I just listed 7 items on eBay and thought the timing of this video was a great coincidence. Seeing this video reminded me of how wonderful the IG comic community is and is such a viable option. Great vid, guys!
In 2015 I try to sell my collection. 15 long boxes to my local LCS. I gave they a list of what I had. They were offering me only 1k. Or .25 per book. Thank God I said no. I put them in storage for 3 yrs til I came across your channel and went deep into what I really have. Thank God I didn't sell them for that price.
smart man...the effort alone it took u probably 2 get (or whomever u got from) wouldn't been worth the 1k. 15 long boxes?? u gotta be fukking kidding me. some people be ready 2 spit in they face they hear some shyt like that. Then again u cant be mad at them...its what they do.
NEVER EVER attempt to sell comics at your LCS, unless you're begging to be ripped off. I took 2 longboxes of DC and Marvel into 3 comic stores with a friend a few years back. I acted as if I had no idea of the value. They briefly looked through both boxes and offered me $50 a box, but would pay double per because I had each long box filled. So that's $200 total. Then I explained I know there's a few comics in there that are worth around that number alone. These aren't .25 comics. Each guy both played dumb and asked me to pull out anything not considered cheap. So I pulled out 20 comics that were between 50-150 raw each. I said I want 2k for just these alone, and another 2k for the rest. Total value was literally worth 5k. Then things got interesting, lol. They looked each book up and offered me 3000, saying all this nonsense about market shifts, how long these will sit, how they need to make money, and they typhcally pay up to 50% of the current value. I laughed and said no deal. You guys were going to pay me 200 dollars, thinking I'm an idiot. And now you're willing to pay 3000 bc you've realized I know a little bit about what I actually have. If you were honest from the start, maybe we could have worked something out. Point is, your LCS is in the business of making money, not being fair and generous. Do your research on everything u have. Do not take comics to your LCS, unless they are literally worth nothing but space.
I don’t like using social media to sell my books I’ve gotten burnt selling and trying to buy books on Facebook and Instagram it’s just a much bigger headache than eBay!
Very interesting thanks for the tips I’ve just dug out my 70s,80s and early 90s comics from the garage and looking at the best way to sell them so thanks for the advise .. wish me luck 🤞🏽
Was made to sell my whole 80s collection to a shop when I went off to college (pretty much anything/everything 1980-1991). They gave me ~$220. I long since learned to live with it but vids like these are triggering lol. As for the rest - I quite like Ebay as a buyer when I get a bug to find a particular book but I'm also usually just picking up random issues I want to have again that are definitively in the sub-$50 range. As prices get closer to that max I want lots of photos to make an informed decision and generally am not necessarily looking for an investment copy as much as (at the very least) a nice one I simply want to have. Much more than that level of $$ I would want an in person purchase. I've never bought a slabbed book so maybe that would be an exception.
I just saw this video on selling comics. I know, I know it was done a year ago But you guys are awesome Very informative I almost never comment on TH-cam Please keep it up
I always wanted to sell some of my comics but never know what to do except that I only know little how to sell but never heard thing like #5, #4, and #2 I never know that these are own by these ways when it comes to selling comics.
So true about shipping fees with eBay. It’s killing the moods. I’m living in Canada and I have declined some many an interesting offer from a US seller just because of the exorbitant fees to ship from US to Can. It is usually around 22$ USD (28$ CDN). And we’re not taking about shipping to UK and Europe.
About the ebay part, I learned that it is best to take detailed pics of any flaws that are noticeable. Don't just take a pic of the cover, that way the buyer won't feel like you got one over them because they feel like the quality isn't as good as you said it is.
eBay not caring about comics would explain why they recently eliminated a bunch of sub-categories from comic searches (full runs & sets, collections, etc.)
I tend to find a lot of success in both hunting and selling when using the app mercari ... was actually a bit surprised it wasn't on this list 🤓🤷♂️ awesome video tho...very informative 🤙🏼🤙🏼
I have approximately 50 boxes of bagged and boarded comics that was left for me over a decade ago. I know they were never read, and well taken care of. I just really don’t know where to begin. Should I start cataloging or just start selling by box? Each box has mostly same stuff in it
Comics are expensive to ship because they contain advertisements, otherwise you could ship book rate. I've sold comics and vintage toys on EBAY. I always claim a slightly lower grade so the buyer gets a better than expected value.
