My road to success (Moving Update 2) 8 8

[uchiha101]

 

Wait, what do you mean "it turns out it's an 8.0 not an 8.5?"

 

You just posted a link to where you bought it, as an 8.0.

 

That would be correct although it's irrelevant since I would have done the same thing anyway

I have a visa I haven't activated yet but as for my snafu it's not that big a deal tbh because I would have done the same thing and spent the same amount on it the only difference is a .5

That "irrelevant" .5 difference is "only" about a $400 difference in value, which I guess for a rich big-spender like you is clearly "not that big a deal".

 

 

You are far far more ignorant than you've been letting on.

 

And we've clearly been giving you far more credit than you deserve.

 

Don't be surprised if, instead of like the last 20 pages which were mostly filled with incredibly valuable, insightful, earnest and expert advice, the next 20 pages might be filled with mostly mockery and well-earned ridicule.

 

You're a fool and the fact that you keep falling backwards into stupid money-mistakes like this only proves it - a fool and his money are soon parted - and however the hell you and money have ever even met in the first place is itself inexplicable.

 

 

I know what the gpa of the 8.5 is a the difference in value I was saying what I was doing would remain the same. How I got my money? simple I saved it. Yeah I admit it was a stupid mistake but I do know how to get out of this one.

[jcjames]

You "saved" it by the enormous generosity of a fellow boardie who just gave you $700 for finding a book for them.

 

And you're STILL trying to figure out a way to pay off your LAST mistakes which put you over a thousand dollars in the hole so at best, maybe some day in the future you MIGHT sell the 129 and get your money back - or not.

 

But you're so full of your addiction/obsession that you've become blind to that which is truly valuable and that which no one on this board has ever been given more of than you - for FREE.

 

Imagine someone giving you a nice copy of FF1 for FREE! Would you line the bottom of a birdcage with it or wipe your arse with it? Because that's exactly what you're doing with all the FAR more valuable professional advice, career counseling, personal help and industry expertise that everyone here has given you - and you just continue to wipe your arse with it and wonder where your next triple-digit dumbarse mistake will come from.

 

You've been given free gifts here - and you spit on them. Gee, why don't people give you more chances? Why doesn't your boss or coworkers treat you well? Look at this thread - and look at the professionals, dealers and experienced comic collectors and sellers who've spent HOURS trying to give you tailored advice only to see you f-up by throwing their most sincere advice right into the gutter.

 

You don't need a mentor - you'd be wasting their time, just like you wasted all the advice every "mentor" in this thread has given you for the past year or two.

 

You need a major attitude adjustment and massive step-up in maturity. And that's all on you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Wall-Crawler]

The mentor is an awesome idea. Gabe, go to the local railroad tracks and wait for someone to lie down and before the train hits them, get them up and ask them to be your mentor.

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist. It is a great idea though.

 

We now have 35 consecutive responses from Gabe to look forward to when he checks back in!

 

Did Gabe not also say his laptop got fried? Perhaps he has to wait to use his parents or siblings computer to get online now?

 

 

 

My laptop did get fried so I have to use my brothers late at night.

 

I'm a

[Logan510]

Sadly, nothing you say will ever stick with Gabe. He has been left to drift aimlessly by his parents, and to some degree every teacher he has had (who knows. maybe someone did try and came to the same realization he is going to do his own thing regardless).

 

More than a job you need a mentor Gabe. It should be your parents, but I fear they themselves lack the skill set to help themselves, let alone another human being. Try to find someone who can help provide direction and structure. I am certain you lack both, and while it may be difficult at first, eventually you will develop good habits and a routine in your life. If not, I fear you will become another sad statistic.

 

I don't think it's fair to analyse Gabe's parents and teachers based on the little he's said about them. While Gabe is listening this thread clearly shows that he struggles to learn from mistakes and ignores a lot, I say a lot, of good advice. Pretty sure this is a life long pattern.

 

I have a local friend who's 40+, can't hold a job, still lives at home and a couple of years ago declared bankruptcy to wipe out over 10G's in credit card debt. I've known him for 17 years and unfortunately I see a lot of him in Gabe.

 

I think I already know the answer but what do you see that we both have in common?

 

Similar patterns.

