littledoom Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 pulled Batman 635 for $7.99.. it’s on top of my stack.. the witch of a store owner takes it and says it’s not 7.99.. it’s $100. F u ! (the shop has been closed for many years now) I have Superman 75 Platinum in my pile .. one of the employees who’s a “partner” at the store tells me no one will touch my stack. The employees all have to leave to eat lunch so they kick me out. I come back to find the 75 missing. I ask the owner about it and he says he pulled it.. what an A hole maidenmate91 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, littledoom said: pulled Batman 635 for $7.99.. it’s on top of my stack.. the witch of a store owner takes it and says it’s not 7.99.. it’s $100. F u ! (the shop has been closed for many years now) I have Superman 75 Platinum in my pile .. one of the employees who’s a “partner” at the store tells me no one will touch my stack. The employees all have to leave to eat lunch so they kick me out. I come back to find the 75 missing. I ask the owner about it and he says he pulled it.. what an A hole I go to a shop once a year to grab all the free comic day books. That owner likes to look up the going rate online, that's how he prices his books. I take him up a freaking huge stack of books to price that I have absolutely zero interest in buying while I talk to a acquaintance that works there. Keep waiting for the day to come that the owner catches on but it never happens. If I wanted to pay Ebay prices I would just buy it on ebay. maidenmate91 and BA773 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 hours ago, manetteska said: Exactly. Long story short, was at a store (physical store) where back issues are $2 each (and clearly labeled as such). I pulled out several copies of a hot comic. Took them up and the owner said it’s a limit of one — even for 5 year old back issues. I put the extra copies back and bought one . Went back to the store and all the other copies are gone; they are now up on his eBay site at auction. Feel like I should get some sort of commission. You guys are nice. I might not have put them back as carefully as I picked them out. And for sure, no matter what I would of won those auctions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 6/16/2020 at 6:08 PM, ExNihilo said: how are you guys finding ASM 361's and UXM 266's in a quarter/dollar bin?!? It is really easy. You just have to go somewhere that nobody but you knows anything about comic books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 9:31 PM, bellrules said: Today’s dollar bin finds. All the Spideys except for the Amazing Spider-Man issues are modern newsstand. Great pickups. Just an FYI, Marvel stopped distributing newsstands at the end of 2013. BishopT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 22 hours ago, manetteska said: Exactly. Long story short, was at a store (physical store) where back issues are $2 each (and clearly labeled as such). I pulled out several copies of a hot comic. Took them up and the owner said it’s a limit of one — even for 5 year old back issues. I put the extra copies back and bought one . Went back to the store and all the other copies are gone; they are now up on his eBay site at auction. Feel like I should get some sort of commission. Would like to point out there are actually good book stores out there as well that will do something like that. I know one store where I was a regular customer years ago. Mostly regular books, but some comics. At least twice, I found something on the shelf that should have been priced much higher that I wasn't interested in or already had. When I pointed it out to the owner and they verified it or recognized they had missed it, they figured out what the correct price should be, took their normal "pay 40% of our sell price", deducted the list price, and credited me the difference, as if I had bought the books and then sold them back to them immediately. I wish I lived where I could get to that store regularly still... littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 9:26 PM, Myowncollector said: On 7/2/2020 at 7:36 PM, littledoom said: pulled Batman 635 for $7.99.. it’s on top of my stack.. the witch of a store owner takes it and says it’s not 7.99.. it’s $100. F u ! (the shop has been closed for many years now) I have Superman 75 Platinum in my pile .. one of the employees who’s a “partner” at the store tells me no one will touch my stack. The employees all have to leave to eat lunch so they kick me out. I come back to find the 75 missing. I ask the owner about it and he says he pulled it.. what an A hole I go to a shop once a year to grab all the free comic day books. That owner likes to look up the going rate online, that's how he prices his books. I take him up a freaking huge stack of books to price that I have absolutely zero interest in buying while I talk to a acquaintance that works there. Keep waiting for the day to come that the owner catches on but it never happens. If I wanted to pay Ebay prices I would just buy it on ebay. So you waste his time because you don't agree with how he prices? Its his store I would imagine he can price how he wants. BishopT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 6:24 PM, OtherEric said: On 7/2/2020 at 7:22 PM, manetteska said: Exactly. Long story short, was at a store (physical store) where back issues are $2 each (and clearly labeled as such). I pulled out several copies of a hot comic. Took them up and the owner said it’s a limit of one — even for 5 year old back issues. I put the extra copies back and bought one . Went back to the store and all the other copies are gone; they are now up on his eBay site at auction. Feel like I should get some sort of commission. Would like to point out there are actually good book stores out there as well that will do something like that. I know one store where I was a regular customer years ago. Mostly regular books, but some comics. At least twice, I found something on the shelf that should have been priced much higher that I wasn't interested in or already had. When I pointed it out to the owner and they verified it or recognized they had missed it, they figured out what the correct price should be, took their normal "pay 40% of our sell price", deducted the list price, and credited me the difference, as if I had bought the books and then sold them back to them immediately. I wish I lived where I could get to that store regularly still... I've got a local store that lets me dig thru collections they bring in. I buy several books and I hand him several books he can flip that I have no interest in, I dont deal in or not my area. He cuts me great deals on my books and I make him a nice chunk of change for him. I did this for him several times. As long as I pay cash when I come in I get a deal on any books I buy. Long story short if you are not a to the shop owner it pays large dividends over time. BishopT and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 