I don't sell many comics on E-Bay, but when I do I provide the max number of photos and I assign NO GRADES. I price it based on what I think the grade is, and if you look at the photos and decide it is a fair price for what you see, you will buy it. Then there are no disputes over grading because none was given. Fewer pics for a CGC book and let the CGC grade and reputation speak for itself. Comic Collector Live for the rank and file stuff.
I was selling on Amazon and well packaged mint condition, but I gave up because the buyer gave me a bad rating ASAP. I claim the book was damaged. I didn’t want to go thru return & send so I told him keep that copy even I know there’s nothing wrong with it. I messaged him I would send another one. He said thank you and gave me a bad rating so I gave up .
Again, I love listening to these guys on these kinds of video. ComicTom is blessed in that he has three core guys and each guy always makes for great videos that stand on their own. A ComicTom with The Golden Age Guru is different from a ComicTom with Fireguy Ryan and a ComicTom with Russ video. The real Fantastic Four in my opinion. Please continue to make these great videos. I laugh I learn and my appreciation for this great hobby grows thanks to these four guys. Keep making more videos.
Whatnot is really taking off too. I have watched a few very successful sales and that’s probably going to be where I sell off my duplicate and non-pc books
It’s all about liquidity end of the day. You bring them average items they will give you a lower margin. If you have mint items and high end course they will give you a higher percentage for those. The facts are most people don’t have that and businesses cannot be sitting on tonnes of illiquid assets. Hence why 40% is more than fair. Otherwise they go out of business and you still keep your 40% money worry free.
Cool video, but if you have trouble carrying 20 long boxes you better start carrying long boxes and maybe digging, chopping wood and lifting weights lol But seriously, watching this video has help reaffirmed what I thought. Im going to open a small brick and mortar shop in a crap area with low rent in Cleveland lol I don’t want to deal with any Nazi with a gun to my head or shipping. People come in and get to see exactly what they are getting and all sales are final. Discounts for CASH!
Been using comic and collectible forums on social media for year's and made a pretty penny, and some awesome trades,yea you hafta deal with the occasional scumbag but all and all I've yielded much more than any other platform,except maybe A Con in my Philly area
I have been selling comic books on eBay now for almost 10 years. Of course, as a comic book addict, I am buying on eBay as well. There are definitely a lot of scumbags out there who will lie to you about condition or have no idea how to package and ship a comic book. Packaging and shipping the book is incredibly important because if it does not arrive in the same condition in which the consumer bought it then you got screwed. Overall, I would say my experience has been pretty good and I’ve made some decent money. I did have one buyer, who bought the first appearance of spider Gwen, who tried to pull a fast one on me. It was a raw perfect near mint book and I have been packaging things in a bulletproof manner for years. He complained that when the book arrived the front cover had been bent forward and had a crinkle in it. He did not want to provide me pictures for verification and when he finally did the pictures were pretty inconclusive. Plus the manner in which he claimed it got bent was completely illogical. So I fought him on it and won - after I explained the reasons he was lying and his lack of evidence. It was a pretty big sale. Probably my biggest ever. A little nerve-racking at first but I got through it.
I am wondering if there are any sellers from Canada who have advice on how to buy/sell books here where it seems to me like most of the options listed in the video are either difficult to come by or cost way more than they do in the US .
Shipping is horrific on low value items. It actually makes a lot of books worthless. I get so frustrated when people expect decent packaging and speed yet think you can ship for $1. In the uk 1st class for a flat comic is roughly $2.43 with signature etcetera being extra and packing materials being pretty expensive as well. Throw in a bag and a board and ebay fees and its $5 to brake even even on a $1 book.
I've NEVER gotten a fair price for selling Comics @ LCS, I was offered $10 for AMS 361 first appearance of Carnage BECAUSE it was 2nd Print, I walked out NEVER to go there EVER again!!!
thank you, Tom your advice is valuable because I had some stuff on eBay and it's still on there and you giving me the chance to ask my Arsenal to possibly get some thank you, Tom and you Golden Age Guru fire. Ryan love you guys all, Pam
I have a collection of comics that are pretty cool rn I gotta see how much they worth but I also like collecting them too like the way you guys talked about comics tho a lot of knowledge right here lol
I took great umbrage to The GoldenAgeGuru's portrayal of selling to comic shops felt like he had a serious axe to grind LCS's keep this industry running and the cost of running a store is not BS as he stated. As a long time watcher I feel it was seriously out of line. I have 10s of thousands of books that sit in boxed from collections I bought over the last 7 years to discourage people from coming to their LCS is wrong. Thank you Tom for standing up for the comic shops.