[Red84]

 

One last piece of advice. You talk about buying and selling comics like it's a business, but then you talk about how you hate moderns and variants. If it's a business than what you like or don't like DOES NOT MATTER! If it's a business then you buy what you can sell for a profit. That's why I commented on your Man Thing 2 purchase earlier. I don't care that it's a $2 comic. What I care about is no one wants a Man Thing 2. That means you bought it because you liked it.

 

Let's review your ASM 129 purchase. You paid the 90 day average of an 8.5 and got an 8.0. You have already paid more for your 8.0 than it is worth. You now want to offer it for sale on Facebook at a 20% premium on the idea that someone will pay more if you allow for time payments. Even if this works out, your money is now tied up for months while you wait for the time payments to be completed. If it doesn't sell in a couple months you then want to crack it out, pay to press it, pay to grade it, and hope it grade higher. Now you are adding another 2-3 months minimum. Looking at your situation, the best case scenario is you find someone on Facebook to pay you a 20% premium over gpa and you make $200 in 3 months. (Not going to happen).

More likely scenario. You can't find a buyer at your price, you send it for pressing and regrading, get the same grade back or maybe an 8.5 and in 6 months you still have the book. Then you sell it for less than you paid and with all the shipping, pressing fees, grading fees, and overpaying for it originally, you end up losing $300 on the book and have your money tied up for more than 6 months.

 

This is madness. Sell your books. Stop buying. Focus on something else more productive. We are not being mean here. We are trying to help you.

 

I'm out.

[Wall-Crawler]

 

Wait, what do you mean "it turns out it's an 8.0 not an 8.5?"

 

You just posted a link to where you bought it, as an 8.0.

 

That would be correct although it's irrelevant since I would have done the same thing anyway

I have a visa I haven't activated yet but as for my snafu it's not that big a deal tbh because I would have done the same thing and spent the same amount on it the only difference is a .5

That "irrelevant" .5 difference is "only" about a $400 difference in value, which I guess for a rich big-spender like you is clearly "not that big a deal".

 

 

You are far far more ignorant than you've been letting on.

 

And we've clearly been giving you far more credit than you deserve.

 

Don't be surprised if, instead of like the last 20 pages which were mostly filled with incredibly valuable, insightful, earnest and expert advice, the next 20 pages might be filled with mostly mockery and well-earned ridicule.

 

You're a fool and the fact that you keep falling backwards into stupid money-mistakes like this only proves it - a fool and his money are soon parted - and however the hell you and money have ever even met in the first place is itself inexplicable.

 

 

I know what the gpa of the 8.5 is a the difference in value I was saying what I was doing would remain the same. How I got my money? simple I saved it. Yeah I admit it was a stupid mistake but I do know how to get out of this one.

 

 

Enlighten me, what was the "thought process" that went into buying this particular book for the purpose of flipping?

 

 

Edited September 7, 2016 by Wall-Crawler

[MetalPSI]

Gabe.

 

You don't have a GF/BF to spend money ON. You've got rent to pay. A 25hr work week pays for that. (If it didn't, you'd be kicked out already)

 

The situation is that you sit on your all day, playing online and video games. You can't party and do drugs because you have no way of supporting the habit

 

What you aren't getting here and what people are saying is that this type of lifestyle doesn't last. Dealing in comics won't give you the push you need to benefit from leaving home when your parents:

 

1) Get sick of you

2) Die

 

You are going to be completely unprepared for what life is really like, and you are quite fortunate that people are taking the time to even tell you this.

 

Do yourself a favor, get a full time job, learn to manage your time and make work the top priority. Then when you do have time for yourself, pursue comic flipping within your budget.

 

Anything else you do is going to be a fail. Period.

 

You cannot win with the road you are on.

 

Have a shower, get a haircut, clean yourself up and get a real job, or have your parents help you get an education for a real career. The clock is ticking and this is leading to you to be just another loser.

 

They sure are piling up these days

 

I've already showered and shaved and I've said before my parents don't care what I do that's up to my as is my education. As for comics if I find a deal and can make money I'll do it.

 

You're right, I blame your parents too.

 

Just means you have to do it yourself. If comics motivates you, then take all the great advice people have given you here and get a job that will support your fondness for flipping books.

 

Because right now, you have the ability and the budget to move dollar books successfully. Nothing more than that.