3 hours ago, fastballspecial said: So you waste his time because you don't agree with how he prices? Its his store I would imagine he can price how he wants. For sure he can price how he wants. Just because he took the time to look up and decide what to charge for the book doesn't mean I am obligated to buy it. I would actually buy something if it was priced fair. I can't imagine standing around for a half hour and waiting for prices and then willing pay the highest buy it now asking prices he found on ebay. I guess plenty of others do though? Or maybe he doesn't consider it a waste of time and worth it for clueless people who come along. waaaghboss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopT Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I guess this has cooled off a bit recently, but I’m still excited at this 99 cent 2nC find from today: maidenmate91, kairos70, littledoom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Myowncollector said: 8 hours ago, fastballspecial said: So you waste his time because you don't agree with how he prices? Its his store I would imagine he can price how he wants. For sure he can price how he wants. Just because he took the time to look up and decide what to charge for the book doesn't mean I am obligated to buy it. I would actually buy something if it was priced fair. I can't imagine standing around for a half hour and waiting for prices and then willing pay the highest buy it now asking prices he found on ebay. I guess plenty of others do though? Or maybe he doesn't consider it a waste of time and worth it for clueless people who come along. That's not really the issue here. I would think my time as a shop owner would be valuable. You already said you have no interest in buying them so you are wasting his time. I see no reason to do this. Either negotiate with him or don't come back to vote with your wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 3 hours ago, BishopT said: I guess this has cooled off a bit recently, but I’m still excited at this 99 cent 2nC find from today: Its pretty difficult to find in general. I think I might have found 3 copies over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopT Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Just now, fastballspecial said: Its pretty difficult to find in general. I think I might have found 3 copies over the years. Yeah this is my third copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myowncollector Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 40 minutes ago, fastballspecial said: That's not really the issue here. I would think my time as a shop owner would be valuable. You already said you have no interest in buying them so you are wasting his time. I see no reason to do this. Either negotiate with him or don't come back to vote with your wallet. I am just a hole who is easily amused. I will find some spec books that I know he will price at 2 or 3 bucks. But I am not going to stand around waiting for him to look them up. That is wasting my time so I will find 20 or 30 books that got hot and put them in my stack as well. If he likes looking things up and wasting my time he can look those up as well. I will go eat or run some errands, come back in a couple hours and pay for my $2 books. I am doing him a favor alerting him of books of value. Except he doesn't sell online so the books go back into the long boxes until I come back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 500Club Posted July 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2020 On 7/5/2020 at 7:02 PM, fastballspecial said: That's not really the issue here. I would think my time as a shop owner would be valuable. You already said you have no interest in buying them so you are wasting his time. Two way street. The customer may not have an hour to wait while the shop owner cross references eBay. Yeah, in this case, Moc is pulling the guy’s chain, but customers’ time is important, too, and as a shop owner, I may be neglecting other customers and losing sales by having my face buried in eBay for an hour. maidenmate91, camera73, manetteska and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopT Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Some modest dollar box finds from today. The Joey Ryan comic is a bit of an oddity, and I have no idea what the bottom two even are. littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbukiLord Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Adventures in the $4 box I went to a comic store I usually don't visit very often as it's pretty far away but today it paid off, I picked up these 3 for cover price. The Batman #89 must have been a mistake on their part as I found it amoungst a stack of the 3rd prints all at the same price so this somehow landed up in there. The 2 hip-hop variants were great finds, snatched them up so fast while I was going through the box WolverineX, littledoom, BishopT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 10:25 PM, BishopT said: Some modest dollar box finds from today. The Joey Ryan comic is a bit of an oddity, and I have no idea what the bottom two even are. They're self-published (as "Like a Virus Productions") comics written by Dallas-area author Ken Lowery, who is maybe better known for his presence on Twitter (among other things, as creator of the Fake AP Stylebook account that randomly acquired an awful lot of attention at one point). Lowery distributes most of his comics exclusively as digital publications on Comixology, but there are at least a few he's done physical print runs for, as far back as 2013. Offering (2016) is the older of these two, a sort of EC-horror tribute book, co-written and illustrated by Kevin Warren (probably best known as the artist for Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective). The Night Driver (2017) has art by Gavin Guidry and lettering done by Micah Myers. Lowery's comics are firmly modern indie stuff. I don't think the print runs were ever very large, but conversely, the market for them probably isn't either. BishopT and ygogolak 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey Kids, Comics! Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 9:41 AM, IbukiLord said: Adventures in the $4 box I went to a comic store I usually don't visit very often as it's pretty far away but today it paid off, I picked up these 3 for cover price. The Batman #89 must have been a mistake on their part as I found it amoungst a stack of the 3rd prints all at the same price so this somehow landed up in there. The 2 hip-hop variants were great finds, snatched them up so fast while I was going through the box Disqualified. If this was a finds in under $5 boxes, there would be 1000 more posts! littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littledoom Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hey Kids, Comics! said: Disqualified. If this was a finds in under $5 boxes, there would be 1000 more posts! seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
