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Xero wrote:yesterday I picked Up Magnus #5 out of the Quarter Bin. It's my guess that the short box it was in (underneath the quarter-bin-table-thingy) wasn't sortted all the way through yet, cause I got a desent copy of Invaders #10, and Super Friends #1
good find. my recent favorite finds are a buttload of various ASM, daredevils and uncanny xmen from the 70s. all in great shape. i always wonder why they put those in there. last time i spent 20 bucks in the quarter bin and probably got atleast 200 bucks worth of books. they must have so many of these issues already. never really made sense to me.

and a couple months ago i found 10 yes 10 Superman 75 still in bag. would you really put those in there if you had them. i know they are worth nothing now, but come on. guess i cant complain i snatched them all.

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back to valiant. i also have first dibs to any valiant/acclaim that comes through my LCS.

joy and jubilee

i've noticed that owners really don't care about the valiants anymore. when i ask about valiants they always snicker and smirk to themselves. makes me want to poop on their faces.

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I wonder how many of these calls the owners get each week?
And then the guys dont show. Or if they did, what if they didnt get anything? Prob a lot. They would prob do it for a customer that had a monthly pull. You know you'd take care of the steady customers.
They have to figure a way to either;
1, bring some people in once in a while to sell off old stock,
2, treat people well enough to get them to be monthly guys.
3, 1 and 2
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putz wrote:I wonder how many of these calls the owners get each week?
And then the guys dont show. Or if they did, what if they didnt get anything? Prob a lot. They would prob do it for a customer that had a monthly pull. You know you'd take care of the steady customers.
They have to figure a way to either;
1, bring some people in once in a while to sell off old stock,
2, treat people well enough to get them to be monthly guys.
3, 1 and 2
To become a customer you must first be treated like a human, not a sale - being treated like a sale ranks down there with having a pigeon *SQUEE* on your head while in the park eating an ice cream cone, which, in turn, falls on the pavement much to your demise. Customer service is being the ice cream man that saw it and offered me a new cone, some napkins, and a little bit of hope that the day ahead will be a little better.

A simple, 'I am busy but check back tomorrow and I'll see what I can do' would have sufficed.

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I agree he should have responded differently, maybe a little nicer.
But then, I dont think he was to excited about bringing up a couple of boxes, finding a number and calling you for say 5-10 bucks if you liked the comics.
He wants you to come in every once in a while to see if he's added more.
That way, you might see something else you like.
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this guy your describing really reminds me of the comic book guy from the Simpsons.

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wesmantooth wrote:this guy your describing really reminds me of the comic book guy from the Simpsons.


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at my local flea Market, the guy's selling a copy of Doctor Solar: Man of The Atom #22, for $20, I think I might be able to get up to $5 off, but is it worth it? It'd be great to have an original solor, and in really nice condition at that, but $15-$20 is steep for me on any comic.

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Xero wrote:at my local flea Market, the guy's selling a copy of Doctor Solar: Man of The Atom #22, for $20, I think I might be able to get up to $5 off, but is it worth it? It'd be great to have an original solor, and in really nice condition at that, but $15-$20 is steep for me on any comic.
i wouldn't do it. the ones i've ran into, some were in good shap,e some are not. but besides the few first issues i've seen them for 4-20 bucks. depends on the grade, unless thats the only one you can get your hands on. then i'm sure there is worse you could spend money on. like crack and three legged call girls. :D

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Xero wrote:at my local flea Market, the guy's selling a copy of Doctor Solar: Man of The Atom #22, for $20, I think I might be able to get up to $5 off, but is it worth it? It'd be great to have an original solor, and in really nice condition at that, but $15-$20 is steep for me on any comic.
I think you can do a lot better on ebay. Unless that flea markt copy is VF+/NM.
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yeah, I saw a few on ebay that were like 4.95 and about $5 for shipping too. I'd have to look the book over better, but cover looked pretty flawless.

