Just got some random emails giving me credit for some pre-ordered books. I haven’t bought anything from Midtown for almost 2 years. Not sure what I’m going to do with these credits, wish they would just refund to my card that’s on file… Hmmm…
the current sale has Sgt Fury #1 in VG for $900, marked down from $1500. if midtown was still grading as conservatively as they had for years this buy would be a no-brainer, as you could have expected at least a 5.0, but lately their back issue grading has been frustratingly inconsistent.
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If you’ve been to their Times Square store, you’d know why.
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i haven’t. is their copy of sgt. fury 1 displayed there?
Up to 75% off Midtown Comics.
Over 10000 comics. I’m halfway through the alphabet and need to take a break. But here’s what I noticed so far.
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1949458
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1758729
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/2200062
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1632003
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/2066955
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1388773
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1974019
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/2100824
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/1970181
https://www.midtowncomics.com/product/2237000
Will finish/clean this up later.
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Has any international users here ordered from Midtown before? I’m from Canada and the only delivery option for me for 25 comics is international priority which is $82. I don’t know why it’s so much more than other places like DCBS and other places, usually it’s around $26 which I can stomach. Apparently Midtown doesn’t use UPS or Fedex for international orders.
I then lower my order down to 18 comics and there’s an option for international priority flat rate envelope for $31 but I think that’s a mistake. I don’t know how they’re going to fit 18 comics into a flat rate envelope. Their faq says the comics could come damaged and there’s nothing they can do. I tried contacting Midtown and they were no help.
Any international users here order from Midtown before and what were your experiences?
thankfully midtown seems to have returned to their long-standing conservative grading practices (hopefully it stays that way). just received 5 silver age avengers books each listed as VG and they’re all really nice mid-grades, from 5.0-7.0 i’d say. got em for <$15 each to boot.
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New 75% off sale at midtown with some good variants and other books cheap.
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They were quite clear with the label. “F” stands for “Finger included.”
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The hobby is filled with those who just dont care and/or incompetence
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“F” for Fair?
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We all know what the F stands for. Same thing he said when he saw the hole.
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Fra-G-ile!!
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Fine
Man I am absolutely livid with Midtown. Made an account and made my first order. A small one just to test it out as I heard of the horror stories about their shipping. I just got my order back and it was worse than I could imagine. Has to be the most shoddy packaging I’ve ever seen and I order quite frequently online. All my books came with a corner crunch that goes through the whole book on the top and bottom.
I’m usually polite when I have an issue with an online retailer but I just sent them a scathing email asking for a full refund. I’m going to see what they say but I am so close to contacting paypal to have them take care of it if I get an unsatisfactory resolution.
My frustration comes from the packaging as it looked like a child put it together. Basically if you’ve ever gotten a comic in the mail before in a manila envelope and a comic inside with no padding. Now imagine a hole was ripped to make it fit to add more comics. This is what I would expect from non comic book people mailing your comics on ebay, not one of the biggest online comic book dealers in the world. So angry.
Sorry to hear this … they didn’t use a comic mailer box? Never had an order that comics were damaged yes boxes were beat up but not destroyed.
They didn’t use a box because they had to ship it internationally (Canada) so they shipped it in an envelope. It was only for 18 comics so I was wondering how they were going to ship it. They charged me $32 for the delivery. I order from the US all the time and everyone ships it in a box. I don’t know which comic shop would think it’s ok to ship out 18 comics stuffed into an envelope and think that’s ok.
Every order I’ve had from midtown shipped in a Gemini or similar mailer. I’m shocked.
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Oh wow now I see why you are super angry. This is def not how I received books from them its always in a small comic mailer or box for bigger orders.
Someone in shipping really messed up. You deserve full refund.