Due to recent problems I've been having, I wonder if buying graded comics is the best way a collector on a budget can go.

I had to get a little bit of work done on my car. That turned into a lot of work and a huge bill. This combined with a credit card bill that is already large and the fact that my work is slowing down means that I've been looking at the way I buy my comics.

Mostly I've been buying graded stuff from Ebay and Heritage. The prices are usually pretty high for 9.6 or higher stuff. I have these comics in my collection already but they are usually not in the best condition.

I think that the time has come to stop buying graded comics and just buy ungraded books. I can also submit books from my collection.

In the future if I see a book that I already have, that is graded higher, I will bid on it, and if I win, sell the lower graded copy.

This is the slow way of building a high grade collection. I'm a very impulse driven buyer. I also like the instant gratification of buying a comic that is already graded 9.6 or better.

We will see if I can stick to this plan. I've tried before and couldn't do it.