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RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

Robbie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:36:12 GMT

[quote][b]texranger37 (9/17/2009)[/b][hr]

There's less auctions? No wonder I have been spending less...

TEX[/quote]
Guess you've already bought everyone else's comics.
-- you win ;)

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

texranger37 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:14:29 GMT

[quote][b]Spideyfan_76 (9/16/2009)[/b][hr][quote][b]yourplace2 (8/31/2009)[/b][hr]I think alot of what you are noticing is just this sucky economy, which is spread out to all of us in one way or another.

Less auctions because they cost more, end faster. Store items stay up for months at a very small cost. You list a book for even just $1 or so, you have a whole year (.36) at .03 cents a month, before you actually lose more than the sale brings (counting PAYPAL fees and FVF).

And people are shopping differently there as well, not just addictive/impulse buying (guilty of that myself sometimes).:hmmmm:[/quote]

Unless you're Tex!:D I definitely noticed the fewer auctions. I thought I had changed a filter somewhere by accident so I wasn't seeing all the auctions I used to. It's weird when a search one week returns 3000 plus hits and two weeks later you get 250.

Spidey[/quote]

LOL!!

Spidey, you so crazy.

There's less auctions? No wonder I have been spending less...

TEX

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

Spideyfan_76 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:53:20 GMT

[quote][b]yourplace2 (8/31/2009)[/b][hr]I think alot of what you are noticing is just this sucky economy, which is spread out to all of us in one way or another.

Less auctions because they cost more, end faster. Store items stay up for months at a very small cost. You list a book for even just $1 or so, you have a whole year (.36) at .03 cents a month, before you actually lose more than the sale brings (counting PAYPAL fees and FVF).

And people are shopping differently there as well, not just addictive/impulse buying (guilty of that myself sometimes).:hmmmm:[/quote]

Unless you're Tex!:D I definitely noticed the fewer auctions. I thought I had changed a filter somewhere by accident so I wasn't seeing all the auctions I used to. It's weird when a search one week returns 3000 plus hits and two weeks later you get 250.

Spidey

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

yourplace2 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:51:34 GMT

I think alot of what you are noticing is just this sucky economy, which is spread out to all of us in one way or another.

Less auctions because they cost more, end faster. Store items stay up for months at a very small cost. You list a book for even just $1 or so, you have a whole year (.36) at .03 cents a month, before you actually lose more than the sale brings (counting PAYPAL fees and FVF).

And people are shopping differently there as well, not just addictive/impulse buying (guilty of that myself sometimes).:hmmmm:

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

Robbie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:25:19 GMT

[quote][b]thatjerk (7/24/2009)[/b][hr]I don't think it's just comics. eBay's new fees and rules and have probably turned off a lot of sellers and I've noticed that items that I have put up (non-comic related) aren't going for what I could have expected even last year at this time.[/quote]
Yep. I think there will be some awesome deals later this year.

Last week, I saw a bronze Sandman statue with no bids starting at $700 (below original retail)

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

thatjerk — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:15:31 GMT

I don't think it's just comics. eBay's new fees and rules and have probably turned off a lot of sellers and I've noticed that items that I have put up (non-comic related) aren't going for what I could have expected even last year at this time.

RE: WHere have all the comics gone?

Robbie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:26:09 GMT

I've noticed that too. And the BIN comics mostly don't sell (listed at 80-100+% guide). Lots of auctions closing at 50% off or better.
I guess lots of people are deciding to keep their comics instead of sell them at fire sale prices.

Comics, even bulk comics might be a safer investment than US dollars.

WHere have all the comics gone?

toz1960 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:43:02 GMT

Looking in the ebay comics category there are about 130,000 items of which appx.70,000 are auctions.It seems like not too long ago the number was much higher,at least double.There are less than 10 featured listings and I have seen the time when the first 7 pages were all featured listings of keys,high grades & slabbed books.

So what's happened? Have they all been moved to stores? The number of store listings is around 1.6 million.

Sorry,if that's where they have gone I guess that leaves me out.I liked scanning the auctions and getting the sweet deals that other people missed.I don't look for a specific book very often and if I do I usually will just visit lonestar.

Man,ebay really sucks these days.

By the way,I have an ebid account but haven't actually listed any comics there and the other stuff I listed there just kinda sat with very few looks.Has anyone had any experience on ebid? Care to share them if you have?