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TLC55555

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If you found a high grade Action #1 at a garage sale and had the opportunity to purchase it for $5.00, what would you do? Personally, I'd pay the $5.00, have it CGC graded and sell it.

 

Unless the sellers at the garage sale seemed to be very wealthy, I'd make sure they received a sizeable amount. What do I mean by sizeable? Well, if the book sold for $250,000, I'd probably give them $50,000. I'd give them this money anonymously.

 

I don't consider paying the full price of what someone is asking for an item to be unethical. I do consider it unethical to offer someone 1% of the true market value of an item to end an open auction early though.

 

Just my 2 cents.

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joe_collector

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Unless the sellers at the garage sale seemed to be very wealthy, I'd make sure they received a sizeable amount. What do I mean by sizeable? Well, if the book sold for $250,000, I'd probably give them $50,000. I'd give them this money anonymously.

 

Me too, and I've actually done this on a previous deal, although for a lot less $$$. I bought some comics off an older lady, kept some, sold some others and dropped off a check.

 

I'm certainly no saint, but I'm no selfish blackhearted geek either.

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TLC55555

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tlc,

 

You are such a self-righteous dip.

 

KK

 

Ah, here we go. It's been over a week since ol' [embarrassing lack of self control] here mouthed off. Well, this is my last response to you. I refuse to let another thread go down the tubes because of your little (and I'm sure little is the right word) insecurities.

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Jayman

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If I was lucky enough to find a high grade Action #1 at a garage sale and had the opportunity to purchase it for $5.00, I don't think my BEST polkerface could contain the excitment and I would probably burst! 893whatthe.gif

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JohnBull

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I'd pay the $5 and consider it the best deal of my life.

 

You can't take it with you and why should I deny MY family and heirs the extra financial security this would ultimately bring.

 

I'll leave the higher moral decisions for those people with far more money than I have. And for liars too.

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desertdogg

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i gotta agree with new name. pay the five and make like the wind. and first get the book to a expert in golden age comics. to make sure the book is real and not a reprint.

 

was it action comics # 1 or superman # 1 that they did reprints of with out the price on the cover ?

 

after i move the book. i will make the determination of if the sellers of the garage sale did not look too well off. i would drop off a check for 10 % of the sell price.

 

larry ;]

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october

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I would certainly take the comic at that price, sell it, and keep part of (or all of) the money. I might give a good chunk back to the original seller, I might not. I suppose my decision would revolve around a variety of factors, wealth being the biggest.

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krazykat-migration

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At least Im not a phoney, pompous wind-bag like TLC, whom has continually attacked me,..left,..and right. He is worthless in my book. And Puhhhleeze,..there is no 'morality',..it is a fiction of man. Hasn't anyone read 'Beyond Good & Evil' ? ...or am I the only well-read one here ?

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