Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 11:03 pm

palls15 wrote:
x-omatic wrote:That was a good deal. Did you ask if they had any other Valiants?
I did ask. The owner was pretty absorbed in his Donkey Kong Country game, but said that any Valiants were mixed in with the other $0.50 books. Most of the books were in pretty rough shape though.

That's the bad part about the 50 cent bin, after all these years of people digging through the books a lot of them are in less than desirable condition.

I was at a shop last week and asked the owner about a certain back issue. He went to the box he had it in and started looking. He pulled the book out I was looking for and then he pulled out one right in back of it that had been mangled up and bent.

He looked like he was going to wet his pants.

Sect · Post by **Sect** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:46 am

well a few weeks ago I managed to snag a NM copy of Unity 1 Plat for 1.25, it came out to less than $5 after shipping. I was pretty excited about this a) being it was my first plat/gold issue and b) it cost less than it would cost me to get an ultimate cheeseburger

then I looked around and apparently, i'm not the only one that got such a good deal, as a matter a fact I was able to look up some sales and occasionally the plats and gold go for about that price.

not sure if this was a steal or not but considering I bought my Mag #0 for $30 from TLC5555 for $30.00 I've convinced myself this was a slick deal.

A guy sold me NM copy of both Mag #0 w/ card + VVSS Rai 9 for $25.

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:15 am

$5.00 is a slick price bud. Don't wory about it Sect

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:20 am

MMM, Ultimate Cheeseburger <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/7/7_4_9.gif' alt='Sandwich' border=0>

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:23 am

had heard about Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spiderman, the Ultimate Warrior or the Ultimates, but... Ultimate Cheeseburguer??? Yowza!!!

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:37 am

cornflakeboy wrote:had heard about Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spiderman, the Ultimate Warrior or the Ultimates, but... Ultimate Cheeseburguer??? Yowza!!!

Maybe they don't have these outside the US? It is a BK huge greasy heart-attack burger!

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:42 am

I think they call it "Big King" or something like that. Anyway I'm not a great fan of BK or MD, so...

Sect · Post by **Sect** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:56 am

tcolli wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:had heard about Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spiderman, the Ultimate Warrior or the Ultimates, but... Ultimate Cheeseburguer??? Yowza!!!
Maybe they don't have these outside the US? It is a BK huge greasy heart-attack burger!

Don't mess with the Ultimate Cheeseburger, it lays the smackdown with a combo of cheese, meat, cheese, cheese, meat, between two buns!

boo-yah!

Actually it's from Jack in the box, I think the one by Burger King is actually even better (in terms of getting a heart attack) since it adds stuff like bacon...

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:09 am

Sect wrote:
tcolli wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote:had heard about Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Spiderman, the Ultimate Warrior or the Ultimates, but... Ultimate Cheeseburguer??? Yowza!!!
Maybe they don't have these outside the US? It is a BK huge greasy heart-attack burger!
Don't mess with the Ultimate Cheeseburger, it lays the smackdown with a combo of cheese, meat, cheese, cheese, meat, between two buns!

boo-yah!

Actually it's from Jack in the box, I think the one by Burger King is actually even better (in terms of getting a heart attack) since it adds stuff like bacon...

I only wish we had Jack in the Box out here in BFE. Isn't it kinda like Hardees?

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:27 am

Sect wrote:well a few weeks ago I managed to snag a NM copy of Unity 1 Plat for 1.25, it came out to less than $5 after shipping. I was pretty excited about this a) being it was my first plat/gold issue and b) it cost less than it would cost me to get an ultimate cheeseburger

then I looked around and apparently, i'm not the only one that got such a good deal, as a matter a fact I was able to look up some sales and occasionally the plats and gold go for about that price.

not sure if this was a steal or not but considering I bought my Mag #0 for $30 from TLC5555 for $30.00 I've convinced myself this was a slick deal.

A guy sold me NM copy of both Mag #0 w/ card + VVSS Rai 9 for $25.

I probably paid about that much for my copies...though i might have more than1 of both of them...hmm..I dont really remember..I do remember there being some guy on ebay that had the set for like B1G1 or something like that...nice score...I will pay about $5 for any of the gold issues..

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:28 am

and the monster thickburger makes all other fast-food cheeseburgers its *SQUEE*. word...