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Rufusharley wrote:
Xero wrote:at my local flea Market, the guy's selling a copy of Doctor Solar: Man of The Atom #22, for $20, I think I might be able to get up to $5 off, but is it worth it? It'd be great to have an original solor, and in really nice condition at that, but $15-$20 is steep for me on any comic.
I think you can do a lot better on ebay. Unless that flea markt copy is F+/NM.
Or a file copy, I've been seeing some of these turn up from time to time in the GK's.

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wesmantooth wrote:so thursday came early

archer & armstrong 14 signed by mike baron
deathmate tourbook signed by which i think is bob layton
geomancer 1 signed by rags morale
magnus 21-33 signed by john ostrander
magnus & nexus signed by mike baroon and steve rude
ninjak 1-2 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
rai 3 signed by sal velluto
rai 8 signed by peter grau
rai 9-16 signed by john ostrander
rai 20-22 signed by anthony bedard and dave ross
solar 18-25, 27-33 signed by peter grau
solar 46 signed by dan jurgens
turok 29 signed by mike deodato
turok 31-33 signed by paul gulacy
unity 0 signed by jim shooter
x-o manowar 0 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
x-0 manowar 44 signed by bart sears

not bad for a buck each.

heres a picture taken lazily by me. can't really see the signatures. but they look pretty. just showing the extent of what i got today. j
don't miind the Simpsons sheets.

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Wow, not too bad. Mind if I ask what part of Ohio? I wanna avoid the shop you are raiding. LOL :lol:

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Something just resonates with me...

I've been talking to a buddy who has a shop for advice about starting a small business myself. He keeps saying he doesn't understand why someone would "rent the space" for books for years and not try to turn over stuff. I'd think they'd be glad to have room for things that would ACTUALLY make them more money. Just a thought I wanted to share.

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whovianone wrote:Something just resonates with me...

I've been talking to a buddy who has a shop for advice about starting a small business myself. He keeps saying he doesn't understand why someone would "rent the space" for books for years and not try to turn over stuff. I'd think they'd be glad to have room for things that would ACTUALLY make them more money. Just a thought I wanted to share.
Large retail corporations have rates of turnover down to a science. It's not even funny how much they quantify all that and set goals.

I think those goals are pulled out of a baboon's red *SQUEE*, but that's just my theory on things.

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whovianone wrote:
wesmantooth wrote:so thursday came early

archer & armstrong 14 signed by mike baron
deathmate tourbook signed by which i think is bob layton
geomancer 1 signed by rags morale
magnus 21-33 signed by john ostrander
magnus & nexus signed by mike baroon and steve rude
ninjak 1-2 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
rai 3 signed by sal velluto
rai 8 signed by peter grau
rai 9-16 signed by john ostrander
rai 20-22 signed by anthony bedard and dave ross
solar 18-25, 27-33 signed by peter grau
solar 46 signed by dan jurgens
turok 29 signed by mike deodato
turok 31-33 signed by paul gulacy
unity 0 signed by jim shooter
x-o manowar 0 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
x-0 manowar 44 signed by bart sears

not bad for a buck each.

heres a picture taken lazily by me. can't really see the signatures. but they look pretty. just showing the extent of what i got today. j
don't miind the Simpsons sheets.

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Wow, not too bad. Mind if I ask what part of Ohio? I wanna avoid the shop you are raiding. LOL :lol:
why do want to avoid it?

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wesmantooth wrote:
whovianone wrote:
wesmantooth wrote:so thursday came early

archer & armstrong 14 signed by mike baron
deathmate tourbook signed by which i think is bob layton
geomancer 1 signed by rags morale
magnus 21-33 signed by john ostrander
magnus & nexus signed by mike baroon and steve rude
ninjak 1-2 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
rai 3 signed by sal velluto
rai 8 signed by peter grau
rai 9-16 signed by john ostrander
rai 20-22 signed by anthony bedard and dave ross
solar 18-25, 27-33 signed by peter grau
solar 46 signed by dan jurgens
turok 29 signed by mike deodato
turok 31-33 signed by paul gulacy
unity 0 signed by jim shooter
x-o manowar 0 signed by joe quesada and jimmy palmiotti
x-0 manowar 44 signed by bart sears

not bad for a buck each.

heres a picture taken lazily by me. can't really see the signatures. but they look pretty. just showing the extent of what i got today. j
don't miind the Simpsons sheets.

