My road to success (Moving Update 2) 8 8

[Semicentennial]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

I know you said you research prices before letting your emotions take over so what was the 90 day gpa on that book?

 

he bought on hype and paid more or less hype prices. My copy sold for $69.95 (plus whatever MCS charges for shipping...). He's gunna make money on the book at some point...you know if he holds it for 3 years till aphra shows up in a movie or something like that...

 

Maybe he did it intentionally since he is trying to be patient with his purchase. Or maybe because three copies just sold for $67 all within the same day wait a minute...

[Wall-Crawler]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

[mysterio]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

 

[Logan510]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

 

He said he paid $75 for it...I really hope that included shipping.

[Logan510]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

So the pretzel logic is that it's okay to spend over your weekly budget as long as the purchase is funded by a recent sale?

 

Which makes no sense since that sale did not get him out of the hole.

 

On one hand I thought the $11 budget was stupid because it would take him months / years to get out of the hole buying books for $2 just to flip them for $5.

 

On the other hand, he's so bad at the flip game, it's probably better he loses small money instead of large money.

[Wall-Crawler]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

 

He said he paid $75 for it...I really hope that included shipping.

 

Not according to recent completed sales search on eBay...

 

For the one sold today by hitcomics for $75 USD, shipping to Canada (I'm from Canada) is quoted at $29.81 USD via Global Ship Program.

 

[Iceman399]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

 

He said he paid $75 for it...I really hope that included shipping.

 

Not according to recent completed sales search on eBay...

 

For the one sold today by hitcomics for $75 USD, shipping to Canada (I'm from Canada) is quoted at $29.81 USD via Global Ship Program.

 

He gets the stuff shipped to a friend in the USA and then they send him a box at another time .

[Wall-Crawler]

For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping?

 

He said he paid $75 for it...I really hope that included shipping.

 

Not according to recent completed sales search on eBay...

 

For the one sold today by hitcomics for $75 USD, shipping to Canada (I'm from Canada) is quoted at $29.81 USD via Global Ship Program.

 

He gets the stuff shipped to a friend in the USA and then they send him a box at another time .

 

Well, it is still going to cost him some $ for him to have it shipped to his buddy and then for his buddy to ship it to him...I can't see his "pal' doing all that for free...?

 

 

 

 

[W16227]

[Red84]

I'm a little confused where the potential profit is on the Darth Vader 3 CGC 9.8 when $75 is the all time high.

[Wall-Crawler]

I'm a little confused where the potential profit is on the Darth Vader 3 CGC 9.8 when $75 is the all time high.

 

From a page back he said:

 

"It was the regular version not the variant and I bought it because it was a good deal, I didn't listen to my friend when he told me I should have bought thor 133 CGC 9.8 X2 and 9.6 x3 and I lost lots of money by not doing that so I'm going to listen this time."

 

Sooo apparently his "friend" told him to buy it? Or Gabe was worried about being 'left behind' all on his own and wants to 'cash in' when Aphra hits it 'big time'?

 

I wonder if this was the same "friend" he is in a "competition" with to see who can make more money flipping comics...

[Logan510]

I assume from what he said that he bought it for speculation purposes.

 

What sense that makes for someone in the hole, I certainly don't know.

 

Also seems from what he said, this was an "emotional" decision based on him not taking a friend's advice earlier and "losing lots of money" and he wasn't going to let that happen this time.

[Logan510]

I'm a little confused where the potential profit is on the Darth Vader 3 CGC 9.8 when $75 is the all time high.

 

From a page back he said:

 

"It was the regular version not the variant and I bought it because it was a good deal, I didn't listen to my friend when he told me I should have bought thor 133 CGC 9.8 X2 and 9.6 x3 and I lost lots of money by not doing that so I'm going to listen this time."

 

Sooo apparently his "friend" told him to buy it? Or Gabe was worried about being 'left behind' all on his own and wants to 'cash in' when Aphra hits it 'big time'?

