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If it's for you it's whatever you prefer. No need to pay more to get a signature verified if you believe it's legit. For resale it might be better to have it verified. Personally I would most likely buy the cgc green label. I can verify it myself and will take the slab. Most people don't trust coa. Some don't trust verification label.

How about a speculator who bought during the pre pandemic times and sold during the pandemic times? I can't find the words or emoji to express how I feel.

Those were the good old days. Along with cash checks and money orders. I love global shipping program. Never had a package fail to get to Kentucky safely. Once there they can do whatever they want to it. I find shipping almost irrelevant. Free shipping according to ebay boost your visibility. A good listing without it will still be at the top of searches though. Some people fix on lowest price. Some are spoiled by Amazon and think free shipping is actually free. A big notice for me was when they raised the minimum promoted listing to 2%. I stopped promoting and my traffic plummeted. I just use EBay for advertising so I bumped that up and a mega difference.

My brain

All those are good ways. I give them to my dealer friend. He treats me good so he can have them but will usually pick me up a book or take me out. You could sell at a show yourself. If you have a garage sale just advertise it well. Whatever doesn't sell you do the social media sale. I would make sure no books are shipped unless you buy 20 50 or more. It's free money but you don't want to have to work for it.

That's the reasoning ebay gives and some inexperienced sellers believe. Good idea if you are selling std medication or enhancement pills or something. Most people don't even think about worrying about non private listings. Many more believe it is foul play so it actually eliminates potential buyers. Most likely to hide shill bidding. I bid a crazy price. If I it goes for something good I will pay. If it goes to high I won't pay. Rinse and repeat with another account next auction. They will either give up or I will get it for a good price.

It doesn't take any $ to take the 5 grand comic and 20 most valuable cards home with you every night or to hide them in a box marked 50 cent comics.

Soft targets get targeted. Add in a not safe area and you are in trouble. Security is cheap and even pretty much free. Anyone who hasn't evaluated theirs and drastically improved it should consider doing so.

No crystal ball needed. Chances are in the next month months or even year, prices will stay the same or go down. If they do go up it won't be anymore than your solid investments. 1 huge exception. If you are looking at something that has a boom potential. Will books go down enough to justify the risk? That's how you can get hurt. Everyone knew the x-men and most watched the fox movies. Disney buys fox and boom. Some big announcement with them or ff4 and fomo hits. Any book with a 1st appearance that hasn't shown up anywhere. A doctor aphra trailer comes out of nowhere and it doubles in value over night. Most books aren't going anywhere price wise.

Anything prior to 2012 is irrelevant. That's when enough people discovered speculation and flipping. Combine that with all the movies and shows. Market completely changed. 2020 2021 is just as irrelevant. 2019 is the year. Any natural growth is hindered by inflation.

I try to find seller's who are either not knowledgeable or desperate for money. If I had your seller there wouldn't be a offer from me unless they under graded valued the asm 300. Nobody will make deal. Even a comic shop only has so much space. I don't come across many people who looked up every single book. I pretty much end up with every collection I look at because I know more books of value. If someone knows as much as I do about values, grading, pressing, restoration I don't even bother. Or if they just have unrealistic demands. No need for you to call seller back. Move on to another.

Waiting would require intelligence and patience.

Those should have never left cgc. The retailer should have notified you of the scuffs or shipped them to you within a week. Cgc should take them back anyways. Failure all around.

They got a education and most people pay for a education. As someone who sold all their inflated books I appreciate their business. Nice of them to be willing to sell them off at a massive discount in 2022 2023.

Only 30. Not 20 plus 30. Although I think I would still win a few hundred each month if I was at 50. I don't go after the mega keys or hot spec books.