Sold the Ultimate Invasion #2 and UBP #1 Darboe already.
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Went to another shop and found more. Like I said before they keep selling so I keep replenishing. @Gbess no UBP unfortunately
What are these mystical/mythical shops loaded with sought-after issues? How do you find them?
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No worries. Just wanted to read the story. Iāll wait for 2nd print. Thank you though
I move around a lot. One is by my job. One is by my house. The other one is by where Joe works out for baseball. I do a circuit and bleed them out slowly.
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Sold the two Acuraās tonight
$26?
Unbelievableā¦given there are multiple NM copies sitting for substantially lessā¦
Edit: Ah, it was a two copy lot. Wondered where the second sale went!
Whoās this guy offering $4.99 flat rate shipping?? Thatās MY move! Heās stealing my move!
Cost of the label + shipping material, tape, paper, ink for the printer, board and bag, mailer/Gemeni, etc + base transaction fee for the 1st item purchased = X
To get X left over after E-Bay takes out the feeās on the shipping charge and their version of PayPal feeās if youāre on Managed Payments or the actual PayPal Feeās and PayPal base transaction fee, you have to charge more than X. The people in the $7ās are probably closer to the actual cost for most orders and zone 8 distances may not be enough.
Hereās an example.
If the comic had sold in store the sale would have been $50.20 so after all the E-bay feeās and shipping label costs, I cleared 17 cent to pay for the mailers, tape, packing material etcā¦
Thereās a little area on the right side of your order details that helps you see what youāre actually making and how much of the freight youāre paying for the customer.
Did any of you guys get Ultimate spider-man 1 2nd print āallocatedā this week? Been hearing on shows that a lot of shops did get allocated and it looks like itās legit.
I placed two orders after FOC on Jan 15. None arrived.
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They probably added orders after foc
So thereās no chance that if you order pre FOC that you should get books allocated except under special circumstances, correct?
The only special circumstances is if they are all damaged, and never replaced because the overprint is gone. Marvel doesnāt allocate
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Yes, that sounds correct unless the item was labelled as a limited print qty or such. Regular comics they can just keep the presses rolling to fill any number preFOC. I even had the 4 copies of US2 I ordered a week after FOC delivered Friday along with my preFOC order amount.
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Thank you
Yeah. Since I can still get them and have other orders going out Tuesday that I have to package up, I went with it. I charged $6.99 shipping and made about $2.75 on shipping which covers bag and board label fee on shipping and mailer. Books cost me about $8 after discount so still making a profit.
Not sure Iām following all thisā¦but I just offer $4.99 as a āgimmickā to make it appear the cost is lower. That and the whole $X.95 to make the first number in the price lower. Another reason I loathe Mercari as they only deal in whole numbers. Donāt underestimate the power of gimmicks! Thereās a whole psychology to it.
Iām willing to take the hit of $1 or so to reach a larger audience and quicker sale. It usually puts me #1 (top of the search list)ā¦on occasion Iāll price it slightly higher if I feel the condition of the lowest priced books will factor inā¦or if I feel the demand will eventually reach my asking price.
Yeah, I leave a few $$ off the tableā¦but I donāt sell enough quantity for that to really matter in the big picture and the risk of getting āstuckā with a flash in the pan FOMO book. I believe on average I come out on top in the end.
Just wanted you to know and any others reading that what you get once feeās and other costs are taken out, you might find youāre paying for part of the shipping costs yourself. I donāt try to profit on shipping but I do like to end up with the same amount deposited no matter which place it sells.
The box I posted a picture of is on the right side of the page for E-bay orders. It allows you to tweek your costs and markups up or down as needed to get in the spot where youāre actually putting in your pocket, what you wanted to be. Every time they change the USPS rates I spend like a week or more writing down every orders numbers to see if thereās any adjusting needed to compensate. In a perfect world I target having about $1 leftover difference between the store price and the e-Bayās earnings number to cover the costs of actually shipping it. Iām always adjusting things to try and get it just right. I shortened my outer shipping cardboard recently and that one adjustment saves about 12 inches of packing tape on 1 book orders now which translates into maybe 1 less roll a month used.
Absolutely. Itās intentional. I know I eat a little bit of shipping to keep my prices lower than the competition. Iām ok given itās such a small fraction. Price of one bird in the hand vs being stuck with 2 in the bush.
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