 

I wonder if this was the same "friend" he is in a "competition" with to see who can make more money flipping comics...

 

 

If he paid GPA high for that book and considers it a "good deal"....

 

I hope for his sake it becomes hot and triples in value.

[Red84]

I'm a little confused where the potential profit is on the Darth Vader 3 CGC 9.8 when $75 is the all time high.

 

From a page back he said:

 

"It was the regular version not the variant and I bought it because it was a good deal, I didn't listen to my friend when he told me I should have bought thor 133 CGC 9.8 X2 and 9.6 x3 and I lost lots of money by not doing that so I'm going to listen this time."

 

Sooo apparently his "friend" told him to buy it? Or Gabe was worried about being 'left behind' all on his own and wants to 'cash in' when Aphra hits it 'big time'?

 

I wonder if this was the same "friend" he is in a "competition" with to see who can make more money flipping comics...

 

 

If he paid GPA high for that book and considers it a "good deal"....

 

I hope for his sake it becomes hot and triples in value.

 

Unfortunately I don't think the character of Darth Vader is going to spike in value. He has kind of already had his moment and I'm pretty sure he is the most well known villain on the planet. I would suggest you sell the book immediately and try to recoup some of what you paid.

[thecopperagekids]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

The most you can pay for a slabbed 9.8 book with a GPA average of around $65...is about half of that i.e. cover price + slabbing fees.

 

Even then, putting that $30+ into slabbing a book that is worth $100 or more is much more worthwhile.

 

I would have paid $35 for that book, already in a CGC 9.8 slab.No more.

 

 

Your logic of your friend advising you on the the 1st X-23 and 1st Alpha is just not comparable.The Vader book was a hot book about 6+ months ago.

 

SW books are cold and will stay cold intil the next SW movie comes out.

 

When will Alpha ever be tied into a SW movie?

 

This Christmas or the following SW movie in 2018?

 

If the character is used in a movie, at all.

 

If the character is used in a movie, you'll have to wait intil this Christmas or for the 2018 SW movie, to sell the book for a dollar to make any profit whatsoever on it.

 

Let me reinterate that X-23 will be in Wolverine 3 and Alpha...maybe never.

 

DV 3 is a decent book to buy, but only if you can get a solid 9.8 raw at cover price.

 

And in order to take a ridiculous gamble on paying $75 (+ shipping) for a common as Hell modern, you sold a SW 1, which will just about certainly see an increase in price as the SW movie in 2 months comes out.

 

How sharp was the SW that you sold for $75?

 

Odds are that putting $35 (grading/fast tracked fees) into the SW 1 that you sold for $75 would have grossed you $200.....so, theoretically, you lost about $100 from dumping your SW 1 raw at $75...and then you compounded that loss by putting about $100 (shipped) into a pretty cold/common modern that routinely sells for about $65.

 

So you are at -$100 from the SW 1 transaction aaaaaand, tack on another -$100 for the CV 3 CGC 9.8 transaction.

 

Last 2 comic transactions = $200 in the hole.

If you insist on "trying" to be a comic dealer, this is what I'd suggest.

 

Do not buy anymore comics for a good while.

 

Sell some books ASAP.

 

Take those proceeds and buy some dry cleaning supplies and a Jumbo Seal 210.

 

Learn how to dry clean & press books, that is the best advice I can give to anyone who wants to make money selling books, who does not have a large bankroll to use as capital.

 

Dry cleaning & pressing does require a metric ton of patience, but learning a trade like this will do you a lot of good.

 

If you had known how to press books, you could have had pressed the SW 1 yourself (while saving $40+ on fast tracked pressing fees and cut out the 1 month pressing service lag time...slabbed the SW 1 and then you may have had a $300+ book in your hands, instead of a $75 raw copy.

