Shipping Discount vs Oversaturation

[1Cool]

I hate to pay the shipping cost for a single comic, so I try and save money by winning multiple auctions from a single person if they have stuff I want. It makes since that others do this - so I want to put a bunch of books up for auction at the same time to get people in the mix. However, I also know that there are only so many collectors that want low/middle grade silver-age DC comics. Does anyone have an opinion about the critical number of silver-age comics to put up for auction in a single week?

[timespast]

I would put up 25 books and see how it goes. I am more tempted to bid on more than 1 auction from a single seller to save on shipping.

[the blob]

unless you have a store, 25 sounds about right if you're talking about a bunch of $3-$10 books.

[Comicdey]

I try to group a few together to try to keep the final bidding at $20 minimum so the buyer doesn't worry too much about the shipping cost.

[divad]

I try to group 3 to 5 issues of a title at any given time, and strive for 25 total ongoing auctions

[1Cool]

Thanks for the replys.

 

Your thoughts are about what I was thinking. Unfortunately, I do find that single issue auctions get more per issue that the multi-issue lots. A bunch of the books guide at about $15 - $25 in VG condition - so I probably will keep these seperate. The $3 to $8 comics will probably be grouped in 3-5 issue lots. This will all occur after offering them to the board first (of course)!!

 

Brief list (I am missing several issues in these sets):

Batman 110 - 175

World's Finest 94 - 150

Challengers of the Unknown 1 - 40

X-Men 100 - 137

House of Mystery (1958 - 1963)

House of Suspense (1958 - 1963)

[Comicdey]

your're right on that one...I just gave away some early FF issues and I would have likely gotten 2x if I'd listed them individually....