 

I don't see what my parents have to do with this but yeah I do like flipping comics.

 

They have everything to do with it. I have a nephew with autism who has more common sense than you because his mother takes the time and energy to teach him how to live, day by day.

[ComicConnoisseur]

 

I think I joined this site about 3 years ago. I don't remember what my first thread was but I do know I had a lot more spending money. If you don't mind me asking what is your job?

 

My short term goals are pretty simple

 

Get a job with more hours

Sell of my comics

Decide or at least have a idea of what I want as a career

 

I do like how you worded that last paragraph I have the power of choice to end this cycle. That makes me feel good.

 

 

I work as a courier, the company term is a Field Services Technician, for a water testing lab. I drive around the Eastern and Northern part of Kentucky, going to different drinking water plants and waste water plants that contract us out to do their testing.

 

My job consists of

driving, driving and more driving. I drive around 8 hours every day just for the job. My travel time to and from work is about an hour round trip so I get around 9 hours window time every day. I take empty bottles for the testing, coolers, bags of ice, pH, chlorine, and dissolved oxygen meters and of course paper work with me.

 

Some places are simple. I pull in, take paperwork for the location and bottles to replace theirs that have sample in them and just exchange them out. I take their full bottles and filled out paperwork, note my arrival time and vehicle mileage, and put the sample bottles in a specified cooler, put ice on them and drive to my next place. Some place is just exchanging bottles and papers like that.

 

Some I actually have to collect the sample, which isn't bad, can be smelly though. I might have to fill up all their bottles at the designated sampling sites, which may be by a river or down some steps near a stream but nothing real strenuous. It is a very easy job and anyone can do it. I work for the largest lab in my state so the pay is very good, for the area I live in anyway.

 

 

Those are real good goals to have, Gabe, they really are. You also need to add

 

Don't buy anymore comics for flipping, no matter the cost

Don't buy anymore games for flipping, no matter the cost

 

You DO have the power to end the cycle but the way you are going you won't. People here are trying to direct you towards ending it but you keep veering yourself around and around in the cycle. Don't buy stuff to flip. No matter if it is $1, don't look for deals, focus all that deal searching on getting a better paying job and helping yourself. Following this hope, the purpose that you created this thread for, isn't what you need to do.

 

This thread isn't about buying and selling a million dollar comic anymore. It is about setting you on the path of success in life.

 

Those are big things to think about and I don't know my path yet and equally important is proving to myself that I can succeed at something with effort.

 

Yes, proving to yourself that you can succeed at something is good but you are going about it wrong. Succeeding at life is FAR more important than flipping comics and games. You need to work your way up to a good job and get a place of your own first. Those things are way more important even if you don't think they are. Getting a job that pays well and being out on your own is a huge confidence booster.

 

Then later, after you are settled down and successful, you can start flipping books as a hobby. That way you can continue to learn using your extra money and maybe then you can turn it into a "career" or at least a side job. It really does need to be on the back burner now though. You need to learn how to manage your priorities. Stop buying books, no matter how good of a deal and put all of that energy into finding a better job or getting a second job.

 

I don't know what I want out of my life career wise but I do know what I want. Another thing I want is having more then one stream of income which even people with well paying jobs do as well.

That is smart having multiple streams of income.

You are onto something there.

 

[ComicConnoisseur]

 

I myself am consistently surprised at the deals Gabe uncovers. Whether or not he should pursue any or all of those deals is another matter entirely but he seems to be a real bloodhound when it comes to finding comics.

 

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while

 

...Especially when they only work 20-25 hours a week and LOTS of free time to troll the internet because they don't have any real responsibility or motivation to get out on their own...

 

Not to mention that he's $1100 in the hole after doing this for 3 years.

 

People should continue to encourage him...just not to buy and sell comic books.

 

If he has a passion for it and it's not dangerous, illegal or immoral, why not follow your passion?

 

HOWEVER.... it should be done with a reasonable budget, like maybe the $2-$20 books for a few years so he can learn the business without putting so much of his wealth at risk in big 4-figure high-$$$ "deals". Getting scammed or taking a hit on a couple $10 books is a learning experience. Getting scammed or taking a hit on a couple $1,000 books can (and clearly HAS) taken years to get past.

