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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:12:45 GMT -5
Well, this make sense. I wasn't buying books from them in 2012. And, yes, I agree. And I forgot that I am going off given book VALUE, not the price it's going for. But, I can usually find the same book on ebay (same quality) for cheaper, but ebay is ALWAYS a bigger risk. I buy from Lone Star when I do not want to deal with ebay. Which, depending upon my mood, can be quite often. Well book value (if you are talking about Overstreet) is what a small group of brick and mortar dealers were selling the books for anywhere form 12-18 months ago, which worked fine in an era where the flow of information was much slower, but in the information/internet age, that information is practically useless. It also reflects the bias of the committee and not the preferences and proclivities of that actual buying market. But, for example, they were listing New Mutants 98 (1st Deadpool) as a $20-25 book when it was selling for $200-300 easily in high grade raw at shows and list books like Superman #75 as a $10 book when it sits in dollar bins in a lot of places. Also, their minimum price for any book regardless, is the cover price of a current comic book ($3 last I looked, but if cover price creeps up to $4 and $5 I'm guessing all books will list at a minimum of $4-5, even quarter and dollar bin fare. SO book value for me has come to have very little validity in the fluid market comic back issues have become, and the Overstreet methodology for me has lost a lot of its validity. -M I, personally, don't use overstreet when finding out what a book is valued at. My husband does, but I don't.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:15:02 GMT -5
Well book value (if you are talking about Overstreet) is what a small group of brick and mortar dealers were selling the books for anywhere form 12-18 months ago, which worked fine in an era where the flow of information was much slower, but in the information/internet age, that information is practically useless. It also reflects the bias of the committee and not the preferences and proclivities of that actual buying market. But, for example, they were listing New Mutants 98 (1st Deadpool) as a $20-25 book when it was selling for $200-300 easily in high grade raw at shows and list books like Superman #75 as a $10 book when it sits in dollar bins in a lot of places. Also, their minimum price for any book regardless, is the cover price of a current comic book ($3 last I looked, but if cover price creeps up to $4 and $5 I'm guessing all books will list at a minimum of $4-5, even quarter and dollar bin fare. SO book value for me has come to have very little validity in the fluid market comic back issues have become, and the Overstreet methodology for me has lost a lot of its validity. -M I, personally, don't use overstreet when finding out what a book is valued at. My husband does, but I don't. Overstreet is a valuable source of information about comics, but it's pricing is not one of the valuable bits contained in it. History of comics, creator info, content info, etc. etc. all valuable and where I learned a lot about comic in the pre-internet age, but the pricing info hasn't held much value to me for years and years. -M
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:18:39 GMT -5
Retailers can fool Overstreet when they're sending sales data which is used to value books.
Coldwater can sell me a lousy Rob Liefeld book for $1,000
I can sell her an even lousier one for $1,000
We've essentially just traded junk and we each got our $1k back but now we can tell Overstreet we sold 2 Liefeld crapfests for $1000 each and have the cheques to prove it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 12:25:25 GMT -5
Retailers can fool Overstreet when they're sending sales data which is used to value books. Coldwater can sell me a lousy Rob Liefeld book for $1,000 I can sell her an even lousier one for $1,000 We've essentially just traded junk and we each got our $1k back but now we can tell Overstreet we sold 2 Liefeld crapfests for $1000 each and have the cheques to prove it. HAHAHAHAHA. I ♡ you.
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Post by dupersuper on Feb 8, 2016 20:03:29 GMT -5
I ordered these yesterday from instocktrades.com. Justice Leaguerific!
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Post by Confessor on Feb 8, 2016 23:09:41 GMT -5
Nice pickups. I've been ordering from them for years and have never had a problem with them. Their packaging has always been great. I received an order from them the other day and to my suprise the way they package the books had changed and hard to believe it was an even sturdier method. They also bag and board EVERY book now instead of only the books that were a certain grade or higher. The only downside I noticed was that they put those sticker things on the front of the book now instead of the back and I couldn't for the life of me get all the sticker residue off because it was so sticky. Yeah, the bagging and boarding of everything you order is a nice touch and also very welcome. That's something that Mile High Comics, who are the only other U.S. company I've bought big orders from in the past, don't do. As for the stickers, I haven't tried taking any off yet because I normally do that sort of thing as I read each book. My experience with stubborn, annoying or even potentially damaging stickers on CDs or LPs that I buy is that a little dab of isopropyl alcohol works wonders; left on a sticker for a minute or two, it dissolves the glue and allows the sticker to be removed without a) leaving any residue or b) damaging the surface of whatever it's stuck to. I'll let you know how I get on. In my experience, when looking for books, Lone Star's prices have always been higher. BUT, with that price comes great care of the books, great strict grading, and trust that you are going to get books in great shape when you open the box. See, that's interesting to me because I consider mycomicshop (or Lone Star, as they used to be) to be waaaaay cheaper than similar online back issue vendors here in the UK. For example, that Amazing Spider-Man #179 that I picked up goes for somewhere in the region of £25.00 in FN/VF condition (which is what mine is) over here and yet, on mycomicshop.com, it cost me just $9.70 (which is only £6.70 in English money). That's a hell of a saving! Of course, some of the less sort after books, like the issues of The 'Nam that I bought, are much closer in price, but things like the issues of Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, and Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion are definitely a lot cheaper in the U.S. than they are over here. And don't forget, I had to pay a whopping $44.00 shipping for those comics! Even with that shipping amount included in the overall cost, those comics worked out considerably cheaper than buying them from online comic companies over here or on the UK eBay site. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we get hammered on American comic back issue prices in this country.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 13:06:27 GMT -5
