divad Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Borderline CA, but . . . ASM 239 You know more people will be checking on your grading than the actual sale price, right? Great price on a legit 9.8 btw. Y'know I don't really care, right? More traffic = more traffic. Btw, the buyer was ecstatic over this book (and I have way too many HG books ahead of this one in line for CGC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Marvel Presents #1 ASM #162 Shazam #25 Are these shill accounts? "realgrime" "finegrime" "perfectgrime" "urbangrime" That's not a coincidence. Peace, Chip i think they're all divad's accounts but it doesn't look like shilling as these books mainly got one bid Chip's a real "rocket surgeon" . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boboset Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Borderline CA, but . . . ASM 239 You know more people will be checking on your grading than the actual sale price, right? Great price on a legit 9.8 btw. Y'know I don't really care, right? More traffic = more traffic. Btw, the buyer was ecstatic over this book (and I have way too many HG books ahead of this one in line for CGC) Cool. I'm glad you don't let it get to you. Lots of people, myself included, love ASM 238-239 and consider it essential to any Spider-Man collection. At nearly half 9.8 GPA, the buyer has a reason to be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yep. I love me some Hobby 238 and 239. Heck I love all Hobby covers before it got all goofy with Inferno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Elijah Snow Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've always liked #239 more than #238. If not for the cover app. #238 would just be considered a brief app. I'm not shocked that copy got that. It looks pretty slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Marvel Presents #1 ASM #162 Shazam #25 Are these shill accounts? "realgrime" "finegrime" "perfectgrime" "urbangrime" That's not a coincidence. Peace, Chip i think they're all divad's accounts but it doesn't look like shilling as these books mainly got one bid Why so many I cant be the only one thinking this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDonut Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Hey look, an economics lesson! Good for you, but that's not the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Hey look, an economics lesson! Good for you, but that's not the market. Dan - We just have different business models, but it's still the market. I don't care if the books I list ever sell. Period. I assign a value that I think it's worth - it's got nothing to do with the Greater Fool theory as that always takes more than one fool to make it happen. Arguably, an auction, is the Greater Fool theory in action. An auction with a high entry price is a more accurate gauge of the free market. What an buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to sell at (essential Adam Smith and Thomas Payne stuff here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Marvel Presents #1 ASM #162 Shazam #25 Are these shill accounts? "realgrime" "finegrime" "perfectgrime" "urbangrime" That's not a coincidence. Peace, Chip i think they're all divad's accounts but it doesn't look like shilling as these books mainly got one bid Why so many I cant be the only one thinking this? Man FBS get on with it. 100 free listings a month; 8 allowable accounts; do the freaking math. Damn, I belong back in NY with my roots, instead of out here in sunny California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vader2001 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Marvel Presents #1 ASM #162 Shazam #25 Are these shill accounts? "realgrime" "finegrime" "perfectgrime" "urbangrime" That's not a coincidence. Peace, Chip i think they're all divad's accounts but it doesn't look like shilling as these books mainly got one bid Why so many I cant be the only one thinking this? Man FBS get on with it. 100 free listings a month; 8 allowable accounts; do the freaking math. Damn, I belong back in NY with my roots, instead of out here in sunny California. Ok I am curious, this thread is Bronze age comics that are heating up on eBay right? So IMO these are not heating up, they are just your books with 1 bid on them. Also shouldn't these be listed in the Comic Market - Sales Advertising threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 So you'd be happier to see 30 bids and the book selling at half the price? That would be a more valid data point to you? And no, the books are already sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Cataldo Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 eBay allows 8 selling accounts to one person? That's news to me. Peace, Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjrjr Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 eBay allows 8 selling accounts to one person? That's news to me. Peace, Chip Yes, they allow multiple accounts: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/multiple-accounts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDonut Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Hey look, an economics lesson! Good for you, but that's not the market. Dan - We just have different business models, but it's still the market. I don't care if the books I list ever sell. Period. I assign a value that I think it's worth - it's got nothing to do with the Greater Fool theory as that always takes more than one fool to make it happen. Arguably, an auction, is the Greater Fool theory in action. An auction with a high entry price is a more accurate gauge of the free market. What an buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to sell at (essential Adam Smith and Thomas Payne stuff here). I would argue that your sales - which are great, and good for you - aren't the market because they're outliers. Show me an average $24 selling price for Shazam 7 over a period of time, and then that would be the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broke as a Joke Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I really don't see the need for more than 2 accounts on ebay, and myself only use one. But 8 accounts? Really? That is suspicious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I really don't see the need for more than 2 accounts on ebay, and myself only use one. But 8 accounts? Really? That is suspicious to me. Instead of just being a doink, why don't you look at them? Find me one single questionable act. Otherwise, grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Hey look, an economics lesson! Good for you, but that's not the market. Dan - We just have different business models, but it's still the market. I don't care if the books I list ever sell. Period. I assign a value that I think it's worth - it's got nothing to do with the Greater Fool theory as that always takes more than one fool to make it happen. Arguably, an auction, is the Greater Fool theory in action. An auction with a high entry price is a more accurate gauge of the free market. What an buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to sell at (essential Adam Smith and Thomas Payne stuff here). I would argue that your sales - which are great, and good for you - aren't the market because they're outliers. Show me an average $24 selling price for Shazam 7 over a period of time, and then that would be the market. Nothing is this thread relates to establishing the "market price" for a book. Why ignore real sales and underprice your books in search of the errant auction behavior? To me, those are outliers (if the term is meaningful at all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 eBay allows 8 selling accounts to one person? That's news to me. Peace, Chip That's because you live under a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 B-B-B-B-B-B-Bronze! Shazam 7 Hey look, an economics lesson! Good for you, but that's not the market. Dan - We just have different business models, but it's still the market. I don't care if the books I list ever sell. Period. I assign a value that I think it's worth - it's got nothing to do with the Greater Fool theory as that always takes more than one fool to make it happen. Arguably, an auction, is the Greater Fool theory in action. An auction with a high entry price is a more accurate gauge of the free market. What an buyer is willing to pay and what a seller is willing to sell at (essential Adam Smith and Thomas Payne stuff here). I would argue that your sales - which are great, and good for you - aren't the market because they're outliers. Show me an average $24 selling price for Shazam 7 over a period of time, and then that would be the market. Nothing is this thread relates to establishing the "market price" for a book. Why ignore real sales and underprice your books in search of the errant auction behavior? To me, those are outliers (if the term is meaningful at all) Heating up means a pattern. A pattern means multiple sales in the same price range. Multiple sales in the same range equals the market price. Buying a $50 book for $2 doesn't make it worth $2 and selling a $5 book for $20 doesn't make it worth $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
