Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:34 pm

Brother J wrote:Visions #1, first appearance of Flaming Carrot, strong VF, signed and limited to 1,000 copies, cost me $21!

Now HOW did you swing THAT?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:50 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:Visions #1, first appearance of Flaming Carrot, strong VF, signed and limited to 1,000 copies, cost me $21!
Now HOW did you swing THAT?

went to a local show, after spending most of the show going through one guy's 50 cent boxes, I looked around to see what else was around. I noticed one dealer had a copy of Visions #4 laying on top of his boxes, the top book on a small stack. I went through them, Visions #3, Visions #2 and then...yes, Visions #1. It was marked $42. He knew the book was the first Carrot, but I guess was not aware of what these typically go for. Looked into my wallet, I only had $41.

I had only taken $60 out of the bank, figuring there wasn't going to be much at the show and that I didn't need to spend much, anyway. So I ask the guy if he would take $41. He tells me it isn't $42, all of his books are 50% off. So I happily pay the guy $21 and go on my way.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:53 pm

Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:Visions #1, first appearance of Flaming Carrot, strong VF, signed and limited to 1,000 copies, cost me $21!
Now HOW did you swing THAT?
went to a local show, after spending most of the show going through one guy's 50 cent boxes, I looked around to see what else was around. I noticed one dealer had a copy of Visions #4 laying on top of his boxes, the top book on a small stack. I went through them, Visions #3, Visions #2 and then...yes, Visions #1. It was marked $42. He knew the book was the first Carrot, but I guess was not aware of what these typically go for. Looked into my wallet, I only had $41.

I had only taken $60 out of the bank, figuring there wasn't going to be much at the show and that I didn't need to spend much, anyway. So I ask the guy if he would take $41. He tells me it isn't $42, all of his books are 50% off. So I happily pay the guy $21 and go on my way.

Nice to see some honesty, too - some dealers might not have told you things were discounted at all.

-slym

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:02 pm

wow great pick up

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:52 pm

slym2none wrote:
Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:Visions #1, first appearance of Flaming Carrot, strong VF, signed and limited to 1,000 copies, cost me $21!
Now HOW did you swing THAT?
went to a local show, after spending most of the show going through one guy's 50 cent boxes, I looked around to see what else was around. I noticed one dealer had a copy of Visions #4 laying on top of his boxes, the top book on a small stack. I went through them, Visions #3, Visions #2 and then...yes, Visions #1. It was marked $42. He knew the book was the first Carrot, but I guess was not aware of what these typically go for. Looked into my wallet, I only had $41.

I had only taken $60 out of the bank, figuring there wasn't going to be much at the show and that I didn't need to spend much, anyway. So I ask the guy if he would take $41. He tells me it isn't $42, all of his books are 50% off. So I happily pay the guy $21 and go on my way.
Nice to see some honesty, too - some dealers might not have told you things were discounted at all.

-slym

exactly! I saw he had signs saying 50% off, but I thought they were only the books in the long boxes, and not the wall books or these books (which were in a small pile all their own).

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:54 pm

Whats the book usually go for?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:01 pm

JustCallMeAric wrote:Whats the book usually go for?

Here's one that recently closed on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0274109149

$262.85, mine is in better condition than this copy, but mine didn't come with the additional letter/sketch from Bob Burden. I'd say it's at least a $200 book.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:02 pm

Brother J wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
Brother J wrote:Visions #1, first appearance of Flaming Carrot, strong VF, signed and limited to 1,000 copies, cost me $21!
Now HOW did you swing THAT?
went to a local show, after spending most of the show going through one guy's 50 cent boxes, I looked around to see what else was around. I noticed one dealer had a copy of Visions #4 laying on top of his boxes, the top book on a small stack. I went through them, Visions #3, Visions #2 and then...yes, Visions #1. It was marked $42. He knew the book was the first Carrot, but I guess was not aware of what these typically go for. Looked into my wallet, I only had $41.

I had only taken $60 out of the bank, figuring there wasn't going to be much at the show and that I didn't need to spend much, anyway. So I ask the guy if he would take $41. He tells me it isn't $42, all of his books are 50% off. So I happily pay the guy $21 and go on my way.

Yay!

(for those that don't know, Bro J's copy is EASILY a $100-$150 book.

)

And I STILL don't have one!

Pssst....you need any....Maxx Ashcans....?

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:46 pm

Bought it with BIN on eBay.

GBU for $40.50 shipped

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:54 pm

iggy101us wrote:Bought it with BIN on eBay.

*Shadowman Volume 3 #2 Good, Bad, and Very Ugly (G.B.U.) variant* for $40.50 shipped

Teach me your ways, o' wise one

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:55 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
iggy101us wrote:Bought it with BIN on eBay.

*Shadowman Volume 3 #2 Good, Bad, and Very Ugly (G.B.U.) variant* for $40.50 shipped

Teach me your ways, o' wise one

Right place, right time.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:59 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
iggy101us wrote:Bought it with BIN on eBay.

*Shadowman Volume 3 #2 Good, Bad, and Very Ugly (G.B.U.) variant* for $40.50 shipped

Teach me your ways, o' wise one
Right place, right time.

Yup, just searched for the right thing at the right time.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:10 pm

iggy101us wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
iggy101us wrote:Bought it with BIN on eBay.

*Shadowman Volume 3 #2 Good, Bad, and Very Ugly (G.B.U.) variant* for $40.50 shipped

Teach me your ways, o' wise one
Right place, right time.
Yup, just searched for the right thing at the right time.

I used to catch quite a few nice BIN deals myself, but I don't go to ebay as much as I used to.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:20 pm

Heh - I wonder how busy the eBay search feature gets after one of us posts a "find" like that.....

-slym (is off to troll eBay now!)

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:22 pm

slym2none wrote:Heh - I wonder how busy the eBay search feature gets after one of us posts a "find" like that.....

-slym (is off to troll eBay now!)

So YOU are the JOKER! You are an AGENT OF CHAOS! YOU are trying to CRASH THE WEB!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:37 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
slym2none wrote:Heh - I wonder how busy the eBay search feature gets after one of us posts a "find" like that.....

-slym (is off to troll eBay now!)
So YOU are the JOKER! You are an AGENT OF CHAOS! YOU are trying to CRASH THE WEB!

Why... so... serious?

-slym

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:50 pm

I will be the first to admit that this was not a killer deal, but today while slumming at a nasty comic shop, I pulled out an XO 51 from the dollar bins. It was bagged/boarded and it looked so lonely by itself I just had to rescue it.

On a side note, I was in another store yesterday and saw an almost complete run of Troublemakers in the $2 bins, but I passed as I am not into v2.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:10 pm

picked up 30 assorted valiants (pre unity but not big hits ) for 15 bucks

along with 3 age of apocolips books for the same

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:14 pm

superman-prime wrote:picked up 30 assorted valiants (pre unity but not big hits ) for 15 bucks

along with 3 age of apocolips books for the same

You're gonna run out of room to put them if don't slow down.....

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:17 pm

ya i got that problem now

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:35 pm

superman-prime wrote:ya i got that problem now

Send me all of the valuable ones and I'll take care of them for ya....

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:37 pm

im sure i got 100 copies x men jim lee style issue 1 somewhere

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:46 pm

Noooooo!!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:02 pm

or even better rai 9

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:08 pm

You're a cruel, cruel man.....