lostboys

Yeah...great...maybe if people didn't send in 200 books, that came out last week, to get graded...this chit wouldn't be happening.

It's us that got greedy and swamped this little company with worthless books just to try and make a few bucks on Ebay

Then we complain about TAT?

Then we complain when they raise prices?

4 minutes ago, BladeTX said:

Well definitely don't take advice from me, I'm 6 months into a divorce situation and I may be a bit biased (as in steamroll the evil woman but I want you to keep your nads 😂). 
I think everyone's collecting journey is different.  A lot cannot afford early books so filling with weeklies or even TWD Deluxe is fine.  I'm not sure why you need 1-3 in weekly reprints to read as TWD Deluxe is out issues 1-13 and is awesome.

Here is a good compromise.  Looks like you only need Issues 4 to 10 and you are willing to go below a 9.8.  So ask your wife for permission to buy 1 book a month.  Even $200 a month could complete that in 9.6-9.8.  It will let you shop for that really cool book you want, and 7 months from now you will complete the run.  See if that will fly without getting whacked by a frying pan 🙂.  

Hey...

I'd rather have the weekly reprints because they're black and white. If I buy Deluxe, it will mess with my OCD.

See, the thing is...i don't even care if 4 through 10 are graded. I'm fine with buying raw copies. 

I figure that'd run me around 700.

Happy wife / happy life?

... or screw it, I want my TWD collection!

Sup guys. Long time TWD fan that keeps the DVDs on a constant loop. This drives my wife nuts but I do it anyway.

A few months back I decided that I wanted the comic collection too. I stated browsing and buying and I'm soooooo close to having what I want but my wife is not as happy as I am and directed me to cease and desist my purchasing.

At the time of her insane recommendation I had 11 through 193...first prints + #1 CGC 9.6 - #2 CGC 9.4 - #3 CGC 9.6

My plan was to also get 1, 2 & 3 in the weekly reprints for reading purposes and then finish getting 4 through 10 in first prints and be done.

Instead...im forced to get 1 through 10 in weekly reprints.

I feel unclean.

I feel like a failure.

Would you be happy with what I've collected or should I defy the evil woman and buy 4 through 10 in first prints and risk divorce or castration while asleep?

The old guys are just bitter cause they didn't have the internet in the 70s 80s or 90s...there was also no CGC.

This book can only go up in value from here. Same with ASM 252, ASM 300 and even NM 98.

Sure, there are a ton out there but theyre not making anymore, boys ...and the world population is exploding.

Don't listen to the bitter negativity

Buy now or you'll be paying double in 6 months.

I have a 9.8 with multiple spine bends that do not break color.

I also have a WP book where the top of the pages are not white compared to the inside page color.

Meh...

40 minutes ago, William-James88 said:

they recieve the books and prep them for grading and then send them to grading. Part of the prep is opening slabs if need be. 

I gotcha.

It just struck me as funny. I pictured a couple guys sitting I'm a room waiting for a slabbed book to come through the dept...while everyone else is busting their hump grading books after book

4 hours ago, William-James88 said:

Anything could happen, especially if you are asking them to handle a sealed book (meaning one department has to take it out of the slab, and then send to another department who then grades it).

THERE IS NO STARTING POINT, the grader is sent the book without knowledge that it was ever slabbed before. It could some back 9.8, 9.8, 9.4, 9,2, and on and on

They have a department that opens slabs?

That's all this dept does?

4 hours ago, Angel of Death said:

That would not make for an unbiased examination.

Should you be "worried"? Do you think that Voldemort's grade is inaccurate?

I don't know who that is, bro.

Don't know if I should be worried. 

There must be a good reason why CGC is the clear #1 option over the other fellas and I'm guessing it's cause the others went wrong somewhere.

1 minute ago, comicginger1789 said:

I gave up selling on ebay in the past year and it has been glorious. Actually, I lied, I sold ONE book on ebay (some romance comic featuring Elvis that poeple pay for) so as to maximize my buying audience. Probably could have sold it by other means but that was the only sale on the bay I have made after almost using it exclusively. Between insane shipping charges and prices in general, I tend to avoid it now. 

