Deals.Woot

I would say comic mystery boxes are the best way to sell off your inventory seeing as you are probably selling "modern age comics" only (Or I assume so, as I still have not received my orders from you yet).. (mid-1980s until present day) which are worth less than the paper their printed on.. These are the comics you see a lot in yard sales for between .25 and $1/each

It's only worth it to sell comics individually (or in small sets), if they are in the Bronze Age (1970 to 1985), Silver Age (1956-1970) Golden Age (1930-1955), or older.

If you did a pack of "10 specific comics" for X Price, it would have to be a good enough "deal" in order to sell them quickly. Most comic book buyers are not in it to read them, they are in it to collect. Educated buyers would look up how much each of the 10 comics were selling for on Ebay and use that to make a decision whether it is worth it to buy your bundle.

Most modern age comics will be lucky to get more than $.50-$2 out of them unless they are BRAND new releases that people are trying to get their hands on, and then it's usually face value or a little less. TPB's/Graphic Novels/HardcoverGN's however seem to be the current "hot items" in the comic world, which can shoot up 1,000% shortly after release due to limited numbers.

Example: I bought up 10 Se7en [Hardcover] - Zenescope issues from Amazon at $23.07 - The first one I sold after they were out of stock went for $130.

@devexityspace: So you think our current Deal of 15 Comics for $5 is a good deal? As stated before we normally sell them totally assorted, but because Deals.Woot said we could not do that any longer we list 15 titles that we have a decent quantity of, then when someone purchases more than the 15 they get a random assortment.

I personally believe but don't know, the totally assorted stuff is the most valuable from a reselling perspective, because they looked really weird and some even looked decently older when I checked them out at the warehouse.

The term "abused comics" differs from collector to collector, but for the most part it is a comic book that is NOT sleeved and gets worse from there on out (bent edges, torn, etc). Some would argue that no cardboard backing is abuse. (All of my comic collection is in fact acid-free self-sealing sleeves/card board backed in BCW card board Long Boxes.

I prefer "Direct Edition" comics personally (which started in the 70's), as they were sold directly from the manufacturer as they are generally in better condition (shipped properly and without the minimum wage teenager throwing the comics on the shelves at a news stand or shop)

$9.49 shipped for those 15 comics is not really what I would consider a good deal for them. Granted it's better than $1/each (which someone COULD sell them in a yard sale for); however some of those titles are "quarter comics".

@devexityspace: Ok, they are NOT Abused, and yes they are Direct Sales. Also you don't think 15 Comic Books Delivered by Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation is a great deal for a regular person? Of course if someone buys more it actually gets cheaper per book, however they could get some duplicates.

I prefer a mix of mostly DC and Marvel, with the occasional random odd comic included. I'd pay more to have the chance to get better, more valuable comics. I've gotten mystery packs in the past that have included A) an autographed comic B) first editions C) oooold comics, all of which make the mystery a bit more appealing.

@superheman: We agree, however Deals.Woot would require they be the exact mix as pictured. We could not do that, for example if we find 20 different Spiderman or Star Wars comics, we could not say an assortment of Spiderman or Star Wars comics, we would have to show specific titles. This is very hard because some titles we may have 1000 or some we may have 5 of.

@superheman: Woot only allows woot sponsored BOCs, but we cannot post mystery boxes. I imagine dollardeals is experiencing limitations around these rules...