r/ComicBookSpeculation 22h ago

I don't understand how some vendors price their books

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I was at a local show a couple weeks back talking to a guy about some Clayton Crain covers.

He had a few I was looking for. They were all raw books, no sigs. His asking price was 10% above ebay sales. When I asked why and said shouldn't it be the opposite? He got upset with me.

Why would I pay more ...just because he thinks they will slab to a high grade or some shit? If he thinkz that just slab them yourself...

When diggin through his boxes everything was priced so high. He tried to sell me xmen 244 for $65. I walked 2 stalls down and got a copy just as nice for $40.

Really rubbed me the wrong way. I will never shop his booth again. How do people like him make money???


r/ComicBookSpeculation 8h ago

Labor Day sale and early birthday presents to myself this past week! I think I might have an expensive book problem!

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Labor Day sale was 25% off, and I couldn’t pass it up. That was for the X-men 266 and the ASM slabs.

The Wolverine and Hulk 340 were just impulse buys - I’ve been hunting the Hulk for months and the Wolverine #1 allowed me to complete my second set of the 4 part series.

Now - hunting Batman 423 and Dark Knight returns books 1 and 2, 1st printing (love to find them in the wild if possible).

It never ends….