Yeah, the bagging and boarding of everything you order is a nice touch and also very welcome. That's something that Mile High Comics, who are the only other U.S. company I've bought big orders from in the past, don't do.Hmmm... All of my Mile High orders have arrived at least bagged...but then again I've only ordered NM and VF (and most of its VF stock at the time was originally in its NM stock). I'm thinking they don't bag lower grades unless lower grades are still pricey.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 9, 2016 13:54:51 GMT -5
Yeah, the bagging and boarding of everything you order is a nice touch and also very welcome. That's something that Mile High Comics, who are the only other U.S. company I've bought big orders from in the past, don't do.Hmmm... All of my Mile High orders have arrived at least bagged...but then again I've only ordered NM and VF (and most of its VF stock at the time was originally in its NM stock). I'm thinking they don't bag lower grades unless lower grades are still pricey. Sorry, perhaps what I wrote wasn't clear, but I meant that Mile High don't put boards in with every comic in an order. However, they do bag every comic. Nothing is ever shipped loose, so to speak. But mycomicshop.com seem to bag and board everything.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 15:56:43 GMT -5
Hmmm... All of my Mile High orders have arrived at least bagged...but then again I've only ordered NM and VF (and most of its VF stock at the time was originally in its NM stock). I'm thinking they don't bag lower grades unless lower grades are still pricey. Sorry, perhaps what I wrote wasn't clear, but I meant that Mile High don't put boards in with every comic in an order. However, they do bag every comic. Nothing is ever shipped loose, so to speak. But mycomicshop.com seem to bag and board everything. Yeah Mile High will bag every book and only board them if it's a higher grade. MyComicShop now bags and boards EVERY book now no matter the grade.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 18:05:13 GMT -5
I used to order from Mile High Comics a lot in the late 80's/early 90's and had good experiences. I remember once ordering Uncanny X-Men #136 in VF condition and it arrived looking more like NM. I haven't ordered from them in many years but hear a lot of negative things now. If you check out their feedback on eBay it is scary how many negative comments are there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 18:16:08 GMT -5
I used to order from Mile High Comics a lot in the late 80's/early 90's and had good experiences. I remember once ordering Uncanny X-Men #136 in VF condition and it arrived looking more like NM. I haven't ordered from them in many years but hear a lot of negative things now. If you check out their feedback on eBay it is scary how many negative comments are there. I haven't ordered a Mile High package in over 2 years....maybe closer to 3. Their pre-discount prices for NM books from the bronze age (and before) remain ridiculously high, even after applying a codeword. But for lower grade books, they appear to remain competitive. Although, I must admit, their higher prices make it easier for me to sell a book by offering it for less.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 9, 2016 20:06:50 GMT -5
I won my bids for these two comics today: Adventure Comics #364. $3.65 Detective Comics #334. $6
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Post by Confessor on Feb 10, 2016 2:39:27 GMT -5
I used to order from Mile High Comics a lot in the late 80's/early 90's and had good experiences. I remember once ordering Uncanny X-Men #136 in VF condition and it arrived looking more like NM. I haven't ordered from them in many years but hear a lot of negative things now. If you check out their feedback on eBay it is scary how many negative comments are there. Mile High used to be my "go to" choice for buying comics online in America and having them shipped over (as long as there was a really good code word discount going on at the time, natch). Like you, I had nothing but good experiences with them, but the last time I ordered from Mile High was probably, like, 6 or 7 years ago, I would say. Comparing their prices (including the current discount) with mycomicshops's, I determined that the latter was gonna work out a bit cheaper for me and, besides, I'd heard good things about them from folks here, so I wanted to give 'em a try. I loved the sturdy packaging, the bagging & boarding of every book, the really quick delivery time and the fact that all the books were at least graded correctly and, in some instances, were slightly better than the stated grade. So yeah, I'm a convert. Mycomicshop.com will be my new "go to" place for placing large orders in the States.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 10, 2016 12:01:48 GMT -5
I ordered this: Detective Comics #484. It looks to be a very nice copy. This is the last Dollar Comic issue of Detective Comics that I need and I now have every issue of Detective Comics from #471 to #881. Detective Comics #440. The last 100-Page Super-Spectacular issue of Detective that I need. I'm only missing three issues from #421 to #470. Detective Comics #440 looks to have some great reprints! Doll Man! Golden Age Green Lantern! Silver Age Hawkman! Golden Age Manhunter! I also ordered a few issues of the New 52 Detective Comics series. I have almost half of them and I've decided to try to get the whole series.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 18:29:27 GMT -5
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