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Theoldcollector Posts: 213
4/20/2021
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I went to one LCS here that didn't have set prices on anything in their case and like other LCSs this is where they had their keys. When I asked how much they wanted for a specific raw book in the case they said hold on let me check and proceeded to start looking at online recent sales and then gave me their price. I also noticed that books like ASM, as well as anything older in the
Marvels and even Spawns were all closed in long boxes saying do not touch and it wasn't until
I actually asked if they had any of these titles they would open it and
once again they looked up the books online to see what they were going
for before giving me my price. I fear this is what all LCS are going to start looking like in the future with the way this market is going, which is sad in my opinion. This one stuck a nerve because first of all, shouldn't you already have a price on what you have in the glass cases and this place had as many closed long boxes as they had opened for everything else. I won't give this stores name because the guy was really cool and helped me track down 5 books for me and called me later to let me know he had found them.
But I also just stopped at Titan comics and while they do have a large back stock selection there are no keys or higher valued books to be seen in the store. This is one of the larger comic stores here and they have glass cases up front but only a few books like ten total in them and all of them were graded except I think one gold Venom #1. But behind the counter they had tons and tons of graded books that I'm guessing they are selling online via Ebay. It's crazy to walk in a store this size and not see any raw keys up for sale on the walls and in the cases, it's just crazy. I'm guessing they sell all of those online only as well.
Sad to see LCS turning into those Ebay store fronts that popped up all over the place for awhile but that's basically what they are turning into.
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Theoldcollector Posts: 213
5/9/2021
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Oxbladder wrote:
It always amazes me that people get mad at stores for wanting to get FMV for their products. Why should they leave money on the table just so some "speculator" can turn around and flip a book for more money. If they also find it is more profitable to sell online then by all means do so. Their livelihood is selling comics and comic related products so you go where the money is. buyers have created this environment and I am never going to fault an LCS for trying what they need to make a living.
I have no problem with LCS getting FMV for their products. But like I said before if they aren't going to display or sell the product in their stores what would be the purpose of their store? Comic collectors are already able to get a discount online buy pre-ordering current books. So if an LCS wants to only sale higher priced items online and get those online FMV prices what is going to keep them physically open in the future? Sure it makes them a few extra dollars now but will in the long game put them out of business or they will close their doors to the public and only deal in online sales like mycomicshop. I just read about a store in Oklahoma doing this style of the lonestar move as well. Also like I said I don't mind LCS getting their part but asking the same amount that something sold for on E-bay is actually asking for more than FMV due to there is no fee to any other parties involved such as E-bay or Paypal and that is just one seller site there are a lot of other sell sites out there so how is the Ebay price the FMV price?. Also have your books priced, don't start looking them up one by one at the register when the customer goes to check out. This is horrible customer service for one and two it's a bit of laziness on the store's part. If you were to walk into any other store and bring 20 items up to check out and then the cashier starts looking each one of them up one by one, online to see how much they go for, you would probably just walk out right? Bad business behaviors. Also why would you only sell specific items online only and not in the store at all? Nothing stops the store from asking for they price they expect it would get online. Just makes it easier for both parties, no shipping no third party fees and the buyer can actually see what they are buying and not having to guess on the grade online.
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