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:56 pm

DawgPhan wrote:and the monster thickburger makes all other fast-food cheeseburgers its *SKREE*. word...

I can't barely eat half of that bad boy. It rules my *SQUEE*.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:34 pm

tcolli wrote:
DawgPhan wrote:and the monster thickburger makes all other fast-food cheeseburgers its *SKREE*. word...
I can't barely eat half of that bad boy. It rules my *SKREE*.

I would much rather have a Whopper.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:52 pm

Back to the burgers....i mean books...

today shopping for mylar prices I found a black gold deathmate in the 25 cents bin...funny thing is, it had 8$ sticker below the 1$ sticker and when i rooted through the higher priced back issue bin i saw a plat mag/pred for $15... Every store I go to in Ottawa the guys are so clueless...I only wish i could snag more variants.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:01 pm

GGSAE wrote:Back to the burgers....i mean books...

today shopping for mylar prices I found a black gold deathmate in the 25 cents bin...funny thing is, it had 8$ sticker below the 1$ sticker and when i rooted through the higher priced back issue bin i saw a plat mag/pred for $15... Every store I go to in Ottawa the guys are so clueless...I only wish i could snag more variants.

Keep looking....

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:45 pm

GGSAE wrote:Back to the burgers....i mean books...

today shopping for mylar prices I found a black gold deathmate in the 25 cents bin...funny thing is, it had 8$ sticker below the 1$ sticker and when i rooted through the higher priced back issue bin i saw a plat mag/pred for $15... Every store I go to in Ottawa the guys are so clueless...I only wish i could snag more variants.

Have you tried offering them less? Alot of dealers will sell Valiants pretty cheap to get rid of them.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:33 am

They have BK in Spain?

God Bless America!

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:13 am

Man, they have lots of BK's here. They're all over the world!!! I can't believe you didn't know. I heard they even had some in Iraqi bases!!!

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:53 am

tcolli wrote:
GGSAE wrote:Back to the burgers....i mean books...

today shopping for mylar prices I found a black gold deathmate in the 25 cents bin...funny thing is, it had 8$ sticker below the 1$ sticker and when i rooted through the higher priced back issue bin i saw a plat mag/pred for $15... Every store I go to in Ottawa the guys are so clueless...I only wish i could snag more variants.
Have you tried offering them less? Alot of dealers will sell Valiants pretty cheap to get rid of them.

Out of the 3 stores in walking distance, all i've found is that mag/pred which i already have.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:57 am

I have also been finding the more common golds on Ebay for around $5, you just have to watch for them.

SolarFan777 · Post by **SolarFan777** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:26 pm

Hit two different stores today:

Store one-
Shadowman #40, 41, 42, 43
Bloodshot #49
(all for cover plrice)

Store two-
Q&W #9, 13, 14, 15, 16
Harbinger #1
(all for $3.75)

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:28 pm

Did you check for the coupon in the Harby?

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:30 pm

SolarFan777 wrote:Hit two different stores today:

Store one-
Shadowman #40, 41, 42, 43
Bloodshot #49
(all for cover plrice)

Store two-
Q&W #9, 13, 14, 15, 16
Harbinger #1
(all for $3.75)

Wait? Was one of those stores........

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:53 pm

SolarFan777 wrote:Hit two different stores today:

Store one-
Shadowman #40, 41, 42, 43
Bloodshot #49
(all for cover plrice)

Store two-
Q&W #9, 13, 14, 15, 16
Harbinger #1
(all for $3.75)

My lack of the later/acclaim books is hurting me, i know the store where i found the deathmate gold for 25 cents had 3-4 of the x-o 1 acclaim variant....i should get back to the the store to do a full search...at the time i had to *SQUEE* so bad i couldn't stay there any longer.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:06 pm

OK, whose leg do I have to hump to get some quality pre-Unity issues? They are either gone or WAYYY overpriced in my area, and there are not even many of the overpriced ones to be found! I am beginning to think you all here on the VF site have the majority of these issues hoarded away.......

One sadly funny note - I saw a Deathmate Black Gold (why does that look strange when written out?) at one store for $35.00...

and it looks like it's been sitting there since before it actually commanded that price.

-slym