Was this dumb?

[Thomas Crown]

I had no clue you could set a max price on EBay and let it do the bidding for you. Anyhow I was in a bidding war with some programming and this is what I grabbed:

Armorines 1-12
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

PSI Lords 1-9
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Time Walker 1-15
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

Visitor 1-13 & Visitor VS Valiant Uni. 1-2
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

I am having a little buyers remorse here. I think I got a little emotional cause it was the same dude bidding on all of them and I felt like you just should win.

Was it Good? or Bad? Should have I just waited for a convention or something?

[Johnseye]

I saw all these books from this guy. I almost bid on the SLDM lot because of the gold. You migh have paid more than what you could have. If you read the books then you can feel better about it. I hate getting into a bidding war. It sucks you in you get excited & it's a lot like gambling. You have to set a limit & stick to it.

[Elveen]

have you read them?.....

if not... then cool..... I actually like the Visitor books (I've read up to #8)


to me.... something is worth what I am willing to pay for it......

(or whatever Greg's guide tells me.....)

[Thomas Crown]

have you read them?.....

if not... then cool..... I actually like the Visitor books (I've read up to #8)


to me.... something is worth what I am willing to pay for it......

(or whatever Greg's guide tells me.....)

I actually haven't read any of them and at this point I'm collecting to read not to have the supper mint copies or multiple collections.

[Elveen]

have you read them?.....

if not... then cool..... I actually like the Visitor books (I've read up to #8)


to me.... something is worth what I am willing to pay for it......

(or whatever Greg's guide tells me.....)

I actually haven't read any of them and at this point I'm collecting to read not to have the supper mint copies or multiple collections.

then it is a great deal... IMO... the joy of reading them is well worth the $$$$..... also there is the musthaveallthevaliantsIcangetbecauseIneedthemall.....

[Chiclo]

Armorines 1-12
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

I bought a full run of Armorines a couple of weeks ago or so. The winning bid was less than $4, and the shipping was $2.55. The dude e-mails me and says that the first issue was damaged after he posted the listing, so he offered to end my bid or give me a $3 rebate.

I already have a nice copy of #1, so I went for it. Less than $4 shipped. Awesome.

[Rufusharley]

The shipping's really high for one auction, but hopefully he'll combine all the shipping charges because you won multiple auctions.

Still...mmm...maybe a little high on the final price on a couple of those.

But i'd be lying if i said i've never over spent a little on comics.

[Daniel Jackson]

The only decent deal I can see is the Armorines lot, but the shipping on it is ridiculous. As for the rest, those prices are way higher than the norm. Now that you've realized that you can set a bid and let ebay go to your max amount for you I would strongly suggest doing that. You've certainly been getting caught up in the classic "bidding war" syndrome lately. Be more patient and let others pay those high prices for commons like these.

[DawgPhan]

good grief...those are great prices for the seller...basically you paid like $2 a piece for books that are probably worth $.25 each...not really the best deal...hope you like em...

[Thomas Crown]

I guess it just depends, afterall it's only $70 bucks and if you enjoy what you read, it ends up being all good.

He brought the shipping down to 13.00 for all of them so things kinda got a little better, but ya I paid about $2.00 per one. If they are all NM then I'll be happy, and not stress, but you never really know with Ebay.

[hulk181man]

If it helps you feel better, I paid cover price for each of those books back in the day.....

And the Timewalker series is fairly enjoyable...

[X-O Dudeowar]

Brother, eBay's the worst for that. I don't know what's more frustrating, getting into a bidding war and ending up paying a ton, or getting into one and then losing after all that time and effort.

[tarheelmarine]

Personally, I think you got a good deal. It's a lot easier to get those in sets than try and track down individual issues.

[Daniel Jackson]

Personally, I think you got a good deal. It's a lot easier to get those in sets than try and track down individual issues.

There are sellers on the board that offer better deals than that on full runs quite often. Here's one right now.


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