Here's my feedback on the eBay option I wish you would have touched on. Post your comics on eBay and you will get non stop PM's from scammers and phishing crooks making fake offers trying to get at your information. It wasn't worth the time to filter out the garbage from the honestly interested buyers. I'll never sell comics on eBay again. Complete waste of time.
eBay for me has worked so far but I think I’m going to start with IG and see how that goes, and about the pictures on eBay, I think because I’m just starting, but i have had many buyers even with 10 pictures uploaded ask for more! Lol
I've been totally ripped off on ebay with little to no repercussions to the seller. They couldn't care less about the buyer. Avoid hot shot comics on ebay. Great video guys!
Seriously...eBay is ALL about the buyer! I don’t sell comics but I sell other items and buyers have all the power. I can’t tell you how many times I have been screwed.
Hey Guys, This content is SO HELPFUL for those of us with collections and NO IDEA how to move some of our books safely and securely while growing our collection and getting books to people who will love our offerings. I have perched looking in on Golden Guru’s Insta watching how he does what he does and it has been a MasterClass. Thx for this content. My collection is about 5000 mostly Copper & Bronze Age books and it seems like those are hot right now. They are high grade. Do you think I should get them graded then sell or just go the raw route? Thx for the suggestions.
@@mosesmelchezidek5295 Hey Moses, I’m in NYS, but my collection is currently in storage as I have moved. Are there any specific titles you are interested in? Let me know.
Hey Tom, how come the last uncanny X-Men 266 cgc 9.8 newsstand was never talked about with you or the key collector app? It nearly hit $4700 opposed to its average $1200 direct sales
I’ve sold primarily on eBay with great success. You need just to organize yourself and have system down and supplies ready shipping. but I’m always checking out some the other markets like FB or offer up. When I look on those others I find that people selling are not realistic at all and selling 90’s books. I’ll see average books asking for mint condition prices if not slabbed prices. There eBay qualms where all valid though.
I think you can do it but it's just somewhat labor and time intensive if you want to max value. Sell in groupings or lots, if not specific keys. Otherwise if you look around enough you can probably find a dealer (not an LCS) that would look at your collection and make an offer. Some definitely want the inventory.
NEVER Sell to half priced books, you pay half the cover price of that book when buying one from there. So here it the truth If the cover price is $1.00 on a book, they will sell it for $0.50, therefore, they will buy it from you at half that price. $0.25. no negotiation.
Buy you like buying from them. They're pretty straight up on their policy. You know when you sell to them they're not tripling their money or literally fucking you over saying its worth a $1 and they're going to sell it for $40. Their buying process sucks but they are at least honest about how they're selling it.
Are there any other apps/web sites available other than the ones mentioned in the video? I don’t use Facebook or Instagram and eBay is horrible so those options are out.
I'd neverrrrrrrr sell a collection to an LCS lol. To get what 25%. I rather list stuff to mercari yes mercari not feebay and make way more and put some work in and or the consignment method.
I've been selling books on Ebay for over 10 years. As long as you grade accurately (or leave the grading to the prospective buyer), and you package in a way that guarantees the safety of the book(s) through transit, you should do just fine selling comics on Ebay.
well if you dont wanna get fukked surely dont go to a comicshop or Ebay thats 4 sure. I mean seriously who even goes to comicshops anymore. The few i got 2 i wouldnt even call comicshops because they either practically new of a store in a sense, and/or they sell soo many multiple things. some of my fav places are more like thrifts store and especially since im more into the older stuff i literally have almost no reason to go into the typical comic shop . they fukkin u raw all the way around and not to mention i can almost guarantee they gon charge u tax
It truly just kills me when they have a comic book for sale (Buy It Now) for like $3-$4 and then they charge you $7 for the shipping when someone else is shipping from the same area for $2 or free. Just don't understand it. Thanks for the video and Happy and a pleasure to have gotten a pic with you at Washington State Summer Con.
eBay takes a 15% fee. That's off the final price plus the shipping charge. This doesn't include the actual cost of shipping the comic, which costs actual money to the shipper. Charging $2.86 for shipping is actually losing money... You have to take into account cost of shipping labels, ink, shipping box, bag and board, etc. Those who sell comics for $2 plus $2 shipping actually lose money if they only sell that comic. Those people are hopi g you buy some of their more expensive books in addition.
Shipping non media mail in a Gemini mailers costs anywhere from $3-$6 and that's with ebays percentage off of buying labels through them. Everything costs money.
