Comic Cons Will Be A Thing Of The Past

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[SprosComics]

thanks for reviewing the video! glad you enjoyed it & hope it starts a needed movement in the community. also, thankfully I’m still up on my DD1 I bought it raw from a desperate seller at NYCC in 2023 😂

[MattMatt]

To a point comic conventions have been moving more towards a pop culture convention.

There isn't that many comics being sold and the ones that are there are there because of pop culture reasons like a new movie coming out for a certain character.

It's almost like a hangout spot for people that like pop culture

[rogueafett]

Con Prices at Motor City Comic con were ridiculous!!!! Some prices were inflated 3 and 4x. . .. But when they looked at the slabs I brought they offered peanuts. This is fine, they can be like this if they want but then they shouldn't bitch about how hard slabs are to move or that they didn't sell anything.

[A-ND]

The ageism in this video is unbelievable. I've been a collector since the mid-1970s. I began hand-selecting pristine mint newsstand copies in 1976 -- all at cover price. And I use computers 24/7. Older collectors are not the idiots you've painted them out to be. I know a bad dealer when I encounter one, and that's been common over the decades.

[Earthman]

That's interesting. I've been getting some great deals at recent Cons. Once the word gets around the floor that a dealer has rip off prices... people stay away and only stay around those with reasonable and/or great prices. I notice all of the dealers every now and then look around and see what the other guys are selling and their prices. This is so they stay competitive. No one wants to be known as the "dealer to stay away from".

I imagine that must be a sad experience for a dealer to set up his booth at a Con, unload his inventory (which is work).... and no one wants to come and look around once they see overpriced wall comics. And any newbie might also stay away once he notices everyone else is looking around and chatting with the other dealers.

[jeffstanley]

Goose, with respect, I think you just need to chill. LOL Overpricing a comic book (or anything else for that matter) is not "criminal." No one is holding a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to buy it at that price. The reality of the situation is simply this: wall/"big boy" books are pretty easy to move if they are priced at FMV, but they are also incredibly difficult to replace in one's inventory. So, what incentive does the dealer have to actually sell it when that book's presence is attracting so many eyes of buyers on a busy convention floor? (It obviously attracted Spro's eyes; didn't it?) Dealers use their wall books like billboards: "Look what I have, " but once you're at their booth, they'd much rather sell you the more easily replaceable books from their long boxes.
Oh, and you should probably check your age-ism. I've been collecting comics for decades, but I'm never without my smartphone when at a con, show, LCS, etc., and I don't know anyone my age who isn't.

[MetalBum]

Anyone can list any item for whatever that person wants to sell it for. It’s a free capatilistic😅 society

That being said. Let them list for what ever they want. If someone buys it fine if no one does that’s fine too.

It is what it is. You don’t have to buy from this seller

Eventually the market will put him out of business or he lowers prices. Or the prices go up to match what he lists eventually.

[adamchace]

Overpriced books at cons has been going on since inception. Why would it suddenly be the end of cons when it’s been going on for decades? Smartphones have been around since 2008.

Appreciate the perspective but I just don't get this take. Dealers buy low and try to sell high, in any industry. They are compensating themselves for the risk they take and tying up their money in inventory.

If you're contending that dealers are pricing this way hoping that they encounter buyers who have no idea of market prices, and no smartphone, they are counting on a unicorn. That's not a business strategy. The are marking up to give room for negotiation. NOBODY goes to a con without a smartphone.

[Mountainrock]

Im going to be selling at cons this summer and fall and all my books will be priced to Overstreet, CPG and current eBay sales to find fair market price. I want books to sell, not me just stand there lol

[anthonypidone]

I am in my 60's. I understand pricing. Last year I got a coverless FF 5 for 400. Had a repo cover made for it. Now I got a fun raw copy to read and share with friends and other collectors.

[zballzero]

I just went to a Comic-Con in MN and it was 85% comics. Most of the prices are very good.

[stephanholder]

I'm a boomer. Thanks for saying I'm almost gone. We had a good run but I guess it's over now.

[chicoscomics]

You bring up some great points. For example, I went to a local and smaller comic-con last month and a dealer had an Incredible Hulk cgc 3.0 with cream pages with an asking price of 35k....I couldnt believe his mark-up. It's the easiest thing I need to see to know that I don't want to spend my money with that person. Am I here to really haggle down 22k to FMV, is it here just for wall appeal, or do you really just don't actually want to sell the book? Those are the questions that go through my mind when dealers price the way they do. I had actually brought an ASM 129 cgc 7.5 signed Stan Lee w me as a potential trade bait, and he had asked me what I wanted for the book, I told him "you can't afford it" lol and walked away. Nice videos as always GOOSE

[patricksgarage]

ive been to a coupe cons recently and all the comics i bought were siginafally cheaper then online prices

[tybug]

There will always be good and bad players in any market. I agree with most of your points, but it feels like you are labeling all dealers as "bad" which is not true. There are fantastic dealers out there that give great deals to their customers- even at Cons! Look for the good dealers at shows who are selling at fair prices- and move on from the overpriced ones.

[forzendikar]

I can’t be mad at someone putting a high price on a book. It’s worth what someone will pay for it. Plenty of resources for buyers to reference. Buyers job to do their homework.

[DanSchawbel]

At cons they charge more to offset the cost of them being there.

[lafanfarlo]

Went to a comic con last summer. Saw a slabbed Cloak & Dagger #1 (first solo series) overpriced at several hundred dollars. Was curious and checked a back issue bin elsewhere not far from there, found the same issue raw for $15 (CAD). I myself bought my copy for like $10 (CAD) a few years ago. Never going to a convention ever again.

[davidallen]

Depends - If you go to cons to buy BIG books, you might pay BIG prices. But I stick to the bins and often get books way cheaper than I can find anywhere else.

[thecorporatelawgroup]

I think some of the overpricing (dealers at cons; Mile High) is out of regret for having sold big books at market that then doubled in value a few years later.