TMNTDude Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 12 hours ago, Turtle said: Welcome to your first month on ebay! It really does happen ALL THE TIME, despite being against eBay's Terms of Service. It allows a seller to skirt the selling fees ebay charges even though they used eBay's infrastructure to connect to the buyer. The seller will often make some quick money doing this, but many buyers will block the seller moving forward as they don't want to play games eBay's system. HAHAHA, yeah, I knew people did this but I thought if it had bids on it it raised a red flag. FWIW, I contacted the seller and he told me he setup a sale with someone for $9k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 22 hours ago, Turtle said: Welcome to your first month on ebay! It really does happen ALL THE TIME, despite being against eBay's Terms of Service. It allows a seller to skirt the selling fees ebay charges even though they used eBay's infrastructure to connect to the buyer. The seller will often make some quick money doing this, but many buyers will block the seller moving forward as they don't want to play games eBay's system. It does happen all the time and it's a direct result of the ever-increasing fees charged to sellers and the ever-decreasing benifits sellers receive. It's not right but it just is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfect151515 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 7:15 PM, TMNTDude said: HAHAHA, yeah, I knew people did this but I thought if it had bids on it it raised a red flag. FWIW, I contacted the seller and he told me he setup a sale with someone for $9k. Was he trying to get you to beat that price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubmonkey Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) ...on a lighter note I received the books below back from CGC recently. They were bought off the rack at my LCS in Montreal in ‘88/‘89 thus the ‘Canadian Edition’. Edited September 3, 2018 by pubmonkey Parabellum, Turtle, ADAMANTIUM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 9/3/2018 at 6:16 PM, pubmonkey said: ...on a lighter note I received the books below back from CGC recently. They were bought off the rack at my LCS in Montreal in ‘88/‘89 thus the ‘Canadian Edition’. Nice! You took really good care of these!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubmonkey Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 thanks Adam, that's 30 years of being pressed in mylar in a long box and never seeing the light of day. Even after all that the mini series #2 still came back a 9.0... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Has the Technodrome been down for everyone else too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Just checked. It's down for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Another Peter Laird signing http://www.newenglandsupermegafest.com/category/artists/ spracknetch23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelicComics Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Hopefully this is OK to post as I thought there may be community interested in seeing the scans of this copy of Turtlemania Silver (its NOT for sale). We are using it as a fun promotion (guess the number out of 100) so the identifying numbers are currently edited out. I will post the un-edited scans here on Friday, but any questions about it let me know as its one I actually purchased as a kid in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 How did that get a blue label Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 2 hours ago, nriccijr said: How did that get a blue label I was thinking that exact same thing. And the odd thing is that the CGC census shows 6 copies Universal (Blue) and 6 copies Qualified (Green). Would be nice to have some consistency in these labels as I don't see how Universal label would be possible with these pre-signed Silver books. Also note that there are ZERO Gold copies listed as Universal and all are Qualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway29 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) If the signatures, being unverified, hurt the grade of the book they give green by default. If they don’t have an impact on grade, due to other defects, it by default gets blue. Plus, the submitter can request blue based off preference. Meaning, someone with a 9.6 green candidate could request a blue label, which would result in a lower grade due to sigs...in theory. Edited October 3, 2018 by Callaway29 SpideyFein 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 32 minutes ago, Callaway29 said: If the signatures, being unverified, hurt the grade of the book they give green by default. If they don’t have an impact on grade, due to other defects, it by default gets blue. Plus, the submitter can request blue based off preference. Meaning, someone with a 9.6 green candidate could request a blue label, which would result in a lower grade due to sigs...in theory. Good to know. Thanks. I didn't think any pre-signed books were supposed to get the blue label anymore (at least those signed on the exterior). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpideyFein Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 10:19 PM, rich_TMNT said: Good to know. Thanks. I didn't think any pre-signed books were supposed to get the blue label anymore (at least those signed on the exterior). Callaway is correct. At least half of the time the “submitter” has this option. I’m thinking it must be a 3-4.0. They grade this book very awkwardly though On 9/29/2018 at 11:54 AM, nriccijr said: Another Peter Laird signing http://www.newenglandsupermegafest.com/category/artists/ Wowza! Thanks for posting. If I wasn’t going to NYCC on Saturday, I would be there. I’m sure you all understand that too much time away from the family is not good! If anyone is going, please let me know. I would love a few signatures, verified or not. I’ve said many times that the next time he signs, I would be there. This is a bit of a bummer for me! I still haven’t met the other half to the turtles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RelicComics Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Here are the scans as promised. This is book 89/100. @Callaway29 was spot on about the blue label. In this case the book has a spine split just above the bottom staple. Its was only ever opened, partially, one time, but since the cover is made of a stiff card stock it split instantly when it was brand new. I have never forgiven myself Callaway29, ADAMANTIUM, rich_TMNT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Did this already get discussed? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-1-1st-Printing-CGC-9-6-Mirage-1984-/202438099575?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc CGC 9.6 TMNT #1 - watchcount.com says the "Best Offer" accepted was $20,000 and GPA has it at $20,000. No signatures inside or out, just a standard CGC 9.6 White Pages blue label. GM8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 5:05 PM, valiantman said: Did this already get discussed? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-1-1st-Printing-CGC-9-6-Mirage-1984-/202438099575?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc CGC 9.6 TMNT #1 - watchcount.com says the "Best Offer" accepted was $20,000 and GPA has it at $20,000. No signatures inside or out, just a standard CGC 9.6 White Pages blue label. Didn't see that yet. That's a slight bump up from the average price of late. Seller had this up on Comic Link and ebay at several prices, originally 30K then 25, then 27, then 23.5. So he really tested the higher prices but settled at 20 for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valiantman Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 3 hours ago, GM8 said: On 10/8/2018 at 4:05 PM, valiantman said: Did this already get discussed? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-Turtles-TMNT-1-1st-Printing-CGC-9-6-Mirage-1984-/202438099575?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc CGC 9.6 TMNT #1 - watchcount.com says the "Best Offer" accepted was $20,000 and GPA has it at $20,000. No signatures inside or out, just a standard CGC 9.6 White Pages blue label. Didn't see that yet. That's a slight bump up from the average price of late. Seller had this up on Comic Link and ebay at several prices, originally 30K then 25, then 27, then 23.5. So he really tested the higher prices but settled at 20 for this one. I wish I could "settle" for a record price every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM8 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, valiantman said: I wish I could "settle" for a record price every time. It would be a nice problem to have, no? However, this isn't a record. The Heritage sale on 11/17/17 of $26,920 was a record for a 9.6 (cgc # 1294883001). Still a nice price and ebay takes less of a hit on sale(and buy) than Heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...