You guys are really off the mark with LCS numbers here...You're really expecting a LCS to pay 85-90% of value?? Really? That's insane. That would be a horrible business model. No shop does that. And if they do, they won't be a LCS for very long. 50% of a books value is generous when selling to a shop. You might be able to work out a deal closer to 60-70% if it's a hot book that can be sold quickly but that really depends on the shop and the condition/title of your book. For consignment, 60% to the consignee, 40% to the shop is more realistic but 50/50 is really more on the mark.
I am starting to sell some of my slabs that I have been holding on to so I now know the struggles and complications behind this. @ComicTom101 and have looked at your auctions to see how other do it. My questions is this...auctions don't guarantee your item will sell for what you want, so why go down that route? As opposed to a straight sale and accepting offers for review.
Great video! Thank you for the time and effort you poured into this one to help educate me and our community. I sell a little over 1,000 items annually through my eBay store, “Hutch ‘n Such”, including comic books. It’s a small business by definition. Though I’ve never done it, selling to a local comic shop (LCS), while they will likely offer a really low price would have its advantages: [1] LCS does not generally take a percentage like eBay or a consignment shop would. Final value fees are around 13% for “Collectibles” category + a $0.30 transaction fee on eBay. And I’d wager the average consignment shop would want at least 30-40% of the final sale price of anything you bring them. [2] You don’t have to spend 7-15 minutes listing each comic book or “lots” of comic books at a time. [3] No hassling with customer service after you’ve sold something online, e.g. an eBay buyer buys something from you and isn’t happy with their purchase and now you have to spend time communicating and coming up with solutions. [4] No shipping supplies cost to sell to a local comic shop. Just some thoughts I had. Thanks again!
Just wanted to say this pre-whatnot y'all is great 😊 i really just wanted different ways to move books besides the great W app and LCS thanks GOLDENAGEGRURU and COMICTOM101💛💛💛💛
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Jeff’s body language and he shows frustration with eBay! Jeff I love your brutal honesty!
1:49 LCS
5:49 Consignments
8:20 Convention
11:58 eBay
18:12 Auction House
20:01 Social Media
24:48 Craigs List
Lol.
You should do a comprehensive video about grading comics.
Every LCS in my area will give less then 50%
This has been my experience for 50+ years!
I’m currently using eBay but I’ve applied to sell on whatnot. I’ve been buying on whatnot for a short time & love the format.
I’ve never used whatnot, but now that you’ve mentioned it, I’ll check it out. Selling on eBay is easy if you have desirable books.
most newer shops have garbage for back issues.
@@funnyfukker6327 totally...the shops they have today i dunno how they even remain open.
I just listed 7 items on eBay and thought the timing of this video was a great coincidence. Seeing this video reminded me of how wonderful the IG comic community is and is such a viable option. Great vid, guys!
In 2015 I try to sell my collection. 15 long boxes to my local LCS. I gave they a list of what I had. They were offering me only 1k. Or .25 per book. Thank God I said no. I put them in storage for 3 yrs til I came across your channel and went deep into what I really have. Thank God I didn't sell them for that price.
smart man...the effort alone it took u probably 2 get (or whomever u got from) wouldn't been worth the 1k. 15 long boxes?? u gotta be fukking kidding me. some people be ready 2 spit in they face they hear some shyt like that. Then again u cant be mad at them...its what they do.
NEVER EVER attempt to sell comics at your LCS, unless you're begging to be ripped off. I took 2 longboxes of DC and Marvel into 3 comic stores with a friend a few years back. I acted as if I had no idea of the value. They briefly looked through both boxes and offered me $50 a box, but would pay double per because I had each long box filled. So that's $200 total. Then I explained I know there's a few comics in there that are worth around that number alone. These aren't .25 comics. Each guy both played dumb and asked me to pull out anything not considered cheap. So I pulled out 20 comics that were between 50-150 raw each. I said I want 2k for just these alone, and another 2k for the rest. Total value was literally worth 5k. Then things got interesting, lol. They looked each book up and offered me 3000, saying all this nonsense about market shifts, how long these will sit, how they need to make money, and they typhcally pay up to 50% of the current value. I laughed and said no deal. You guys were going to pay me 200 dollars, thinking I'm an idiot. And now you're willing to pay 3000 bc you've realized I know a little bit about what I actually have. If you were honest from the start, maybe we could have worked something out.
