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Same here. I'm sold. I hope it's a solid character piece. I'm tired of the constant CG special effects and action.

Yep. I'm going to try and do the same with my ASM #101 CGC 9.2 now that the trailer has dropped.

And it really varies from one market to another. I only set up at shows (with the occasional online sale & warehouse visit), and the folks who come out to the shows in my area are mostly looking for keys. I have a hard time selling run books of any era unless discounted, and I think my regular pricing is more than fair. I WISH they sold better, because I love selling runs to folks who enjoy reading them.

I feel your pain, which is why I've decided to liquidate most of my inventory. No sense in stocking long runs if they don't sell fast enough... Most younger buyers also hold onto their books for much shorter periods, even keys. Buying and collecting habits have changed enormously.

It would be nice if that became the norm again. It's just a matter of time before people realize they've overpaid on movie/show spec hype books.

Then the bad listed above makes it a bad movie. It's like ordering a pizza, then saying the crust was burned, the sauce was bland, the cheese was cold, etc. But I liked a piece of mushroom on it. Tell me, is that a good or bad pizza? I think we've lost touch as a whole with what a "good" movie is (Not singling you out Rip by the way). We are conditioned to be unquestioningly brand loyal. It's as though we're afraid to dislike something with Star Wars or Spider-man in it. Heaven forbid we be critical! I LOVE Star Wars, or what once was Star Wars. This latest trilogy is just terrible. I could care less about the characters, the story and plot--what little there is--is mostly a rehash of the original trilogy. It's just fan service with a bunch of special effects. But that can be said about sooo many movies nowadays. Special effects should enhance a movie, not be the raison d'etre. Man, I sure do miss the old days before movies focused too much on F/X. However, the sheer quantity of quality of TV serials is astounding these days and ultimately makes up for Hollywood's downward spiral. I used to watch 3-5 movies/week, but my viewing habits have changed as TV/streaming sites have evolved and become the place to go for truly great content. The Expanse anyone?

Same here. It's one of the better movies in the MCU.

I got about 5 minutes in, lost interest then learned it was a Michael Bay movie. Makes sense.

Hehe... Keep up your sales thread Rob, as I snatch up some nice SA/BA/CA books locally while you're busy here...

It's terrible.... What an eyesore. I still haven't figured out how to access the graphs. Where's the detailed sales history? Used to be so simple to use....

Very tempting...

Thanks for your input Bob, especially the taxes part. I haven't used Ebay in a decade, so I had forgotten about the changes made in regards to charging sales tax and that is my #1 reference (in tandem with GPA, which is essentially the same thing). So, yeah, that clearly has to be factored into the "value" of copies sold there. But it's been about a year since I've noticed a downward trend that is apparently continuing on sales made there. I'd figure that appreciation would start to compensate for the sales tax to bring the realized prices back to where they were a year ago, but it's not quite there. Still trending downwards. And another poster claims that this "thread is wrong" and that this is a price correction instead of a drop in value. Is that not the same thing if the "correction" is a decrease in price? I'm not sure I understand that statement if I've accurately interpreted it. Great stuff folks. Insightful exchange for the most part.

Thanks for sharing for one of the most simple, yet accurate reasons why the book has cooled off/plateaued the past year. I too own a copy that was obtained under similar circumstances as yours.

Thanks for all the great input folks. Keep it up. Always good to get insights from different parts of the community.

Yeah, then again there are those who are asking for twice GPA high in a given grade. I don't care how nice it looks for its grade, that's just mad!

I'm sure glad I didn't pull the trigger on any of the copies I was looking at a few months ago with sellers asking all-time GPA highs in the given grades. Prices have continued on a downwards trend in most grades below 7.0. Time to look for a deal before the next resurgence. #patience

Well obviously. I didn't think I had to point that out.

You can also use GPA. Match the serial # there to the Ebay listing to see the actual sold for price I believe.

I might have some. I recently picked up a run from the last 10 years. Is that the correct time frame for those books? If so, please PM me. Cheers!

FYI those look to be Best Offers, which means that they most likely did not sell for those green asking prices. One might as well just guess what the actual price was, unless there's a way to find that out.

Which issues?

That's a very desirable ASM and Campbell cover, and has been for quite some time. I can never keep it in stock. One of my favourite Campbell covers.

VENOM LETHAL PROTECTOR #1 GOLD EDITION CGC 9.8 WP SOLD via PM!

Yes! That highlighted part is my favourite. Sooo many folks think that pulling out 5-6 $3-10 books is a LOT of books, or as they like to call it "a bunch", and thus deserving of a discount. To which I tell them: "buying 20 longboxes is a "bunch.""

Second and last bump.