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When Ultimate Spider-Man was new, I thought it was stupid. Whatever.

So, at my LCS at the time (in Jamestown, NY) there was a copy of the white variant cover of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. It was there. I mean, it was really there, for MONTHS. One day, I decided to buy it, for cover price ($4, I think), and read it. I did so, then randomly checked its price on eBay. I believe I saw one sell for $1,000 +. Realizing I had a gem on my hands, I went back to my LCS to insult the owner of his, well, obvious stupidity.

I sent the book to CGC. In my opinion, the book was a 9.0 or lower. (I'm harsh.) To my surprise and joy, the book came back 9.6.

I promptly listed it on eBay. I received $750 for the book that, at the time, was reprinted at least ten times.

No, Spider-Man is not dead like Michael Jackson, but sometimes he nets people a decent amount of money.

leveret1 wrote:

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dskrek wrote:

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When Ultimate Spider-Man was new, I thought it was stupid. Whatever.

So, at my LCS at the time (in Jamestown, NY) there was a copy of the white variant cover of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. It was there. I mean, it was really there, for MONTHS. One day, I decided to buy it, for cover price ($4, I think), and read it. I did so, then randomly checked its price on eBay. I believe I saw one sell for $1,000 +. Realizing I had a gem on my hands, I went back to my LCS to insult the owner of his, well, obvious stupidity.

And so you offered to pay him market price for it, right? I don't see why you would "rub it in" or insult him when you were the one who got a great deal. I can't see how that would endear you to your LCS. I would thank him considering he isn't like most comic shops who wildly overprice any variant/limited edition.

I didn't really rub it in. I just went back and said something like, "sooo.... that $4 comic you sold me is selling for $1,000 on eBay. Thanks!" He offered to buy it back for something like $15.

Honestly, I don't know how this store is still in business. He operates in Jamestown, NY. Not a good income area by any stretch of anybody's imagination. But, he was trying to sell super expensive toys to a group of people who didn't want them. He also insulted Manga in my presence and said he didn't understand how people would buy it and that he wouldn't stock it.

I went back after like 5 years of not going (because I live in Buffalo, NY now). He remembered me. He always will remember me because of the Ultimate Spider-Man comic he sold me. He actually said to me that his business is doing better now that he's not trying to sell products to people who don't want them. I think, after something like ten years in business, he found his niche, which I am happy about.

And, I didn't pay him market price for it for a number of reasons. One is that the comic was on his shelf for MONTHS. Nobody was buying it. The other is that I didn't know the "real" price of the book until I purchased it. I mean, at that point I knew I had a deal, I didn't want to ruin it by retroactively paying more money that the store charged. If the owner kept on top of things better, he would have sold the book for more money -I paid his asking price.