Point is, your LCS is in the business of making money, not being fair and generous. Do your research on everything u have. Do not take comics to your LCS, unless they are literally worth nothing but space.
I don’t like using social media to sell my books I’ve gotten burnt selling and trying to buy books on Facebook and Instagram it’s just a much bigger headache than eBay!
Finally! This is exactly what I needed! Been struggling to figure out a way to move my books. Thank you gentlemen, this was extremely beneficial👍👍
Thank you!!!! I needed this, I am trying to figure out how to sell.
Very interesting thanks for the tips I’ve just dug out my 70s,80s and early 90s comics from the garage and looking at the best way to sell them so thanks for the advise .. wish me luck 🤞🏽
Was made to sell my whole 80s collection to a shop when I went off to college (pretty much anything/everything 1980-1991). They gave me ~$220. I long since learned to live with it but vids like these are triggering lol.
As for the rest - I quite like Ebay as a buyer when I get a bug to find a particular book but I'm also usually just picking up random issues I want to have again that are definitively in the sub-$50 range. As prices get closer to that max I want lots of photos to make an informed decision and generally am not necessarily looking for an investment copy as much as (at the very least) a nice one I simply want to have. Much more than that level of $$ I would want an in person purchase. I've never bought a slabbed book so maybe that would be an exception.
Good tips. Best time to sell right now it’s a sellers market for sure. 🎯
I just saw this video on selling comics. I know, I know it was done a year ago
But you guys are awesome
Very informative
I almost never comment on TH-cam
Please keep it up
"6 Ways To Sell Your Comics" sounds like a song parody in the making - lol.
Seriously though, good insight overall.
I always wanted to sell some of my comics but never know what to do except that I only know little how to sell but never heard thing like #5, #4, and #2 I never know that these are own by these ways when it comes to selling comics.
Great video! Thanks! Questions of selling raw vs. graded...and which grading company best CBCS vs CGC..
So true about shipping fees with eBay. It’s killing the moods. I’m living in Canada and I have declined some many an interesting offer from a US seller just because of the exorbitant fees to ship from US to Can. It is usually around 22$ USD (28$ CDN). And we’re not taking about shipping to UK and Europe.
About the ebay part, I learned that it is best to take detailed pics of any flaws that are noticeable. Don't just take a pic of the cover, that way the buyer won't feel like you got one over them because they feel like the quality isn't as good as you said it is.
eBay not caring about comics would explain why they recently eliminated a bunch of sub-categories from comic searches (full runs & sets, collections, etc.)
Looking for specific books. I can help most likely.
Lcs pay 10-30 percent of the value of that. It's the dumbest way to sell a comic book.
I tend to find a lot of success in both hunting and selling when using the app mercari ... was actually a bit surprised it wasn't on this list 🤓🤷♂️ awesome video tho...very informative 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Great info. Especially for new collectors. Can you and explain how to catalog and insure our collections???
I have approximately 50 boxes of bagged and boarded comics that was left for me over a decade ago. I know they were never read, and well taken care of. I just really don’t know where to begin. Should I start cataloging or just start selling by box? Each box has mostly same stuff in it
You guys have consistently given me the best advise for selling my collection. Appreciate the content.
Comics are expensive to ship because they contain advertisements, otherwise you could ship book rate.
I've sold comics and vintage toys on EBAY. I always claim a slightly lower grade so the buyer gets a better than expected value.
I have NEVER in 50 years of comic collecting seen a LCS that DIDN'T take at lease 40% - 60%
I don't sell many comics on E-Bay, but when I do I provide the max number of photos and I assign NO GRADES. I price it based on what I think the grade is, and if you look at the photos and decide it is a fair price for what you see, you will buy it. Then there are no disputes over grading because none was given.
Fewer pics for a CGC book and let the CGC grade and reputation speak for itself.
Comic Collector Live for the rank and file stuff.
I was selling on Amazon and well packaged mint condition, but I gave up because the buyer gave me a bad rating ASAP. I claim the book was damaged. I didn’t want to go thru return & send so I told him keep that copy even I know there’s nothing wrong with it. I messaged him I would send another one. He said thank you and gave me a bad rating so I gave up .
Would love to see a follow up answering all these questions. Most I was going to ask myself! I liked the selling at convention idea.
Again, I love listening to these guys on these kinds of video. ComicTom is blessed in that he has three core guys and each guy always makes for great videos that stand on their own. A ComicTom with The Golden Age Guru is different from a ComicTom with Fireguy Ryan and a ComicTom with Russ video.
