Bragging rights - your best deal of late?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue May 22, 2007 3:06 am

I hear you on the cheap OA! I have a page of some Superman Annual that I got for a song on eBay. I don't even collect Superman, but I honestly paid something like 99 cents for it.

It's one-of-a-kind published OA by respectable artists of big-name superhero(s,) and I didn't even have to pay for S&H as it was a local buy. How could I refuse?

-slym

worldsbestcomics · Post by **worldsbestcomics** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:17 pm

Dr. Solar wrote:I would request this buyer send the comics in a box.

I bought a Solar run from him and it showed up as a stack with a backing board on either end taped together and then thrown in an envelope. Very poorly packed.

When I complained to him he sent me the difference between what he charged for shipping and what the actual shipping cost was ($2.50). He full well knows he is ripping people off for shipping, and he flat out told me he was doing it to milk more money from the auction.

I did ask him to ship in a box and he said he had already sent the books. I've got my fingers crossed that the books aren't cr@p by the time they get here. Unfortunately, I saw your post about this seller in the other thread after I had already won my auction (and bragged about it here) or I wouldn't even have bought from him for one penny. I don't need the waste of time.

I will neg him on the shipping and ask for the difference too if the books get dinged - which seems likely.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:29 pm

worldsbestcomics wrote:
Dr. Solar wrote:I would request this buyer send the comics in a box.

I bought a Solar run from him and it showed up as a stack with a backing board on either end taped together and then thrown in an envelope. Very poorly packed.

When I complained to him he sent me the difference between what he charged for shipping and what the actual shipping cost was ($2.50). He full well knows he is ripping people off for shipping, and he flat out told me he was doing it to milk more money from the auction.
I did ask him to ship in a box and he said he had already sent the books. I've got my fingers crossed that the books aren't cr@p by the time they get here. Unfortunately, I saw your post about this seller in the other thread after I had already won my auction (and bragged about it here) or I wouldn't even have bought from him for one penny. I don't need the waste of time.

I will neg him on the shipping and ask for the difference too if the books get dinged - which seems likely.

When I sent my payment I asked him to ship them in a box, and he didn't. Maybe he has learned something since then, we emailed back and forth a bit about what comic buyers expect from a seller.

Good luck. Even if they are banged up a bit it is still a good deal, especially if you can get it for actual shipping cost via refund.

D_N_G · Post by **D_N_G** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:18 am

not the greatest deal, but one ive been looking to grab fo awhile:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0118297271

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:47 am

D_N_G wrote:not the greatest deal, but one ive been looking to grab fo awhile:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0118297271

Pretty nice actually. I've been looking for a 9.8 for a while but they get a little pricey. This is nice for the price you paid...

congratz!

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:10 pm

I have yet to jump into the slabbed arena. I want to finish up my sets, get some nice doubles and have certain issues slabbed, but, I can't do that unless I also have a reading copy. These things are too good to just put in a case and never read. I almost thought about a slabbed copy last weekend, but this guy was selling XO #0 in 9.8 for about 30 dollars. I coulda puked.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:28 pm

xodacia81 wrote:These things are too good to just put in a case and never read.

I TOTALLY agree with ya. I have had two slabbed books in my life. They just sat there so I got rid of them. I think they ended up going in my CF auctions. I was given one and the other I bought cheap but I just could not see myself keeping these around. Kind of like a coffin for a comic. (shrug) Thats just me but I do understand others wanting that guarantee of grade.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:33 pm

Shadowman VH3 #1-5. #3 signed buy Shooter on the back.

$19.00

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:44 pm

Shooter signingn a VH3 book ?

Interesting...

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:46 pm

Knightt wrote:Shooter signingn a VH3 book ? Interesting...

Shadowman #3 is a flipbook......Written by Shooter.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Thu May 24, 2007 5:06 pm

yep yep... my bad.

sckao · Post by **sckao** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:00 pm

xodacia81 wrote:I have yet to jump into the slabbed arena. I want to finish up my sets, get some nice doubles and have certain issues slabbed, but, I can't do that unless I also have a reading copy. These things are too good to just put in a case and never read. I almost thought about a slabbed copy last weekend, but this guy was selling XO #0 in 9.8 for about 30 dollars. I coulda puked.

