THE_BEYONDER Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 32 minutes ago, Shrevvy said: Thanks. Strong colors and good centering. That's what I was looking for. Love that book. Congrats on the pick-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, joeypost said: At least two people "think" it may have upgrade potential. I did the same thing with a book I was outbid on last week, only I didn't go to eBay, I simply went to ComicLinks exchange and found the same book with better page quality for $234.00 less. I can understand this and someone paying $100-$150 more, but a $1000 ? Just nuts to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 25 minutes ago, batmiesta said: I can understand this and someone paying $100-$150 more, but a $1000 ? Just nuts to me. This is what I think happened: Bidder 1 bid a very high amount, let's say $2,000. They thought that this way they secured the book no matter what. He counted on nobody bidding an outlandish amount. Bidder 2 comes in, sees a price that they see as soft and places a snipe bid of $1,100 (maybe thinking it's an FF Annual 2 and not GS FF 2). Bidder 1 has a higher bid entered already, and the automatic increment kicks in and the final hammer price is $1,200. Two haphazard bidders get each other in trouble. I don't think it's because they thought the comic was worth it or on speculation. silverseeker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, JazzMan said: This is what I think happened: Bidder 1 bid a very high amount, let's say $2,000. They thought that this way they secured the book no matter what. He counted on nobody bidding an outlandish amount. Bidder 2 comes in, sees a price that they see as soft and places a snipe bid of $1,100 (maybe thinking it's an FF Annual 2 and not GS FF 2). Bidder 1 has a higher bid entered already, and the automatic increment kicks in and the final hammer price is $1,200. Two haphazard bidders get each other in trouble. I don't think it's because they thought the comic was worth it or on speculation. I think this is bang on. And is bloody stupid. Edited March 25, 2021 by batmiesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, JazzMan said: This is what I think happened: Bidder 1 bid a very high amount, let's say $2,000. They thought that this way they secured the book no matter what. He counted on nobody bidding an outlandish amount. Bidder 2 comes in, sees a price that they see as soft and places a snipe bid of $1,100 (maybe thinking it's an FF Annual 2 and not GS FF 2). Bidder 1 has a higher bid entered already, and the automatic increment kicks in and the final hammer price is $1,200. Two haphazard bidders get each other in trouble. I don't think it's because they thought the comic was worth it or on speculation. I didn't know you could snipe on Comiclink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, pickycollector said: I didn't know you could snipe on Comiclink The countdown timer is there and you can place a bid while it's winding down to zero. It doesn't add time like in some other auction houses. I have lost many, many times within the last 5-10 seconds of the auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, JazzMan said: The countdown timer is there and you can place a bid while it's winding down to zero. It doesn't add time like in some other auction houses. I have lost many, many times within the last 5-10 seconds of the auction. Ok so that is not a sniper tool like the one you can use on eBay (Auction Sniper), you still need to be in front of your computer in order to bid live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, pickycollector said: Ok so that is not a sniper tool like the one you can use on eBay (Auction Sniper), you still need to be in front of your computer in order to bid live. Exactly. Not through a snipe bot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 56 minutes ago, JazzMan said: This is what I think happened: Bidder 1 bid a very high amount, let's say $2,000. They thought that this way they secured the book no matter what. He counted on nobody bidding an outlandish amount. Bidder 2 comes in, sees a price that they see as soft and places a snipe bid of $1,100 (maybe thinking it's an FF Annual 2 and not GS FF 2). Bidder 1 has a higher bid entered already, and the automatic increment kicks in and the final hammer price is $1,200. Two haphazard bidders get each other in trouble. I don't think it's because they thought the comic was worth it or on speculation. I think the same thing happened with this book, unless there is something about it that I don't know. Giant size Dracula #2 $838 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzMan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, batmiesta said: I think the same thing happened with this book, unless there is something about it that I don't know. Giant size Dracula #2 $838 Yup, sure does. Closed at 10:52:05 3/24/2021 10:52:00 PM ET $838 3/24/2021 10:52:00 PM ET $788 3/24/2021 10:51:59 PM ET $276 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpinkpanther67 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 5 hours ago, joeypost said: Looks like 1.5 guide is the jumping off point these days. This is the only book I have won (and come close to final hammer price recently). Great book Joey! ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Maybe these bidders got blown out on more expensive first, second and third choices. They are racked with FOMO. All that's left is GS Drac 2. Ego demands victory so they bid their stimmy checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpc3qh Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Honestly, I'm too scared to place punishment bids, unless it's for a book I want. With my luck, I'll try to punish people on the only books they don't bid again for, and I wind up paying five figures for books I do not want and can't resell at even half-cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I approached this auction with a fair degree of apathy after last month. djpinkpanther67 and piper 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverseeker Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 hours ago, batman_fan said: I accidentally bid $2000 on a book worth $200 but fortunately no one ran me up. I always double-check bid amounts as I type them in because I have a fear of doing this one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride the Tiger Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I have some questions for those who use comic connect. Haven't used that site in a few years so I forget how things work. How do you know how much the shipping charge will be for either raw books or graded? Plus don't any of the raw books have the picture of the back cover anymore? Can you get the pics of the back or is it a hassle? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vheflin Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Ride the Tiger said: I have some questions for those who use comic connect. Haven't used that site in a few years so I forget how things work. How do you know how much the shipping charge will be for either raw books or graded? Plus don't any of the raw books have the picture of the back cover anymore? Can you get the pics of the back or is it a hassle? Thanks. Last raw I bought in January was $16.34 post office on Metropolis, probably the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride the Tiger Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 17 hours ago, vheflin said: Last raw I bought in January was $16.34 post office on Metropolis, probably the same. Really? Thats totally crazy. If you just want to buy a cheapo $30 dollar book you will pay 50% more to ship. Is there any combined shipping on these sites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 9:46 AM, batman_fan said: I accidentally bid $2000 on a book worth $200 but fortunately no one ran me up. Let us know the next time that happens. Larryw7, Buzzetta, batman_fan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaard Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 ComicLink question - Let's say I won some comics at auction. But I also want to buy some books off their Exchange. To save a little $, will I be able to pay for them both on one invoice? Is that an option that I'm not seeing, or do I have to wait until Monday and call them? Now let's say that I won some books at auction (same as last time), but this time, instead of buying some books outright on the Exchange, I want to make a few offers. How will that work? (my goal here is to combine all wins [auction & Exchange] to save on shipping) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
