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General discussion thread - keep the other threads clean
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porcupine48

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Someone better send Skybound the memo

 

You better get your PM's sorted, here's a recent one you haven't read yet....

 

#6115087 - 07/27/15 07:13 PM Re: Mystery Box

 

What is this then,before it gets buried in hippy dippy thickness....

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Comicopolis

Comicopolis

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the whole thread was not to involve you at all!!!!!!!

 

the point was to show how not to ship a comic book!!!!!!!!

 

I was trying to prove a simple point envelopes is the wrong way to go.

 

no matter how ridged anyone thinks an envelope is it will not last with the USPS and there shipping bad habits.

 

you can clearly see in the pictures that the integrity of the envelope was no match in the ring with the USPS

 

USPS K.O.ed it with no problem

 

but people attacking me or you was not the point, those people clearly missed the ball

 

it was too simply show that no envelope is safe from serious damage.

 

I apologize for the personal attack and that was not my intention it was only to bring light on shipping and shipping habits.

 

Wow!

:foryou:

Take a step back. If that was your point then you failed miserably in proving it. (thumbs u

 

FYI: when you post publicly then we all have the option to be involved. :gossip:

 

For someone that swore this was the worst part of the boards and said they wouldn't be posting here, you sure are posing here a lot :insane:

 

 

Less than a dozen posts is a lot? lol

 

Compared to how much you post in the post count thread, no.

 

Are you stalking him?

Im stalking you.

 

:banana:

:foryou:

 

I stalk both of you between posts. :shy:

 

As it should be.

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EC ed

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I should know better, or at least I should wait until tomorrow (Friday), but I just feel like reflecting on the practice of "board flipping" (which I define as buying a book on the boards and then flipping it back onto the boards).

 

For example...back at the end of June, a book was purchased in a sales thread:

 

:takeit: Tales of Suspense #57 CGC 7.5 WHITE $600

 

^^ Thanks!

 

Thank you for offering it up. Feel free to post up a scan of that gem. I've never owned a copy higher than a 3.0 before.

 

This morning, the book appears to be offered by that buyer (who is now the seller) in his own sales thread:

 

Tales of Suspense 57 - CGC 7.5 White Pages - $750

 

 

So, is board flipping (a) good for the boards (i.e., at least it provided liquidity to the original seller when he needed to sell the book), or (b) bad for the boards?

 

hm

 

:shy:

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N/A

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Be happy with your sale price (something you can control) and you'll worry less about what the buyer does with it (something you can't control).

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jimjum12

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I should know better, or at least I should wait until tomorrow (Friday), but I just feel like reflecting on the practice of "board flipping" (which I define as buying a book on the boards and then flipping it back onto the boards).

 

Back at the end of June, a book was purchased in a sales thread:

 

:takeit: Tales of Suspense #57 CGC 7.5 WHITE $600

 

^^ Thanks!

 

Thank you for offering it up. Feel free to post up a scan of that gem. I've never owned a copy higher than a 3.0 before.

 

This morning, the book appears to be offered by that buyer (who is now the seller) in his own sales thread:

 

Tales of Suspense 57 - CGC 7.5 White Pages - $750

 

 

So, is board flipping (a) good for the boards (i.e., at least it provided liquidity to the original seller when he needed to sell the book), or (b) bad for the boards?

 

hm

 

:shy:

 

It doesn't bother me.... the price is either what I'll pay or it isn't. I don't begrudge someone's attempt to make a profit. I've found myself in a new and lesser paying job and actually have to sell some books (at a profit....) to help make ends meet. It's an awkward position. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

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HarveySwick

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I'll say this - this place sucks at times from the perspective of a collector who actually wants a book when a seller is selling something at a decent price only for the benefit of this community and a "dealer" comes along and snatches it up as they hit F5 repeatedly. :sorry:

 

Then in turn offers it up for sale a month later at a markup. Seems like a giant FU to this place, but it is what it is. meh

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Columbia Comics

Columbia Comics

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Seems perfectly normal to me. Its the market place. People buy and sell books.

 

This....capitalism at its finest. If you were happy with the price received, then what the buyer does with it shouldn't concern anyone.

 

And you can thank me for that price increase (thumbs u

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I'll say this - this place sucks at times from the perspective of a collector who actually wants a book when a seller is selling something at a decent price only for the benefit of this community and a "dealer" comes along and snatches it up as they hit F5 repeatedly. :sorry:

 

Then in turn offers it up for sale a month later at a markup. Seems like a giant FU to this place, but it is what it is. meh

 

No different really than dealer pre-selling to other dealers before the public gets a shot at the books. As a collector, it sucks but hey, that's what you get in a free market.

 

The only time it reaches d-bag levels is when someone claims to only want the comic for their collection, uses some sob story on the seller, and claims they will "never sell" and then they end up flipping it. meh

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EC ed

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Yeah, it's a mixed bad. It's nice to have the dealers/flippers to provide liquidity, but can obviously hurt the collector-purchaser (which I think is what this community used to focus on, at least in spirit).

 

I'm not begrudging anyone by bringing this up...and the new price being asked by the seller is indeed a fair asking price...I'm just waxing philosophic. Sigh.

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Yeah, it's a mixed bad. It's nice to have the dealers/flippers to provide liquidity, but can obviously hurt the collector-purchaser (which I think is what this community used to focus on, at least in spirit).

 

Back-in-my-dayisms don't often capture the reality of what was.

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entalmighty1

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I'll say this - this place sucks at times from the perspective of a collector who actually wants a book when a seller is selling something at a decent price only for the benefit of this community and a "dealer" comes along and snatches it up as they hit F5 repeatedly. :sorry:

 

Then in turn offers it up for sale a month later at a markup. Seems like a giant FU to this place, but it is what it is. meh

 

No different really than dealer pre-selling to other dealers before the public gets a shot at the books. As a collector, it sucks but hey, that's what you get in a free market.

 

The only time is reaches d-bag levels is when someone claims to only want the comic for their collection, uses some sob story on the seller, and claims they will "never sell" and then they end up flipping it. meh

 

This.

 

I couldn't care less if I sell something to someone and they resell it for a profit. But don't pitch me a story about your dad buying this book for you when you were a kid, and he died in a tragic accident soon after, and this is your forever copy, blah blah blah...

 

Then next week you see it for sale at 30% more than you had it listed for.

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