I Love Winning!

[Cei-U!]

...especially on eBay, where I just picked up the Black Canary Archives for only $16.95. I can't wait to get my hands on all that Golden Age Infantino/Giacoia goodness!

Cei-U!
I summon the wall-to-wall fishnets!

[The Wayner]

You can't beat them fishnets, no sir! Enjoy the reading, and cong rats on winning the auction! :)

[K'Nort]

...especially on eBay, where I just picked up the Black Canary Archives for only $16.95. I can't wait to get my hands on all that Golden Age Infantino/Giacoia goodness!

Cei-U!
I summon the wall-to-wall fishnets!

I just got a copy of that on eBay recently myself. And not so good a deal. It's a really nice one. Much wider range than I was expecting, timewise.

[InfoBroker]

Hey! Nice grab Kurt. Great price for some fantastic material. Your comic karma is tilting well in the positive. I hope you provide some commetary on the "What Have Read Lately" Thread.

-jb the jealous ib-

[TheHistorian]

From that title I thought you were going to tell us you had the winning Powerball ticket!

[K'Nort]

From that title I thought you were going to tell us you had the winning Powerball ticket!

Except he's in Washington.

Those of us who woke up in Oregon with that news on the clock radio and a ticket in our wallets..... grrr.

[Lone Ranger]

Kurt - I also try to pick up Archives and Masterworks when I see them at an irresistible price (and the seller has a reasonable shipping prices).

I have yet to track down a copy of Black Canary at a good price, but I haven't been watching too closely lately.

My wins for me in the past few months are:

Masterworks Amazing Spidey Vol 1 - $16.50
Silver Age Hawkman Archives Vol 1 - $16.50
Enemy Ace Archives - $15.49

These are all from Canadian sellers - I find that shipping from the US to Canada on hardcovers is too much (some times $12 or so) because of the weight.

Great buy on the Black Canary book - I hope that you enjoy it.

[Cei-U!]

Great buy on the Black Canary book - I hope that you enjoy it.

I know I will, though I am a bit disgruntled they want $10 for S&H. We may have to negotiate that.

Cei-U!
I summon the frugal fanboy!

[Lone Ranger]

I know I will, though I am a bit disgruntled they want $10 for S&H. We may have to negotiate that.

Cei-U!
I summon the frugal fanboy!

I know that as a seller, I feel badly when I have to ship out at high rates, but a lot of the pricing (at least in Canada) depends on the weight and if I am shipping 5 or 6 books to the same buyer, the package gets heavy. Once you are north of 500 grams, it's very, very pricey.

The only real way to save a buyer a few bucks (again from a Canada Post perspective) is to ship ground vs. air. Maybe it's the same thing with the USPS.

[K'Nort]

I know that as a seller, I feel badly when I have to ship out at high rates, but a lot of the pricing (at least in Canada) depends on the weight and if I am shipping 5 or 6 books to the same buyer, the package gets heavy. Once you are north of 500 grams, it's very, very pricey.

The only real way to save a buyer a few bucks (again from a Canada Post perspective) is to ship ground vs. air. Maybe it's the same thing with the USPS.

You can ship an Archives Edition 2nd-day air with the USPS for about $4. And they provide the packaging for free.

[Lone Ranger]

You can ship an Archives Edition 2nd-day air with the USPS for about $4.

That's much better option than we have here - even if the seller charges a couple of bucks for a small box or bubble envelope, that's a good deal.

I once had a US buyer (a comic book professional as well) become incensed that I'd have to charge more than he was used to paying to ship in the small box. I guess the USPS doesn't charge more for that, but in Canada you have to move from the Oversized Letter category to the Small Parcel category - which adds $4.

[K'Nort]

I once had a US buyer (a comic book professional as well) become incensed that I'd have to charge more than he was used to paying to ship in the small box. I guess the USPS doesn't charge more for that, but in Canada you have to move from the Oversized Letter category to the Small Parcel category - which adds $4.

But he could see on the postage stamp that it was a legit cost.... What was his issue?

[Lone Ranger]

But he could see on the postage stamp that it was a legit cost.... What was his issue?

Oh, it was before I shipped it. He wanted the book packaged in the small box for safety, and I said that it would cost more than my quote price. He said it shouldn't because the USPS doesn't charge more. I said that I don't use the USPS but Canada Post. He said he didn't notice that I was a Canadian seller and that he would have thought twice before bidding.

I was very polite - but he really pissed me off and made everything a huge headache for me as we agree to me shipping in an envelope but it had to be sandwiched between a particular type of carboard which I had to hunt around for. Even after he got the package safe and sound he emailed me to say that he got in only due to blind luck because the cardboard I used wasn't precisely what he had requested and the package must have narrowly avoided being crushed.

All of this hassle for a $20 book. It was the most secure and safe package I have ever sent out. I should have just swallowed the extra cost and sent it in a box.

[InfoBroker]

All of this hassle for a $20 book. It was the most secure and safe package I have ever sent out. I should have just swallowed the extra cost and sent it in a box.

I don't know who this particular pro is, but since he is the one being so fussy, he should have swallowed the extra cost from the get go. And his comment about not noticing you as a northern neighbor is his mistake not yours.

Don't give in to this kind of after-the-trade bullying, Kimo. You were upfront about your services and policies. If he didn't like them, he shouldn't have bid.

Attitudes like his really annoy me. It's an "adult" variant of a three-year old temper trantrum. They will nag and try to push buttons until they get their way.

-jb the parenting ib-

[InfoBroker]

WOW! Talk about serendipity!

While posting the above note, I got a Trillium pop-up telling me I had a email from Jeff Smith. Not the Jeff Smith of Bone fame, but a dealer from the Lone Star State, letting me know that I just secured the first two Plastic Man Archives for $48 and that includes the $7 shipping charge.

Considering that I was motivated by Kurt's win to do a quick eBay search on Archives a couple of days ago, I consider this a "completes the circle" type of action.

KEWL BEANS!

-jb the elastic ib-

[Slam_Bradley]

Oh, it was before I shipped it. He wanted the book packaged in the small box for safety, and I said that it would cost more than my quote price. He said it shouldn't because the USPS doesn't charge more. I said that I don't use the USPS but Canada Post. He said he didn't notice that I was a Canadian seller and that he would have thought twice before bidding.

I was very polite - but he really pissed me off and made everything a huge headache for me as we agree to me shipping in an envelope but it had to be sandwiched between a particular type of carboard which I had to hunt around for. Even after he got the package safe and sound he emailed me to say that he got in only due to blind luck because the cardboard I used wasn't precisely what he had requested and the package must have narrowly avoided being crushed.

All of this hassle for a $20 book. It was the most secure and safe package I have ever sent out. I should have just swallowed the extra cost and sent it in a box.


Ehhh...the guy was being a whiney peckerwood.

I don't bid on books from Canada. It's too expensive to get them here. Or I'm too cheap. The truth probably lies somewhere in between.

And I absolutely refuse to bid on anything that doesn't have the shipping cost spelled out in intimate detail. I base all bids on what I'm willing to pay for a book, en toto. So there is no way that I'll bid without full knowledge of the end cost.

But, since I'm currently sitting on the equivalent of probably 500 single issue comics in my "too read" pile, it's not like I'm lacking in reading material. It's all about getting stuff "on the cheap."

Oh, and Kurt congrats on the win. Nice to see that the book will get a good home.