What % guide do you pay for.....

[october]

I am curious what percent guide you guys pay for each age in each grade? Keys and nonkeys? For instance, what % of guide would you be comfortable with for a DC non-key in 6.0 or 7.0? What about a SA marvel key in 4.0? I know there are a ton of variables, but ballpark numbers would be good. For me, I tend to pay 25-50% guide for Marvel and DC bronze non-keys in 6.0-8.0 and 50-75% guide for keys. I would be curious about any ages and grades, especially mid-grade stuff (which can be tricky to price).

[justiceleaguer]

That pretty much depends on how much cash i got in my pocket at the time.

[Forbush-Man]

I am curious what percent guide you guys pay for each age in each grade? Keys and nonkeys? For instance, what % of guide would you be comfortable with for a DC non-key in 6.0 or 7.0? What about a SA marvel key in 4.0? I know there are a ton of variables, but ballpark numbers would be good. For me, I tend to pay 25-50% guide for Marvel and DC bronze non-keys in 6.0-8.0 and 50-75% guide for keys. I would be curious about any ages and grades, especially mid-grade stuff (which can be tricky to price).

 

Low Grade (VG-Fine-) 25-30%

Mid Grade (Fine to VF-) 40-60%

VF to VF/NM 50-70% (more if I really want the book)

above VF/NM depends on what the issue is.

[BassGMan]

For Ebay I try not to top 40% of OS guide in ANY grade, ballpark. Of course many times that means I don't win. But sometimes I can pick up books in lots at 10-15% guide. However, at cons I usually see myself going up to 75% or even (shudder) a little over guide on some, but that's usually because I am more apt to buy keepers at cons whereas on Ebay I mostly buy to flip.

[Forbush-Man]

For Ebay I try not to top 40% of OS guide in ANY grade, ballpark. Of course many times that means I don't win. But sometimes I can pick up books in lots at 10-15% guide. However, at cons I usually see myself going up to 75% or even (shudder) a little over guide on some, but that's usually because I am more apt to buy keepers at cons whereas on Ebay I mostly buy to flip.

 

Because of notoriously bad grading on Ebay, I agree with you! This is also the reason so many books do not achieve higher prices: people assume the book will be recieved in a lower grade than listed.

 

Those of you who want Overstreet to lower values based on Ebay sales, keep this in mind!

[WiseGuyX]

I've only been to one Comic convention and I must say that is the best place if you are going to spend 70%+ of guide on a raw book. The idea of seeing the book live and in person is almost priceless to me I like buying raw books on Ebay but some of them people give out VF/NM grades a little to freely. Some of those people has their own imaginary grading scale which you have no idea what they are basing it on

[chromium]

Well I offer 60% of guide for books on my want list (almost all non-keys) in VG to VF-....and when I put up my want-list on the boards, 11 people contacted me in a space of 2 hours and I ended up buying over 100 comics, or 70% of my want-list.

So I'm guessing I'm offering a good price

 

Having said that I'm looking for Avengers #4, # 5, #6, #11 & #14 ballpark VG grade

[blowout]

Well I offer 60% of guide for books on my want list

 

No wonder you have so many comic books.

[chromium]

 

Well I used to offer 40% when my want list had over 2000 titles, once I got it down to 500 books I raised it to 50%....I now have about 50 books left on my list, but with the ever appreating Euro I can now offer 60% (which in most cases is the same as 40% two years ago )

[Kermit the frog]

Usually i don't buy anything below F+/VF-, i'm mostly a SA/Bronze age marvel collector and whatever the grade of the book i never go beyond the 50% guide, usually my base line is around the 40% and from time to time a lot lower, for ex: just bought an Nick Fury VF/VF+ on ebay for 10$ but that doesn't happen everyday.

[Norrin_Radd]

I usually only buy high grade BA, so I end up paying close to guide (higher if slabbed).

 

Low grade (VG) BA reading copies are usually go for less than 30% of guide.

[blowout]

I now have about 50 books left on my list

 

So how long before you make a new list?...