fast eddie Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Wow,,,,,I would have never dreamed I'd find a comic shop like this in extreme North Georgia. I couldn't find a thread for neighborhood comic shops so I guess I will start one. This place is situated in the town of Blue Ridge and it was impressive. I found raw and graded Silver and Golden Age books aplenty! They had many keys in affordable price ranges and the prices were competitive with what you would hope to find elsewhere. I just could not believe my luck. I've been to MANY comic shops over the past 35 years and this one was one of the best. I bought an FF #11 in very fine,,,,an FF #10 in vg and a FF#9 in vg,,,,,I asked if there was any room to haggle(since I was spending over $1000) and the guy behind the counter said "sure,,, let me call the owner",,,,I was so impressed I grabbed a Dr. Strange #169 in fine and an Avengers# 135 in NM as well,,with no haggling btw! Hah! I just had to share this with you all. It seems like we spend so much time and money on these computers that the days of "brick and mortar" shops are a thing of the past,,,,kinda like record shops/head shops,,,ahem,,,,,It was really refreshing to find this place in a town where I spent many a year visiting my mother when she was alive. Blue Ridge is a bustling little tourist town now and this shop is well worth a visit,,,,the staff I met was friendly, knowlegdgeable(whatever) and helpful. Ok,,enough gushing. I wont even get into the CGC graded Timely's ,Ec's and goodies they had. I hope you have a shop close enough to you that gives you the thrill you got when you first started reading-collecting comics that this one gave me, and no,,,, I am NOT affiliated with Mountain Man comics in any way other than being a crazy older comic shop patron. Excelsior! lucky eddie. comicquant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badback83 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 That's cool you found a shop like that. For me, it is @Bookery. I have always had the absolute best service and quite frankly, the best prices. Bookery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 On 9/18/2017 at 10:45 AM, fast eddie said: Wow,,,,,I would have never dreamed I'd find a comic shop like this in extreme North Georgia. I couldn't find a thread for neighborhood comic shops so I guess I will start one. This place is situated in the town of Blue Ridge and it was impressive. I found raw and graded Silver and Golden Age books aplenty! They had many keys in affordable price ranges and the prices were competitive with what you would hope to find elsewhere. I just could not believe my luck. I've been to MANY comic shops over the past 35 years and this one was one of the best. I bought an FF #11 in very fine,,,,an FF #10 in vg and a FF#9 in vg,,,,,I asked if there was any room to haggle(since I was spending over $1000) and the guy behind the counter said "sure,,, let me call the owner",,,,I was so impressed I grabbed a Dr. Strange #169 in fine and an Avengers# 135 in NM as well,,with no haggling btw! Hah! I just had to share this with you all. It seems like we spend so much time and money on these computers that the days of "brick and mortar" shops are a thing of the past,,,,kinda like record shops/head shops,,,ahem,,,,,It was really refreshing to find this place in a town where I spent many a year visiting my mother when she was alive. Blue Ridge is a bustling little tourist town now and this shop is well worth a visit,,,,the staff I met was friendly, knowlegdgeable(whatever) and helpful. Ok,,enough gushing. I wont even get into the CGC graded Timely's ,Ec's and goodies they had. I hope you have a shop close enough to you that gives you the thrill you got when you first started reading-collecting comics that this one gave me, and no,,,, I am NOT affiliated with Mountain Man comics in any way other than being a crazy older comic shop patron. Excelsior! lucky eddie. Now it's going to get raided and all the good stuff taken. Never, ever give away your source. fast eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Couch_Surfer Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 54 minutes ago, chrisco37 said: Now it's going to get raided and all the good stuff taken. Never, ever give away your source. Yup! Just bought my plane ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fast eddie Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Rats! (slapping myself on my massive forehead) Hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artboy99 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 On 2017/09/18 at 8:45 AM, fast eddie said: Wow,,,,,I would have never dreamed I'd find a comic shop like this in extreme North Georgia. I couldn't find a thread for neighborhood comic shops so I guess I will start one. This place is situated in the town of Blue Ridge and it was impressive. I found raw and graded Silver and Golden Age books aplenty! They had many keys in affordable price ranges and the prices were competitive with what you would hope to find elsewhere. I just could not believe my luck. I've been to MANY comic shops over the past 35 years and this one was one of the best. I bought an FF #11 in very fine,,,,an FF #10 in vg and a FF#9 in vg,,,,,I asked if there was any room to haggle(since I was spending over $1000) and the guy behind the counter said "sure,,, let me call the owner",,,,I was so impressed I grabbed a Dr. Strange #169 in fine and an Avengers# 135 in NM as well,,with no haggling btw! Hah! I just had to share this with you all. It seems like we spend so much time and money on these computers that the days of "brick and mortar" shops are a thing of the past,,,,kinda like record shops/head shops,,,ahem,,,,,It was really refreshing to find this place in a town where I spent many a year visiting my mother when she was alive. Blue Ridge is a bustling little tourist town now and this shop is well worth a visit,,,,the staff I met was friendly, knowlegdgeable(whatever) and helpful. Ok,,enough gushing. I wont even get into the CGC graded Timely's ,Ec's and goodies they had. I hope you have a shop close enough to you that gives you the thrill you got when you first started reading-collecting comics that this one gave me, and no,,,, I am NOT affiliated with Mountain Man comics in any way other than being a crazy older comic shop patron. Excelsior! lucky eddie. Just checked: there are several pictures on the internet of this store showing layout and one wall that contains slabs. Pictured is silver / bronze / copper age slabs. Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamAnt Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) They regularly sell on ebay as well. I've bought a couple of slabs from them without any issues. Edited September 20, 2017 by AdamAnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tec-Tac-Toe Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 14 hours ago, Artboy99 said: Just checked: there are several pictures on the internet of this store showing layout and one wall that contains slabs. Pictured is silver / bronze / copper age slabs. Looks great! It does look great. fast eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FN-2199 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 On 9/20/2017 at 5:03 AM, AdamAnt said: They regularly sell on ebay as well. I've bought a couple of slabs from them without any issues. Good experience buying from them on eBay. I got this one with the last promo code posted on this forum. I'm happy with the purchase and the price was pretty good even without the discount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 The advantage of being in the middle of nowhere is they most likely don't pay much for rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 They're not get from Chattanooga. I plan on getting there some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Man, I never find any hole in the wall places in So. Cal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 (edited) Update: Called them to try and buy a book outside of eBay - maybe I caught them on a bad day but the discount they offered was less than the 10% eBay fees they would have pay on the book if I bought it through eBay Edited October 31, 2017 by Jordysnordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FN-2199 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 2 hours ago, Jordysnordy said: Update: Called them to try and buy a book outside of eBay - maybe I caught them on a bad day but the discount they offered was less than the 10% eBay fees they would have pay on the book if I bought it through eBay Sometimes the 10% fee is worth eBay's automated invoicing, payment, and tracking system. It seems like everyone on Instagram automatically wants the 10% discount for double my work. Manually invoicing cheap-o books isn't worth it unless I'm selling in bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 51 minutes ago, FN-2199 said: Sometimes the 10% fee is worth eBay's automated invoicing, payment, and tracking system. It seems like everyone on Instagram automatically wants the 10% discount for double my work. Manually invoicing cheap-o books isn't worth it unless I'm selling in bulk. I'm sure it makes sense on small ticket books but this book is over $4000.00. Plus I said I would pay by money order so they would save PP/credit card fees. Certainly worth it IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FN-2199 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 1 minute ago, Jordysnordy said: I'm sure it makes sense on small ticket books but this book is over $4000.00. Plus I said I would pay by money order so they would save PP/credit card fees. Certainly worth it IMO. Sounds like you have a good question. Maybe they feel that book drives traffic to their eBay store? I also find it hard to negotiate when the book is already the cheapest BIN. Or maybe you're right and you talked with them on the wrong day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 2 hours ago, FN-2199 said: Sounds like you have a good question. Maybe they feel that book drives traffic to their eBay store? I also find it hard to negotiate when the book is already the cheapest BIN. Or maybe you're right and you talked with them on the wrong day. Fair points and I can see eBay traffic being valuable but the book was listed at $600.00 over GPA so I don’t think that I was being unreasonable in anyway. I will find it elsewhere sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidTheDavid Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 (edited) On 10/31/2017 at 5:34 PM, Jordysnordy said: Fair points and I can see eBay traffic being valuable but the book was listed at $600.00 over GPA so I don’t think that I was being unreasonable in anyway. I will find it elsewhere sooner or later. I wonder how their prices are in general? I was in Jackson, MS, recently, and found a shop with an ASM 129, CGC 6.5. They wanted $1000 for it. "That's what they're going for," I was told. Dude was either lying or stupid. Anyhow, how did their prices in general look? I guess I need to find the ebay store and poke around. Edited November 2, 2017 by DavidTheDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 On 10/31/2017 at 1:02 PM, Jordysnordy said: I'm sure it makes sense on small ticket books but this book is over $4000.00. Plus I said I would pay by money order so they would save PP/credit card fees. Certainly worth it IMO. Lots of bad and stolen MOs around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