Sales from THIS month of X-O Manowar #0 9.8 from GPANALYSIS

$24.95 2007 May 05 3:3:00 AM
$29.95 2007 May 20 7:33:00 AM
$9.99 2007 May 21 4:0:00 PM

(Doesn't include shipping which was probably around $6-$10.)

whovianone · Post by **whovianone** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:11 pm

jedimarley wrote:Shadowman VH3 #1-5. #3 signed buy Shooter on the back.

$19.00

WOW, not bad!

If any of those are doubles you wanna get rid of, I'd be interested.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Thu May 24, 2007 9:57 pm

Interesting on the slabbed. I have 3 XO #0. One of them is a reader, the others are in a bag, one on either side of the board. Those are both in excellent condition. Maybe I should see what it would cost to slab it, then go sell it at a show after the craze hits again, turn around and use that on something I really want. Now, I just need to get those extra copies of Magnus 1 and Solar 2,6,7 and 8 that I have on hold. I hate when the wallet gets stretched.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:38 am

whovianone wrote:
jedimarley wrote:Shadowman VH3 #1-5. #3 signed buy Shooter on the back.

$19.00
WOW, not bad! If any of those are doubles you wanna get rid of, I'd be interested.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:29 am

jedimarley wrote:
whovianone wrote:
jedimarley wrote:Shadowman VH3 #1-5. #3 signed buy Shooter on the back.

$19.00
WOW, not bad! If any of those are doubles you wanna get rid of, I'd be interested.

Yeah, Jedi has a few of those.......

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:31 pm

Today, I traded in some old books for credit, including my Magic books, so apologies to any who might have wanted to trade. I never got any pms, so I traded them. Sorry all. Then, at a total of 40-all credit-I got Magnus 63/XO 62-64/Bloodshot 40&41,43-47,49/Harbinger 2-in mint-35, 37/Shadowman 33 &35, 39-43. Next time I go, I'm picking up those Solars and early Magnus I have waiting as doubles on reserve. I think I might clear some more books out later this month. I am on a real VALIANT tear and with new books coming out, I want to be as complete as possible before those darned "PURE" speculators start jacking up the prices beyond my reach.

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:51 pm

xodacia81 wrote:Today, I traded in some old books for credit, including my Magic books, so apologies to any who might have wanted to trade. I never got any pms, so I traded them. Sorry all. Then, at a total of 40-all credit-I got Magnus 63/XO 62-64/Bloodshot 40&41,43-47,49/Harbinger 2-in mint-35, 37/Shadowman 33 &35, 39-43. Next time I go, I'm picking up those Solars and early Magnus I have waiting as doubles on reserve. I think I might clear some more books out later this month. I am on a real VALIANT tear and with new books coming out, I want to be as complete as possible before those darned "PURE" speculators start jacking up the prices beyond my reach.

Won't let me edit, so I had to add this-I also picked up Hard Corps 26, thus completing my set. By complete, I don't mean all the variants, but completing my basic set. I am now done with Dr. Mirage, Hard Corps, Archer & Armstrong and close to being finished (8 issues or less) with XO, Solar, Magnus, Secret weapons, Geomancer, Bloodshot ,Ninjak and Shadowman. I am nowhere near done with Timewalker, Armorines, Visitor, Psilords or the Vintage series. I am prob stil forgetting something.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:13 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun May 27, 2007 8:59 am

Nice score on both of those.

TKWill · Post by **TKWill** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:07 pm

jedimarley wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Since I have a fancy zoom button on my mouse I could make out that those were the $2.50 books. Ist there another way to tell?

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Sun May 27, 2007 12:33 pm

ThrillKillWill wrote:
jedimarley wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Since I have a fancy zoom button on my mouse I could make out that those were the $2.50 books. Ist there another way to tell?

(I don't think so)

Rufusharley · Post by **Rufusharley** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:33 pm

jedimarley wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Cripes! How in the hell do you always find these buys!

I swear, all new 'buy it now' listings of valiants must first be sent to jedi.

If you want to sell that #2, let me know.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:15 pm

Rufusharley wrote:Cripes! How in the hell do you always find these buys!

I swear, all new 'buy it now' listings of valiants must first be sent to jedi.

I've been thinking that for awhile now as well.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:41 pm

ThrillKillWill wrote:
jedimarley wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Since I have a fancy zoom button on my mouse I could make out that those were the $2.50 books. Ist there another way to tell?

Look for the UPC code. The $2.95 versions don't have them.