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Mar 17 14 12:29 PM
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I can't fathom how this is good business for Marvel?
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Mar 18 14 5:34 AM
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Mar 18 14 7:17 PM
Five Years Later wrote:I'll sell my Doctor Strange vol1 tradepaperback for $75 right now -- shipping included. Or if you're willing to pay me in bitcoin I'll accept $65 USD worth.
Mar 18 14 8:11 PM
Phonics Monkey Vol 2 wrote:Five Years Later wrote:I'll sell my Doctor Strange vol1 tradepaperback for $75 right now -- shipping included. Or if you're willing to pay me in bitcoin I'll accept $65 USD worth.Glad I cashed in when I did!
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Mar 18 14 11:32 PM
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.
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Mar 19 14 7:08 AM
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.
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Mar 19 14 8:11 AM
Robert White wrote: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.
Mar 19 14 10:04 AM
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Mar 19 14 10:22 AM
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I would think that having affordable editions of their core works available all the time would be an easy, low-risk way for Marvel to continue to grow new readers.
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Mar 20 14 8:16 AM
Five Years Later wrote:Some people would be happy with laws telling them how many times they have to poop each day and a gun carrying cop there to watch them. BTW $200 is a bargain for those GIT DVDs. Most include 500+ comics. That works out to $0.40 per comic which isn't unreasonable for scans of material that isn't 100% available through legal means. Clean digital comics are typically $2 each. If you don't like it then don't buy it.
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