 

Instead..............you sold a raw bronze age key in order to buy, what is arguably a waste of money, a $75 ($100 shipped) CGC 9.8 run of the mill modern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mysterio]

Is anyone else seeing a change in Gabe's behavior after all his talk about getting himself under control? I'm not, and I'm content to sit back and for his future adventures without throwing any more advice down the black hole.

 

Speaking of advice, CAK made a few good points and the followed it up with perhaps the most ludicrous advice offered in the thread so far. So to that.

[Wall-Crawler]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

The most you can pay for a slabbed 9.8 book with a GPA average of around $65...is about half of that i.e. cover price + slabbing fees.

 

Even then, putting that $30+ into slabbing a book that is worth $100 or more is much more worthwhile.

 

I would have paid $35 for that book, already in a CGC 9.8 slab.No more.

 

 

Your logic of your friend advising you on the the 1st X-23 and 1st Alpha is just not comparable.The Vader book was a hot book about 6+ months ago.

 

SW books are cold and will stay cold intil the next SW movie comes out.

 

When will Alpha ever be tied into a SW movie?

 

This Christmas or the following SW movie in 2018?

 

If the character is used in a movie, at all.

 

If the character is used in a movie, you'll have to wait intil this Christmas or for the 2018 SW movie, to sell the book for a dollar to make any profit whatsoever on it.

 

Let me reinterate that X-23 will be in Wolverine 3 and Alpha...maybe never.

 

DV 3 is a decent book to buy, but only if you can get a solid 9.8 raw at cover price.

 

And in order to take a ridiculous gamble on paying $75 (+ shipping) for a common as Hell modern, you sold a SW 1, which will just about certainly see an increase in price as the SW movie in 2 months comes out.

 

How sharp was the SW that you sold for $75?

 

Odds are that putting $35 (grading/fast tracked fees) into the SW 1 that you sold for $75 would have grossed you $200.....so, theoretically, you lost about $100 from dumping your SW 1 raw at $75...and then you compounded that loss by putting about $100 (shipped) into a pretty cold/common modern that routinely sells for about $65.

 

So you are at -$100 from the SW 1 transaction aaaaaand, tack on another -$100 for the CV 3 CGC 9.8 transaction.

 

Last 2 comic transactions = $200 in the hole.

If you insist on "trying" to be a comic dealer, this is what I'd suggest.

 

Do not buy anymore comics for a good while.

 

Sell some books ASAP.

 

Take those proceeds and buy some dry cleaning supplies and a Jumbo Seal 210.

 

Learn how to dry clean & press books, that is the best advice I can give to anyone who wants to make money selling books, who does not have a large bankroll to use as capital.

 

Dry cleaning & pressing does require a metric ton of patience, but learning a trade like this will do you a lot of good.

 

If you had known how to press books, you could have had pressed the SW 1 yourself (while saving $40+ on fast tracked pressing fees and cut out the 1 month pressing service lag time...slabbed the SW 1 and then you may have had a $300+ book in your hands, instead of a $75 raw copy.

 

Instead..............you sold a raw bronze age key in order to buy, what is arguably a waste of money, a $75 ($100 shipped) CGC 9.8 run of the mill modern.

 

 

 

Next journal title: "My Road to Success: To Make A Million Dollars Pressing"

 

[mysterio]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

The most you can pay for a slabbed 9.8 book with a GPA average of around $65...is about half of that i.e. cover price + slabbing fees.

 

Even then, putting that $30+ into slabbing a book that is worth $100 or more is much more worthwhile.

 

I would have paid $35 for that book, already in a CGC 9.8 slab.No more.

 

 

Your logic of your friend advising you on the the 1st X-23 and 1st Alpha is just not comparable.The Vader book was a hot book about 6+ months ago.

 

SW books are cold and will stay cold intil the next SW movie comes out.

 

When will Alpha ever be tied into a SW movie?

 

This Christmas or the following SW movie in 2018?

 

If the character is used in a movie, at all.

