what's up with Mile High Prices?4097
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater It depends on what prices he is paying. For him, every book he buys is overhead. If he's paying FMV for every book he's buying, then he has to charge more to recoup his investment and cover his overhead. I do not believe that his GMROI can be all that high. |
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Whatever he's doing, he's not failing. So theres that anyways. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Homer ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by OrbitCityComics I don't think any dealer at a show ever pays FMV for a book. It doesn't matter if that's Chuck or anyone else. No idea, on his business and its GMROI. |
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Chuck wants you to know it's a privilege purchasing from his curated, prestige mile high collection. He's operating on the same model he used when he was a mail-order ad in the middle of your latest marvel comic book. His "keyword sale" strategy is akin to a clearance inventory sell-out: jack up the original price then mark it down 35-50%. Sounds like a deal but you're back at the original price. |
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They've been operating the same way for 40(?) years, right. It worked when we were buying books from the short catalog in our marvel books and the print one they sent us with the packages, but in the supply and demand world where we have access to eBay and other sources, it doesn't really work. It's also why we get sticker shock when we go to conventions and see various prices at different booths, including MHC's at SDCC... It used to be kind of nuts seeing their pricing there, too. Great selection, but odd pricing. Overstreet pricing in the modern day just doesn't work if you want to move product. I suppose if you don't care how much you spend OR if you need to insure your books and need a tool to do so, Overstreet works, fine. For selling to people? No... We all know that when you go to sell your book to any shop, what do they reference? How much the books have been selling for on eBay, then they mark down from that point. I like Mile High... I have shopped with them off and on for over thirty years (crazy to think), BUT I do wish they would adjust their pricing, not mark up to mark down, along with other retailers to a high reasonable rather than just a place that, in many cases, people will look, but they won't purchase. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by thelastbard The key sentence in what you wrote is "They've been operating the same way for 40(?) years, right." They still are in business. Chuck found his comfort zone and what works for him to provide for his family, and those that work for him. People are buying from him or he wouldn't be in business. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater You're right, of course, but... http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/070517email.html The above may not have been needed with a little bit of adjustment on their part. I was at the convention, saw the aisles, how crowded they were over the last few years, last year in particular, this year, etc... I've run booths at SDCC, spoken with retailers (including comic shops), understand some of the struggles (though, I'll admit not one with THAT large a footprint). To some degree, you have to evolve. Or wither and blow away in the wind. |
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Today's newsletter: complete bs that he made no money lol, thats a sales tactic (I'm sure he got a nice fat salary). Regardless, here's the sales pitch and the 50% off sale. His prices dont look so bad right about now ![]() Quote: Originally Posted by Mile High Comics |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer That makes a MHC variant I have on the site only... well... marginally overpriced, ha ha... :P |
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I had to buy from Mile High one time. I knew going in what the reputation was,I remember even asking here on the boards for peoples input on Mile High. Well needless to say one time was enough every book that was listed as NM ![]() |
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@JWKyle I keep hearing that from several people; yet every NM book ive bought from them was correctly graded ![]() I suppose that means Im due for a burn ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by cseale0223 That's some shady shit right there ![]() |
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Lots of hate for Chuck here lol. I just spent $40 on 6 NM books I had been looking for for the past year with no luck, filling holes in the collection. Happy to pay it. Wasnt happy to pay it last week under his normal prices though ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater Oh come on, you know how that works @Towmater. The real dealer-to-dealer buying happens way before the regular folk get to set one foot in the door. The fact that he would come peacocking around on day 2 or 3 snapping up boxes little kids were perusing made it different. |
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Chuck has been a thief since his Edgar Church "find" ![]() ![]() |
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Quote:Originally Posted by TommyJasmin So, he was acting like every other dealer who wanted some comics. Whoopty do. |
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