice looking 9.0's, cracks them, posts them with an opinion that they are 9.6, and leaves it at that, he technically has done nothing wrong.  If someone agrees with his opinion, ponies up the money, that's their prerogative. The UNTRUE EMBELLISHMENT is what makes it fraud.

It's just like when we see $50 collectibles priced at $200.  We laugh that the seller thinks he can get $200 for it.  But that's the seller's OPINION of value, the asking price.  And then we are astonished that it sells for $200, to someone naive, maybe.  That happens ALL THE TIME.  And who are we to say it is wrong?  Someone asked a price, and someone stepped up and said, "I'll take it!" 

I saw it happen yesterday.  I sold a book to someone for $50 last year.  It's still a $50 book today, if you go by recent sales.  My buyer put it on eBay for $100, same book.  I kind of chuckled that he thought he could get that.  It sold for $100.

 

I thought the same thing about these... he also had Aquaman #1 New 52 for $150 on his wall!

polished_gem_comics

he's scamming buyers.. you can check out the thread

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/467915-polished_gem_comics-aka-diamond_comics_llc-cgc-slab-cracking-and-overgrading-for-profit

His ASM 194 raw sold for $1,000 ... highest CGC 9.6 sold on ebay $600

1 hour ago, Lightning55 said:

Use this problem as an opportunity to try something else.  Go to PirateShip.com and set yourself up in just a few minutes.  Even if you only use it temporarily, it can be a good backup for you, like having a spare tire or jumper cables in your car.  Always a good idea to have fallback plan.

I'm going to use it.. it's concise and super easy to enter info in.. and the discounts are on par w being the lowest... so glad I saw your above post

just one question.. will the label say PirateShip on it? with the logo of the crossbones?

Marvel Comics Presents 79.. love that BWS Weapon X cover .. I know its from the 80s but its rad

Uncanny Inhumans #12 variant is narly .. it should be worth way more than it currently sells for

Incredible Hulk Future Imperfect.. first Maestro for sure

Current Age or Diamond Age? .... the CEO of Diamond calls this the "diamond age" so there's that... I nominate "current" ... modern is so loose

Usually those Jay Company exclusives are double covers. just look inside the front cover

Had this problem since Friday/Saturday morning.. The error message I received was "The Street and City entered in the address do not match. Kindly enter the correct address to proceed." I tried creating different labels to different valid address and tried multiple times yesterday and today. The best outcome was submitting a ticket to the tech team

the worst part is he's doing this during a global pandemic

sometimes sellers use random images as a placeholder if they can't add the correct photos at the time