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Jesse-Lee

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    I actually had to do work instead of being on the boards - it was awful.
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    I thought the same thing when I saw it - but I actually do like the genre too. And I also like paying less than $3 before FOC for books that end up popping, so perfect storm!
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    Anyone preorder Bunny Mask from Aftershock? Seems to be getting some love from the Youtube folks (I know, I know)... I preordered 1 each of the cover A and B because it looked interesting. I'll be curious to see what it does, and I'm looking forward to reading it. Also finally read The Nice House on the Lake and I loved it - immediately ordered the next 2 issues. All this time and I didn't realize Tynion was a Milwaukee guy like me! Cool to see him use those references in the book.
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    No, sorry, it has to be CGC witnessed. It'll get a green label with a notation like, "Name written on cover in marker" or something along those lines.
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    Last few eBay sales of copies in a similar condition to mine have been between $1,650 and $2,000. I don't think I'd ever sell mine though, or at least not for a long time.
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    It's funny you say that - I found an outstanding first print of Rage by Richard Bachman (Stephen King's pen name) at a Half Price Books years ago, marked $1 and sitting on the spinner rack. That was my exact plan; I put a $5 bill in my hand, and if they tried to tell me no sale, my (possibly poorly thought-out) plan was to toss the $5 on the counter and run out the door. My logic was that it wouldn't be shoplifting if I paid 5 times asking. I just really, really wanted that book. Anyway, I got it for the $1 price.
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    Really happy I finally got this book - now to track down a good price on a decent Batman 113 (first appearance of the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh). ...
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    Coming in with a lowly 4.0 CR/OW, but I think it looks pretty decent for a 4.0 (even with a few newton rings - they're less prominent in person), and I got what I felt like was a great deal. And I'm just thrilled to finally own this book in any condition!
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    Sold some video games, flipped the profit into some really good deals on some cool books: Also picked up an incomplete short run of Detective on eBay, and hit up a couple of LCSs for some recent stuff and back issues: And I got a couple of nice books from @Jmchnaway's sale - thank you!
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    I agree with that sentiment, but it never works out in real-world situations. Well, maybe at the big box stores, but at an LCS there's not much recourse to make them stick to the price unfortunately.
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    It's a private sale, you have to contact Sol Rosenberg for the details.
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    "I'd leader to bed, but I wouldn't know what to do when we got there!" Ok, maybe more Paul Lynde style than Charles Nelson Reilly... Man, I love those old game shows.
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    Exactly - I was at an LCS where they had a raw book marked at $15 in the boxes. Took it up to pay, and they said, "oh, that's an old price - let me get you a new one." Came back and told me the new price was $75, so I walked. It's a $30 book, maybe $40 on a good day. I wasn't looking to rip off the shop, but they had it marked and out on the floor. Maybe they'll find a buyer eventually, but they lost out on future business from me.
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    I've made eBay offers on books where the seller has vastly overpriced a book compared to 90-day averages - I've offered fair market or sometimes even some percentage over depending on how much I want the book. It's been fairly received a couple of times, but usually it goes ignored or gets a counter for about $20 less than the asking. So as a buyer, I'm trying to signal that I want the book, but I don't want to overpay.
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    Just grabbed the last copy of each A and B covers at an LCS today. Looking forward to reading this one, it looks interesting.
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    Me too!! They were especially good if you put them in the fridge first.
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    Yeah, at least that part I don't have to deal with, that adds a wrinkle for sure. But so far I've been getting my payouts next day, except for the first couple of sales. I hadn't sold for a few years, so I guess they needed to make sure I was legit. But aside from the holiday weekend (my payout is scheduled for tomorrow from sales on Sunday), it's been pretty quick. Honestly, I don't know why they don't create an "eBay fund" and just offer to hold the money in credit and earn even more - for me, my sales just end up being used to buy stuff I want on eBay anyway...
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    Maybe I'm being naive, but I don't have an issue with that. I've been an eBay member since 1998. I've had 20+ years to figure out a better solution for finding the one guy that wants to pay me $325 for my copy of Conker's Bad Fur Day on Nintendo 64, but I didn't. They should get their money; I'm getting mine OK.
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    Bought a bunch of slabbed books recently and they just started to come in today. I pulled out my slab box to tuck them away, and spent about an hour just looking at books. I need to do that more often.
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    I just listed some collectible teddy bears (don't ask). Used caps to highlight how awesomely collectible they are, and my listing fee was $0.