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On 5/31/2017 at 7:56 PM, blockedshot said:

Are you serious? 

Yes, I'm serious otherwise I wouldn't say it.

On 5/29/2017 at 11:44 AM, Bird said:

This is not a question that he can answer and not be roasted for one way or another.

 

Oh well

On 5/29/2017 at 11:42 AM, Iceman399 said:

That's not what I meant.

I want to know how much time you devote to everything in your day...see Greggy's example above.

Hmmm I would need to think on that and pay attention to what I do and for how long

I want to thank iceman for giving me this idea, I'll write down the 15 dollars CAD I got for the ASM 361 2nd print and I'll make a list of what I did with the money and if I made profit or not.

$15 dollars

Spent 

$2 on chips

$2.25 on a mickey mouse plush

$6.75 on comics

$1.40 on batteries

$1.50 on replaceable toothbrush heads

$1.10 on candy

Total spent $15

Comics purchased

The vision #2  Paid $1.67USD

Venom #2 x2   Paid $1.67USD each 

2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

I get the impression that you think worker smarter etc means you can get 8 hours of work in half the time (4 hours), leaving 4 hours free to play with your belly button. I think most successful people who work smarter maximize the 8 hours and get 12 hours worth of work done in that time.

Yes that's one of the things I mean

2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

20 year old me would have said something silly like that. I wish I would have worked 2 jobs when I was younger and my body could have handled it. I should have taken advantage of all my skills and wouldn't have to work as hard today 

Worker smarter is never silly, it's being efficient and doing things faster while making the same amount of money or more in the same amount of time or less.

2 hours ago, BlowUpTheMoon said:

What ever happened to his trip to his LCS to ask if he could man the cash register?

Haven't asked yet as I'm dealing with other things

2 hours ago, chrisco37 said:

These are the kind of deals you should continue to pursue.  

Not the glory of a mega-book flip, but low risk to you.  Continue to practice on these and the big one(s) will eventually come. 

Thanks, I'll be working on these types of deals but that's not to say I'll ignore bigger comics.

2 hours ago, revat said:

and that is why you fail and will always fail. 

You find it rewarding to throw some water on grease fires in your kitchen (which generally doesn't help much, if at all), meanwhile you don't understand that your whole house is on fire and is burning down, and will be completely gone before you know it.  Youth disappears in a flash.

Yes there are things I don't understand but don't go thinking I'm not seeing what I'm dealing with in terms of what I owe.

2 hours ago, Wall-Crawler said:

And how long will it take you do find that kind of deal?  How much of your day/week is spent finding these smaller $6 in profit deals vs finding a job that will pay far bigger dividends?

I don't spend very long looking for these comics tbh, if I know what I want I buy it and leave.

2 hours ago, 1Cool said:

Why not?  You may even be able to get a dealer badge with your celebrity status.  Dig thru long boxes and I'm sure you will go home with some flippable books.

I'm working on it and my focus has been on flipping smaller comics and my phone isn't co-operating with me on that. But I do have some comics in mind I can buy $1.50 and flip for 7-8 bucks

2 hours ago, revat said:

you shouldn't be putting money into ANYTHING that isn't directly related to getting a full time job, or getting the skills to get a job (or better job), and maybe to paying off debt if applicable.  Flipping comics (or attempting to) does not qualify as this. 

I disagree with that. Paying debt of is important but if I can make a few bucks to make a profit and pay off the debt faster I will and no I'm not avoiding things with jobs I'm looking for another.

2 hours ago, Iceman399 said:

Coming to NFComic Con June 2nd  

Unless a miracle happens no.

2 hours ago, 1Cool said:

You playing with me?  Tourist industry is any business that caters to tourist and there are plenty in Niagara Falls (I'm heading up twice this year with different family members myself). 

No, I wanted to know what you considered the tourist industry and the jobs of the industry.

2 hours ago, 1Cool said:

1st print?  Had to be a beater to sell for $11 but nice return on $0.80

2nd print

2 hours ago, Iceman399 said:

Time

I never counted

Comics sold 

ASM 361 

Bought 0.80USD

Sold $11.40USD

5 hours ago, 1Cool said:

I've said it a couple times but maybe it will sink in.  Finding old American comic books in Canada (even Niagara Falls) has got to be much tougher then it is in the US and it's not easy to do it here.  I know there are comic book sellers up in Canada and some of them do very well but they put in twice as much work then us in the states.  Why don't you concentrate on selling maple to tourists or go work in the tourist industry?  I can't imagine it is tough to find work (especially in the summer) with all the US dollars flowing into town. 

Yes, it is harder to find American comics in Canada but I also look in the States and ebay. Tourist industry?