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Wow, not too bad. Mind if I ask what part of Ohio? I wanna avoid the shop you are raiding. LOL :lol:
why do want to avoid it?
I figured you had it picked clean. :wink:

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oh okay lol. i have but he just got a several boxes in that i rummaged in before he threw them in the quarter boxes. i only grabbed a couple issues from those boxes besides the signed ones. i'm down to my last thirty books to complete my run 100% and he didnt have them. so there are some good books in there right now.

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whovianone wrote: I've been talking to a buddy who has a shop for advice
Your buddy sells advice?

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Rufusharley wrote:
whovianone wrote: I've been talking to a buddy who has a shop for advice
Your buddy sells advice?

:P
LOL Now THAT deserves to be in the "Use only other's quotes as a post" thread. ;-)

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Your house is a mess wesman!

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cobra_commander wrote:Your house is a mess wesman!
thats my bed made out of valiants. real good for the back. forgot to take a picture of my homemade step stool made out of captain america 25 issues. i stole them from kids as they came out of the shop. gave them wedgies and such......

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Capital City Comics in Madison, WI has a great selection of quarter Valiant books, and it's restocked rather frequently. I get in there maybe once every three or four months, whenever I'm in Madison overnight for business. True, most of the books in their piles are middle-period Valiant, but you can find some real gems if you get in there at the right time. In the past I have found:

Shadowman #0 Gold
Signed X-O #0
Last three issues of X-O
Last two issues of Magnus
Solar #10 (First print)
Harbinger #0 (Blue and Pink)

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Darth Kramer wrote:Capital City Comics in Madison, WI has a great selection of quarter VALIANT books, and it's restocked rather frequently. I get in there maybe once every three or four months, whenever I'm in Madison overnight for business. True, most of the books in their piles are middle-period VALIANT, but you can find some real gems if you get in there at the right time. In the past I have found:

Shadowman #0 Gold
Signed X-O #0
Last three issues of X-O
Last two issues of Magnus
Solar #10 (First print)
Harbinger #0 (Blue and Pink)
Not bad :thumb:

Man , the comic stores here suck!

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Rufusharley wrote:
Darth Kramer wrote:Capital City Comics in Madison, WI has a great selection of quarter VALIANT books, and it's restocked rather frequently. I get in there maybe once every three or four months, whenever I'm in Madison overnight for business. True, most of the books in their piles are middle-period VALIANT, but you can find some real gems if you get in there at the right time. In the past I have found:

Shadowman #0 Gold
Signed X-O #0
Last three issues of X-O
Last two issues of Magnus
Solar #10 (First print)
Harbinger #0 (Blue and Pink)
Not bad :thumb:

Man , the comic stores here suck!
Try living in the UK... :(
VEI - I look forward to you one day publishing MORE than 9-10 books per month

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leonmallett wrote:
Rufusharley wrote:
Darth Kramer wrote:Capital City Comics in Madison, WI has a great selection of quarter VALIANT books, and it's restocked rather frequently. I get in there maybe once every three or four months, whenever I'm in Madison overnight for business. True, most of the books in their piles are middle-period VALIANT, but you can find some real gems if you get in there at the right time. In the past I have found:

Shadowman #0 Gold
Signed X-O #0
Last three issues of X-O
Last two issues of Magnus
Solar #10 (First print)
Harbinger #0 (Blue and Pink)
Not bad :thumb:

Man , the comic stores here suck!
Try living in the UK... :(
Not so good, eh?


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