The real Fantastic Four in my opinion. Please continue to make these great videos. I laugh I learn and my appreciation for this great hobby grows thanks to these four guys. Keep making more videos.
Whatnot is really taking off too. I have watched a few very successful sales and that’s probably going to be where I sell off my duplicate and non-pc books
Very informative! Finally watched this lol thnx for the content, you'll be in my circle tom sending out an SOS! Lol 😁💜🤙🏼
It’s all about liquidity end of the day. You bring them average items they will give you a lower margin.
If you have mint items and high end course they will give you a higher percentage for those.
The facts are most people don’t have that and businesses cannot be sitting on tonnes of illiquid assets. Hence why 40% is more than fair.
Otherwise they go out of business and you still keep your 40% money worry free.
eBay is the devil for sellers
eBay. High fees for ability to get crap customer service.. #ebaysucks Too big for their britches
Seems very expensive.
Cool video, but if you have trouble carrying 20 long boxes you better start carrying long boxes and maybe digging, chopping wood and lifting weights lol But seriously, watching this video has help reaffirmed what I thought. Im going to open a small brick and mortar shop in a crap area with low rent in Cleveland lol I don’t want to deal with any Nazi with a gun to my head or shipping. People come in and get to see exactly what they are getting and all sales are final. Discounts for CASH!
Been using comic and collectible forums on social media for year's and made a pretty penny, and some awesome trades,yea you hafta deal with the occasional scumbag but all and all I've yielded much more than any other platform,except maybe A Con in my Philly area
I have been selling comic books on eBay now for almost 10 years. Of course, as a comic book addict, I am buying on eBay as well. There are definitely a lot of scumbags out there who will lie to you about condition or have no idea how to package and ship a comic book. Packaging and shipping the book is incredibly important because if it does not arrive in the same condition in which the consumer bought it then you got screwed. Overall, I would say my experience has been pretty good and I’ve made some decent money.
I did have one buyer, who bought the first appearance of spider Gwen, who tried to pull a fast one on me. It was a raw perfect near mint book and I have been packaging things in a bulletproof manner for years. He complained that when the book arrived the front cover had been bent forward and had a crinkle in it. He did not want to provide me pictures for verification and when he finally did the pictures were pretty inconclusive. Plus the manner in which he claimed it got bent was completely illogical. So I fought him on it and won - after I explained the reasons he was lying and his lack of evidence. It was a pretty big sale. Probably my biggest ever. A little nerve-racking at first but I got through it.
Definitely will take those options in mind. Thanks guys!
I am wondering if there are any sellers from Canada who have advice on how to buy/sell books here where it seems to me like most of the options listed in the video are either difficult to come by or cost way more than they do in the US .
ebay fees should be much lower than paying rent for brick and mortar store!
You're right about ebay. I lose a LOT of money on shipping alone and I thought it was just me being stupid.
ive heard soo much bad between the shipping and the fee they take that i can almost guarantee i will never sell there
Shipping is horrific on low value items. It actually makes a lot of books worthless. I get so frustrated when people expect decent packaging and speed yet think you can ship for $1. In the uk 1st class for a flat comic is roughly $2.43 with signature etcetera being extra and packing materials being pretty expensive as well. Throw in a bag and a board and ebay fees and its $5 to brake even even on a $1 book.
I've NEVER gotten a fair price for selling Comics @ LCS, I was offered $10 for AMS 361 first appearance of Carnage BECAUSE it was 2nd Print, I walked out NEVER to go there EVER again!!!
Lots of great info here. Thanks!
I got three wolverine number ones.
thank you, Tom your advice is valuable because I had some stuff on eBay and it's still on there and you giving me the chance to ask my Arsenal to possibly get some thank you, Tom and you Golden Age Guru fire. Ryan love you guys all, Pam
I have a collection of comics that are pretty cool rn I gotta see how much they worth but I also like collecting them too like the way you guys talked about comics tho a lot of knowledge right here lol
this guy just described my local shop lol
Great info!
I took great umbrage to The GoldenAgeGuru's portrayal of selling to comic shops felt like he had a serious axe to grind LCS's keep this industry running and the cost of running a store is not BS as he stated. As a long time watcher I feel it was seriously out of line. I have 10s of thousands of books that sit in boxed from collections I bought over the last 7 years to discourage people from coming to their LCS is wrong. Thank you Tom for standing up for the comic shops.