 

If he can't restrain himself to a few small-dollar, under-$20 books at a time for a couple years while he builds his savings, increases his job/people-skills and becomes fully self-supporting - he should NOT be even thinking about books that cost more than he makes even in a single day of work, let alone over a month's rent. THAT'S where I think he is right now - it's like an obsession or addiction to get that "big win". He has to quit that cold-turkey.

 

He should follow his comic passion - but he must FIRST learn how to budget and START and STAY SMALL (no more that $20/week deals) for a few years while he learns the business and starts focusing FAR more of his time on fully supporting himself on his own.

 

 

 

 

Because he's obviously bad at it and cannot support himself. I appreciate what you're saying but he needs to stay away from what is LOSING him money right now and focus on EARNING money.

 

Many mistakes have cost and I don't make enough to support myself with it but I enjoy doing this.

 

That's because you're in a position where you can be $1100 in the hole and not have to worry about your next meal or a roof over your head.

 

I know that anything I say is going in one ear and out the other, nobody here can motivate you. It will either happen or it won't, you'll either figure it out or end up being 40+ still in the same situation. It's up to you.

 

The first part is true but if I don't make rent I get kicked out it's a simple as that so it's not a safe heaven like you think it may be I still need to watch my spending.

I think that's the part that is ticking other board members off the most is that you still live with your parents at 20 or 21. It's all about perspective like if you still were doing what you are doing, but lived with a hot girlfriend,instead of your parents they all think what you are doing is cool.

 

Flipping comics living with parents to most is not as cool as flipping comics living with hot girlfriend.

 

[Illustrious]

Might be time to change the title of this thread to "My road to ruin."

[W16227]

Gabe, I've been following this thread since page 20 something a while back and it has been informative and educational, if for nothing else than stimulating conversation from the forum about buy/selling.

 

I applaud you for not spending what money you have on drugs and porn. I realize you do not want to stop flipping comics so...

 

You know, buying a short box or long box can be just as fun, or more fun, than buying an expensive, hot book. A long box full of nice condition moderns with a few keys is nice, especially when you get them for $1 each. Churning through dozens or hundreds of moderns keeps your hands busy and flipping a $1 book for $25 is fulfilling.

 

I also like buying modern keys from Canadians because Americans do not often bid those up to regular prices. Get those cheaper Canadian books pressed and slabbed if you really want to press something. Then sell them for profit.

 

I realize some here won't agree with my advice, but I'm a realist. If you spend less money for more books that have profit potential, that is a step in the right direction. It's like what a probation officer I met (during a college lecture) once said, "I considered one specific case a success because I got the man to switch from huffing diesel fuel to unleaded gasoline. While still unhealthy, it was an improvement."

 

Not terrible advice, if he could restrain himself to 'smaller investments'. But if he's still in the 'game' of comics, he will most likely come across potential 'can't miss' deals that he won't be able to resist throwing too much money at.

 

Its like cutting back on your prostitute problem by just going to strip clubs instead.

 

 

It's absolutely terrible advice as the OP has shown ZERO inclination for having any feel for this business. He's currently $1100 in the hole and with the recent ASM 8.5 / 8.0 snafu, that hole appears like it's going to get deeper.

 

With all this great advice he's getting, he might as well get a Paypal business loan or another credit card, he can use that to pay off the first credit card.

 

 

Even somewhat hard to say weather or not the $1100 is really the full tale. We (lots of different boardies) - have written up basics of how you account for a small business - earlier - Gabe looked at it from a money spent vs money collected standpoint not considering purchased items as inventory.

 

I believe he has that fixed in his latest number - but the lack of understanding of the accounting concepts leads me to believe that the 1100 might be larger than he is stating.

 

The ASM..... have to add another one of these out there,,,,,

 

 

This illustrates exactly why you need to back off comics for a while. Once you have the REST of your life in order - go back and start small.

 

 

Seriously. If the book was an 8.5 - you paid pretty much FMV for it. Trying to flip for a profit? - not a lot of potential. But as an 8? --- ZERO GPA sales of this book over 1000. How exactly will you convince people to pay 10% to 20% over FMV?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My numbers for what I have I debt is exactly as you see it

 

how much I bought- how much I sold = my profit or debt number

 

How I would convince people to pay 10-20% over gpa? After I check the graders notes I'll decide what to do but even then it's very simple I will offer it as time payments with a 20% non-refundable deposit to make sure people are serious about buying it and not wasting my time.

