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[KirbyJack]

Cool! Thanks, guys.

[thirdgreenham]

(thumbs u

[bigfiver69]

I really just dabble in DC war, so I'd like some expert feedback if you'd all be so kind; Is G.I. Combat #88 really easy to find? I just had a guy at our tiny, local show sell me a great VG copy for $20. I would have thought the second Haunted Tank would command more respect.

 

Dabbling..

[thirdgreenham]

I used to dabble....

[Flash105]

As long as your wives don't find out, dabbling is ok.

[BEAUMONTS]

[Karma23]

Very cool G.I.C Beau!

Here are a couple that I picked up from October last weekend :

[thirdgreenham]

Nice books, the both of you. (thumbs u

 

Andy

[bigfiver69]

Great books fellas!!

 

Shep

 

 

[bigfiver69]

I do love the ebay cheapies.

 

Tiny scan + 12 bucks+roll of the dice =

 

[Jeffro.]

That Heath guy is pretty good.

[comick1]

I do love the ebay cheapies.

 

Tiny scan + 12 bucks+roll of the dice =

 

 

What th'??

 

Shep: king of the ebay cråp-shoot.

 

Edited December 17, 2009 by Comick1

[Jeffro.]

He gets the shoot. I get the craap

 

 

Nice book Shep

[thirdgreenham]

I do love the ebay cheapies.

 

Tiny scan + 12 bucks+roll of the dice =

 

 

Nice score!

 

Now show us the losers that you've overpaid for.

 

[bigfiver69]

I have to say that, over time, I have really only been badly, obviously burned on ebay once...

 

I bought a 'FN and better' lot of Star Spangled Dino' issues... paid around $120 for 9 or 10 books. Got them back and they were G-VGs. I wrote the guy back for a refund, and he basically said 'Too effing bad, chump... and don't even bother crying to ebay, because I don't care.'

 

In fact, upon getting the books, I looked at the scan (the auction was down, but I pulled the visual onto my desktop) and it was obvious he had photshopped out some flaws.

 

I let ebay know. Nothing got done.

 

Overall, though, I typically do all right off the 'bay. 5 years ago I used to spend hours chasing down less-than-obvious auctions that might have war books in them, and they paid off on occasion. Now, finding something that's a deal is more of a fluke than anything else.

 

Shep

[thirdgreenham]

I've had better luck on eBay than I have had with some well-known dealers and also a respected, fairly well-known DC war enthusiast. So there you go. You just never know. Let the buyer beware.

 

Andy

[bigfiver69]

Totally agree with that, Andy.

 

When I survey my collection, I would say that about 50% were purchases from ebay. As you know, I am a raw-book guy, but I have gotten some ridiculously in-grade books at distinctly bargain basement prices over the years. There are certain things in some listings that just make me say... 'Yup, this is one to go for'.

 

I would say that about 15% have come from cons. Another 15% through private sales from collectors off places like these boards. And the rest from dealers.

 

Ebay gets slagged a lot, but can you even imagine collecting war comics without it?

 

Shep

 

 

[Hedge]

 

Ebay gets slagged a lot, but can you even imagine collecting war comics without it?

 

Shep

 

 

 

I know I couldn't!! E-bay the Boards and Dealers (in that order) is where I get my books and OA!!

 

Oh yes!! I have been burned a couple of times by over grading but no more than some dealers I had to return books to.

 

Larry

Edited December 17, 2009 by Hedge

[bigfiver69]

By the way... huge props to all for the 500th page!!

 

War collectors rule.

 

[thirdgreenham]

By the way... huge props to all for the 500th page!!

 

War collectors rule.

 

250th page (for me)