Buying for PC vs buying for eventual sale?15739
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Davethebrave private msg quote post Address this user | |
| What percentage of books do you buy for PC vs spec/near term (<5yr)resale? Asking because I am refining my market model for various keys. Trying to gauge a baseline demand estimate. Through Ebay/HA I am able to get a rough sense of the above quantitatively. A survey baseline is helpful too. Not looking to debate or defend valuation views as it is a (post-mortem)bruised and deceased horse already. Wish there was a polling feature here… |
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 Pictures? We don't need no stinking pictures.
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brysb private msg quote post Address this user | |
| For me it is 100% PC. | ||
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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HulkSmash private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 90-95% PC Less than 10% of ~1000 books are purely spec. I have a full long box for grading que; less than half are spec purchases. My spec purchases are also dwindling. |
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Whynotv2 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Me personally, I buy for me. Covers or characters I like are what drive me. In the case of characters, I don't care about the condition (mostly) because I'm not buying it to sell. Example, I bought a Silver Surfer vol 1 #1 several years ago for cheap and might grade as a 1.0 if I'm lucky (we'll see in a couple of weeks when it comes back from grading) because the cover is detached and kind of crappy. The book is otherwise complete. I bought it because the Silver Surfer is one of my favorite characters and I wanted the first issue. I may do the same with a FF #48 to have the first appearance. Just my thought/buying process to answer the question. |
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 Miss Chanandler Bong
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jake private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by brysb Same, 100% PC. |
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 You do know that the new guy brings the donuts, right?
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 99.95% for my own PC. I used to buy a book here or there for spec but not really anymore. When I used to do that (80s and 90s) I'd generally buy two copies of a new comic and trade one to a dealer for older SA/BA stuff for my PC. So it was never really a money-making deal. |
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 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user | |
| At least 90% but probably closer to 99% of my acquisitions are for my PC. That said, some of those acquisitions are an upgrade to which I will then sell the lower grade copy | ||
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 It was a one trick pony show but always hilarious.
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GAC private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by jake Ditto...100% PC with the understanding that eventually it all gets sold. |
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Jabberwookie private msg quote post Address this user | |
| So, my answer is a mixed bag. It’s all for my PC, but having 2-3k comics is unwieldy, so I’m selling the things I don’t value and streamlining my collection. Some of those I’m sitting on until shows come out and then I’ll sell. Right now, I’m keeping all Avengers, X-Men, Star Wars and Batman. Everything else is fair game except silver age books and older. I still keep those. |
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 I'm good with splotches.
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Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm at the age when I now am grading everything for eventual spec/re-sale. So 100% resale | ||
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 PLOD
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theCapraAegagrus private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 99% PC. | ||
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Darkseid_of_town private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I buy about fifty percent resale and fifty percent I buy for my PC knowing fully well that most things I buy for my PC I already have that book and am upgrading which will allow me to sell the lower grade of the two, which lets me do some pretty cheap or free upgrading often | ||
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CatCovers private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 99.9% for the PC. Every now and then I'll pick up a few issues I think I can flip quickly (usually pretty good on that front). But virtually everything I buy is something I intend to sit in my collection until I'm gone. | ||
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 Johnny, where are your buccaneers?Johnny: Under my buccan hat. |
Gotlift private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 90% resale. Resale profits (if any 🤣)goes towards PC… | ||
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 I’m not an ant. I’m a rootin tootin Hornet!
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Zombie_Head private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 100% PC until I retire then 90% selling off. | ||
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111I'm in this boat. I've had my large and unwieldy collection long enough, and I've been getting things graded and selling them off. Anything new I buy now (and that's not much) is purely with an eye toward spec. It's not that I have lost interest, it's just that the books have to move on someday, and I would rather be the one in control of that (and enjoying the profit) than someone else. |
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I'm good with splotches.
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Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Byrdibyrd This!! |
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 Beaten by boat oars
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Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 100% for the PC, unless my focus changes. If that happens, I may sell or trade some stuff. Flippers are the worst. | ||
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xvipah private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I've come to realize that I am no good at speculating. I buy "hot" comics, and send them in to get graded, and by the time I get them back they're not hot anymore. So, I decided that if I find good stuff in my old collection that I don't want, or I come across something really cool for a good price I may sell them. But most everything I buy is for the PC, just not worth the effort. |
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 would be nice to have a snugger fit.
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Sigur_Ros private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Quick math = probably around: 30% for my little boy's PC. 10% for mine. 60% spec. |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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EbayMafia private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Everything I buy is a candidate for resell in the right circumstances. | ||
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doog private msg quote post Address this user | |
| My purchases were all about creating a retirement fund, so everything I buy is for eventual resale, although now that I am retired I buy far less, only good speculative deals, using money from sales. The more valuable keys I will keep the longest, longer than 5 years, but I intend to die with no books, except likely some magazines. | ||
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Jabberwookie private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by xvipah Don't get discouraged! the way things are going right now is that you'll usually get a few whacks at the hot comic pinata. And if that doesn't work, just hold on to them for about 15-20 years and the nostalgia factor this period kicks in. |
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xvipah private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Jabberwookie It's not that big a deal, honestly. Now I just don't buy issues I see randomly to sell. I only buy them if I like them and, if in 20 years they're worth selling, I'll sell 'em then  |
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 I'll probably wake up constipated.
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Pre_Coder private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by GAC Same here,.. 100%. And I have no problem adding dupes... lower or higher grade, as long as the cover wrap is sweet. |
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Odinson2000 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I buy things I like that I think will go up in price. When the price they go up gets high enough, I sell them and buy something I like even more. So everything is PC and resale in sync simultaneously. | ||
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Paulbg2000 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| 40% PC 60% Future Sale or Speculation PC being books that I will never move... Speculation being books I'll read and then sell when the time is right... |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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flanders private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I'm all over the place. Things I intend to buy to resell seem to have a 50% chance or more of ending up in my personal collection instead. I don't really have a plan, unlike most people, of when I'm going to sell (either immediately or up to 5 years from now). I should probably do a better job of managing my investments, but my knowledge of the industry is still growing and I appreciate books from every era, so it's not easy to narrow down my personal collection. | ||
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 Please continue to ignore anything I post.
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southerncross private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I just have books for pc. Sometimes dupes are used for trade to get books I want. I've been lately hoarding my dupes as well. Grading is slow so now is the time to buy raws. Maybe in a years time I'll go back to getting stuff graded and buying already graded books as the glut of them hits the market |
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