Mmehdy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) On 9/25/2021 at 12:40 PM, Cobbledclam said: Yes we know how desperate our beautiful blazing Bob is going to be and willing to accept anyone attempting at lowballing him, be prepared to have him laugh 😂 in your face. Bob and whomever else travels across the country and incurs great expense to deliver funny books to us should be thanked and not attempted to be taken advantage of. You must be kidding, I would not force anyone to do anything they would not want to. A comic book true value price is what a buyer and seller agree to be the final price. However, if the price is is tad high and you would like to make your costs back, an offer is an offer and those conditions might make a seller to be more reasonable in terms of the ultimate price. The only result of making a offer that is not accepted is either you counter up or walk. So be it...I did not think any major GA/SA comic book dealer is going to be taken advantage of period other than making the sky-high prices of today more reasonable. Edited September 26, 2021 by Mmehdy jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 8:13 PM, Cobbledclam said: Checking the exhibitors list the only vintage comic dealers I see at this time are Angelo's Comics, high-grade Comics!, and tomorrow's treasures. I am certain there will be others but??? Angelo... It took me some effort to find that list. I think I might have seen Dale Roberts too. I still can’t see who the guests might be. I don’t even see local SO CA dealers such as Terry’s Comics, Brad at F-VF, or even local SD dealers such as Jamie Newbold at SO CA comics. I would ONLY go to buy vintage comics. Paying $150 for a three day show that I might only spend a couple hours at, doesn’t seem like a good idea. Too bad, most any other weekend would have been smarter. Tickets are still available. Sadly, looks like a bust to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 11:46 AM, Hap Hazard said: Well I have my ticket, first time in about 5 years. Will see if it's worth it or not. Let us know how it goes Steve. Pictures if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 9:11 AM, Mmehdy said: You must be kidding, I would not force anyone to do anything they would not want to. A comic book true value price is what a buyer and seller agree to be the final price. However, if the price is is tad high and you would like to make your costs back, an offer is an offer and those conditions might make a seller to be more reasonable in terms of the ultimate price. The only result of making a offer that is not accepted is either you counter up or walk. So be it...I did not think any major GA/SA comic book dealer is going to be taken advantage of period other than making the sky-high prices of today more reasonable. I don’t see any intelligent dealer traveling cross country with a huge load only to “make his costs back”. What sense does that make? And, with the skyrocketing prices of comics right now, dealers are having to pay much more to aquire inventory. Profit margins are very tight. I wouldn’t expect much if any “bargains” at a show unless you get VERY lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 9:34 AM, Robot Man said: I don’t see any intelligent dealer traveling cross country with a huge load only to “make his costs back”. What sense does that make? And, with the skyrocketing prices of comics right now, dealers are having to pay much more to aquire inventory. Profit margins are very tight. I wouldn’t expect much if any “bargains” at a show unless you get VERY lucky. I agree this show is a question mark, but in every show I have ever attended, there were always good deals to be had, just got to look for them, sometimes behind the table in a box below and sometimes you just have to ask, however you do have to be there to look.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 9:39 AM, Mmehdy said: I agree this show is a question mark, but in every show I have ever attended, there were always good deals to be had, just got to look for them, sometimes behind the table in a box below and sometimes you just have to ask, however you do have to be there to look.. Very true. They are never just out on the wall. You gotta be clever and work for them. At pretty much any show there is usually “that guy” who is in the back or maybe with only a couple of books out that has something cool tucked away. I just don’t think “that guy” will be there this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 9:11 AM, Mmehdy said: You must be kidding, I would not force anyone to do anything they would not want to. A comic book true value price is what a buyer and seller agree to be the final price. However, if the price is is tad high and you would like to make your costs back, an offer is an offer and those conditions might make a seller to be more reasonable in terms of the ultimate price. The only result of making a offer that is not accepted is either you counter up or walk. So be it...I did not think any major GA/SA comic book dealer is going to be taken advantage of period other than making the sky-high prices of today more reasonable. Of course I was just kidding :-) greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I'm using this image again. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecollectron Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 It’s $75 for active military or age 60+. I guess there aren’t one-day passes yet but I wouldn’t be surprised if they become available, especially if ticket sales are lukewarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 I’m still hoping I can walk up to the little old lady at a card table and hand her 5 bucks like the old SDCC at the El Cortez... ttfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecollectron Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Those were the days. El Cortez Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I've spoken with the following dealers and none of them are setting up in San Diego Turkey day show. Terry 0' Bob High-Grade Brad F/VF Ken Cloud 9 Jeff Elite Comic source Gus Silver-Age Edited September 30, 2021 by Cobbledclam aardvark88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Saving grace somewhat is the weekend before The San Diego comic flop are two shows happening with lots of comic dealers there and pretty much free other than getting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 3:17 PM, Cobbledclam said: I've spoken with the following dealers and none of them are setting up in San Diego Turkey day show. Terry 0' Bob High-Grade Brad F/VF Ken Cloud 9 Jeff Elite Comic source Gus Silver-Age Wow, that's a good chunk of good dealers. Was hoping for maybe Bedrock, Dale Roberts, A-1, Jamie Newbold SO CA comics (who lives in SD) and Steve Ritter at Worldwide as well as a few others (although, I just saw most of them at Torpedo a couple months ago). What about Harley? If he isn't there, it isn't a comic show. Traveling for me is out for a while so I can only hope for Terry O's show in Jan or maybe WonderCon in April (if it is still going on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I'll call a few more national dealers tomorrow and see who's who and who's ain't gonna show up and such . I'm just thinking what could be going on that weekend that would keep anybody from coming out and doing a show? Is there anything going on anybody knows about? What's good reason? Why are you going to be hanging out with your family and close friends so close to home and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 No show from Richie Muchin tomorrow's treasures. Jamie Graham yes. Harley Yee yes greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 10:34 PM, Cobbledclam said: No show from Richie Muchin tomorrow's treasures. Jamie Graham yes. Harley Yee yes Thanks for checking Cobbledclam. Jamie and Harley will probably be at the little local San Fernando Con on Halloween. Another show I probably won’t go to anyway. Come on, of all days Halloween? Will be setting up the Crypt for trick or treat and spending time with my grandkids. Think of having to set up your booth on Thanksgiving Day? I don’t blame dealers for not wanting to travel for this show. Again sparse to no info from SDCC on what they will be offering for your $150. ticket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I'll call a few more national dealers tomorrow and see who's who and who's ain't gonna show up and such . I'm just thinking what could be going on that weekend that would keep anybody from coming out and doing a show? Is there anything going on anybody knows about? What's good reason? Why are you going to be hanging out with your family and close friends so close to home and such? Also here's an example of the hotel prices from the weekend of the show to the next. Comfort inn suites in the gaslamp the weekend of the show for four nights $1700. And the following weekend $547 for the same hotel and nights. I can list a few were examples but you get the idea.San Diego Is hoping enough of us dummies will come there and take the bait/Chum being offered up to us from the San Diego Comic Con organizers. happy holidays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Knight Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Yeah, I won't be heading down this year. First time I'm going to be missing SDCC since the day I started going to this show since around 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobbledclam Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I was just confirmed by the following: No Ricky E, no Teddie V, no Vincent Z. Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
