comiclink auction scans...what gives?

[miraclemet]

Ya why doesnt Link put back Scans. It seems for the value of alot of the books they have you would want to see the book in full. Wouldnt it increase the bids and overall make them more money.

 

Their model seems to be working in their minds...

 

If they have 1000 books in an auction and get 600 requests for scans, then they just saved manpower on 400 scanning and posting jobs (or more in the case where scan requests are duplicates).

 

They seem to realize market level (GPA level) auction prices with their model (occasionally 10-20% higher, occasionally 10-20% lower) so why change/invest in a new approach/website?

 

if it aint broke, or if it is broke but you are still making money, dont fix it!

[mysterio]

Ya why doesnt Link put back Scans. It seems for the value of alot of the books they have you would want to see the book in full. Wouldnt it increase the bids and overall make them more money.

 

Their model seems to be working in their minds...

 

If they have 1000 books in an auction and get 600 requests for scans, then they just saved manpower on 400 scanning and posting jobs (or more in the case where scan requests are duplicates).

 

They seem to realize market level (GPA level) auction prices with their model (occasionally 10-20% higher, occasionally 10-20% lower) so why change/invest in a new approach/website?

 

if it aint broke, or if it is broke but you are still making money, dont fix it!

 

This. They may very well be making better margins on their sales than the sites that have better scans/features, and thus more overhead related to that technology, than Clink does. Their antique website has gotten them there, so there is no real reason for them to change a very successful business model that continues to work just fine in their eyes.

[Dr. Love]

And on a different but related note - HA isn't supplying back scans below a particular price point anymore, well hasn't for a while.

 

And if you think their archived images will be free forever...I would say think again. Storing data costs, sure, but actually it costs less now than it ever did. It's the leverage that will give them the opportunity to turn it into a revenue stream. Grab them while you can (note to self).

[mysterio]

I've long been surprised that Heritage hasn't started sweeping old images and auction results. As it is their data older than 1-2 years is pretty obsolete anyway, and is only good for making me want to cry when I see what books were going for not that long ago...

[jimbo_707]

I requested back cover scans of several books from them way back in January and never did receive them, so I've just decided that my bidding this time around will be limited to low-balls in case I get lucky and something sells cheap.

[NTHstars]

Update:

 

Comiclink got back to me today with all but one of the registration numbers. They said they didn't have access to that one. That was within one day, so I did appreciate the effort.

 

Still think the numbers should be included in the text, if they are avoiding high res pics to spare the server space/bandwidth.

 

My 2 cents

[NTHstars]

So I purchase the first set of graders notes after getting the registration numbers, then get the "notes will be emailed within one business day" note.

 

Oh Lord, now it's WILL I GET THE GRADERS NOTES IN TIME??

 

Oh well...whatever .