bababooey Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 OK, fire away Andy. thirdgreenham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 36 minutes ago, bababooey said: OK, fire away Andy. I’ll pm you tomorrow. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 If you are doing business with Guardian Comics you would have access to a lot of keys. thirdgreenham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entalmighty1 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 18 hours ago, Junkdrawer said: That would be great if you do. I got a new collection you could paw through Provided I can sneak away from my conference/meetings long enough, I would love that! Junkdrawer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roach04 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The dollar fluctuations - it is what it is. Par with the Greenback is great as a consumer - not ideal for the economy. It is too low now - the sweet spot to me is in the $0.85 range - then we can still move goods to the US and not get killed buying comics. Shipping wise - the service I use (in Niagara Falls, NY) has saved me a pile of money there. Would recommend anybody who buys a lot of comics (or, anything) from the States look into options. @lizards2 - buddy I wish Canada had free health care. Boy do I wish that was true. Instead I pay 54.5% marginal tax and live in a system that can best be summed up by "If you want to see a Cardiologist - have a heart attack" Zero preventive medicine, hospital service inferior to many 3rd world countries. Awful, awful situation. Don' want to derail the thread or bring politics into it but our "Conservatives" are equivalent to most US liberals and our Liberals - the current Prime Minister would really like it if we started the day with a phrase akin to "Long Live Chairman Mao"...that pretty much sums it up...LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roach04 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, blazingbob said: If you are doing business with Guardian Comics you would have access to a lot of keys. Jim and Guardian are fantastic. Got a lot of nice horror books on my last visit to Pickering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) On 3/26/2018 at 6:50 PM, shane1956 said: No way around the pain. I find if you are in Canada looking for a particular book in high grade from a Canadian seller it can take years for it to happen. Even then I'm not convinced that there are lot of high graded keys of particular book "floating" around Canada. For example, I wanted a Fantastic Four 48 in 9.2 or higher from a Canadian dealer/seller. The odds of that happening were slim . I'm sure a few copies may be in Canadian collections but by a few I mean near non existent. To get truly amazing high grade books I'm convinced that there is a very limited supply in Canada . It seems like every time I'm looking for a 9.2 I end up importing from the U.S . Over and over , year after year. There are plenty of OO and assembled HG collections in Canada. We see a few surface every year here in Alberta. I am primarily a collector but have been selling at shows locally since 1998 when I was in university (and on yahoo auctions and eBay since 1998) to get rid of the books I did not want from collection purchases, and there are plenty of HG books circulating. The difference now is that there are a much larger number of collector/dealer types like me chasing them so most of the HG books either end up in their collections or are sold online/via auction houses for $USD. Edited March 29, 2018 by kimik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasonff Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, blazingbob said: If you are doing business with Guardian Comics you would have access to a lot of keys. At fair prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, blazingbob said: If you are doing business with Guardian Comics you would have access to a lot of keys. A lot! greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Adam Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, blazingbob said: If you are doing business with Guardian Comics you would have access to a lot of keys. Guardian Comics = High Grade Comics? Saw the link on the Facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Black_Adam said: Guardian Comics = High Grade Comics? Saw the link on the Facebook page Guardian Comics and I own a few collections together. But we are always willing to work together to help you find something you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggy Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, blazingbob said: Guardian Comics and I own a few collections together. But we are always willing to work together to help you find something you need. Which owner is prettier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Clearly Jim feels that he is the pretty boy of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgreenham Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 27 minutes ago, blazingbob said: Clearly Jim feels that he is the pretty boy of the team. Clearly. greggy and 1950's war comics 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman399 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Will this thread get wiped if I post pictures of Jim? @Guardian Comics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Depends if he is wearing his hat facing forward or backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, roach04 said: The dollar fluctuations - it is what it is. Par with the Greenback is great as a consumer - not ideal for the economy. It is too low now - the sweet spot to me is in the $0.85 range - then we can still move goods to the US and not get killed buying comics. Shipping wise - the service I use (in Niagara Falls, NY) has saved me a pile of money there. Would recommend anybody who buys a lot of comics (or, anything) from the States look into options. @lizards2 - buddy I wish Canada had free health care. Boy do I wish that was true. Instead I pay 54.5% marginal tax and live in a system that can best be summed up by "If you want to see a Cardiologist - have a heart attack" Zero preventive medicine, hospital service inferior to many 3rd world countries. Awful, awful situation. Don' want to derail the thread or bring politics into it but our "Conservatives" are equivalent to most US liberals and our Liberals - the current Prime Minister would really like it if we started the day with a phrase akin to "Long Live Chairman Mao"...that pretty much sums it up...LOL. I was actually responding to someone Canadian's claim about "free healthcare". One things is for certain in this world - nothing is free. I remember when my mom and dad were snowbirding to Yuma, AZ, and they picked up a bunch of Canadian friends there, that were doing the same seasonal migration. Apparently their friends were usually scheduling a lot of their healthcare in US or Mexico, because they couldn't get served in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I was actually responding to someone Canadian's claim about "free healthcare". One things is for certain in this world - nothing is free. I remember when my mom and dad were snowbirding to Yuma, AZ, and they picked up a bunch of Canadian friends there, that were doing the same seasonal migration. Apparently their friends were usually scheduling a lot of their healthcare in US or Mexico, because they couldn't get served in Canada. I can tell you some nightmare hospital stories.Months worth. Yes,I lived,but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just now, porcupine48 said: 5 minutes ago, lizards2 said: I was actually responding to someone Canadian's claim about "free healthcare". One things is for certain in this world - nothing is free. I remember when my mom and dad were snowbirding to Yuma, AZ, and they picked up a bunch of Canadian friends there, that were doing the same seasonal migration. Apparently their friends were usually scheduling a lot of their healthcare in US or Mexico, because they couldn't get served in Canada. I can tell you some nightmare hospital stories.Months worth. Yes,I lived,but... You lived despite their best attempts to do you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just now, lizards2 said: You lived despite their best attempts to do you in? It certainly felt like they were trying. Seriously,they overdosed me,forgot me in a MRI machine for a long time,lost me in the hallway a few times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