 

 

You have to sell at 10-20% over GPA to BREAK EVEN. Not including any fees that have to be paid....

 

Didn't you have a local comic shop owner interested? - What did they offer?

 

Once you hit that 8.0 with a key book ( and in many cases lower grades for keys as well) - EVERY grade bump matters. Every one. You are insisting on working with single high value books - and since you cannot spread purchase price over a collection and work with averages - you HAVE to focus on every single cent.

 

You state that paying the same price for a book that is a lower grade us what you would have done anyway - this just confirms that you are NOT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH to be playing with $1000 on a single book. With patience - you could have found a better initial deal for the comic.

 

Heck - you think you will sell the 8.0 for 1200? - without even sweating - I found a 8.5 for 1200 and 2 others for 1250, This is without any offer or back and forth with the sellers. Why would anyone pay 1200 for an 8.0 --- when it is perfectly reasonable to think that there are three chances at an 8.5 for 1100 to 1150. - maybe less.....

 

 

 

 

You need to track a LOT more as far as profit and/or loss goes......

 

Paid 100 for a comic - sold for 200 - does not necessarily mean that you are up 100. (or down 100 if you reverse the values) .

 

Did you pay for packaging?

Did you pay ebay fees?

Did you need a laptop, scanner or other electronics?

Shipping fees....

Paypal/credit fees?

 

ALL of this (and more) - go into a profit/loss calculation.

 

Most likely you are at least 20% more in the hole than you think.

 

 

 

quick edit -

 

you also stated you get graders notes on books - this is part of the expense column as well.....

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2016 by W16227

[mysterio]

Its like cutting back on your prostitute problem by just going to strip clubs instead.

 

Your advice in this thread is just chock full of custom title opportunities.

[Turtle]

All the comic buying/selling/trading shenanigans aside, here's one part I can't get past.

 

The OP keeps saying that he wants to get a job that offers more hours, yet he has a job.

 

When I managed a restaurant, I never gave hours to anyone...employees earned their hours.

 

My superstars...the ones that went above and beyond by either covering a last minute call-off, cleaning in between other jobs, or just having great attitudes were the ones I took care of. I always made sure they had the hours they were looking for. I couldn't do my job well without them.

 

Even the people a step down from my superstars...the people that were always on time for their shift, who followed directions well, and had good attitudes were sure to get 30-40 hours a week depending on their needs. I'd work with them because they made my life easier.

 

But the bums...the ones that showed up late for shifts, never covered a shift outside of their schedule, people with bad attitudes who obviously took no pride in what they did, these people would generally get 15 hours or less. Even the people who were good at a specific job but had poor attitudes, they are bums to me. I'd take an unskilled hard-worker over a skilled diva with a poor attitude any day.

 

What I'm saying to the OP is that if you're not getting enough hours at work, it's nobody's fault but yours.

 

Do a self-assessment:

 

• Are you there early every day? No exceptions? Remember, if you're "on-time", you're late. Be 5 minutes early for every shift.
• Is your uniform clean, nails clean and trimmed, hair washed, combed and out of the way? I don't care if you work in the back, you need to look presentable at work at all times.
• Check your attitude. When you're assigned a job, do you grumble and meander over to it, or is your response a peppy "sure thing!" with physical enthusiasm to match?
• What are you doing during slow times? If you're a dishwasher, what do you do between trays of dishes to be done? Is your station spotless? If not, clean it. If the area is perfect, grab something like a pot or a board and give it a deep cleaning. Make it like new again. Things like this is restaurants get dingy after time. A little elbow grease goes a long way.
• Are you smiling? I don't care if you hate the job. SMILE! It goes a LOOOOOONG way.
  

[revat]

All the comic buying/selling/trading shenanigans aside, here's one part I can't get past.

 

The OP keeps saying that he wants to get a job that offers more hours, yet he has a job.

 

When I managed a restaurant, I never gave hours to anyone...employees earned their hours.

 

My superstars...the ones that went above and beyond by either covering a last minute call-off, cleaning in between other jobs, or just having great attitudes were the ones I took care of. I always made sure they had the hours they were looking for. I couldn't do my job well without them.

