NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 …every comic I've bought thinking it was an "investment" I've failed at. Miserably. Glad that phase of buying for investment purposes was swiftly over. Just sayen' jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizards2 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 7 minutes ago, NoMan said: …every comic I've bought thinking it was an "investment" I've failed at. Miserably. Glad that phase of buying for investment purposes was swiftly over. Just sayen' Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 1 hour ago, lizards2 said: I don't exactly understand that there comic, but that's ok. I gotta go. Joel Olsteen is coming on the teevee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadleg Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Win some lose a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadleg Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) Double post....... Edited March 11, 2018 by deadleg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 It would help if you gave examples of what books you purchased and when plus what state they were in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, darkstar said: It would help if you gave examples of what books you purchased and when plus what state they were in. ugh… Strange Tales 110 comes to mind. CGC 3.5 spent $1,200 about a year and half ago. Last GPA about $920. That's an example of many. I was sober when I bought it. Edited March 11, 2018 by NoMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, NoMan said: ugh… Strange Tales 110 comes to mind. CGC 3.5 spent $1,200 about a year and half ago. Last GPA about $920. That's an example of many. I was sober when I bought it. Hardly a terrible use of funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, darkstar said: Hardly a terrible use of funds. I guess I got caught up in movie hype/speculation and I'd like to think I'm smarter than that. Apparently I'm not. Yeah, I learn the hard way. Can't help it. Did me some hard learnen' . But I did learn. I'll say this: I've built up a damn nice collection in two years time. Damn nice. Edited March 11, 2018 by NoMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Just use disposable income as comics are just a hobby,... my main hobby golf cost a lot with zero financial return save your investment income for a 401k SuperGrover and gino2paulus2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 37 minutes ago, NoMan said: ugh… Strange Tales 110 comes to mind. CGC 3.5 spent $1,200 about a year and half ago. Last GPA about $920. That's an example of many. I was sober when I bought it. You bought a book that was red hot because of movie appeal and can't understand that it cooled down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, shadroch said: You bought a book that was red hot because of movie appeal and can't understand that it cooled down? I understand a lot. It's what I wanna aim my powers of perception at is the question. Falling into the movie hype is the lesson learned here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said: Just use disposable income as comics are just a hobby,... my main hobby golf cost a lot with zero financial return save your investment income for a 401k Golf? Yeah never understood that one. But to each their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Never run with the herd. Nothing good happens when you do. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sChild Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Year and a half ago would have been exactly right before the Doctor Strange movie. The thing about comics compared to a real investment on the stock exchange, you can't short it when you think it is over-valued. Any time prior to a movie release, comics hit their all time high price, then come back down afterwards like clockwork. If I could short a comic you can bet I would be selling every single time before the movie and buying every single time a few months after the movie. Not being able to short an investment essentially breeds what seems like limitless demand and extremely limited supply, causing these short term panic buys. Problem is, after the movie everyone wants to cash out and make money, but what happened to all the buyers? Oh they were all just short-term investors themselves or a hobbyist that plans to hold the book forever. Neither of those groups looking to buy. The real big picture question that even I don't know yet, is this period in time going to be the very peak of demand on the proverbial chart? What will happen in 10 or 20 years from now. Can marvel keep their characters relevant for that long? Where else will the long term demand come from when the eventual movie golden age ends? Sure a silver age may come, and they will probably continue to make hundreds of millions but that slice of the pie may continue to get smaller and smaller over time. gino2paulus2 and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 1 hour ago, 1950's war comics said: my main hobby golf cost a lot with zero financial return if you aren't betting on golf then why bother playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoMan Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 1 hour ago, shadroch said: Never run with the herd. Nothing good happens when you do. understood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 20 minutes ago, darkstar said: if you aren't betting on golf then why bother playing? Five hours away from the real world. SilverSniper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950's war comics Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 (edited) 58 minutes ago, darkstar said: if you aren't betting on golf then why bother playing? Haha ... in our groups..bragging rights for the winners better than any money !! Edited March 11, 2018 by 1950's war comics FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan510 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 3 hours ago, NoMan said: I understand a lot. It's what I wanna aim my powers of perception at is the question. Falling into the movie hype is the lesson learned here. The trick is to buy the books before they get the movie hype or why they're still on the way up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
