Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:51 am

These usually go for a lot more:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6536219819

DAN

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:29 am

sonicdan wrote:These usually go for a lot more:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6536219819

DAN

You're right, they do usually go for more than that, nice deal Dan!

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:04 am

Not a recent deal, but a great one, anyway...

Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Embossed... FREE

*giggle..giggle*

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:06 am

cornflakeboy wrote:Not a recent deal, but a great one, anyway...

Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Embossed... FREE

*giggle..giggle*

Wow, how did you pull that off?

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:12 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:Not a recent deal, but a great one, anyway...

Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Embossed... FREE

*giggle..giggle*
Wow, how did you pull that off?

[cornflakeboy jumps out of the birthday cake and sings like Mayrln Monroe..] Happy Birhtday to you....Happty Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Mr. Layton...

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:17 am

whetteon wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:Not a recent deal, but a great one, anyway...

Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Embossed... FREE

*giggle..giggle*
Wow, how did you pull that off?
[cornflakeboy jumps out of the birthday cake and sings like Mayrln Monroe..] Happy Birhtday to you....Happty Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Mr. Layton...

What you know Whett? enlighten us...I'm not too quick right now...got school on the brain yet

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:51 am

myron wrote:
whetteon wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:Not a recent deal, but a great one, anyway...

Eternal Warrior 1 Gold Embossed... FREE

*giggle..giggle*
Wow, how did you pull that off?
[cornflakeboy jumps out of the birthday cake and sings like Mayrln Monroe..] Happy Birhtday to you....Happty Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Mr. Layton...
What you know Whett? enlighten us...I'm not too quick right now...got school on the brain yet

It's not painting a very pretty picture in my mind, that's for sure.

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:56 am

You naughty boys... nothing so wicked

Let's say I'm a prominent customer in my home comics shop. Diamond distributions used to give away stuff for late distribution and such and i had the chance to pick up some ggodies for free. One of them was this beauty. To say the truth it's been many years unnoticed in my collection until i got the Valiant itch back...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:03 am

Glad you cleared that up. Even as much as I like the Eternal Warrior Gold, the scenario Whett described just wouldn't be worth it.

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:10 am

Hey, hey!!

I said "free of charge", not paid with my flesh!!!

Alex

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:40 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:40 pm

cornflakeboy wrote: To say the truth it's been many years unnoticed in my collection until i got the Valiant itch back...

You know, it comes and goes, but with proper medication, you can keep flareups to a minimum.

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 6:45 pm

I see... i know what you're talkin' about

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:49 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Glad you cleared that up. Even as much as I like the Eternal Warrior Gold, the scenario Whett described just wouldn't be worth it.

OK, what about a CEAR? Not that theirs anything wrong with that.....wait, YES THERE IS!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:13 pm

tcolli wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Glad you cleared that up. Even as much as I like the Eternal Warrior Gold, the scenario Whett described just wouldn't be worth it.
OK, what about a CEAR? Not that theirs anything wrong with that.....wait, YES THERE IS!

You see, disturbing when you really think about it huh?

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:35 am

I wouldn't say it was my best deal ever but I just recently bought a CEAR described as fine for $68 off eBay. I was worried that I over paid. When the book arrived yesterday it was in fantastic condition. What the seller described as bent top and bottom right corners was miniscule. I had to use the light test to even see the bends. Of course that means it's not nm but I'd say it falls in the 9.0 or 9.2 category. I did a very detailed inspection of the rest of the book and found nothing...

Needless to say I was pretty happy. First time I've ever seen something under graded from eBay.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:39 am

whetteon wrote:I wouldn't say it was my best deal ever but I just recently bought a CEAR described as fine for $68 off eBay. I was worried that I over paid. When the book arrived yesterday it was in fantastic condition. What the seller described as bent top and bottom right corners was miniscule. I had to use the light test to even see the bends. Of course that means it's not nm but I'd say it falls in the 9.0 or 9.2 category. I did a very detailed inspection of the rest of the book and found nothing...

Needless to say I was pretty happy. First time I've ever seen something under graded from eBay.

