What To Do With Overpaid-For Comics!

[@eggplantcomics8336]

They can’t all be homeruns but the slow grind pays off eventually

[@KonaCards]

Thank for sharing some excellent advice. HAPPY NEW YEAR

[@O.M.B.I]

Man I got like two long boxes and 11 or 12 short boxes I've been wondering how to get rid of and this was great info to guide me through it.Thanx.

[@MintHunterComics]

Glad it helped! Cheers!

[@nivekwons7545]

A sales tactics video would be great, especially for people like me who are newer to trying to buy collections

[@pillar81]

I’ve been able to offset the cost of overpaying by buying up and reselling some recent spec books. Of course, I do it as quickly as possible, since those values tend to go down pretty quickly.

[@theobsessedcollector]

Oh, and I loved the picture of the poor guy rolled up like a baby in a dirt hole.

[@Sinsightful]

Good advice....it works with other items besides comics as well.

[@Hectekk]

Patience and discipline for dealers especially. Sometimes not buying a collection for a long time makes dealers jump needlessly at any collections that’s for sale. Patience and discipline.

[@MintHunterComics]

Very true. We can get scared and feel the need to buy buy buy. But sometimes you must walk walk walk!

[@beatsarebroken]

Just hold 'em for 20 or 30 years and they'll be niche enough to be desirable. 😂 Who would've thought anyone would want New Universe books?

[@MintHunterComics]

You never know!

[@chuckmiles56]

Obey Acts 2:38

[@leehamilton7788]

I got about 25 short boxes of non key comics in storage. I'm working on bagging an boarding them all then organizing DC , marvel, indie. Then alpha tizing. Then by num. Phew after all this work I'm chg extra . More than ten cents. 50 ct per comic high low 25 cent per comic . Do u think that would be a good idea. Do u think I would have takers

[@macorourke2222]

Thanks for sharing Your passion and adventures and knowledge. 😎👍♥️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@MintHunterComics]

My pleasure!

[@sixarms]

Good solid honest advice

[@lancemcfarlin311]

Thanks for the video! I really think you could drop the cutaways.

[@minuswyatt2437]

I’ve heard you mention on bad buys that it forces you to slab. What’s the success rate of recouping money after that?

[@MintHunterComics]

Fairly high. I can only think of one purchase in which I overpaid, where I had to go the slabbing route only for them to get disappointing grades (which left me even MORE in the hole.) usually it helps me recoup money after a bad buy!

[@322fish5]

Love the Sonic and Knuckles!

[@rubenluvsmig]

Depends on what books do research befor u buy

[@robertdeveau7445]

If the book is at least $80 graded, or even more, you have to make sure graded copies are selling regularly at that price hassle-free, otherwise you could be spending another $30 to $40 now and not selling it for months or more, in which case you will have lost more money just due to inflation or opportunity cost. This only applies to dealers or flippers. And if your selling platform has fees, take that into account.

[@backroom12]

Nope , if you pay too much for a book , you chalk it up as a loss and move on . We all have overpaid at some point . It’s just money . You can make more .

[@MintHunterComics]

90 percent of the time yes

[@PunguinYoga]

Thanks for the tips.

[@KR11edits]

It doesn’t really relate to the video, but I’m looking for some savage sword of Conan do you have any at your antique store ?

[@trevino04zero]

What issues are you looking for?

[@KR11edits]

Really any issues if there in high grade.

[@leehamilton7788]

Crom. Conan rocks❤

[@briandobbelaere3918]

James, I think it would be helpful if you gave your definition of "overpaid." That term for a reseller is much different than for the average collector.

[@MintHunterComics]

“Spent too much” “Ain’t gon make money” “Shit the bed” lolol

[@geralle]

Jim Halpert situation! 😂

[@matthewinman4376]

You mean to tell me that every comic you have at the antique store is a banger? I ask because I know at my antique/thrift shop, I have good stuff and it is mixed with cannon fodder that is tough to get rid of. But I reason that while you are there grabbing a more expensive book, you'll trudge through my boxes and see something for a dollar and you'll pick up impulse buys and I will push out the junk little by little. I am about to buy a small lot of 100 books, mostly because my son wants one of the books and also because there is some silver age in there. I am sure the grades are mid at best, and I will be lucky to get my money back out of it....But the main impetus for doing this is because I want to have those Silver Age books to throw up on my wall (I only have one table of books with a shelving display behind it). Then at least there is new stock coming in. If you don't freshen up the stock, people will come back once or twice, realize it's the same books again, and then not come back. Sometimes the goal is to feed the regulars so they come back to see whatever else you find and put out to buy. Food for thought anyway.

