Anyone ever do this? 4 4

[toro]

Do any of you go back as far as you can in sales threads and think, "Why didn't I buy this?"  The sales threads only go back to 2009, but I have to ask myself.  "Why didn't I buy this for $400?" Or the signed Batman 227 in 7.5 for $200 or the $251 for $150?

 

Need to warm up the Time Machine and make up for some mistakes.

[oakman29]

All the time😟

[thunsicker]

I was just going through some of my old pm”s to find the cost basis of some comics I’m selling on mycomicshop and was looking at some of the comics I bought (Moon Knight 1-6 in 9.6 for $100 total. Daredevil #1 in 6.5 for $1400). And some I couldn’t quite pull off (FF #1 and Avengers #1 in 6.0 for $12k). 

[Mojohand]

I do this, thinking back over 40 years of collecting. I regret the purchases I didn't make and the collecting focuses I had that cost money which would've been better spent otherwise, focuses that don't interest me anymore.

[theCapraAegagrus]

Extremely rarely. It's good to learn from my own mistakes, but not much use beyond reteaching an old lesson.

[KirbyJack]

[Galen130]

Nope

[CGC Mike]

On 4/11/2022 at 9:59 PM, toro said:

The sales threads only go back to 2009

I am not sure when the for sale section did start.  Here is a thread from 2006

 

[rube11]

On 4/12/2022 at 8:21 AM, CGC Mike said:

I am not sure when the for sale section did start.  Here is a thread from 2006

 

Thats me!!

[lighthouse]

On 4/12/2022 at 8:28 AM, rube11 said:

Thats me!!

Those prices are still available right?

[Cat]

I thought I'd wasted money for ages getting Moon Knight #1 vol 1.for 10/$1. Problem was it was from Mile High, but from those grades I think I could do okay, if the book has any heat behind it. I'm assuming yes, but haven't checked. 

[Ken Aldred]

On 4/12/2022 at 2:59 AM, toro said:

Do any of you go back as far as you can in sales threads and think, "Why didn't I buy this?"  The sales threads only go back to 2009, but I have to ask myself.  "Why didn't I buy this for $400?" 

 

Need to warm up the Time Machine and make up for some mistakes.

 

A painful post for me to read, as I managed to damage my 9.6 copy beyond repair, one bought for a similar price, while moving stuff around for a bit of house renovation last year.  It made me realise I'm useless at looking after a large collection, and was the event which also made me decide to quit buying physical copy comic books. That's why I'm always going on here about the merits of digital.  I also don't read or participate in the Bronze Age threads now, too depressing.  

[speedcake]

I've come across lots of prices while looking up past sales of books I'm either trying to sell or looking to buy and it is always, always, always traumatic. I'd advise heavily against it. 

[JazzMan]

How about this offer...