Strangest trade you have ever made for comics

[CycloneComics]

Hey Bubbles

 

Don`t tell Mr. Lahey and Randy I am here.

[greggy]

Hey Bubbles

 

Don`t tell Mr. Lahey and Randy I am here.

[Pirate]

traded VF/NM TNMT #2,3 in 1987 for a 6.5 X-Men #94 and a VF- X-Men #109. Still wonder to this day who got the better deal.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

traded VF/NM TNMT #2,3 in 1987 for a 6.5 X-Men #94 and a VF- X-Men #109. Still wonder to this day who got the better deal.

 

I think you did...

[SolitaireOne]

I traded a lamb (dead, cut into joints and frozen) for a bunch of comics.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, we may have a winner!!!

 

...IT PUTS THE COMIC IN THE MYLAR,..IT DOES THIS WHENEVER IT IS TOLD,...

Wait... wait, here's your basket.

I prefer baskets to longboxes anyday...

[Norrin_Radd]

Where's tilleycs and his wrestling tapes story?

[Mike Bray]

traded a bunch of old 90`s vhs porn tapes for a nice stack of silver age dc`s about 7 years ago -- got approx $20 per tape in trade....

[lizards2]

low end - traded my Daredevil # 166 for a 6 pack of sprite in 1986

 

You should have held out for some weed!

[toro]

Years ago I traded some moderns past there prime, like GI JOE #2 and some other hot stuff at the time that were only worth about $20 for an Amazing Spidey 100 in VF and a Fantastic Four #10 in VG/F - Fn-. I brought all of these great silver age books to trade and this guy wanted only the moderns,,,,he went out of business about a year later.

[djpinkpanther67]

In '78 I traded a never-played perfect condition Beatles SGT Pepppers album (still in the wrap) & a Beatles 45 of "I am the Walrus" for ASM 8 - 20 (All VF or better)...He was the comic book store owner I worked PT as a kid & big Beatles nut...of course back then ASMs weren't as high...

[the blob]

It's not strange I suppose, but I've exchanged time for store credit. In law school I'd do a little shoplifter surveilance for my LCS after class, watching the hoards of elementary school kids, and I'd get a store credit for my time. 3 hours for $35 (hey, it was 12-13 years ago!), which, back then, was enough to pick up a nice silver age book, a GA book like a Fawcett or whatever.

[djpinkpanther67]

It's not strange I suppose, but I've exchanged time for store credit. In law school I'd do a little shoplifter surveilance for my LCS after class, watching the hoards of elementary school kids, and I'd get a store credit for my time. 3 hours for $35 (hey, it was 12-13 years ago!), which, back then, was enough to pick up a nice silver age book, a GA book like a Fawcett or whatever.

He gave me $25 a week for about 4 hours of work everyday...this was when I was between 9-15 years old (of course it went up a little every year)..PLUS he included 50% off anything I bought or used my credit for, so my collection grew exponentially, especially when back issues of most every title were under a couple of bucks as long as they weren't before 193-64 time frame, and then THOSE weren't that much either...this on top of what I made mowing lawns & my allowance, I had obtained almost 7000 comics in 8 years

[nearmint]

Recently, a board member offered to give me a really sharp Batman #244 CGC 9.0 for the privilage of trading his Detective #402 (CGC 9.2 off-white to white) for my copy, same grade/page quality. He liked the centering on my copy.

 

I took him up on it.

[trevorlsmith]

Recently, a board member offered to give me a really sharp Batman #244 CGC 9.0 for the privilage of trading his Detective #402 (CGC 9.2 off-white to white) for my copy, same grade/page quality. He liked the centering on my copy.

 

I took him up on it.

 

I don't know how strange this is.

[MutantKeys]

Recently, a board member offered to give me a really sharp Batman #244 CGC 9.0 for the privilage of trading his Detective #402 (CGC 9.2 off-white to white) for my copy, same grade/page quality. He liked the centering on my copy.

 

I took him up on it.

So the book was free

[trevorlsmith]

Recently, a board member offered to give me a really sharp Batman #244 CGC 9.0 for the privilage of trading his Detective #402 (CGC 9.2 off-white to white) for my copy, same grade/page quality. He liked the centering on my copy.

 

I took him up on it.

So the book was free

 

I think it was a case of looking beyond the label. Not all 9.2s are the same, and he considered the better centered 402 an upgrade.

[nearmint]

Recently, a board member offered to give me a really sharp Batman #244 CGC 9.0 for the privilage of trading his Detective #402 (CGC 9.2 off-white to white) for my copy, same grade/page quality. He liked the centering on my copy.

 

I took him up on it.

So the book was free

 

Yes. The Batman #244 was free.