Advice on selling variants | CBCS Comics

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Originally Posted by dielinfinite
To add to what @VaComicsGuy said, you will be spending more on shipping/materials to sell individually but how much are you expecting to get for the cheapest book? If it’s a $5 you’ll probably spend about that much in packing and decent (non-media mail) shipping.

I've been selling some of my personal books, but they are mostly the dregs/cast offs of my collection. So based on that Priority mail is about $7.

There were 19 books in the first lot, with the exception of the 4 Dawn #1 variants, most were $5-10 books. I plan on throwing those up on ebay to sell for the FMV + a few bucks to cover part of shipping. And in those cases, if I can sell the other 15 for close to their FMV I will have almost paid for the lot. I counted on the 4 variants, well 3 variants + the original cover to really make my money on.

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Originally Posted by dielinfinite

Another big difference between your two options is time. There’s no way of telling exactly how long the books will take to sell but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect the lot to sell faster than it would take to sell all the books individually.

And that's one of the reasons I asked the question, because I was thinking it would take longer to sell all 4 books in the same lot. Just because, I could see someone needing the White Trash version, but having the other 3 or some variation there of, meaning it would be a smaller market for someone who wanted to buy all 4 at once.

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Originally Posted by KYoung_1974
I normally don't buy books for the sole purpose of flipping, but I bought a set of books on an on-line auction the other day and now I'm wondering what's the best way to flip them.

I picked up 2 different lots of raw comics, one that contained all four Dawn #1 covers + other Dawn books and another lot that appears to have the Dawn-Vampirella Silver Edition #1 in it (I can't be positive on the last one until I have books in hand). So my question is, in your personal experience, what's the best way to sell these to get the most bang for the buck? Should I sell the Dawn #1s together as a set, or should I break them up and sell them individually, or include the Dawn Vampirella and sell all 5 books together?

I'm just wondering if anybody on here has had more luck with one over the other?

I’m a big Dawn and Vampirella fan. I’d like to see these.

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	I normally don't buy books for the sole purpose of flipping, but I bought a set of books on an on-line auction the other day and now I'm wondering what's the best way to flip them. I picked up 2 different lots of raw comics, one that contained all four Dawn #1 covers + other Dawn books and another lot that appears to have the Dawn-Vampirella Silver Edition #1 in it (I can't be positive on the last one until I have books in hand). So my question is, in your personal experience, what's the best way to sell these to get the most bang for the buck? Should I sell the Dawn #1s together as a set, or should I break them up and sell them individually, or include the Dawn Vampirella and sell all 5 books together? I'm just wondering if anybody on here has had more luck with one over the other?
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Collector 3.04K	3.04K moodswing private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	I don't sell yet but selling in general, it is best to sell separately.
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	Depends on how much you want to deal with. Individual sales would probably get you the most money but you will spend more in packing supplies and postage and you will have more buyers which means more opportunities for complaints, buyers remorse, damage in transit. . . . I'd start with figuring out how much you want and then offer them here first.
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COLLECTOR 26.85K	26.85K dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	To add to what @VaComicsGuy said, you will be spending more on shipping/materials to sell individually but how much are you expecting to get for the cheapest book? If it’s a $5 you’ll probably spend about that much in packing and decent (non-media mail) shipping. Another big difference between your two options is time. There’s no way of telling exactly how long the books will take to sell but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect the lot to sell faster than it would take to sell all the books individually.
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	Quote: Originally Posted by VaComicsGuy Depends on how much you want to deal with. Individual sales would probably get you the most money but you will spend more in packing supplies and postage and you will have more buyers which means more opportunities for complaints, buyers remorse, damage in transit. . . . I'd start with figuring out how much you want and then offer them here first. I've got packing supplies and boxes (thanks USPS), so I'm really trying to maximize profit on these. Thanks for the insight.
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	Quote: Originally Posted by KYoung_1974 I normally don't buy books for the sole purpose of flipping, but I bought a set of books on an on-line auction the other day and now I'm wondering what's the best way to flip them. I picked up 2 different lots of raw comics, one that contained all four Dawn #1 covers + other Dawn books and another lot that appears to have the Dawn-Vampirella Silver Edition #1 in it (I can't be positive on the last one until I have books in hand). So my question is, in your personal experience, what's the best way to sell these to get the most bang for the buck? Should I sell the Dawn #1s together as a set, or should I break them up and sell them individually, or include the Dawn Vampirella and sell all 5 books together? I'm just wondering if anybody on here has had more luck with one over the other? I’m a big Dawn and Vampirella fan. I’d like to see these.
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