 

Even the people a step down from my superstars...the people that were always on time for their shift, who followed directions well, and had good attitudes were sure to get 30-40 hours a week depending on their needs. I'd work with them because they made my life easier.

 

But the bums...the ones that showed up late for shifts, never covered a shift outside of their schedule, people with bad attitudes who obviously took no pride in what they did, these people would generally get 15 hours or less. Even the people who were good at a specific job but had poor attitudes, they are bums to me. I'd take an unskilled hard-worker over a skilled diva with a poor attitude any day.

 

What I'm saying to the OP is that if you're not getting enough hours at work, it's nobody's fault but yours.

 

Do a self-assessment:

 

• Are you there early every day? No exceptions? Remember, if you're "on-time", you're late. Be 5 minutes early for every shift.
• Is your uniform clean, nails clean and trimmed, hair washed, combed and out of the way? I don't care if you work in the back, you need to look presentable at work at all times.
• Check your attitude. When you're assigned a job, do you grumble and meander over to it, or is your response a peppy "sure thing!" with physical enthusiasm to match?
• What are you doing during slow times? If you're a dishwasher, what do you do between trays of dishes to be done? Is your station spotless? If not, clean it. If the area is perfect, grab something like a pot or a board and give it a deep cleaning. Make it like new again. Things like this is restaurants get dingy after time. A little elbow grease goes a long way.
• Are you smiling? I don't care if you hate the job. SMILE! It goes a LOOOOOONG way.
  

this is great advice and a great reminder to most of us (at least to me), regardless of what our jobs are. Thanks for posting.

[jcjames]

All the comic buying/selling/trading shenanigans aside, here's one part I can't get past.

 

The OP keeps saying that he wants to get a job that offers more hours, yet he has a job.

 

 

When I managed a restaurant, I never gave hours to anyone...employees earned their hours.

 

My superstars...the ones that went above and beyond by either covering a last minute call-off, cleaning in between other jobs, or just having great attitudes were the ones I took care of. I always made sure they had the hours they were looking for. I couldn't do my job well without them.

 

Even the people a step down from my superstars...the people that were always on time for their shift, who followed directions well, and had good attitudes were sure to get 30-40 hours a week depending on their needs. I'd work with them because they made my life easier.

 

But the bums...the ones that showed up late for shifts, never covered a shift outside of their schedule, people with bad attitudes who obviously took no pride in what they did, these people would generally get 15 hours or less. Even the people who were good at a specific job but had poor attitudes, they are bums to me. I'd take an unskilled hard-worker over a skilled diva with a poor attitude any day.

 

 

What I'm saying to the OP is that if you're not getting enough hours at work, it's nobody's fault but yours.

 

 

 

Do a self-assessment:

 

• Are you there early every day? No exceptions? Remember, if you're "on-time", you're late. Be 5 minutes early for every shift.
• Is your uniform clean, nails clean and trimmed, hair washed, combed and out of the way? I don't care if you work in the back, you need to look presentable at work at all times.
• Check your attitude. When you're assigned a job, do you grumble and meander over to it, or is your response a peppy "sure thing!" with physical enthusiasm to match?
• What are you doing during slow times? If you're a dishwasher, what do you do between trays of dishes to be done? Is your station spotless? If not, clean it. If the area is perfect, grab something like a pot or a board and give it a deep cleaning. Make it like new again. Things like this is restaurants get dingy after time. A little elbow grease goes a long way.
• Are you smiling? I don't care if you hate the job. SMILE! It goes a LOOOOOONG way.
  

 

Supposedly, the OP says he "wants" another income, but apparently just not - ya' know... a JOB.

 

Jobs get in the way of his super-valuable sleep/game/money-losing-comic-addiction time.

 

Maybe he does want a second job (like everyone's been telling him to get) but he doesn't want a job nearly as much as he wants to regularly pay full-market-value for comicbooks that cost more than his monthly rent.

 

He kinda sorta a little bit wants to work (not really though, work is hard n'stuff), and he really doesn't want a SECOND job (ya' know - another income stream) - so instead he just wants buy nearly thousand-dollar books that he doesn't even know what he's buying.

 

 

 

So OP..... what's your next great comic money-pit you're looking at hitching on to? We all know you're nowhere near done buying big yet, and you're clearly still not completely out of money yet ,and we all know you're probably already got an idea of your next "big score", so.... do tell. It's most interesting.

