Post by superecwfan1 on Nov 18, 2014 19:46:28 GMT -5
Recently in Rita's I have posted the past 2 months about a pretty silly speculator. I'm a member of a comics group where they discuss collecting and most are in it for the fun of course. The others want 1st appearances of characters since its a cool aspect in a way. Another part think of the investment in getting older comics. This silly speculator falls under that.
What makes it silly is he seemingly believes he can buy a shit ton of comics that not many would want and then sell them for inflated profits. Weeks ago he bought 15-20 copies of X-Force #2. Yes folks , X-Force #2 , which was printed in the couple hundred thousand to million copies deal. Where you could find issues anywhere ya looked.
See X-Force #2 has became a "hot" speculator book due to the 2nd appearance of Deadpool and the appearance of a character named Kaine who could be in the Deadpool film. So people are selling this book for inflated crack dealer prices. Go check e-bay and its comical to see people demanding $30-$50 bucks for it.
Anyhow silly speculator decides he's gonna cash in and posts a photo of all his X-Force #2's and tells us how he paid $2 bucks a copy and will now be selling em on e-bay. One poster jokingly did reply he'd give him 50 cents for a copy. Days later he told he couldn't even sell them on e-bay due to everyone trying to sell there and them not moving. Ahhh the pratfalls of speculating folks.
After this experience you would think this would ground the guy from trying to speculate . I mean eating that money for comics should have been a lesson. But the lure to believe you can cash in is strong in this one. So a week or two later he informed everyone he planned to buy 10 copies of Wolverine #80. Which also grew as a speculator deal due what could be the cameo of X-23.
I don't know if he sold his 10 copies of Wolverine (likely no) but tonight made me do a double take. He bought 35 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #9 (variants he said) for $112 bucks after saving some money online. It was one of those....wow...really ? I believe he may have thought it was the 1st appearance of Spider-Gwen but someone told him it wasn't.
Now I won't tell anyone what to do with their money. Its up to them basically. But this seems like a warning to not be a speculator . What do you guys think ? Does it seem like a How To , Not be a Speculator Guide ?
What makes it silly is he seemingly believes he can buy a shit ton of comics that not many would want and then sell them for inflated profits. Weeks ago he bought 15-20 copies of X-Force #2. Yes folks , X-Force #2 , which was printed in the couple hundred thousand to million copies deal. Where you could find issues anywhere ya looked.
See X-Force #2 has became a "hot" speculator book due to the 2nd appearance of Deadpool and the appearance of a character named Kaine who could be in the Deadpool film. So people are selling this book for inflated crack dealer prices. Go check e-bay and its comical to see people demanding $30-$50 bucks for it.
Anyhow silly speculator decides he's gonna cash in and posts a photo of all his X-Force #2's and tells us how he paid $2 bucks a copy and will now be selling em on e-bay. One poster jokingly did reply he'd give him 50 cents for a copy. Days later he told he couldn't even sell them on e-bay due to everyone trying to sell there and them not moving. Ahhh the pratfalls of speculating folks.
After this experience you would think this would ground the guy from trying to speculate . I mean eating that money for comics should have been a lesson. But the lure to believe you can cash in is strong in this one. So a week or two later he informed everyone he planned to buy 10 copies of Wolverine #80. Which also grew as a speculator deal due what could be the cameo of X-23.
I don't know if he sold his 10 copies of Wolverine (likely no) but tonight made me do a double take. He bought 35 copies of Amazing Spider-Man #9 (variants he said) for $112 bucks after saving some money online. It was one of those....wow...really ? I believe he may have thought it was the 1st appearance of Spider-Gwen but someone told him it wasn't.
Now I won't tell anyone what to do with their money. Its up to them basically. But this seems like a warning to not be a speculator . What do you guys think ? Does it seem like a How To , Not be a Speculator Guide ?
