Here you go. Have at it!
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I’ll start.
Why can I consistently sell a raw comic in an approximate grade for the same dollar amount of a graded counterpart?
I’m all for not overpaying for slabs where one can barely even trust the grades anymore, but c’mon hobbyists.
CGC is at least as bad/good as any of us schlubs who claim we can’t grade, but actually can.
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I think the overall problem comes back as… “buy the comic, not the slab”… once you get past that mentality, it all make sense in your approach to comics in slabs.
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Funny. We’re talking about how dead slabs are, but I bought one today at a local show. Oblivion Song 1 for $30 (CGC 9.8). I just really like this story and am optimistic that it’ll see the big screen some day.
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Sabs arent dead.
The useless books that people think are worth money that they then decide to slab are.
Sell when the hype is high.
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I keep telling vendor buddies that slabs can still sell, but a massive price correction needs to happen. Probably means people will not make the killing on these they hoped for.
“Slabs are dead when they’re priced at 2022 prices.”
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Okay. Modern book slabs are dead. It’s still a large portion of the slabbing world.
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pre-order slabs are dead. that needs to stop.
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True this. I scan eBay a lot. The crap people slab mind boggles me. People are either idiots, or just slab anything that looks like a comic for their personal collection.
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Spent time with that acquaintance I described in another thread at a con for the last two days. He has about 250 slabs there and has sold one thus far.
Now…I will say this, he prices his stuff too high, doesn’t listen, & most of it is obsolete stuff, OR is actually very desirable but in grades that are a bit too low given the cost.
By that I mean…I feel like if I’m going to over pay for a Hulk #181… I’m not going to over pay for a 4.0. I’m going to do my research & spend that sort of money on a higher grade priced more fairly. Same with Amazing Spidey #129 in the 4.5 and 5.5 grade range.
People love looking and talking about those books…but they just aren’t buying.
There are very few exceptions I would consider sending to grading
High grade bronze age horror is something worth grading as the ROI is through the roof as long as you’re pretty confident in getting a 9.0 or higher.
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I be scooping up cheap slabs these days if they’re not way over the price of a raw book. If there’s a higher price involved, only Silver–Bronze Age stuff is what I’m willing to dish out the cash for. I wonder how all this is affecting CGC’s workload.
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