 

 

[jcjames]

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this is great advice and a great reminder to most of us (at least to me), regardless of what our jobs are. Thanks for posting.

I wish I had a dime for every time someone posted "that's great advice" in this thread. I'd probably be able to buy the OP's whole collection! !

 

 

[chrisco37]

 

quick edit -

 

you also stated you get graders notes on books - this is part of the expense column as well.....

 

 

 

An unnecessary expense at that. If your model is to find already graded books to press/upgrade, you're doing it wrong.

 

How many notes do you typically purchase before you find that book where a CPR makes it really worth it? 5? That's another $25-50 spent on a single book looking for them.

 

Gabe doesn't have the (extra) $$$ to be dropping on grader notes, IMHO.

[1Cool]

Just imagine if he put the effort that board members are using to give him advice - he really would have a million $ book by now.

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this is great advice and a great reminder to most of us (at least to me), regardless of what our jobs are. Thanks for posting.

I wish I had a dime for every time someone posted "that's great advice" in this thread. I'd probably be able to buy the OP's whole collection! !

 

 

I'm trying my best to stay out of this thread, but

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I think I joined this site about 3 years ago. I don't remember what my first thread was but I do know I had a lot more spending money. If you don't mind me asking what is your job?

 

My short term goals are pretty simple

 

Get a job with more hours

Sell of my comics

Decide or at least have a idea of what I want as a career

 

I do like how you worded that last paragraph I have the power of choice to end this cycle. That makes me feel good.

 

 

I work as a courier, the company term is a Field Services Technician, for a water testing lab. I drive around the Eastern and Northern part of Kentucky, going to different drinking water plants and waste water plants that contract us out to do their testing.

 

My job consists of

driving, driving and more driving. I drive around 8 hours every day just for the job. My travel time to and from work is about an hour round trip so I get around 9 hours window time every day. I take empty bottles for the testing, coolers, bags of ice, pH, chlorine, and dissolved oxygen meters and of course paper work with me.

 

Some places are simple. I pull in, take paperwork for the location and bottles to replace theirs that have sample in them and just exchange them out. I take their full bottles and filled out paperwork, note my arrival time and vehicle mileage, and put the sample bottles in a specified cooler, put ice on them and drive to my next place. Some place is just exchanging bottles and papers like that.

 

Some I actually have to collect the sample, which isn't bad, can be smelly though. I might have to fill up all their bottles at the designated sampling sites, which may be by a river or down some steps near a stream but nothing real strenuous. It is a very easy job and anyone can do it. I work for the largest lab in my state so the pay is very good, for the area I live in anyway.

 

 

Those are real good goals to have, Gabe, they really are. You also need to add

 

Don't buy anymore comics for flipping, no matter the cost

Don't buy anymore games for flipping, no matter the cost

 

You DO have the power to end the cycle but the way you are going you won't. People here are trying to direct you towards ending it but you keep veering yourself around and around in the cycle. Don't buy stuff to flip. No matter if it is $1, don't look for deals, focus all that deal searching on getting a better paying job and helping yourself. Following this hope, the purpose that you created this thread for, isn't what you need to do.

 

This thread isn't about buying and selling a million dollar comic anymore. It is about setting you on the path of success in life.

 

Those are big things to think about and I don't know my path yet and equally important is proving to myself that I can succeed at something with effort.

 

Yes, proving to yourself that you can succeed at something is good but you are going about it wrong. Succeeding at life is FAR more important than flipping comics and games. You need to work your way up to a good job and get a place of your own first. Those things are way more important even if you don't think they are. Getting a job that pays well and being out on your own is a huge confidence booster.

 

Then later, after you are settled down and successful, you can start flipping books as a hobby. That way you can continue to learn using your extra money and maybe then you can turn it into a "career" or at least a side job. It really does need to be on the back burner now though. You need to learn how to manage your priorities. Stop buying books, no matter how good of a deal and put all of that energy into finding a better job or getting a second job.

 

I don't know what I want out of my life career wise but I do know what I want. Another thing I want is having more then one stream of income which even people with well paying jobs do as well.

That is smart having multiple streams of income.

You are onto something there.

 

I think you're teasing here. He does have multiple streams, one is incoming and the other is outgoing.