shadroch Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I'm still trying to figure out why the worlds best comic dealer is worried about a third rate failed company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, bc said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, shadroch said: I'm still trying to figure out why the worlds best comic dealer is worried about a third rate failed company? And getting books graded by them. Seems like a recipe for disaster? ORRRR maybe that is not true and they just sold the company to beckett D84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 25 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: ding dongs Nutty Bars. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mcknowitall Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 41 minutes ago, Ryan. said: Coulda been better but I have no regrets. Any Regrets have to be cleared thru The Thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 If Voldy gave away a free Twinkie with each commission, they would double their sales. badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, valiantman said: What do you think the CGC monthly numbers are? Do you have a way of getting rid of the "CGC it" sales? I found 80,000 over the last 3 months (I think that is how far E-Bay searches go) so I'll say 17,000 legit sales assuming 1/3 are key word spammers. About 10 times the other guys. Edited May 10, 2018 by 1Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, 1Cool said: Do you have a way of getting rid of the "CGC it" sales? I found 80,000 over the last 3 months (I think that is how far E-Bay searches go) so I'll say 17,000 legit sales assuming 1/3 are key word spammers. About 10 times the other guys. I remove "CGC it", "CGC worthy", "CGC ready" and "CGC able". Since I don't download those, I don't know what the percent of spammers would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1 minute ago, valiantman said: I remove "CGC it", "CGC worthy", "CGC ready" and "CGC able". Since I don't download those, I don't know what the percent of spammers would be. What does the chart look like with the CGC data? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Just now, 1Cool said: What does the chart look like with the CGC data? CGC had 95% of sales and PGX had 5% at the beginning of the chart. Most recently it's CGC 91%, PGX 2%, other-guys 7%. Both CGC and PGX have been around for 15+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Fashion PB and J Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, 1Cool said: Do you have a way of getting rid of the "CGC it" sales? I found 80,000 over the last 3 months (I think that is how far E-Bay searches go) so I'll say 17,000 legit sales assuming 1/3 are key word spammers. About 10 times the other guys. I would think your number is reasonable. 2 minutes ago, valiantman said: CGC had 95% of sales and PGX had 5% at the beginning of the chart. Most recently it's CGC 91%, PGX 2%, other-guys 7%. Both CGC and PGX have been around for 15+ years. So the other guys are slowly taking away a portion of the market. To think within the next few years with Beckett they could be at 20% + isn't reasonable? Edited May 10, 2018 by The Resurrection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Looks like they captured about 10% of CGCs market. Not great, but not terrible for a startup. How long did it take for upstarts to capture 10% of IBMs market? Any idea how the numbers compare to CGC after two years? That's not a fair comparison as CGC was the whole market at the time but I'd like to see numbers compared. Old Fashion PB and J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, valiantman said: CGC had 95% of sales and PGX had 5% at the beginning of the chart. Most recently it's CGC 91%, PGX 2%, other-guys 7%. Both CGC and PGX have been around for 15+ years. Interesting. I'd think CGC would be happy with maintaining 91% of the market after having a competitor in the market for 4 years. Not sure how Beckett will effect the market but I guess it will hinge on how much money they throw at marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Its bad publicity for a company looking to gain market share anyway you look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cool Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, shadroch said: Looks like they captured about 10% of CGCs market. Not great, but not terrible for a startup. How long did it take for upstarts to capture 10% of IBMs market? Any idea how the numbers compare to CGC after two years? That's not a fair comparison as CGC was the whole market at the time but I'd like to see numbers compared. They took 4% from CGC and 3% from PGX. After 4 years I'd think most start up competitors would want to grab more of the pie but I don't have any data to support what is expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicdonna Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 50 minutes ago, namisgr said: and these Twinkies straight from the fryer: Man, some of the stuff you guys eat. Come up here, and I' treat you to some Possum, grits and hog Jowls. jaybuck43 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foley Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Jaydogrules said: Well at least you admit what you think you are in your username. Lol An ironic statement coming from someone whose username appears to have been chosen by a grandiose 12 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 You evidently are reading the numbers differently. PGX did not lose 3% of their sales. They lost well over 50%. In a three way market, stealing 50% of your closest competitors market is nothing to laugh at. CGC had 95% of the market. Now its 91. If that continues a few more years, it will be troublesome. If I were CGC, I'd have simply bought Steve out with a nice pension rather than let him walk and start a competitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackenzie999 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, shadroch said: You evidently are reading the numbers differently. PGX did not lose 3% of their sales. They lost well over 50%. In a three way market, stealing 50% of your closest competitors market is nothing to laugh at. CGC had 95% of the market. Now its 91. If that continues a few more years, it will be troublesome. If I were CGC, I'd have simply bought Steve out with a nice pension rather than let him walk and start a competitor. I imagine from now on all new CGC employees will be expected to sign some sort of non-compete (if they're not already). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
