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CournalCrunch

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    GPA Alert -script

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

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    23 minutes ago, telerites said:

    I thought the OP was talking about the live listings on GPA.  Not that I think George would want to create a want list repository.  I have been a GPA subscriber for a long time and I agree with you that GPA is a price analysis tool.

    I do like having what he shows though and when I am searching for price analysis, I often click on a live listing to look at the book and what is being asked.  Some of the ones though that show they have been listed for years I normally bypass.  Some too you can figure are Lone Star listings when you see a book for sale and also at auction (in the same grade) since Lone Star lists both on their site as well as on Ebay and I assume most is not all are consignment books.

    Totally agree and yes that's what I was referring to. I've bought a few of the live listings as well - just thought an alert on specific criteria for live listings would be interesting. Don't know George but love what he has built!

    GPA Alert -script

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

    Posted

    Might be a dumb question been wondering why GPA doesn't have a wantlist which alerts you when a comic (+grade) you are looking for comes on to market. Understand this would decrease the number of hits they get on their set (and therefore ad revenue), but is there another reason I'm missing?

    I guess one solution would be to write a -script which checks automatically...

    Auctions during Covid

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

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    As far as I could tell its just for folks who cannot make the live auction itself. So if you have work etc you don't miss out on your lot. And I guess there is some gamesmanship at play to have the bid higher so some folk are put off. Just conjecture though. I'm sure people with more history can attest to why

    What are you bidding for? Best of luck!

    Auctions during Covid

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

    Posted

    Hey Avi thanks for your note, 

    I have been researching a little more and just tracked a few of the lots before mine and it looks like the auction starts as soon as the precursor bidding finishes. It just goes through the lot numbers in order after that. At least thats what I have been able to gather so far

    Auctions during Covid

    in Newbie Comic Collecting Questions

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    ComicConnect has a 3 minute extending bidding after each new bid I believe. Heritage has "Bid protection" to make sure you don't get sniped, but I dont understand what the difference is between that and just setting a higher bid in the first place since they say its a "Secret maximum" so only shows the next bid increment vs the second bidder (shrug)