New Ratio Variants on Third Eye

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#1

Well, we did it for TFAW, so I figured I would give this one a go, here are the Ratio Variants on FOC at Third Eye.
MARVEL
ALL-NEW VENOM #7 1:25 INCV PACO MEDINA VARIANT
ALL-NEW VENOM #7 1:100
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 1:50 INCV JOHN ROMITA JR. & JOHN ROMITA SR. HIDDEN GEM VARIANT
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 1:100 INCV PEPE LARRAZ VIRGIN VARIANT
IMPERIAL #1 1:25 INCV ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO VARIANT
IMPERIAL #1 1:50 INCV JIM LEE HIDDEN GM VARIANT
IMPERIAL #1 1:100 INCV ADI GRANOV VIRGIN VARIANT
IMPERIAL #1 1:100 INCV MIGUEL MERCADO DEATHBIRD VIRGIN VARIANT
MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME #1 1:25 INCV SIMONE DI MEO VARIANT
MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME #1 1:50 INCV JOSHUA SWABY STORM VIRGIN VARIANT
MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME #1 1:100 INCV ALEX MALEEV VIRGIN VARIANT
PREDATOR VS. SPIDER-MAN #1 RYAN BROWN 1:25 INCV VIRGIN 2ND PRINTING VARIANT
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #4 1:100 INCV TAURIN CLARKE LIGHTSABER VIRGIN VARIANT
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #6 1:25 INCV LEINIL YU VARIANT
ULTIMATES #13 1:25 INCV GREG LAND VARIANT
X-MEN #17 1:25 INCV RYAN BROWN VARIANT

DC
ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 (OF 6) CVR D INC 1:25
ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER #3 (OF 6) CVR E INC 1:50
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #8 CVR D INC 1:25
ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN #8 CVR E INC 1:50 STEPHANIE HANS
BATMAN #160 CVR G INC 1:25 BEN OLIVER CARD STOCK VAR
BATMAN #160 CVR H INC 1:50 INHYUK LEE CARD STOCK VAR
GREEN LANTERN #23 CVR E INC 1:25 MIRKO COLAK CARD STOCK VAR
HARLEY QUINN #51 CVR E INC 1:25 CHRISTIAN WARD CARD STOCK VAR
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #7 CVR G INC 1:25 TRAVIS MOORE CARD STOCK VAR (WE ARE YESTERDAY)
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #7 CVR H INC 1:50 PHIL HESTER CARD STOCK VAR (WE ARE YESTERDAY)
MR TERRIFIC YEAR ONE #1 (OF 6) CVR D INC 1:25 DENYS COWAN & HO CHE ANDERSON CARD STOCK VAR
SUPERMAN #26 CVR F INC 1:25 CLAYTON HENRY CARD STOCK VAR

INDY
DARK HONOR #1 (OF 5) CVR B INC 1:10 FICO OSSIO B&W VAR
HELLO DARKNESS #11 E 1:20 INCV BOOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT (FULL ART, LEE & CHCHUNG)
MEGA MAN X TIMELINES #1 (ONE SHOT) CVR E INC 1:5 JEFFREY CHAMBA CRUZ VAR
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT NATION #7 1:10 INCV (DUNBAR)
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS THE MUMMY #3 (OF 4) CVR C INC 1:10 GUILLEM MARCH CONNECTING VAR
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS THE MUMMY #3 (OF 4) CVR D INC 1:25 SWEENEY BOO CLASSIC HORROR B&W VAR
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS THE MUMMY #3 (OF 4) CVR E INC 1:50 CHRISTIAN WARD VAR
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS THE MUMMY #3 (OF 4) CVR F INC 1:75 JOELLE JONES VAR
VOID RIVALS #19 CVR C INC 1:10 MARTIN MORAZZO & PATRICIO DELPECHE CONNECTING VAR
VOID RIVALS #19 CVR D INC 1:25 ERIC CANETE VAR
VOID RIVALS #19 CVR E INC 1:50 PATRICIA MARTIN VAR
VOID RIVALS #19 CVR F INC 1:100 EJ SU VAR

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#2

When does Third Eye release new ratios ?

TFAW always did it on Monday nights.

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#3

I am trying to find out from them when they post the week’s foc. Will let you know.

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#4

I want to help support the site, but their ratio prices are not the best.

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#5

Their ratios are at ratio. I never ask anyone to buy anything but if there is something you want they have it most of the time. I do miss the good old days when TfAw had ratios super cheap.

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#6

raise you back to the days of dcbs and or hastings

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#7

Honestly, many places charge more than ratio pre-FOC, because they need to cover the extra books they buy to get it. Larger stores can offer at ratio.

Remember, it was also a crap shoot whether TFaW would deliver on ratio variants too. And most of the ratio variants I got from them were in NM- or less grade. I actually went to other places if I “needed” an incentive book…and in NM or higher grade.

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#8
#9

When Hastings closed I bought out a store at 70% off and buy 2 get one free (stacking deal). Made so much money off selling their inventory. It was awesome.

