That "raw" ASM 122 9.8 MT/NM sold!!!!!!!!!!!

[currincomics]

The end price was....$2,311......for a "raw" book that may or may not be restored!!! My bro put in a bid of 9.4(OS33)+ $50, and said he was'nt even in the same galaxy with his bid....man if this baby comes back with a purple tag..whoa is somebody going to be HOT!!!!!

[fantastic_four]

Not as hot as the people buying Spidey 1s or Amazing Fantasy 15s from him. If nobody's done the math on comic-keys yet, he gets somewhere north of $200K in yearly e-bay revenues; and when he posted here, he himself claimed that e-bay only accounted for 10% of his total sales. I have to believe that's exaggerated, but who knows.

 

He claims in his auctions now that he's a "titanium powerseller," which according to the criteria at the link below means he sells $150,000 a month worth of stuff. Does anybody know how to figure out exactly what level of powerseller an e-bay seller is?

 

http://pages.ebay.com/services/buyandsell/powerseller/criteria.html

[currincomics]

Can I please be introduced to the nest of insufficiently_thoughtful_persons he's found!!! By the way, got FF51 in, and will give it a read this afternoon. I did'nt like that empty space between my FF50 and 52 anyway.

[sfilosa]

Who really knows how many insufficiently_thoughtful_persons are out there. He could be shilling 90% of his auctions and still make money on the one that doesn't sell.

 

I seriously doubt that there are many people buying expensive comics from him.You would only have to be burned once (with a PLOD) to stay away for good.

 

[cicamen]

I really doubt hes a titanium power seller if he has to sell $150k a month. He doesn't even have that many auctions up usually.

[rob_react]

I just ran though his completed sales since November 29th. My total for that period is $8440.29.

[burntboy]

in order to become a titanium power-seller, you need to AVERAGE $150,000 in gross sales over a consecutive three month period and then maintain that level.

 

the seller in question sold around $10,000 total for december, which would mean he'd have to had sold a total of $440,000 for the preceding 2 months in order to maintain that average. didn't happen........so i guess he'll be dropping down to GOLD soon.........

 

and insofar as the value of that ASM #122 goes; if it gets a 9.8 and comes back restored, it might still be worth $1000 and you may be able to get a refund. if it comes back unrestored but at a 9.6, it'll be worth around $1300, but a refund would be doubtful as there is no guarantee of grade implied........ and a miss on the seller's part of .2 probably isn't something that would even warrant a neg in most instances. as i said on the $1200 PLOD thread, this was a ballsy bid on someone's part............

 

of course if it comes back unrestored 9.8, the bidder pulled one out of the hat..........and made $3000+..........

[cicamen]

He gets extremely high prices for his raw items that he sells. I dunno how he does it. I remember he was selling a Sub-Mariner # 1 as a 9.9. What is the chances of it even getting a 9.9 and I think he got like almost 1k for it.

[aardvark88]

Ebay has given *keys the powerseller stamp of gold/titanium quality. His auctions always jump high but u never know who is bidding against u. Me-myself & I.

[currincomics]

I still feel quite sure he is laughing all the way to the bank, and I wager, he had no more than$200-$225 invested in the book.