I've had good success selling on Ebay. Books sell fast when priced right. They gotta stop raising the fees though. That's prob the main reason sellers are over charging right now. EBay takes what?...13%?

You almost gotta charge $700 for a $500 book

36 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said:

Are you buying the book or the grade? Sounds like you care more about the 9.8

Will it go down? Time will tell...one would think this collectibles boom will have to peak and dip at some point, as things do, especially if economies crash a bit in the next couple years. Tis the way. Nothing really rises and gains and grows steadily forever without experiencing some dips and doodles.

Suggestion? At that price, be patient and secure yourself 5-10 raw copies you think are worthy of the 9.8. This book had a HUGE print run (15 years ago I would find collections with dozens of copies) so chances are you can get your own 9.8 with a little bit of patience and work and, if you grade all the raws and sell the ones you get back that are not 9.8, you might even turn a profit or cover your costs! 

But nah....why do that when I can click, pay, ship, get. 

Time is also money though and that's a lot of buying, hoping and selling.

Also...Ebay selling fees are a menace!

1 hour ago, Angel of Death said:

Yes. They don't work with other's people grades.

I was kind of hoping they took the current grade as a starting point.

So...I sent in a 9.8 that was graded by the other company who's name also starts with a "C".

 Its a first gen slab and I thought it was time to get it out of there. 

How far off were they as far as grading back then, in your opinion?

Should I be worried?

I've done a few reslabs and they pump them out pretty fast compared to getting a book graded.

How about a cross grade? Are they treated like a normal grading or is it faster because they have a grade to work with already ?

Thanks

This has nothing to do with me so why do I feel so nervous about it?

Same here.

My book has been in received since December 4th.

2 weeks ago they billed my CC but no movement from "received" yet.

New collectors from all the movies.

New - old collectors.

Working from home.

World populaton exploding and we are all connected to the internet...we are all at the same comic book convention.

Honestly, the more I think about it, this could only still be the starting point. Prices are rising with each new listing on Ebay. FMV numbers at comics go collect keep going up.

It's a lot of fun. Not as much fun as a 80s/90s comic and card convention in the lobby of a Holliday Inn though.

Do they still have those or are they all costume parties now?

Damn I'm getting old

10 minutes ago, KCOComics said:

I imagine your not alone in this catagory. Guys my age who collected as kids or young adults and got back into it during the pandemic. 

The question now is, are you hooked? Will you be buying for decades to come? Or is the fun over as society reopens? 

I think that will determine where prices go in the near term. If people remain in the hobby and demand stays high, prices will stay high. If allot of new collectors had their fun and are ready to resume their old lives, prices may drop a bit over the coming months. 

I think I'm hooked.

It's not all about the graded books and the money either. I've been having a lot of fun putting my early Image collection back together and reading them.  The artwork still blows my mind.  

I'm far from a vet.

I collected as a teen in the early 90s for a few years so I knew a bit about the hobby.

When the lockdown happened and the stimulus went out...i started getting back into comics.

As a kid, I could never afford certain books like the Wolverine LS. That was my first purchase last summer. I bought all 4 issues in a 9.6 for under $500 total. I see issue #1 alone is selling for damn near $500 now.

I bought NM98 in a 9.6 for around $400 and it's selling for $800 now.

I'm not sure when this bubble bursts but I now have 30 graded books and they are all selling for much more than I paid for them 6 months ago.

34 minutes ago, Joe Lindsey said:

Yes. I found out that happens in stacks opposite of each other where the stack ends up even. My experience anyway.. I noticed it because I tried it and saw the books were doing that. So I stopped stacking in large numbers

Stacked on top of each other?

This copy has been bagged, boarded, boxed and basement-ed for the past 20+ years. 

3 hours ago, Joe Lindsey said:

Looks like a 9.4. No newbie disclaimer it’s just what it is. NM range 🔼🔽

thanks.

can you check out the 244 I posted please?

3 hours ago, Funnybooks said:

9.2

flatten that spine 9.4

Thank you!

Could you look at the 244 I posted when you get the chance?

Thank you!

I can't seem to find anything specific to cross grading a book.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

How about slabbed books in mylar?

They are pretty airtight when you seal them.

No, no ...or okay?

I always assumed they were okay or there wouldn't be a market for them.