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#10

Oh, TFAW had their problems that’s for sure, especially with shipping/condition many times. I think mostly it is these days more than 90% of the ratios don’t hold their value. More often than not you find them at year-end sales for $10 or less (for the 1:25) so seeing them for even more than TFAW would list them new is a little frustrating.

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#11

Remember if it was such good business practice to sell incentives at way under ratio then I’m sure that TFAW would still be in business. There is likely a reason that not many stores do it and it’s hard to find them. Stores chasing ratios, whether they are giants or small LCS is a recipe for trouble.

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#12

I can tel you Third Eye does not chase. They have a pretty ingenious set up. They do mail order as well as having 8 stores. All their product comes into their mail order warehouse and are divided up for the different locations and are delivered there. Because they order in bulk the get a ton of incentives.

#13

I don’t think TFaW chased ratios. Their problem was poor service…mainly not delivering books people ordered…even the open order ones.

Now imagine if they charged upfront like 99% of other online shops and consistently did not deliver….

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#14

TFaW used to charge up front. Was only in the last couple of years they changed that.

#15

When Dragons Lair here in Austin was ordering way more books, they didn’t chase variants and all ratios got put out on the shelves if they didn’t get stuffed in subscribers boxes. I only bought my ratios at cover price, how it should be! Even then buying variants and even 1:25 or higher ratios, so many I couldn’t even give away at times. Ratio variants are never worth the premium. The only exception is when you’re buying it because you like it…

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#16

I never had the pleasure of dealing with them so you could be right. I can just imagine the temptation when you are such a massive operation to just add the 10 extra copies to hit the next ratio, or the 50 extra copies, for the hundred extra to make sure that you can offer a full set of ratios because that is what your customers expect. But maybe they were more disciplined that I have seen from the outside looking in.

#17

Sure, but no other store does this. Your store is/was a unicorn.

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#18

I do have a LCS that does them for half ratio or so. It’s a good deal some times. Others not so much. But this store is about moving volume and selling out as much as possible

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#19

They made or make most of their money from board games, cards and other merchandise, comics are just a bonus.

#20

MARVEL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 1:25 INCV GREG LAND VARIANT
DOOM ACADEMY #4 1:50 INCV WOO-CHUL LEE TOTH VIRGIN VARIANT [DOOM]
FANTASTIC FOUR #32 1:100 INCV EMILIO URBANO BLACK AND WHITE DISNEY WHAT IF? FANTASTIC FOUR HOMAGE VARIANT [DOOM]
INCREDIBLE HULK #25 1:25 INCV PAULO SIQUEIRA VARIANT
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #1 1:25 INCV DAVID MARQUEZ VARIANT
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #1 1:50 INCV NICK BRADSHAW HIDDEN GEM VARIANT
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER #4 1:25 INCV DAVID MARQUEZ VARIANT
THE THING #1 1:100 INCV GREG LAND VIRGIN VARIANT
THE THING #1 1:25 INCV MARCO CHECCHETTO VARIANT
THE VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH #1 1:25 INCV MARGUERITE SAUVAGE VARIANT
THE VISION & THE SCARLET WITCH #1 1:50 INCV SANDY PLUNKETT HIDDEN GEM VARIANT
ULTIMATES #12 1:25 INCV ELENA CASAGRANDE VARIANT

DC
ABSOLUTE FLASH #3 CVR E INC 1:50 HAINING CARD STOCK VAR
BATMAN & ROBIN YEAR ONE #7 (OF 12) CVR D INC 1:25 ETHAN YOUNG CARD STOCK VAR
BATMAN SUPERMAN WORLDS FINEST #39 CVR D INC 1:25 AL KAPLAN CARD STOCK VAR (WE ARE YESTERDAY)
CATWOMAN #76 CVR D INC 1:25 W SCOTT FORBES CARD STOCK VAR
CATWOMAN #76 CVR E INC 1:50 FRANK CHO CARD STOCK VAR
DETECTIVE COMICS #1097 CVR D INC 1:25 ASHLEY WOOD CARD STOCK VAR
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #1 CVR J INC 1:25 DAVE RAPOZA CARD STOCK VAR
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #1 CVR K INC 1:50 CHRISTIAN WARD CARD STOCK VAR
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #1 CVR L INC 1:100 FRANK QUITELY CARD STOCK VAR
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #1 CVR M INC 1:250 LEINIL FRANCIS YU B&W CARD STOCK VAR
ZATANNA #4 (OF 6) CVR D INC 1:25 JULIET NNEKA CARD STOCK VAR

INDY
EC EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #11 (OF 12) CVR C INC 1:10 ALBERT MONTEYS HOMAGE VAR
EC EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #11 (OF 12) CVR D INC 1:20 ANWITA CITRIYA B&W ARTIST EDITION VAR
JIM HENSON PRESENTS #4 D 1:20 INCV
SPAWN THE CURSE OF SHERLEE JOHNSON #1 CVR E SPAWN #5 2025 REPRINT 1:10 UNLOCK VAR