the blob Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Mercury Man said: I'm confused. Isn't this listing the same NM copy? https://www.ebay.com/itm/BATTLE-ANGEL-ALITA-VIZ-MANGA-1992-Series-1-Near-Mint-Comics-Book/283292320154?hash=item41f589c19a:g:Wb8AAOSwG1JcCOYX:rk:22:pf:0 If so.....then..... I think he is saying it is a lot more than $1 now. The "not so much" was no a quantitative reference, it was more meant to be "not anymore" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Pogs Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Mile High site always has 40-60% off sales with the infamous "Code Word." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the blob Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Alf Pogs said: Recent sales are in the $40-60 range. There was a big inexplicable BIN last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineCollector Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 August 1993 ad... whatever happened to this place? I never heard of a California store before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 12/9/2018 at 6:04 PM, Mercury Man said: I'm confused. Isn't this listing the same NM copy? https://www.ebay.com/itm/BATTLE-ANGEL-ALITA-VIZ-MANGA-1992-Series-1-Near-Mint-Comics-Book/283292320154?hash=item41f589c19a:g:Wb8AAOSwG1JcCOYX:rk:22:pf:0 If so.....then..... From what I've seen, their eBay prices reflect their website prices after the sale codeword is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I know why they do it but it annoys me that they use comics book instead comic book badback83 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dupont2005 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 12 minutes ago, 01TheDude said: I know why they do it but it annoys me that they use comics book instead comic book Why do they do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01TheDude Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 47 minutes ago, dupont2005 said: Why do they do it? it covers both people searching for comics or comic books -- or something like that. Someone mentioned a couple of years ago.It is both smart and goofy at the same time. dupont2005 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 I received an email from Chuck today. It started like this... Our Memorial Day weekend was filled with drama, but not in a good way. At approximately 5 AM on Sunday morning we had someone break in through the rear door of Jason St. He then proceeded to walk our front area of the store, where we have five 6' tall cases filled with our most significant back issues. He smashed the doors off three of those cases, and then chose 14 comics to steal, which had a net retail value of $42,000+. Obviously my FIRST "question" is in relation to that final sentence. Is that "net retail value of $42,000+" a "Mile High retail value" or an "actual FMV retail value"? My second "question" is really just an "observation". It seems to me, I recall Chuck sending me an email back in May 2017, telling of how 70 massive skylights had "simultaneously shattered" at his "Mega-Store", during a hail storm, causing estimated damages in excess of $100,000. Seems May is not a good month for Chuck OR his insurance company!!!!!!!!!! On a serious note, I do hope that they catch whoever broke into Chuck's store and stole his books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, Hudson said: I received an email from Chuck today. It started like this... Our Memorial Day weekend was filled with drama, but not in a good way. At approximately 5 AM on Sunday morning we had someone break in through the rear door of Jason St. He then proceeded to walk our front area of the store, where we have five 6' tall cases filled with our most significant back issues. He smashed the doors off three of those cases, and then chose 14 comics to steal, which had a net retail value of $42,000+. Obviously my FIRST "question" is in relation to that final sentence. Is that "net retail value of $42,000+" a "Mile High retail value" or an "actual FMV retail value"? My second "question" is really just an "observation". It seems to me, I recall Chuck sending me an email back in May 2017, telling of how 70 massive skylights had "simultaneously shattered" at his "Mega-Store", during a hail storm, causing estimated damages in excess of $100,000. Seems May is not a good month for Chuck OR his insurance company!!!!!!!!!! On a serious note, I do hope that they catch whoever broke into Chuck's store and stole his books. WE were waiting on the email..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: WE were waiting on the email..... Thanks for the link. I did not know that someone had already started a thread on this. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticNinja Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 I would always wait for the discounts to order at Mile High myself. That puts the prices back in reasonable level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonS2112 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Mile High is an enigma to me. Bought from them via mail order in the mid-80's and used to visit their main store in Denver frequently through the 90's. Their prices on SA books were always very reasonable then. Now though, their prices are ridiculous. And it makes no sense -- their warehouse is the size of your average Costco, but FILLED with comics. It's insane. They should have nearly-unbeatable prices based on volume alone. Even their reading-grade SA books are a pretty penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 lizards2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mori Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I don't know but 50 cents each seems pretty fair to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 21 hours ago, RonS2112 said: Mile High is an enigma to me. Bought from them via mail order in the mid-80's and used to visit their main store in Denver frequently through the 90's. Their prices on SA books were always very reasonable then. Now though, their prices are ridiculous. And it makes no sense -- their warehouse is the size of your average Costco, but FILLED with comics. It's insane. They should have nearly-unbeatable prices based on volume alone. Even their reading-grade SA books are a pretty penny. Chuckles would rather not sell his comics. He loves claiming he has the biggest stash of comics in the world. Quite the tale of a guy that rose up with nothing I guess. How for the life of me I have a hard time understanding how he stays in business. Maybe a lot of out of country customers? But he still around and doing well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonS2112 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/7/2019 at 12:37 PM, Robot Man said: Chuckles would rather not sell his comics. He loves claiming he has the biggest stash of comics in the world. Quite the tale of a guy that rose up with nothing I guess. How for the life of me I have a hard time understanding how he stays in business. Maybe a lot of out of country customers? But he still around and doing well... Maybe, but it's the biggest hoard in the world, then. Seriously, have you ever been to the super-store? It really is the size of a Costco or Sam's, with the comics you can browse arranged around the perimeter of the store. That selection alone is mind-boggling. But then, there's the mid-section of the store, which is roped off to the public, but consists of aisle upon aisle of huge shelves, overflowing with long boxes. It's truly amazing. But then, there are the prices....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) just saw his local tv video where he claims he has more comics than anyone on planet earth....but not claiming the universe title. The reason he does have this amount is he does not sell his stuff cheap...he buys cheap and sells high..no problem..but I have feeling that MCS sells 10x what chuck does a month and they have millions of comics buy they move them...I had a friend visit MCS this year and they have 100 employees or there about so I would say they sell the most comics on earth on a yearly basis..... Both are giants in there own right....but MHC is gonna at some point dump a large amount on the market should a change of business model occur or need or necessity. Because their stock is top heavy away for GA and early SA...unless 5x price..this will not effect those markets at that time. So, its the waiting game...for that inventory to hit...should be interesting when it does, in the meantime it keeps getting bigger and bigger. Edited June 11, 2019 by Mmehdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 https://www.ebay.com/itm/BLAZING-COMBAT-SC-1978-Series-1-Very-Good-/233330399602?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
