Popular Post shadroch Posted September 27, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2020 I'm at my shop and a guy knocks on my door. We aren't open for business and have a sign in the window stating that but people still keep knocking. Guy asks if I buy comics and I tell him i'm not currently buying anything except 25 cent covers or older. We talk a bit and he says he is moving and doesn't want to take the books with him. He brings in a short box and it's all Marvel/DC from about ten years ago. He says he has six boxes and wants $20 a box. It's all bagged and boarded and in order, so I'm a little tempted but I must have 50 boxes of similar stuff so I pass. He goes down to $15 and I pass. He says $50 in store credit, but I tell him I won't be open anytime soon. He looks around and asks me if I'll trade them for a recycled metal cowboy sculpture that's about a foot tall and made from horseshoes. It had a $39.99 price tag on it, but I won three of them at auction for $8, so I agreed. He couldn't decide which one he wanted so I told him I'd trade him all three for $20 and the books. He must have thought he was Peter Minuit buying Manhattan for some beads because he couldn't pull the $20 out of his wallet fast enough. I told him I needed to take a photo of his drivers license in case the books are stolen, and he had no issue. My next yard sale is in two weeks so I'll do a quick keycomics.com search on them and blow the rest out, with any luck. Comics4All, entalmighty1, Hollywood1892 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 You turned down the books at 5 cents a book. How much per book did you pay in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcstomp Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) From the story he made $12 for taking the boxes in. The books were free, well a bit negative cost. Edited September 27, 2020 by gcstomp THE_BEYONDER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlowUpTheMoon Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 2 hours ago, shadroch said: He brings in a short box and it's all Marvel/DC from about ten years ago. He says he has six boxes Post a pic! littledoom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE_BEYONDER Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) What’s worth anything that came out a decade ago? Edited September 28, 2020 by THE_BEYONDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 4 hours ago, shadroch said: I'm at my shop and a guy knocks on my door. We aren't open for business and have a sign in the window stating that but people still keep knocking. Guy asks if I buy comics and I tell him i'm not currently buying anything except 25 cent covers or older. We talk a bit and he says he is moving and doesn't want to take the books with him. He brings in a short box and it's all Marvel/DC from about ten years ago. He says he has six boxes and wants $20 a box. It's all bagged and boarded and in order, so I'm a little tempted but I must have 50 boxes of similar stuff so I pass. He goes down to $15 and I pass. He says $50 in store credit, but I tell him I won't be open anytime soon. He looks around and asks me if I'll trade them for a recycled metal cowboy sculpture that's about a foot tall and made from horseshoes. It had a $39.99 price tag on it, but I won three of them at auction for $8, so I agreed. He couldn't decide which one he wanted so I told him I'd trade him all three for $20 and the books. He must have thought he was Peter Minuit buying Manhattan for some beads because he couldn't pull the $20 out of his wallet fast enough. I told him I needed to take a photo of his drivers license in case the books are stolen, and he had no issue. My next yard sale is in two weeks so I'll do a quick keycomics.com search on them and blow the rest out, with any luck. bug33fouf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolverineX Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, shadroch said: I'm at my shop and a guy knocks on my door. We aren't open for business and have a sign in the window stating that but people still keep knocking. Guy asks if I buy comics and I tell him i'm not currently buying anything except 25 cent covers or older. We talk a bit and he says he is moving and doesn't want to take the books with him. He brings in a short box and it's all Marvel/DC from about ten years ago. He says he has six boxes and wants $20 a box. It's all bagged and boarded and in order, so I'm a little tempted but I must have 50 boxes of similar stuff so I pass. He goes down to $15 and I pass. He says $50 in store credit, but I tell him I won't be open anytime soon. He looks around and asks me if I'll trade them for a recycled metal cowboy sculpture that's about a foot tall and made from horseshoes. It had a $39.99 price tag on it, but I won three of them at auction for $8, so I agreed. He couldn't decide which one he wanted so I told him I'd trade him all three for $20 and the books. He must have thought he was Peter Minuit buying Manhattan for some beads because he couldn't pull the $20 out of his wallet fast enough. I told him I needed to take a photo of his drivers license in case the books are stolen, and he had no issue. My next yard sale is in two weeks so I'll do a quick keycomics.com search on them and blow the rest out, with any luck. The cowboy statue sounds awesome. You have a photo of it? Edited September 28, 2020 by Wolverinex Comics4All 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 He left very happy, and I suspect he went down to Old Bisbee and offered the sculptures to a half dozen of those shops. I subscribe to keycomics just for occasions like this. I know nothing about moderns. Hollywood1892, Comics4All and F For Fake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said: Naw, Shadroch basically threw out his trash for him and gave him some sculptures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, kav said: Naw, Shadroch basically threw out his trash for him and gave him some sculptures. I'm listening...to what Shadroch has to say Edited September 28, 2020 by Hollywood1892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said: I'm listening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, kav said: That book doesn't exist does it? I'm sure it's not in the boxes Edited September 28, 2020 by Hollywood1892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said: trash book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, kav said: Naw, Shadroch basically threw out his trash for him and gave him some sculptures. He can do what he wants! Hollywood1892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) I wanna see the collection, there are 4 or 5 decent books in the past 10 years...but tbh same thing happened to me, I got a run of books and the only valuable book in the run was taken out Here is a list from gocollect https://comics.gocollect.com/most-active/recent-releases https://comics.gocollect.com/most-active/modern-age Edited September 28, 2020 by Hollywood1892 Comics4All 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Comics4All said: He can do what he wants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Hollywood1892 said: I wanna see the collection, there are 4 or 5 decent books in the past 10 years...but tbh same thing happened to me, I got a run of books and the only valuable book in the run was taken out Just go look in various garbage cans you'll prob run across em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, kav said: Just go look in various garbage cans you'll prob run across em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, Hollywood1892 said: You can say nothing if you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Just now, kav said: You can say nothing if you want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
