Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:14 pm

GGSAE wrote:
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.

C'mon, a real Valiant fan would have *SQUEE* his pants to get the real good deals!

GJB · Post by **GJB** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:37 pm

tcolli wrote:
GGSAE wrote:
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.
C'mon, a real Valiant fan would have *SQUEE* his pants to get the real good deals!

Good one my friend. GGSAE, been there. What if our man needed to take a duke?

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:40 pm

Why is it comic shops hardly ever have public restrooms? By law they are supposed to but usually don't.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:50 pm

The way most of the local shops in my area look they probably couldn't spring for the toilet paper anyway.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:11 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:The way most of the local shops in my area look they probably couldn't spring for the toilet paper anyway.

And the fat, greasy guy behind the counter can't keep his comics in good condition, he sure as hell ain't cleaning a bathroom!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:11 pm

tcolli wrote:Why is it comic shops hardly ever have public restrooms? By law they are supposed to but usually don't.

The long boxes of early 90s Image books are still there to compensate for the lack of a public restroom. That's probably a lot more sanitary than going in an LCS restroom which is usually ran by a gi-normous dude who can't reach around to wipe and somehow manages to get it all over the seat at the same time. Not to mention the toilet seat being either in 5 pieces or being held together by a ton of duct tapetm.

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:12 pm

400yrs wrote:
tcolli wrote:Why is it comic shops hardly ever have public restrooms? By law they are supposed to but usually don't.
The long boxes of early 90s Image books are still there to compensate for the lack of a public restroom.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:20 pm

My wife stopped in a shop last week to take a peek at what they had. She told me there were books piled everywhere and only a little pathway to get around. She looked over at the end of the place and saw another small room piled high with books and a toilet in the middle of it with only a curtain for a door. The owner said to her, yep that's the restroom!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:25 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:My wife stopped in a shop last week to take a peek at what they had. She told me there were books piled everywhere and only a little pathway to get around. She looked over at the end of the place and saw another small room piled high with books and a toilet in the middle of it with only a curtain for a door. The owner said to her, yep that's the restroom!

This is why I feel nasty after looking through comic boxes - even if everything is bagged and boarded. You've got to wonder how many "a sses" and poop particles you are touching when looking through the boxes - customers and clerks.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:17 am

cornflakeboy wrote: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!!!

Um....seeing as how I don't LIVE in Spain, and have never BEEN to Spain....no, I wouldn't know that.

For example....how many In n Outs do you have?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 1:36 am

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
cornflakeboy wrote: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!!!
Um....seeing as how I don't LIVE in Spain, and have never BEEN to Spain....no, I wouldn't know that.

For example....how many In n Outs do you have?

Hwy, ZWH - do the In 'n Out's still have the stickers one can "modify" to read "In 'n Out Urge?"

-slym

cornflakeboy · Post by **cornflakeboy** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:54 am

Nopes, no In n Outs and Jack in the box, Just BK, MCD's, KFC's, Starbuck's and, of course, Dunkin' donuts!!!

FRanchise is a big timebuck maker, so it's all over the world!!!

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:50 am

Two A&A 0 golds at a garage sale this morning, $1.00 each!

hulk181man · Post by **hulk181man** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:52 am

mrwoogieman wrote:Two A&A 0 golds at a garage sale this morning, $1.00 each!

Nice! Guess it's worth going to those things...

tcolli · Post by **tcolli** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:05 am

You almost have to live in a big city to find those deals at garage sales.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:35 am

mrwoogieman wrote:Two A&A 0 golds at a garage sale this morning, $1.00 each!

Hmm.. I'm going to have to start going to more garage sales.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:03 pm

Greg?......

Acclaim/Valiant - Shadow Man vol. 3 # 1 CGC9.4 $11.61
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT

His ungraded one is already at $10.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1

Very nice score Greg.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:29 pm

Well, I only got sniped on ONE auction this morning, but overall I think I did OK - here's what I just won:

Solar #7 for 99 cents
Rai #1 for $6 (I have three of these now)
Solar #1 for $3.24 (!!!)
X-O Manowar #15 Pink x2 for $3.25
... and a copy of Original Magnus #1 for 25 cents (why not, eh?)

All from the same seller, so a grand total of six comics for only $13.73 before shipping. Not too shabby, I'd like to think. The auction I didn't get was Magnus #'s 1 & 2 with cards, it ended up selling for only $10.25 (damn snipers!) :littlesmile:

-slym

Dr. Phil Seleski · Post by **Dr. Phil Seleski** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:40 pm

So that's you. pewter4144?

I might of been outbid, but it's nice to know the books are going to a fan and not some slimy collector trying to turn a fast buck.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:19 pm

Yup, that's me! And I have been called slimy before...

Seriously, these are all (well, almost all) going into my collection, I really just want the pre-Unity books. I did sell a few pre-U's after I joined here but that was when I was jobless and desperate for cash. Now, one of the X-O Pinkies could/can be used as trading leverage for other stuff I don't have... and the Rai #1? Well, I just love this book - if there is a Valiant title out there that I am going to hoard, this will be it. I hope this is the first title to come out of the "new" Valiant, and it better be "up to snuff!"

Oh, and sorry about sniping any books away from you, Dr. Phil.....

-slym

Dr. Phil Seleski · Post by **Dr. Phil Seleski** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:32 pm

I have learned not to take eBay personally. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. That's the nature of the beast.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:29 pm

400yrs wrote:
tcolli wrote:Why is it comic shops hardly ever have public restrooms? By law they are supposed to but usually don't.
The long boxes of early 90s Image books are still there to compensate for the lack of a public restroom. That's probably a lot more sanitary than going in an LCS restroom which is usually ran by a gi-normous dude who can't reach around to wipe and somehow manages to get it all over the seat at the same time. Not to mention the toilet seat being either in 5 pieces or being held together by a ton of duct tapetm.

*SQUEE* you guys are gross!

Manowar Class · Post by **Manowar Class** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:48 am

nice going slym...Solar 7 is a very cool issue. He goes back there to the moon in like X-O 30 or somethig to grow aric another armor. Nice deals.

Manowar Class · Post by **Manowar Class** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:54 am

wait a tick...two X-O 15 pinkies...did you swipe those from Chan703 or something like that? I bought some Shadowman books from him and he didn't pack them very well at all! I'm glad you got them and not him!

I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:06 pm

Manowar Class wrote:wait a tick...two X-O 15 pinkies...did you swipe those from Chan703 or something like that? I bought some Shadowman books from him and he didn't pack them very well at all! I'm glad you got them and not him!

I can feel ya'll on the snipers...they wait till the last 20 seconds and place a higher bid. I lost some later issues of X-O because of that! I really try to avoid doing that myself unless it is something that I REALLY want.

I just stick to whatever I'm willing to pay for a book regardless of the time. If i'm watching it and it gets sniped above my maximum, that's fine - whether early or late, i'm not gonna get into a reckless bidding war...for the most part