Do you think the one-year warranty is for the staple holding up or color fading? And is "the golden age of comics" these comics come from within 50 years of the Golden Age of Comics?
Showcasing Superman #75 is a gutsy move, because I think it's value is in negative numbers, in that you have to pay dealers to take it. So without it in there, the value would probably be about $505.
I don't know, 50 cents apiece for random 1990s comics doesn't strike me as that great of a deal. I'm willing to sell several long boxes at that price if anyone is interested. I can guarantee some of them are ultra-rare, too, as I have lots of independents from then. I do wonder if their "value" was cover price or some "collectible value" someone designated.
I just don't see who that deal would be attractive to. Is it selling to someone who wants to jump-start a random comics collection of 20-year-old comics or someone who wants to get into the easy money of comics speculating?
I'm sure they sold some, though, as people like steals. I sometimes see DVD sets of TV seasons sell for more on eBay than you can get them for by just going to Amazon and ordering them. People get caught up in the deal and don't know their options.
OTOH, today's Steal is a Fisher-Price toy set for $30 that sells at Amazon for $44, so it IS a good deal. But I'm not thinking those comics were.
I can see someone who grew up in the '90s, sold off his collection like a lot of people did. Get back into comic and are now looking to rebuild their old collection. I see them at cons quite often now, as they are in their '30s and have money to spend to do it. Those guys have it easy since most of those comics are cheap, cheap cheap!
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I'm sure the description is way off, but, if you're in the mood for a grab bag, here you go.
Do you think the one-year warranty is for the staple holding up or color fading? And is "the golden age of comics" these comics come from within 50 years of the Golden Age of Comics?
Showcasing Superman #75 is a gutsy move, because I think it's value is in negative numbers, in that you have to pay dealers to take it. So without it in there, the value would probably be about $505.
-- MSA
Maybe so the staple doesn't rust?
Although $30 isn't that bad. I just don't imagine it being crap I haven't already read or intentionally skipped the first time around.
I don't know, 50 cents apiece for random 1990s comics doesn't strike me as that great of a deal. I'm willing to sell several long boxes at that price if anyone is interested. I can guarantee some of them are ultra-rare, too, as I have lots of independents from then. I do wonder if their "value" was cover price or some "collectible value" someone designated.
I just don't see who that deal would be attractive to. Is it selling to someone who wants to jump-start a random comics collection of 20-year-old comics or someone who wants to get into the easy money of comics speculating?
I'm sure they sold some, though, as people like steals. I sometimes see DVD sets of TV seasons sell for more on eBay than you can get them for by just going to Amazon and ordering them. People get caught up in the deal and don't know their options.
OTOH, today's Steal is a Fisher-Price toy set for $30 that sells at Amazon for $44, so it IS a good deal. But I'm not thinking those comics were.
-- MSA
I can see someone who grew up in the '90s, sold off his collection like a lot of people did. Get back into comic and are now looking to rebuild their old collection. I see them at cons quite often now, as they are in their '30s and have money to spend to do it. Those guys have it easy since most of those comics are cheap, cheap cheap!
$500 worth of classic comics and cards for only $35!
And they have a 1-year warranty, too!
For what? Against spontaneous combustion?
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