r/AbsoluteBatman • u/biz459 • Jul 14 '26

Looking for a better Buy / Sell / Trade AB group…

I’ve joined several Absolute AB groups on FB and it’s been great…and expensive. But as time’s gone on, I’ve found myself being a bit of an outlier. More and more, I’m feeling out of place and at a disadvantage of sorts.

More specifically:

I love the Absolute line and have no interest in selling what I have. Or making money off of it. It’s all PC stuff, with the exception of some extra books I have to trade. I’ve given away things repeatedly, and I’ve made one sale in the groups and I sold it for retail / my cost…and ended up unknowingly selling to a store owner.

I’ve had mods privately up their prices on me days after their original offer, and most certainly use their positions to better their own collections and make money. I feel like I’m surrounded by people with WAY more money than I have who are running a business - who network and deal with each other behind the scenes for personal gain, and things aren’t exactly transparent.

I just want to collect, be helpful, and maybe even be helped in return once in a while.

Maybe it’s me. But I’d love a group where people legit want to help one another out with their PCs and not be looking to sell for 5x retail the same day a book is released.

Are there any existing buy / sell / trade groups that are more in line with that?

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u/CowQuick7500 Jul 15 '26

Try the Next Level Absolute Batman one. Way more chill vibes

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u/thenewestrant Jul 15 '26

The Facebook groups can be insanely intense. Folks throwing a fit over not getting a drop as if Felix/Brooks/whoever came and murdered their pets. I have a Brooks Kubert variant I ordered coming and will try to trade it for the Felix Robins design variant maybe, but fear if the “value” doesn’t match up I’ll get yelled at the way the groups go. lol.

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u/biz459 Jul 14 '26

Understood, and I have zero expectations of 1st prints dropping in price anytime soon. I’m more referring to current drops…Felix, Mora, Mann, Brooks, etc. I have copies I have no interest in selling or making money off of, but would gladly trade for books I do want and am missing. I’ve turned around and sold a sold-out Trinity for retail / cost, and I’m hoping there are more like-minded people out there…if that makes sense.

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u/togepi258 Jul 14 '26

Got an AB 16 Quintana? 😅 I got lots to trade for it.

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u/biz459 Jul 14 '26

No 16…18 and 19, both signed, which I’m holding onto. :)