[@MintHunterComics]

My antique shop is actually mostly $1 books and for those trying to complete runs. Yes I have plenty of keys and wall books but actually my best sellers are the dollar bins!

[@eblanco7605]

​@@MintHunterComics in your experience, if you have a complete series, is it better to part out or sell as a full run? Assuming there aren't a lot of keys in the series?

[@matthewinman4376]

@@eblanco7605 I can't speak for James, but I also sell books on Ebay and I noticed that if you give someone a complete series/story, it will sell better than just grabbing a bunch of random books and selling them as a lot. In the last few months I have sold off sets of Darkhold : Pages From the Book of Sins and Hellstorm, and multiple sets of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and DC Challenge. People like complete sets. On the flip side, I used to try and sell all my comics for $2 apiece, but the problem I had was that if you don't show the people you are selling to that you see value in these books then neither will they. I switched it up after a few months and added more value books and priced everything per guide and sell it all for 50% off. Now my sales have topped $300 a month. Not a wage to live on, but I do this for the love of my hobby.

[@diegobelaunde4965]

Would these tips apply to graded books as well? If not, could you maybe make a video talking about what to do if you overpay for a graded book?

[@MintHunterComics]

Sadly no - if you overpay on slabs you're usually screwed - especially in this market

[@diegobelaunde4965]

@@MintHunterComics Do you believe signed graded slabs are a good investment in the long run? For example, I have an ASM 39 signed by Willem Dafoe and a Daredevil 183 signed by Jon Bernthal and Charlie Cox. I don’t think I overpayed for them, but I believe I’ll have to hold on to them for a while to get a decent return on them. What do you think?

[@neoknight3320]

Hello. Love your vids. Im just concerned why you have not spoken out about the CGC recent debacle? Reason I ask cause I just want to make sure if CGC put a muzzle on you or you just don't want to speak ill of the company? Thanks.

[@MintHunterComics]

? I didn't know I was supposed to say something! hahahaha - I guess I figured there's like 20 other channels talking about it and I'd just rather focus on original content! CGC is dumb for missing it. I hope they do a full investigation. They owe us a statement at LEAST. Also crime does not pay so once they find this scammer that pulled all this crap, that homeboy is going to JAILLLLLL

[@neoknight3320]

Hear hear chap@@MintHunterComics

[@leeniren3706]

You know, if you take the books and separate them by dollar value doesn’t that diminish the idea of making sets? Why not try to sell them by same title? Wolverine, Batman, Batman, Alpha flight, anyway you do it if you put them together as a lot wouldn’t that sell quicker?

[@MintHunterComics]

Trust me when I say it's the fastest way to sell. People like to buy based on price points

[@robertt9342]

I think the sunk cost fallacy plays a big part here.

[@MintHunterComics]

True. Often times, as I say probably even 90 percent, a loss is a loss!

[@Vp-jt3vl]

I say give them all away dude hahahaha! Christmas Spirit and all 👀

[@MintHunterComics]

Did that the last 2 years actually! Can’t swing it financially this year

[@odinknowsbest]

2024 Baby!

[@scotthunter8321]

it be better to sell for whatever you can get now and rotate that money into better comics that can sell for more and faster... save on storage or other costs of keeping the overpriced comics also

[@MintHunterComics]

You’ll be at a loss but yes that’s always an option!

[@markvega4110]

Or you could let them all go in a big long box bundle on offer up lol

[@kendallkidd20]

You send them ALL to me

[@MintHunterComics]

lol

[@michaelstarr1285]

Comic books are crashing

[@MintHunterComics]

Comics are not crashing. There’s a recession and thus collectives settle down to normal lows during this time. It’s also just that time of year

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

You must've paid $1 per book

[@MintHunterComics]

I paid $450 for that box, and I got like mostly $3 slow movers

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

@@MintHunterComics Good video

[@scotthunter8321]

Hey everyone subscribe like and comment this video 😊

[@MintHunterComics]

Thanks Hunter!