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by ninjapirategear
Tue May 24, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 12747

As for damage returns for books and comics, Diamond doesn't usually take those back, we are supposed to destroy them. Sadly I know all too well about this process because I usually have at least 1 item every week that is either missing or damaged. It's interesting considering the number of times I ...
by ninjapirategear
Tue May 24, 2011 1:20 am
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 12747

As a dealer who does a lot of cons, I don't think those guys are taking a loss on the trades they are selling. They either get them in bulk from stores that go out of business, or they order huge numbers of leftover crap from Diamond at huge discounts. I don't know exactly how that works because I ...
by ninjapirategear
Mon May 23, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Hibbs: The self-strangulation of the Direct Market
Replies: 32
Views: 12747

As a dealer who does a lot of cons, I don't think those guys are taking a loss on the trades they are selling. They either get them in bulk from stores that go out of business, or they order huge numbers of leftover crap from Diamond at huge discounts. I don't know exactly how that works because I d...
by ninjapirategear
Mon May 02, 2011 9:20 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Collecting Original Art......
Replies: 183
Views: 203941

I don't technically collect comics anymore (there may or may not be a warehouse with 100,000 comics in it that would disagree), but I have started collecting art. I generally go for value, I get prints that I can get deals on or original art from artists that are more or less unknown. I like to comm...
by ninjapirategear
Mon May 02, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: Comic Book Page Community Forum
Topic: Introduce yourself!
Replies: 101
Views: 89019

Hi, my name is Ben and I have been reading comics for about 15 years. I used to read everything, but since I started selling comics, my reading has gone way down. I try to keep up with all the Batman stuff, and a few other books like Irredeemable, The Boys, and Unwritten. I have an online comic stor...