The worst enemy of a comics collector...

[Kermit the frog]

to everyone

 

what is/would be the worst enemy for you as a comics collector (either be a person, a situation, an event, etc...)?!

 

let the "geek nightmares" begin...

 

regards, Pedro.

[blutobc]

 

Nature - water, sun, bugs

[jordanscott]

budget...

 

So much silver age JLA and GL and now apparently UXM as well...so little budget to throw at thousand dollar comics.

 

After that...poor writing...so many good looking story lines...so many that turn out to be 2 minute reads. Almost every week I leave my local with at least 1 book that makes me think....wtf? why did i just spend 3 dollars on that?

[LastStarfighter]

Dealers who overgrade and overprice.

[Reno McCoy]

Significant others who want to plan a wedding/honeymoon or begin home improvments instead of increasing the comic book budget.

[skybolt]

Warehouse finds!.......... (Just kidding)

 

My worst fear or mistake is buying on impulse. I've lost a lot of money that way. Patience has its virtues.

[Wally's Comics]

That's easy...

 

Shady Dealers!

[chromium]

to everyone

 

what is/would be the worst enemy for you as a comics collector (either be a person, a situation, an event, etc...)?!

 

let the "geek nightmares" begin...

 

regards, Pedro.

 

Common sense....

[PovertyRow]

It is rather encompassing but I would go with...

 

Ignorance

 

Being a well-informed collector curbs most potentially bad situations.

[s-man]

To see a mint copy of Hulk #181 sitting in a box on a tag sale table, being sold for a dollar AND NOT HAVING THE BLOODY DOLLAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

(and no ATM around to boot!!!!)

[Hobgoblin]

Funding.

[bobel]

gravity and acid bleaching

[hobbes]

to everyone

 

what is/would be the worst enemy for you as a comics collector (either be a person, a situation, an event, etc...)?!

 

let the "geek nightmares" begin...

 

regards, Pedro.

 

Common sense....

 

[Kermit the frog]

to everyone

 

what is/would be the worst enemy for you as a comics collector (either be a person, a situation, an event, etc...)?!

 

let the "geek nightmares" begin...

 

regards, Pedro.

 

Common sense....

 

[bobel]

I have changed the grade on more than a few hundred books over the last 35 years through stupidity or sloppiness. I take care now an the books have there own room but when I was younger I stepped on more than a few getting up to take a pee and felt the covers let loose, kicked over more than a few stacks and had the "really " good early marvels in bags hanging on my bedroom wall in full sunlight. Then I got smarterer and put them in a super heated attic for 5 yrs before selling them in the 80s. I have certainly devalued more books than I have bought over graded books...

[rjpb]

Other collectors willing to outbid me for books I want

[kiltman]

Other collectors willing to outbid me for books I want

 

God the horror of someone wanting to do that!

[Zanarkand]

to everyone

 

what is/would be the worst enemy for you as a comics collector (either be a person, a situation, an event, etc...)?!

 

let the "geek nightmares" begin...

 

regards, Pedro.

 

Amateurs at antique malls, flea markets, etc that know enough to look the book up in a guide but not enough to use the information therein.

[awe4one]

Water and humidity are #1 by a long shot...

 

Jim

[Scrooge]

To see a mint copy of Hulk #181 sitting in a box on a tag sale table, being sold for a dollar AND NOT HAVING THE BLOODY DOLLAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

(and no ATM around to boot!!!!)

 

Or having the dollar and realizing that the tag is stuck on the book. RIIIIIIIP.