uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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? The 90 day gpa on that comic is 64 dollars and yes I realize that I paid over gpa and I asked my friend about it and he said that it will be well worth what I paid for it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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... Aphra is going to have her own solo movie and that will be around December 2nd from what I've heard also she may or may not have something to do in the star wars rogue one movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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... Yes I realize that copy I bought is over gpa but I will make money on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 For the Vader #3, what is a "good price"? How much was the shipping? well what I paid for it was a bit over gpa but it will pay off and shipping was 12 dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. No plus 12 dollars shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Yes it would have taken me a while but that just means I would have to sell, find better deals or save up my money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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 . Yes that's true or I get him to sell if for me and give him a commission for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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...? No it wouldn't be free that's why it will stay at his house and he'll sell it for me for a fee, I wanted to get the darth vader 3 before prices went up and copies dried up on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Yes that's correct my friend said it would be around the 150 dollar range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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... No this is a different friend not one I'm having the competition with. He told me that I will be able to cash in a aphra soon and I should at least buy one of the 1:25 variants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. I do buy comics for speculation purposes or if they are blue chip comics, this wasn't an emotional decision because I asked my friend about it every step of the way but yes I haven't listened to him twice and it did cost me money so this time I'll take advantage of what he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red84 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. People can ask whatever they want. What matters is what something sells for. You should know this by now. I would suggest you stop asking this friend for advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. Asking prices are not selling prices. If you paid $75 + $12 shipping, admittedly over GPA, you're waiting a long while to make any profit. On the plus side, you cashed someone else out of their copy. Just out of curiosity, say we accept your argument that the $75 purchase price came out of the Star Wars #1 sale, what pot of gold did the $12 shipping come out of? That alone exceeded your $11 budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. I'm going to point out a few things as you did to me. That star wars comic I sold was a 5.0/5.5 raw and with it's spine I don't see it getting much of a grade bump, second I wouldn't want to put any more time and money into that book. The next thing you said was that a[hra won't be in any movies at all or ever. Her upcoming solo movie will be in december and the announcement should be sometime next week and my friend hasn't steered me wrong yet and he was the one that bought those 3 copies for 67 dollars. I have another star wars 1 comic but I'll say this I don't think like you do because if I make a deal I count what I spent and I don't see the future value of a 5.0/5.5 star wars reaching 200 graded imo. Also, I don't count money I haven't spent because I wouldn't have pressed and graded it anyway. Pressing and dry cleaning honestly I'm afriad of screwing up that's why I send the comics to people I trust and I final note I'm going to watch that star wars comics to see who's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. People can ask whatever they want. What matters is what something sells for. You should know this by now. I would suggest you stop asking this friend for advice. I realize that and have checked the sold listings but it's simple if people have no choice but to but what's already listed at a higher price they will and that will make the comic rise in value as it's already been doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. People can ask whatever they want. What matters is what something sells for. You should know this by now. I would suggest you stop asking this friend for advice. I realize that and have checked the sold listings but it's simple if people have no choice but to but what's already listed at a higher price they will and that will make the comic rise in value as it's already been doing. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. Asking prices are not selling prices. If you paid $75 + $12 shipping, admittedly over GPA, you're waiting a long while to make any profit. On the plus side, you cashed someone else out of their copy. Just out of curiosity, say we accept your argument that the $75 purchase price came out of the Star Wars #1 sale, what pot of gold did the $12 shipping come out of? That alone exceeded your $11 budget. The 12 dollars shipping is out of the video games I've sold because I sold about 120 dollars worth right now and even if I haven't had that money I would have been able to save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 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. Just take a look at what the cheapest prices are for the 9.8's now 90-100 and the 1:25 variants yesterday were 50-75 now they're 90-100+ and we have someone asking 400 OBO for his 9.8 so I'm curious to see if it will sell. Asking prices are not selling prices. If you paid $75 + $12 shipping, admittedly over GPA, you're waiting a long while to make any profit. On the plus side, you cashed someone else out of their copy. Just out of curiosity, say we accept your argument that the $75 purchase price came out of the Star Wars #1 sale, what pot of gold did the $12 shipping come out of? That alone exceeded your $11 budget. The 12 dollars shipping is out of the video games I've sold because I sold about 120 dollars worth right now and even if I haven't had that money I would have been able to save it. Translation: screw the budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
