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My grades where in yesterday so I'm not a slacker.  But his emojis this time don't give me much hope with staying up in the front.

On 4/23/2024 at 3:02 PM, workingdog said:

Forgive me if this has been covered already but I'm trying to understand the logic behind one particular eBay seller's selling strategy.  The seller in question is called The Comic Miner.  Every single day he/she relists practically their entire inventory.  The prices stay the same.  Furthermore, how would ever know what if anything was new?

There is a lot of e-bay buyers who only look at the starting items each day to see if there are deals coming available so they are playing the game that renewing the items each day will get a ton of views for the books.  E-Bay gives so many free listings each month that smaller sellers can use this practice and have very little cost.  People who buy books frequently catch on and avoid those books but there is enough newbies that come around that it makes sense to them.  If I don't have the time to post new books or run auctions then I will close and relist 50 books every now and then throughout the month since it does generate increased views and sales.  E-Bay has become a sea on books so it's tough to not get lost especially if your books are not search worthy.

I went 8.0/9.2/9.2/8.5/9.2 which isn’t too bad with 3 points. Thought the stain on the Power Girl book would bring it down a bit.

On 4/22/2024 at 10:37 AM, Chip Cataldo said:

I'll PM you. Some people get antsy about me possibly promoting my sales here on the forum. I don't take large discounts, ever...even if it's old stock and definitely not if it's part of a collection I'm already in the black on. I can afford for it to sit forever since it costs me nothing to store my stuff. At most I'll take 20% or so off and even so I'd have to not like the item personally and want it gone, like a Boston Red Sox or Dallas Cowboys item. Lol.

Nice batch of books up for sale and a very large assortment of items in a large store is definitely a receipt for nice sales.  With almost 5x the number of items that I've got up for sale I can see why you can generate 10 items a day in sales!  

On 4/20/2024 at 10:49 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

No, you don't. Why do you think you need them? I don't use them at ALL and I average nearly 10 items sold per day.

What's your e-bay store, Chip?  I'd love to see how your store is set up since I've been stuck selling about 2 or 3 items a day for the last year or so.  I'd of course be able to get up to 10 items a day if I was willing to take 50% discounts on everything but that would delete the reason for having a store.  But I'm glad things are selling for you.

We watched it last night (well I tried).  I fell asleep after an hour or so just because it got boring watching things blow up and light saber fights for hours on end.  It wasn’t horrible but it felt like a rehash of a bunch of other movies with things just exploding everywhere.  Even the sappy moments just didn’t connect and I can see why it’s getting bad reviews.

On 4/19/2024 at 2:12 PM, littledoom said:

 

Adams stuff is abundant and very easy to come across in the wild across diff publishers and decades. DS is htf

I'd agree his stuff is harder to find then Adams but those Alien Worlds books were everywhere a few years ago in people's $5 boxes.  I can't tell you how many Jonny Quest 5 copies I've bought over the years and now they are going for $50.  It's a fad and I'm selling as fast as possible if I can find copies.

On 4/19/2024 at 2:06 PM, seanfingh said:

Art Adams is "way better" than Dave Stevens?  Well, art is subjective, but objectively, you are wrong.

Next you are going to tell me Stevens was better than Zeck.  Stevens was good but I'd rather collect Hughes or Campbell if I'm looking for girl art.  Regardless of your taste in artists there is no reason Stevens stuff became so hot after so many years.  They are not more hard to get then a few years ago.  Not better now than in 2021 but people are acting like they have never seen his stuff before.  The market is fickle so you have to embrace the shifts but I don't see why his stuff will remain as hot as they have been this year.

On 4/19/2024 at 12:17 PM, Brock said:

The Dave Stevens insanity continues... I just listed a book for triple the previous sale on eBay, and it sold within 24 hours at full asking price.

What are everyone's predictions on this? Is this likely to blow over, or is this just the first phase in a bigger run up?

Somebody will yell squirrel and the market will run after the next hot thing so my money this being a temp fad and people should be selling if they want top dollar.  His stuff isn't reigniting due to young people loving it and it's not like he is tapping into current politics or fashions so I don't think it has legs.  Great art is all over the place (ie Art Adams stuff is way better) but you don't see people paying 5x prices for his stuff all the sudden.   

Yikes - grades submitted.  Not sure if the graders notes helped or hurt since they got into my head big time.

I sold a nice raw copy yesterday for $30 which had been sitting around for awhile.  Book just has too nice a cover to sit forever.

On 4/16/2024 at 6:48 PM, the blob said:

Was he the father/lead hunter? I thought it might be him, but he doesn't quite look like himself anymore.

He was the dirt sifting father in the second to last episode.  I'm about half way through that episode and can't wait to finish the season tonight.  Just keeps getting better and better with some many sub plots and layers.

These have been selling pretty well on E-Bay so I'll leave these up for a couple days to test out if there is any interest.  Lots more books so don't be shy to grab a bunch!

Daredevil 183 - VF/NM Average - $150 for Set

Spiderman Annual 15 - VF/NM Average - $90 Set

New Teen Titans 10 - 2nd Deathstroke - NM- Average - $50 Set

Moon Knight 15 - 1st Appearance of Somebody - VF/NM Average - $80 Set

X-Men 150 - Magneto - 9.2 NM- Average - $90 for Set

X-Men 143 - Last Bryne Issue - Very Nice 9.2 NM- Average - $150 Set

Marvel Team Up Annual 4 - VF/NM Average - $80 for Set

X-Factor 1 - VF/NM Average - $80 for Set

Marvel Secret Wars 9 - 9.2 NM- Average - $90 for Set

Star Wars 50 - 1st Appearance of somebody or other - 9.2 NM- Average for set - $90 for set

ROM 1 - 75 & Annual 1 - 4 - NM average with #1 being a VF/NM but the rest are NM - $300 for set - I've scanned an assortment of the books but they all are there

All books have been moved elsewhere but contact me if you want to check to see if they are still available.