Comic Book Speculation and Flipping for Newbs

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#21

Credit cards are fine if your:

  1. Paying off monthly
  2. Accruing points on your cards for future purchases
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#22

Correct. I should have specified not carrying a balance and paying interest. 2% cash back is very favorable along with points, etc. I personally do not have the discipline to not carry a balance. So I either sell comics too early to pay off the balance. Or buy much more than I should due to available credit. But credit cards can be great if a person has appropriate discipline (I do not!).

Another important tactic is to review Mercari and EBay for deals. Not just eBay. Some of my biggest winners in recent years have come via Mercari. But I feel like it is not as prominent as eBay.

Also - once you select what you are interested in. Create ā€œsaved searchesā€ as you can often find good deals. Although the good deals are often purchased quickly.

#23

This level of self-awareness is absolutely fantastic. Bravo.

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#24

If it shows up on a KCC list, get your copy listed on eBay that day. The heat on fake/crappy spec fades FAST. But you can move some duds or other books that otherwise were drek while the lemmings are hot for their mastersā€™ latest pump.

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#25

Also donā€™t buy the books that hitting all the ā€˜Top 10ā€™ listsā€¦

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#26

I buy many 10 ten books. I just buy them at cover or low prices and sell them for profit as quick as I can.

If I canā€™t make at least $10 profit after cost, fees, taxes, etc. not worth my time.

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#27

You know how to play the gameā€¦ newbies donā€™t know yet.

Top 10 books that have legs will have pullbacks in prices then you buy them if patient.

#28

100%, you sell the top 10 list books, you dont buy them when list comes out

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#29

Start a YouTube channel and keep talking about ā€œcold keysā€.

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#30

Question

Are all 9.8 CGC books considered the ā€œsameā€ by buyers or are some ā€œbetterā€

I notice white pages being mentioned
When looking to buy a 9.8 can I assume the value will Be like another 9.8 down the road?

#31

Digging deep right away! Though they may have the same ā€œgradeā€, there are clearly differences in those books in the slabs. Graders offer an opinion, and those sometimes differ. If you are buying a slab, remember to really look at the book in that slab, not just the 9.8 or whatever number was given to it.

Value wise, the grade is somewhat uniform across the platform, so the value should hold relative to its assigned scoring from a resale standpoint.
My two cents!

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