Here's my feedback on the eBay option I wish you would have touched on. Post your comics on eBay and you will get non stop PM's from scammers and phishing crooks making fake offers trying to get at your information. It wasn't worth the time to filter out the garbage from the honestly interested buyers. I'll never sell comics on eBay again. Complete waste of time.
I just want to sell one issue, I don't really want to but I need the money right now. What is the best way to do it? It's all I wanna know.
Thanks and Love. Algo appeased!
12:55 That's news to me!
eBay for me has worked so far but I think I’m going to start with IG and see how that goes, and about the pictures on eBay, I think because I’m just starting, but i have had many buyers even with 10 pictures uploaded ask for more! Lol
I'd love to see an update of top5 social media ethods: FB groups, FB marketplace, FB SHOP, Instagram, Whatnot, tictoc, etc
Hi,
Thanks for this video!
I had a question on how you would go about selling around 500,000 comic books mostly vintage dc/adventures/marvel comics
I've been totally ripped off on ebay with little to no repercussions to the seller. They couldn't care less about the buyer. Avoid hot shot comics on ebay. Great video guys!
Seriously...eBay is ALL about the buyer! I don’t sell comics but I sell other items and buyers have all the power. I can’t tell you how many times I have been screwed.
@@melw2100 tell that to my missing $75 or non-existent tmnt tlr#1. Thanks for your interest
It takes a lot of work to get the best value from your collection. Luckily I am not in this for the quick flip.
Hey Guys,
This content is SO HELPFUL for those of us with collections and NO IDEA how to move some of our books safely and securely while growing our collection and getting books to people who will love our offerings. I have perched looking in on Golden Guru’s Insta watching how he does what he does and it has been a MasterClass. Thx for this content. My collection is about 5000 mostly Copper & Bronze Age books and it seems like those are hot right now. They are high grade. Do you think I should get them graded then sell or just go the raw route? Thx for the suggestions.
I would like to buy some, if you are interested! What state are you in?
@@mosesmelchezidek5295 Hey Moses,
I’m in NYS, but my collection is currently in storage as I have moved. Are there any specific titles you are interested in? Let me know.
Hey Tom, how come the last uncanny X-Men 266 cgc 9.8 newsstand was never talked about with you or the key collector app? It nearly hit $4700 opposed to its average $1200 direct sales
I've been liking this idea of using my neighbor apps and doing flash sales in my front yard.
I’ve sold primarily on eBay with great success. You need just to organize yourself and have system down and supplies ready shipping. but I’m always checking out some the other markets like FB or offer up. When I look on those others I find that people selling are not realistic at all and selling 90’s books. I’ll see average books asking for mint condition prices if not slabbed prices. There eBay qualms where all valid though.
I think it’s fine to sell less important books to an lcs.
Gooood stuff, fellas. @GoldenAgeGuru will we get to find out what you won at the Promise Pedigree Auction?
Looks like Ill be dying with my comics. Every route to sell sounds sketchy as fuck. I would love to be able to get rid of all my books.
Hey, I like buying collections ig dm me @ricanstylo
I think you can do it but it's just somewhat labor and time intensive if you want to max value. Sell in groupings or lots, if not specific keys. Otherwise if you look around enough you can probably find a dealer (not an LCS) that would look at your collection and make an offer. Some definitely want the inventory.
Auction houses suck, they take way way way way too much in fees… Not worth it at all! Not even close
NEVER Sell to half priced books, you pay half the cover price of that book when buying one from there. So here it the truth If the cover price is $1.00 on a book, they will sell it for $0.50, therefore, they will buy it from you at half that price. $0.25. no negotiation.
Buy you like buying from them. They're pretty straight up on their policy. You know when you sell to them they're not tripling their money or literally fucking you over saying its worth a $1 and they're going to sell it for $40. Their buying process sucks but they are at least honest about how they're selling it.
@@GeekpinEnt h i totally agree with you i was just for warning others
I was wondering what are some good ig pages to buy comics from?
Are there any other apps/web sites available other than the ones mentioned in the video? I don’t use Facebook or Instagram and eBay is horrible so those options are out.
If you really want to get rid of your low value books, donate a few shortboxes to goodwill or a charity.
I'd neverrrrrrrr sell a collection to an LCS lol. To get what 25%. I rather list stuff to mercari yes mercari not feebay and make way more and put some work in and or the consignment method.
In the aero plane over the sea!
how do you report your earnings for tax purposes?
