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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 7, 2021 8:31:41 GMT -5
This is great fun to see! I look forward to it and you have inspired me to consider doing it for an early ASM issue I need so maybe I will!
Also, too bad your Spawn 1 isnt a newsstand...I had someone pay me $150 for mine! I was all to happy to sell it.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 7, 2021 22:04:22 GMT -5
This is great fun to see! I look forward to it and you have inspired me to consider doing it for an early ASM issue I need so maybe I will! Also, too bad your Spawn 1 isnt a newsstand...I had someone pay me $150 for mine! I was all to happy to sell it. Awesome, I hope you decide to do it! I've been hoping some other people will jump in with their own version of the trading challenge, not just because it would be a lot of fun to see everyone's progress, but we could also potentially trade with each other as well. I'm curious which issue you need! I once had an ASM #2 I got for 50 cents (it was coverless). I think I also paid less than a dollar for a copy of ASM #6 way back in the 80's as well. But both of those books are long gone from my collection.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 7, 2021 22:17:09 GMT -5
I'm going to leave this round of trading open until Monday, so if anybody wants to make any offers, there's still time!
Right now I've only traded three of the books so far this round - Flash #92, Batman #666, and JLoA #220. So the other 17 are still available.
After Monday I will probably try to see if I can do any trading on the CGC forums. We'll see how that goes! They have a rule that books offered there cannot be offered anywhere else at the same time, which is one reason why I'm going to close this trading window on Monday so I can offer the remaining books exclusively over there for a few days before we get to Round 3.
I've got three books incoming so far, no spoilers, but here's a quick tease. One I'm sure will be traded, as it's the first repeat book - it's another copy of a book I traded during round 1, and since three people asked for it that round, I'm sure I won't have any trouble trading this new copy. One of the other books coming in I'm also sure will go immediately, as it's a stone cold classic issue. Luckily I already have one so I won't be tempted. And the third book is a wild card, I know almost nothing about it, it's a weird modern variant, so who the heck knows whether anyone will want it or not!
All part of the fun, but I'm hoping to do some more deals soon too!
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Post by Icctrombone on May 7, 2021 23:58:16 GMT -5
Good luck in the CGC forum.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 8, 2021 2:21:06 GMT -5
This is great fun to see! I look forward to it and you have inspired me to consider doing it for an early ASM issue I need so maybe I will! Also, too bad your Spawn 1 isnt a newsstand...I had someone pay me $150 for mine! I was all to happy to sell it. Awesome, I hope you decide to do it! I've been hoping some other people will jump in with their own version of the trading challenge, not just because it would be a lot of fun to see everyone's progress, but we could also potentially trade with each other as well. I'm curious which issue you need! I once had an ASM #2 I got for 50 cents (it was coverless). I think I also paid less than a dollar for a copy of ASM #6 way back in the 80's as well. But both of those books are long gone from my collection. Funny you mention issue 6, I just secured a decent low grade copy (2.5-3.0) for only a couple hundred bucks. A far cry from the price you paid but by today’s standards I think it was a great deal. I need a fair number of issues between 1-20. 1 might be outta range now but knocking off a key villain appearance like 9, 13, 14 or 15 would be great if I could!
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Post by Crimebuster on May 13, 2021 11:46:46 GMT -5
Still going to be probably a couple weeks until the next video. This round has been much more work than the last, but there's still a couple venues I haven't tired yet, so while I'm waiting to receive a couple things and complete a couple trades I'll be trying those.
Last time I traded 14 books very quickly.
This time I've so far traded 5 out, with 6 coming back in. I also have another trade that is pending. Additionally. I have received 1 offer that I declined on a book I have yet to trade, so that remains a possibility.
My hope is to trade at least 8 books before the next round, but if not, I'll just start the next round and carry the books over!
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 1, 2021 20:18:07 GMT -5
This round is almost done. I have managed to do a couple more trades, and right now I think I am at 8 books out and 8 back in. I'm still hoping to do one more trade before the next round, but we'll see!
I have been branching out to try some more trading venues. This round the trades look like this:
CCF - 1 trade YouTube - 1 trade CGC forums - 1 trade Instagram - 0 trades Reddit - 2 trades
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 15, 2021 19:05:40 GMT -5
Any updates?
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 15, 2021 20:15:07 GMT -5
I've traded in theory half the books, so I'm ready for the next round... except for that theory part. My final trading partner has vanished right as we were about to mail the books, so I'm trying to get a hold of him to finish it. As soon as I've made that exchange, the next round will go up.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 15, 2021 20:56:21 GMT -5
I've traded in theory half the books, so I'm ready for the next round... except for that theory part. My final trading partner has vanished right as we were about to mail the books, so I'm trying to get a hold of him to finish it. As soon as I've made that exchange, the next round will go up.
"Challenge" indeed... maybe you should change it to the "Great Dollar Bin Trading Roadblock"... because it seems you've run into a bunch this time around. Sorry to hear that people are so sketchy, Scott.
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 1, 2021 13:53:14 GMT -5
Just a short update: the next video has been recorded, and I will probably post it on Monday, August 9.
There's some cool books in this round!
I also had one open slot, so I put in a pretty big key I pulled out of my personal collection. It's low grade, but still big enough to take the top value slot.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 1, 2021 18:11:29 GMT -5
I'm just waiting until you have an Avengers #1 available. I will overwhelm you with great books.
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 1, 2021 19:45:45 GMT -5
The key I put in is not that big!
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 1, 2021 20:35:12 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 8, 2021 18:47:15 GMT -5
The video will be live on my YouTube channel tomorrow, but you can watch it now. Hit me up if you want any of the books here - I'll mark them as PENDING while we figure out the details. Here's the new list of books for trade. Books in blue are carry overs from the previous round. This is just book and trade valuation, but the video details have condition. I've also re-evaluated all the books and changed some valuations as a result, either downwards or upwards. As you can see form the list, the big new addition from the dollar bins is a low grade X-Men #129, the first appearances of both Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost. And the biggest dollar value trade acquisition is Hulk #1 (2008), the first appearance of Red Hulk.
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