6 hours ago, Turtle said:

Your heart is in the right place, but what you're doing has also been done before with the same results.  I mean, take a look at what he responded to your post.  You showed him solid silver age books from big titles, he said he was doing the same thing by keeping an eye open for cheap, hot, modern variants.  Pretty much the opposite of what you're trying to illustrate.

Giving him good advice in an attempt to dissuade him from buying/selling comics in an attempt to improve his life hasn't worked. 

Giving him good advice to show him the correct way to buy/sell comics hasn't worked. 

My advice?  Don't give him advice.  He'll stay the same and you'll just end up frustrated.  He won't change unless he wants/is forced to change.  In his own words, it would take being homeless again before he considers changing what he's doing.  He said that around the turn of the year when his parents were threatening to kick him out.  He only likes advice that gels with his viewpoint.  Anything else just rolls off. 

You people are the ones that told me it's also better to look at stuff I can buy for cheap and flip for bigger profits instead of buying into higher end stuff and turning a lower profit so which is it?

I'll tell you my answer, I don't care what I buy as long as I make money on it.

2 hours ago, Iceman399 said:

Am I odd for wanting to see how Gabe spends a week broken down?

Do you mean my time or money?

6 hours ago, Gatchaman said:

I've been reading this plan for at least a year now and it is still being exhorted without gaining any ground.  You still think that saying something today that has been said all this time will automatically come about?

It seems that he doesn't want the advice that is constantly reiterated.  If that is the means then why not try to show him the right way to do it?  Since the beginning if the journal he has shown that he wants to flip books all the while people are trying to get him NOT buy large books and get a job.  If he isn't going to do it then why keep on trying to convince him to do so?  I know he isn't going to take that advice no matter how many times it is said and/or who says it.  So, my piling on won't matter.  If you really want to help, as he won't take other advice and you want to keep trying, give him another alternative and/or help.

Thanks 

6 hours ago, Turtle said:

...And do what with it??? 

Read it when I need it

13 hours ago, jcjames said:

And because you think that way - there you are, in it.

How does one, living as an adult in a wealthy 1st-world welfare-state such as Canada, find himself still living in poverty after so many years? Are  you lacking in money or the necessities that money can provide?

Or is it you're lacking in something else? Something not quite so simple as merely "money". 

Again, how is it so many once-poor lottery jackpot-winners very soon find themselves yet again dirt-poor in poverty and debt even after having won millions upon millions of dollars? If you were right about poverty, then their poverty should have been "cured" by simply having lots and lots of money handed to them. But you're wrong, and that's why nearly all poor people who are poor for long periods of time (or worse yet, generationally-poor) find themselves forever living in poverty. They think their poverty is because they lack money. That's just plain wrong. 

It's their habits, their attitudes, their lifestyles, their impulsiveness, foolishness, laziness, or combination of any or all of those things that they suffer from.  Long-term poverty is a consequence, a reflection mainly of their choices and habits. For too many, the lifestyle of poverty becomes their lifelong habit, the longer it goes on the hard it is to break those habits.

If you really want to use comic-dealing as an eventual way out of poverty, you must first become a student of those who have far more experience and success than you do - and not ignore the lessons and opportunities they give you (which you have done for years in this thread and continue on to this very moment). That must radically change, and it must come as a radical change to your habits within you first.

 

 

Thanks for sound wonderfully explaining that and it was also what I meant by factors other than money itself, that said I'm gonna copy and paste this.

2 hours ago, Wall-Crawler said:

EXCEPT you have a nice large lot of silver age books with several semi and key books in that lot you just showed off.  

That's great that you found that at an estate sale and got a great deal on it. Heck, I would be too. But to show that and say "hey, buy awesome books at low prices and sell high" like it is some kind of revelation and are 'easy' to come across is not really all that helpful.

Gabe should not be encouraged to be doing ANY comic buying.  All this is waving something shiny in front of him that will encourage him to continue down this path.

The reality is, if you can't pay your debts, you shouldn't be still looking at flipping comics as a way out. I don't care if it is a $1 book or what, every effort should be made towards finding full time employment.  Gabe needs to be doubling down on getting another job and/or the equivalent of full time hours, not 'dealing' in collectibles. 

Thanks, Wall Crawler, but I do have more self-control than that now which is also why you have seen me make a large purchase of any sort for a while.

3 hours ago, Gatchaman said:

Hey Gabe, last year I went to an estate sale and spent $300 on these books.  I sold most of them here for over $1,000.  Don't chase after large books.  Go for ones that you can get cheap and sell for high prices.

Yes that's what I've been starting to doing and which is why I have folders full of hot and modern variant comics you can buy for cheap if you find them