Valiant Commandments...

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:45 pm

After browsing tonight's listings on Ebay,
I decided that we should compile a list of "commandments"
about Valiant. I don't know if we can come up with 10, or 100...
but I figured I'd go ahead and get us started with a couple...

Valiant Commandments (may apply to other publishers as well...)

#1 - Thou shalt not auction single copies of regular issues from 1993.
#2 - Thou shalt not use 'excellent' as a description of condition.
#3 - Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' when describing any book valued under $10.

greg · Post by **greg** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:07 pm

#4 - Ninjak is not Ninjack, there are no Robot Hunters, Dinosaur Fighters, or External Warriors, and though it has a 'V' on the cover, the title is not MAGNVS.

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:10 pm

Don't say 'CGC' if the book is not even graded! Like 'CGC candidate' or 'CGC WORTHY!'

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:24 pm

#3 - Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' when describing any book valued under $10.

I think we should change this one a bit.

Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' at all.

These books are not rare, or scarce (ok a couple of the Vh2 variants are real tough to find) but if a book shows up in a auction once a week or even once a month it's not that hard to get one if you have the money.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:43 pm

Thou shalt not look on ebay for Valiants.

The good deals are gone, man. Besides, half of you guys already got 'em all.

lobo · Post by **lobo** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:42 pm

Thou shalt covet thy board members CGC 9.8s 9.9s, and Greg's 10.0s.

Thou shalt sell Lobo a NM Shadowman Vol.2 #16 Glow-in-the-dark for under $5.

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:44 pm

lobo wrote:Thou shalt covet thy board members CGC 9.8s 9.9s, and Greg's 10.0s.

Thou shalt sell Lobo a NM Shadowman Vol.2 #16 Glow-in-the-dark for under $5.

Hey, I got mine for $8 off Mile High! About six months ago.

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:10 pm

Thou shall not sell an X-O #0 on eBay, unless that X-O #0 is made of gold.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:13 am

#1 - Thou shalt not auction single copies of regular issues from 1993.

Greg, I would be happy if this rule came to be.

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:48 am

Thou shall not use "HUGE LOT" is an auction title when it is only 6 books.

I like when they misspell the titles and stuff because that is where I find most of the good deals.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:33 am

Thou shalt not list a run of books with exceptions or "holes" (i.e. Solar 1-35 except for issues 1, 6, 8, 11, 15, 21, and 28-35). This isn't a "run", it's a "lot".

Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong....

Doug

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:46 am

BodaZoffa wrote:Thou shall not sell an X-O #0 on eBay, unless that X-O #0 is made of gold.

yes please.

MagnusRF wrote:Thou shalt not list a run of books with exceptions or "holes" (i.e. Solar 1-35 except for issues 1, 6, 8, 11, 15, 21, and 28-35). This isn't a "run", it's a "lot".

OMG, its so true. I especially hate the "complete Magnus runs 1-45" which has issues #,4,14,16-28,45 no coupons. Aurgh!

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:15 am

Thou shall not list a book as "unread" as if it is a good thing for a book that you are selling 100+ copies of as if it were a good thing.

IE "copy of Turok #1 unread"

justin · Post by **justin** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:24 am

dellamorte wrote:Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' at all.

These books are not rare, or scarce (ok a couple of the Vh2 variants are real tough to find) but if a book shows up in a auction once a week or even once a month it's not that hard to get one if you have the money.

I love reading Chris' auction titles, Rare but has a starting price of $0.99 and a buy it now of $1.99 (not to pick on KC_collectables, I have bought loads of some from him)

I agree Dellamorte, 99% of the valiant titles are far from rare if they appear weekly!

~A

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:43 pm

Thou shalt not use a reserve on books less than $20.

Thou shalt not post a 50 x 100 pixel (REAAAALLLLY small) pic taken from 5 feet away, and say 'grade according to scan.'

Thou shalt not use the words 'I am not a professional grader, but book looks Mint to me!'

Thou shalt not use the word 'not' in an auction title.

Thou shalt not refer to utterly unrelated items just to get your crap auction to come up in search results.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:44 pm

architect wrote:
dellamorte wrote:Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' at all.

These books are not rare, or scarce (ok a couple of the Vh2 variants are real tough to find) but if a book shows up in a auction once a week or even once a month it's not that hard to get one if you have the money.
I love reading Chris' auction titles, Rare but has a starting price of $0.99 and a buy it now of $1.99 (not to pick on KC_collectables, I have bought loads of some from him)

I agree Dellamorte, 99% of the valiant titles are far from rare if they appear weekly!

~A

Any news on the VcVVS #2? I'm waiting to drool on mine.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:34 pm

Thou shalt not list the 'Mint' value of a book if it's in anything BUT Mint. It doesn't apply, and no one cares. Listing a GOOD book with a $500 'Mint' value, but a $35 GOOD value for $50 is not a 'bargain'.

Bosk · Post by **Bosk** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:29 pm

Thou shalt not use the exclamination mark in describing any auction.

ie. Rare Turok #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:25 pm

Thou shall not lose thy sense of humor.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:48 am

Thy shall clearly mark your shipping prices.
Thy wont charge $5.99 to ship a single comic via media mail.

dave · Post by **dave** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:12 pm

even worse than the dreaded "unread"...
thou shalt not claim thy book to "LOOK unread"

there are no robert fighters either...

this is pretty fun...

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:26 pm

dave wrote:even worse than the dreaded "unread"...
thou shalt not claim thy book to "LOOK unread"

there are no robert fighters either...

this is pretty fun...

I can tell. The paper loses color from the ambient eye radiation. The more it's looked at....the more faded it gets.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 12:46 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
dave wrote:even worse than the dreaded "unread"...
thou shalt not claim thy book to "LOOK unread"

there are no robert fighters either...

this is pretty fun...
I can tell. The paper loses color from the ambient eye radiation. The more it's looked at....the more faded it gets.

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:07 pm

that's a given-which is why i only read my books using mirrors. it wasn't too hard to train myself to read backwards.

kelargo · Post by **kelargo** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:33 pm

#1 - Thou shalt not auction single copies of regular issues from 1993.

I'm too much of a novice to underestand this... ?
because of the exploded volume of titles printed then?
(100,000s)

#3 - Thou shalt not use the word 'rare' when describing any book valued under $10.

how does the non-chromium Shadowman 0 fit in?
the comic database says its six times rarer than the chromium...
but the sales is around $3.00.

Is it very rare? The reason I ask, is I just picked up a couple of copies.
but nothing special on the price.