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I've noticed that with the comics I am selling, be it at conventions, on eBay or on the marketplace here, the higher the price of the comic, the harder it is to sell. It's really easy to sell a comic for $1, even if it is only worth 50 cents. But selling a comic for $75 is much harder. The higher the price of the comic, the lower the number of people who can afford it (even if the $75 comic is worth $200). And when shipping is involved, buying a small number of cheap comics makes little sense, so it's the mid-priced comics that move best. It's all about the venue you're selling in.

Purchasing comics through CPG is only an introduction to someone who has what you want/need.
I would connect through email and trade photos of the comics before purchasing (especially at $300).
You do this upfront on eBay and with several FB groups that I belong to, so why wouldn't you do it here?
As to why someone wouldn't respond? Good question. If they don't have their account forwarded to a reliable email, they may never get your message. If they've set up an account here, but never check it or have abandoned it then it's a lost cause.
I'm not sure if admin can check the frequency of the log-in of an account, but maybe it's better I don't ask! Hah!

Are you saying you made the $300 offer on books?

If so, maybe the $300 offer was a low ball offer and you're being ignored.

Is that possible?

What books were you trying to.buy?

Shotgun22 wrote:

genuine_article_comics wrote:

Are you saying you made the $300 offer on books?

If so, maybe the $300 offer was a low ball offer and you're being ignored.

Is that possible?

What books were you trying to.buy?

Can you guys get less sarcastic?? (I know my books I've been buying and selling for over 20 years and collecting for close to 40)

Daredevil #168
Daredevil #181

And some other Daredevil's he had his prices all added up to the $300 so if the buyer wants that and the books are 9.4-9.6 like he stated and someone with a good rep wants to buy them what's the problem then?

The problem was that is was a lowball offer especially with dd season 2 around the corner.

If the seller didn't respond, the seller didn't respond. Don't read anything more into it than that. It doesn't mean that the offer was too low. It doesn't mean that the seller has disappeared. The only person who would know why the seller didn't respond is the seller. Don't read anything more into it than that.

Shotgun22 wrote:

genuine_article_comics wrote:

Are you saying you made the $300 offer on books?

If so, maybe the $300 offer was a low ball offer and you're being ignored.

Is that possible?

What books were you trying to.buy?

Can you guys get less sarcastic?? (I know my books I've been buying and selling for over 20 years and collecting for close to 40)

Daredevil #168
Daredevil #181

And some other Daredevil's he had his prices all added up to the $300 so if the buyer wants that and the books are 9.4-9.6 like he stated and someone with a good rep wants to buy them what's the problem then?

It's not sacarcasm but you're asking us to explain why a seller didn't respond to your offer. He may have thought your offer was low. He may have changed his mind on selling those books. He may not sell internationally. He may have accidentally over graded/under graded the books and chose to neglect offers. He may have already sold the books and forgot to pull listing. He may have been on vacation for 2 weeks... And on and on and on.....
edited by genuine_article_comics on 3/18/2016

It just sounds like you should move on and look for the books in other ways than using these sellers and perhaps this site.
I've had times using Google for items I wanted to buy and found on a site. Selected the item and tried to pay but the site didn't accept the payment due to the business not being in business anymore but the site was still active. I moved on and looked further in other places to buy item. Maybe these sellers don't use this site now.
Perhaps you have found a deal on the books you are trying to buy that you can't find at such a low price at other sites or businesses. Maybe it too good for you to move on and look at other places for the books.
edited by Jokerbangedquinn on 4/23/2016

I'm a little late to the party here, but I experience this regularly on this site. I just attribute it to everybody
going about their lives and taking care of what's important to them. There was a Journey Into Mystery 85
for sale in the classifieds, but no information about it. I emailed asking what condition and how much, and
never heard back from them. I've had people solicit books to me from my want list and then not respond
if I find something I want. I would say it happens about 50% of the time, and that tells me that a bunch of
people with books for sale would like to sell them, but don't want to actually have to do something to make it
happen. There are some good ones here, too, though.

Wow. This thread is still going?