jhstissot wrote:generally, from my expierence, buying lots or just buying large quanities has never really paid off for me. I was just wondering what other people think on this idea
Aneoth wrote:From a mostly pure collectors viewpoint. I find that more and more, I will bid on large lots if there are rare or hard to find items that I need to fill an otherwise empty spot in my collection. I almost never re-sell, although I must do so at various times if for no other reason than to empty a spot in my storage area (Home office) fore the next lot I obtain. Currently that storage area (Home office) is stacked high with stuff that I don't want and/or don't need. (Actually the wife says I don't need any of it! )The portions of the large lots that I do not want or need will inevitably sit in a corner for a long time, or I must find an out of the house place to store it so the wife does not get too angry with me..... Until I get the gumption to re-sell (VERY rare occurrence), or I find someone who wants one or more of those items that I do not need and we do some sort of trade. Also not a common occurrence. Personally, I find it tough to get rid of those extra items anyway. I must admit that am truly no good at selling at all. I recently sold off 5 sets of books of core rules items all of them First Edition and all of the listings included DDG's with Cthulhu books in very nice condition and also another listing of a First Print Cthulhu. I got nearly nothing for them.... And this was right after I see a DDG's with Cthulhu alone go for silly money and it was not even a First Print either.... while most of mine were. One buyer bought all but one of the auctions. And paid less than 175 for five Cthulhu's and about 15 other books in all. That sort of bad luck, or non-skill (Whatever it is) tends to put a kink on wanting to even bother with re-selling at all.... So the piles keep growing and the wife continues to have less patience....
Epicrates_cenchria wrote:Having only in the last four or five months started collecting again I have a limited experience of buying, but the big problem I have found with lots, from a collectors point of view, is the condition is often quite poor. It is usually diffiult to see the items in the pictures and usually, IMHO, the larger the lot the less description given.
bclarkie wrote:Epicrates_cenchria wrote:Having only in the last four or five months started collecting again I have a limited experience of buying, but the big problem I have found with lots, from a collectors point of view, is the condition is often quite poor. It is usually diffiult to see the items in the pictures and usually, IMHO, the larger the lot the less description given. Believe me, crappy items poorly described in large lots happens A LOT . Nothing like getting a large lot that looks nice in the picture that has little or no description, but then ends up substantially written in or even worse water damaged. Just happened to me today. Nice....