 

If the character is used in a movie, you'll have to wait intil this Christmas or for the 2018 SW movie, to sell the book for a dollar to make any profit whatsoever on it.

 

Let me reinterate that X-23 will be in Wolverine 3 and Alpha...maybe never.

 

DV 3 is a decent book to buy, but only if you can get a solid 9.8 raw at cover price.

 

And in order to take a ridiculous gamble on paying $75 (+ shipping) for a common as Hell modern, you sold a SW 1, which will just about certainly see an increase in price as the SW movie in 2 months comes out.

 

How sharp was the SW that you sold for $75?

 

Odds are that putting $35 (grading/fast tracked fees) into the SW 1 that you sold for $75 would have grossed you $200.....so, theoretically, you lost about $100 from dumping your SW 1 raw at $75...and then you compounded that loss by putting about $100 (shipped) into a pretty cold/common modern that routinely sells for about $65.

 

So you are at -$100 from the SW 1 transaction aaaaaand, tack on another -$100 for the CV 3 CGC 9.8 transaction.

 

Last 2 comic transactions = $200 in the hole.

If you insist on "trying" to be a comic dealer, this is what I'd suggest.

 

Do not buy anymore comics for a good while.

 

Sell some books ASAP.

 

Take those proceeds and buy some dry cleaning supplies and a Jumbo Seal 210.

 

Learn how to dry clean & press books, that is the best advice I can give to anyone who wants to make money selling books, who does not have a large bankroll to use as capital.

 

Dry cleaning & pressing does require a metric ton of patience, but learning a trade like this will do you a lot of good.

 

If you had known how to press books, you could have had pressed the SW 1 yourself (while saving $40+ on fast tracked pressing fees and cut out the 1 month pressing service lag time...slabbed the SW 1 and then you may have had a $300+ book in your hands, instead of a $75 raw copy.

 

Instead..............you sold a raw bronze age key in order to buy, what is arguably a waste of money, a $75 ($100 shipped) CGC 9.8 run of the mill modern.

 

 

 

Next journal title: "My Road to Success: To Make A Million Dollars Pressing"

 

New sig line "To press and sell a million dollar comic book! To dry clean and sell a million dollar coin!"

[uchiha101]

Comics Sold

Star wars 1

 

 

 

Comics bought

Darth vader 3 CGC 9.8

 

 

Was the Darth Vader #3 only $11, or has that gone out the window already? I haven't been hanging on every post lately, so maybe that has changed...

 

Nope that's the one I bought for 75 dollars but I sold my star wars 1 for the exact price.

 

So the pretzel logic is that it's okay to spend over your weekly budget as long as the purchase is funded by a recent sale?

 

No it's not pretzel logic, one of my other problems I've had is buying too much and not selling enough. I will still keep to the budget but I will make a exception if I sell something I can buy something and if I don't sell anything then I don't buy anything but used the money I've saved up.

[uchiha101]

I'm a little confused where the potential profit is on the Darth Vader 3 CGC 9.8 when $75 is the all time high.

 

From a page back he said:

 

"It was the regular version not the variant and I bought it because it was a good deal, I didn't listen to my friend when he told me I should have bought thor 133 CGC 9.8 X2 and 9.6 x3 and I lost lots of money by not doing that so I'm going to listen this time."

 

Sooo apparently his "friend" told him to buy it? Or Gabe was worried about being 'left behind' all on his own and wants to 'cash in' when Aphra hits it 'big time'?

 

I wonder if this was the same "friend" he is in a "competition" with to see who can make more money flipping comics...

 

 

If he paid GPA high for that book and considers it a "good deal"....

 

I hope for his sake it becomes hot and triples in value.

 

Unfortunately I don't think the character of Darth Vader is going to spike in value. He has kind of already had his moment and I'm pretty sure he is the most well known villain on the planet. I would suggest you sell the book immediately and try to recoup some of what you paid.

 

According to what my friend said it will because she has a solo movie coming up.