I've been selling books on Ebay for over 10 years. As long as you grade accurately (or leave the grading to the prospective buyer), and you package in a way that guarantees the safety of the book(s) through transit, you should do just fine selling comics on Ebay.
No Longer. EBAY DOES NOT PROTECT SELLERS ARE IS LOOSING MARKET SHARE. EBAY NOW DOES NOT USE PAYPAL AND EFFECTIVELY "BACKS BUYER FRAUD". #GOODBYEEBAY
well if you dont wanna get fukked surely dont go to a comicshop or Ebay thats 4 sure. I mean seriously who even goes to comicshops anymore. The few i got 2 i wouldnt even call comicshops because they either practically new of a store in a sense, and/or they sell soo many multiple things. some of my fav places are more like thrifts store and especially since im more into the older stuff i literally have almost no reason to go into the typical comic shop . they fukkin u raw all the way around and not to mention i can almost guarantee they gon charge u tax
It truly just kills me when they have a comic book for sale (Buy It Now) for like $3-$4 and then they charge you $7 for the shipping when someone else is shipping from the same area for $2 or free. Just don't understand it. Thanks for the video and Happy and a pleasure to have gotten a pic with you at Washington State Summer Con.
eBay takes a 15% fee. That's off the final price plus the shipping charge. This doesn't include the actual cost of shipping the comic, which costs actual money to the shipper. Charging $2.86 for shipping is actually losing money... You have to take into account cost of shipping labels, ink, shipping box, bag and board, etc. Those who sell comics for $2 plus $2 shipping actually lose money if they only sell that comic. Those people are hopi g you buy some of their more expensive books in addition.
Shipping non media mail in a Gemini mailers costs anywhere from $3-$6 and that's with ebays percentage off of buying labels through them. Everything costs money.
How much is the Green Lantern, Vol. 2 #123 released Dec. 1979 (9.6 near mint) goes for just asking.
and few 1977 comics
This is genius!!!!
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Don’t forget to collect that sales tax. Not doing it.. watch out.
Luckily in canada, you don’t need to collect sales tax until you reach 30,000$ in sales, (which could be one comic lol(
EBay isn’t too bad, made decent money and haven’t had a bad experience yet 😇
Yo what? people get 90% for their comics at an LCS? How?
I have never in my life seen a comic store give more than 40%. period.
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Who's a cannibal?
You guys are really off the mark with LCS numbers here...You're really expecting a LCS to pay 85-90% of value?? Really? That's insane. That would be a horrible business model. No shop does that. And if they do, they won't be a LCS for very long. 50% of a books value is generous when selling to a shop. You might be able to work out a deal closer to 60-70% if it's a hot book that can be sold quickly but that really depends on the shop and the condition/title of your book. For consignment, 60% to the consignee, 40% to the shop is more realistic but 50/50 is really more on the mark.
Nice tax write offs
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Love you guys, but WOW, both of you guys miss the mark 🤨 with what you’re telling people about selling books / collections to comic book stores! 🤦🏻♂️
I am starting to sell some of my slabs that I have been holding on to so I now know the struggles and complications behind this. @ComicTom101 and have looked at your auctions to see how other do it. My questions is this...auctions don't guarantee your item will sell for what you want, so why go down that route? As opposed to a straight sale and accepting offers for review.
Great video! Thank you for the time and effort you poured into this one to help educate me and our community.
I sell a little over 1,000 items annually through my eBay store, “Hutch ‘n Such”, including comic books. It’s a small business by definition.
Though I’ve never done it, selling to a local comic shop (LCS), while they will likely offer a really low price would have its advantages:
[1] LCS does not generally take a percentage like eBay or a consignment shop would. Final value fees are around 13% for “Collectibles” category + a $0.30 transaction fee on eBay. And I’d wager the average consignment shop would want at least 30-40% of the final sale price of anything you bring them.
[2] You don’t have to spend 7-15 minutes listing each comic book or “lots” of comic books at a time.
[3] No hassling with customer service after you’ve sold something online, e.g. an eBay buyer buys something from you and isn’t happy with their purchase and now you have to spend time communicating and coming up with solutions.
[4] No shipping supplies cost to sell to a local comic shop.
Just some thoughts I had. Thanks again!
Just wanted to say this pre-whatnot y'all is great 😊 i really just wanted different ways to move books besides the great W app and LCS thanks GOLDENAGEGRURU and COMICTOM101💛💛💛💛
BURCHCOLLECTABLE here, I have been selling on EBAY for years and I do sell alot of comics and I am very happy.