Man, don't you just hate it when that happens.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:39 am

whetteon wrote:I wouldn't say it was my best deal ever but I just recently bought a CEAR described as fine for $68 off eBay. I was worried that I over paid. When the book arrived yesterday it was in fantastic condition. What the seller described as bent top and bottom right corners was miniscule. I had to use the light test to even see the bends. Of course that means it's not nm but I'd say it falls in the 9.0 or 9.2 category. I did a very detailed inspection of the rest of the book and found nothing...

Needless to say I was pretty happy. First time I've ever seen something under graded from eBay.

That's good i just bought a unity red off him for $54...i should be getting it soon, i'll let you know of the condition when it arrives...

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:05 pm

Magnus 1-12
Solar 1-6
X-O 1-5
Rai 1-3
Harbinger 1-6

$80

Here's the story,

I walk into a shop and start looking for the goods. I don't see any Valiants so I ask the guy if he has any stashed away. He says he has a ton, if I watch his store for a minute, he'll bring up a box. First thing I think is wow, this guy is pretty trustworthy! Then I wonder what a ton means. Prolly lots of mid run issues. He comes up after five minutes with the pre-unity magnus run. He says there's more down there, but he would need to take some time to look. I asked if he wouldn't mind if I did the honors. He agreed and led me down to his stored books. After about 20 minutes, I pulled out the above runs and left a bunch of pre unities for others to find and enjoy.

I bring the books to the counter and he pulls out his overstreet. I don't know what the list prices are in overstreet, but I was certain I wasn't going to get a great deal. To save him the aggravation, I offer up $75 cash for the lot. He counters with $80 and I walk out the door with a pre unity lot that looks to have been bagged and boarded the day they were conceived. The only problem is my wife now wants to kill me!

billandedsdeals · Post by **billandedsdeals** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:19 pm

nice score!!!

all the books have coupons???

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:24 pm

GJB wrote:Magnus 1-12
Solar 1-6
X-O 1-5
Rai 1-3
Harbinger 1-6

$80

Here's the story,

I walk into a shop and start looking for the goods. I don't see any Valiants so I ask the guy if he has any stashed away. He says he has a ton, if I watch his store for a minute, he'll bring up a box. First thing I think is wow, this guy is pretty trustworthy! Then I wonder what a ton means. Prolly lots of mid run issues. He comes up after five minutes with the pre-unity magnus run. He says there's more down there, but he would need to take some time to look. I asked if he wouldn't mind if I did the honors. He agreed and led me down to his stored books. After about 20 minutes, I pulled out the above runs and left a bunch of pre unities for others to find and enjoy.

I bring the books to the counter and he pulls out his overstreet. I don't know what the list prices are in overstreet, but I was certain I wasn't going to get a great deal. To save him the aggravation, I offer up $75 cash for the lot. He counters with $80 and I walk out the door with a pre unity lot that looks to have been bagged and boarded the day they were conceived. The only problem is my wife now wants to kill me!

Cool story, as for the wife thing, I feel for ya bro!

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:39 pm

billandedsdeals wrote:nice score!!!

all the books have coupons???

Thanks, yes they do. I finally have Harby #'s 2 and 4 with coups!

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:42 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote: Cool story, as for the wife thing, I feel for ya bro!

It's even harder to explain after I just put her on a budget. Then I go out and pull this. What can I say, can I speak for all and say we're addicts?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:07 pm

GJB wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote: Cool story, as for the wife thing, I feel for ya bro!
It's even harder to explain after I just put her on a budget. Then I go out and pull this. What can I say, can I speak for all and say we're addicts?

That would be a tough spot to be in after just putting her on a budget. That must have made for some interesting conversation in the car ride back to your house.

So far my wife has been very tolerant of my "comic book addiction", but there have been times when her eyebrows have raised a little.

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:18 pm

I was alone for that car ride! But, It was still interesting because I worried the whole way home. There was no way around the *SQUEE* chewing. It's nice your wife has tolerance. Mine won't budge from her perception of my silly hobbies. Oh well, no ones perfect.

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