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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Still............what? If you have a point, then make it. |
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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Quote:Originally Posted by jrs Which is my point, I'm not here to get into a legal conglomerate argument over the structures of LLCs, LLPs, B Corporations, C Corporations, or the like. I just thought you should all know there is no stock currently. Quote: Originally Posted by Lonestar I just did. Twice. |
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 I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).Splotches is gettin old! |
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But but but .... what about the label? My god what horrors if the label changes? I mean I mean ... the label is vital. What if Beckett changes it to red? Will they change vsp to blue? What if the font on the label changes and it doesn't look like my other slabs? This is horrible... just horrible. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by jrs  lulz |
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| @Nuffsaid111 Quote: Originally Posted by Nuffsaid111 People like what they like. Framing a fine piece of art is a well-thought out process and I don't see it being any different for expensive comic books. Once encased, the book and slab become one presentation piece and should complement each other as well as the other pieces in the collection. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke More like you stated a fact. OK, Entrust & Beckett are not public companies and there is no public stock. I agree and no argument from me before or now. So what and who cares if they are public or private? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lonestar It changes things immensely. If they were publicly held I think a lot of the fears people have expressed would be more legitimate. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke And? Again, no point. |
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| Speaking of IPO's, Funko has proposed a $200M IPO FUNKO IPO NASDAQ IPO info |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 Honest question, why do you think the fears would be more legitimate? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater I would love this. "Orbit City Collection" |
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| I'd even pay another $5 if I could get my logo on it. | ||
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| For those buying / selling cards how does the personalization affect resale, if at all? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lonestar Because publicly held companies are beholden to stock holders and the rope is much shorter. Stock holders only care about the bottom line. |
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| True, but don't discount the tremendous resources that come with tapping the public markets. Not saying that applies here at all, but also not saying it would be bad if it did. | ||
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| Somewhere @DarthLego is repeatedly chanting "Nothing is Impossible..." | ||
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Hang on...this train is just starting to roll... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by jrs Of course, but I guaranty the rope is much shorter when the bottom line is the only thing that matters. Without knowing any details this appears to be an infusion of resources that will help CBCS expand their business in several ways. We won't know until we know. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Logan510 Many private companies do have stock and stock holders. It's just that the stock is private stock and the stock holder pool is much smaller. These private companies care very much about the bottom line. Every bit as much as a public traded company, maybe even more so. (Yes, I've had some experience with a private company that has stockholders.) That is why I didn't and don't understand the big deal over whether it's a public or private company. I have no idea if Beckett is one of these private companies. But whether they do or don't, I'm sure that whoever is making decisions there are very concerned with the bottom line. |
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| @Lonestar, I take @Logan510's point to be simply that public scrutiny provides a while host of other considerations that could upset the culture and business the company has already established. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Lonestar Completely agreed with Lone star on this. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by BLBcomics Not that I'm suggesting any studies have been done, but if they were, I suspect we'd find a good majority of the people who buy slabbed books do so because they are already fans of comics because they read them. Despite the protestations of many for two decades, slabbing didn't herald the end of collecting or new collectors. Slabs, after all, can be opened. |
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Wow gone for a few days and come back to this news  I think we will see how this all plays out but if CBCS was having trouble making payroll and paying the bills this could turn out one way. If CBCS saw a merger as a way to expand and grow quickly with more capital behind then this could play out another way. Keep in mind if what CBCS was doing wasn't enough to keep the lights on and this was a mercy buying things are going to change and rather quickly I assume. If this was a merger to infuse capital and the owners of CBCS are shareholders and not employees then this should put CBCS's upgrades into warp speed. I think by early next year we should be able to figure out how this all played out just by what happens in the next few months. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DocBrown I never could understand that argument. "Comics shouldn't be in slabs! They're meant to be read! If they're in a slab you can't read them!" Well what about all the collectors who bag-and-board their collection? You can't read a comic while it's in a bag-and-board. "But you can take it out of the bag-and-board and read it!" You can take it out of the slab and read it, as well. |
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| Oh and concerning my post above I think this is a good thing for the Comic book grading market as a whole. If CBCS was able to change the way CGC did things with the resources they had at their disposal. Just think what they would be able to do now with greater resources. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by BLBcomics Come on, Bob. These comments are irresponsible. Is GPA perfect? No, of course not...people are involved. Is the census perfect? No, for the same reason. But that doesn't mean they're useless, or "subject to manipulations" on a scale that would render them useless. And while I don't advocate people trying to take advantage of others, don't the "novices" bear some responsibility to educate themselves...? I don't even know what "skewed to make for false god doctrines" means. There are about 4 million comics slabbed. That's the print run of a single book...Superman #75...or many of the WDC&S issues from the early 50's. There are probably no less than 10 BILLION comic books still extant. The reality is that 99.5% of all comics ever published will never see the inside of a slab. Slabbing will always be a drop in the bucket compared to what exists. But the other side of that is that there aren't tens of millions of ultra high grade (9.8+) copies just sitting out there, just waiting to be slabbed. That's the beauty of the FREE MARKET. If a book like Guardians of the Galaxy (1990) #32 sells for "worth seeking out" prices, then either the books will come to market...a la New Mutants #98, or Batman Adventures #12...or they won't, a la Wolverine (1988) #35. That doesn't mean the market for these books is illegitimate. The people buying these for registry sets aren't doing so because they are "hoping to save for college." They're paying these prices for CONVENIENCE. It takes a hell of a lot of effort...and education...to find and make raw books be 9.8; the further back in time you go, the harder it is. These people aren't being "duped"...they're recognizing that their time is valuable, and it's better spent on other things, not chasing down potential copies in potential grades. |
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 Is this new content or just 4 quoted posts? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuck It's fixed. Typing "qyote" instead of "quote"... Er, I mean, I don't know what you're talking about... (whistle) |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| There's new stuff in there. Lets keep the personal attacks out of te thread though Doc, shall we? Bob has some decent opinions here sometimes, calling him irresponsible isnt cool. Lets not get this one locked too pleeeasse |
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