What do comic stores generally pay/have you ever sold to one?
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The "by the pound" stuff that they sell is generally stuff that's hard to even give away though.
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I sold off roughly half my collection earlier this year, as I was moving and wouldn't have the space to keep everything. I got $10-30 for a longbox, depending on what was in the box.
But being a child of the 70s, most of my collection was stuff from the 80s, 90s and 00s, which was somewhat worthless to the shops I sold to.
On the other hand, if I had held on to everything, most of my comics would have been destroyed by the apartment fire that ruined most of my Trades and Hardcovers. So there's that.
But being a child of the 70s, most of my collection was stuff from the 80s, 90s and 00s, which was somewhat worthless to the shops I sold to.
On the other hand, if I had held on to everything, most of my comics would have been destroyed by the apartment fire that ruined most of my Trades and Hardcovers. So there's that.
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That's part of the reason I'm going partly/mostly (?) digital, even if I paid enough for full replacement value insurance and the insurance company paid enough to replace everything, it just wouldn't be the same.
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If you are going digital because you are worried about losing your collection, then I don't see how that is a particularly wise move. If Comixology goes out of business, then you lose your entire collection. The odds of Comixology still being in business in 20+ years is significantly worse than losing your collection in a fire, tornado, or other natural disaster.
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Well, Comixology is now a part of Amazon so I would place the odds of Amazon going out of business as very very low. I just can't go digital due to my love of reading physical books.
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Just because they are big right now does not mean they will always be big. Business can change a lot in a relatively short amount of time. Sears, K-Mart, and Blockbuster used to be big 20 years ago, and look where they are now. Very few companies actually survive long term.
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Reading these posts have me wishing I would have followed through on my plan to make an online trading hub/post a decade ago when I was frustrated knowing the comics I owned but didn't really want anymore were worthless to anyone who pays money for such things. But the collector in me knows someone could want them. Too bad fees and shipping makes it pretty much a losing situation.
But since I don't pay more than $1 an issue (I only buy clearance or grab bag lots) anymore, I guess I'm part of the problem.
Good luck to those who are trying to get a little something. I'll be diving back into the eBay myself after a few years. I have to reclaim some space.
But since I don't pay more than $1 an issue (I only buy clearance or grab bag lots) anymore, I guess I'm part of the problem.
Good luck to those who are trying to get a little something. I'll be diving back into the eBay myself after a few years. I have to reclaim some space.
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I am pretty much out of room though, hence a tendency towards digital.
If you are going digital because you are worried about losing your collection, then I don't see how that is a particularly wise move. If Comixology goes out of business, then you lose your entire collection. The odds of Comixology still being in business in 20+ years is significantly worse than losing your collection in a fire, tornado, or other natural disaster.
Hopefully the fire/tornado/theft scenarios are much less than 1% also; but losing my Comixology purchases is no risk whatsoever.
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Amazon buying them out would greatly reassure me of Comixology hanging around for a long time.
I am worried about the long-term stability of digital content providers. I closely follow the digital movie market and aside from Apple's iTunes, I have serious doubts providers like Flixster will still be around in ten years.
I am worried about the long-term stability of digital content providers. I closely follow the digital movie market and aside from Apple's iTunes, I have serious doubts providers like Flixster will still be around in ten years.
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Re: What do comic stores generally pay/have you ever sold to one?
just because they are big right now does not mean they will always be big. Business can change a lot in a relatively short amount of time. Sears, k-mart, and blockbuster used to be big 20 years ago, and look where they are now. Very few companies actually survive long term.
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Re: What do comic stores generally pay/have you ever sold to one?
If you are going digital because you are worried about losing your collection, then I don't see how that is a particularly wise move. If Comixology goes out of business, then you lose your entire collection. The odds of Comixology still being in business in 20+ years is significantly worse than losing your collection in a fire, tornado, or other natural disaster.
So anything worth saving can be. But if Comixology goes under you might lose out on some Rob Liefeld Hawkman.