Robert White wrote:
Manicben wrote:
Yeah, the Doctor Strange one is another I wanted. I can't fathom how this is good business for Marvel? I guess there isn't enough demand. I refuse to pay what the secondary market wants, some prices are just stupid. I could work on my Silver age collection for similar prices.



I bought the Doctor Strange softcovers first, both volumes, because I knew they'd be the first of the first few waves to go out of print. It's a classic, and the fans are dedicated, but it's a much smaller demand compared to Spider-Man, X-Men, FF, etc.

I agree that the secondary market prices are insulting and borderline unethical (And not just for comic collections). I can accept this sort of thing for collectors item originals, but reprints of classic works? I hope that someday there are trade laws passed limiting how much something can be marked up and inflated under the thin justification of "collectors/vanity items." Even those GIT DVD's that featured 50 years of various Marvel characters are selling for 200 bucks on ebay! I take a very dim view of something being doubled, tripled, if not more, over the original sales price, very soon after it goes out of print.

I'd rather they solve disease, hunger and world peace first.  Maybe crime too..... but yes secondary market pricing is a highly important global issue!