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Today I found by accident a 1:50 Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #3 for $6 and had to jump on it. This got me wondering what was a recent deal anyone got that was a pleasant surprise to them.

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cjc1303 wrote:Today I found by accident a 1:50 Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #3 for $6 and had to jump on it. This got me wondering what was a recent deal anyone got that was a pleasant surprise to them.
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?

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cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?
I'd say about $3.99
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jeremycoe wrote:
cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?
I'd say about $3.99
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jeremycoe wrote:
cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?
I'd say about $3.99
You can hope.

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cjc1303 wrote:
jeremycoe wrote:
cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

Rico
Nice find. How much did that run you?
I'd say about $3.99
You can hope.
Yeah, it was probably a $25 cover and a two drink minimum. Damn piano recital!! :devil:

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cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?
3.99 they said it was the B cover...

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I sold 3 long boxes of crap a few weekends ago. I mean real crap. I would feel bad using this stuff as packing material. First guy grabbed a handful of books, I take $20 and I'm happy. Next guy wants the lot. I'm willing to take $60, and he offers me $120. That was my best recent deal. $140 for 3 longs full of crap. :lol:

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cjc1303 wrote:
jeremycoe wrote:
cjc1303 wrote:
Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Nice find. How much did that run you?
I'd say about $3.99
You can hope.
There is only one cover price, which is what he said he bought it for :?
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Last weekend I found a Harbinger 7 Flamingo Variant for cover. :o

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Those are interesting because the print run was very low, but the Harbinger #7 Flamingo cover was not a ratio incentive... so most copies probably sold for cover price ($3.99).
Retailers had to match or exceed their orders of Harbinger #4 with their Harbinger #7 order, but that was the only requirement.

So, if a retailer ordered 5 copies of Harbinger #4, they could have ordered 5 (or 50) copies of Harbinger #7... and any or all of them could have been Flamingo covers.
Basically, retailers didn't understand it... so it didn't get ordered much, so only a few got printed. :lol:

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nycjadie wrote:I sold 3 long boxes of crap a few weekends ago. I mean real crap. I would feel bad using this stuff as packing material. First guy grabbed a handful of books, I take $20 and I'm happy. Next guy wants the lot. I'm willing to take $60, and he offers me $120. That was my best recent deal. $140 for 3 longs full of crap. :lol:
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Eeeewwwww . . . now that pic was unexpected!

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Not sure if this is a deal, but I was pretty happy about it :) I went to my LCS a few weeks ago to get my books and they had a free copy of the A+A Bootleg waiting for me. This is a book I've thought about trying to obtain, so I was happy to get/read it, and free too :) I have to say that my LCS here in MI is seriously amazing!
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JonesyAZ wrote:Not sure if this is a deal, but I was pretty happy about it :) I went to my LCS a few weeks ago to get my books and they had a free copy of the A+A Bootleg waiting for me. This is a book I've thought about trying to obtain, so I was happy to get/read it, and free too :) I have to say that my LCS here in MI is seriously amazing!
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I recently won an ebayUK auction for Bloodshot Reborn #10 Lemire 1:100 line wide variant for £15 which is around 21 of your whacky American dollars and 697 of your even wackier Canadian dollars! :P :wink:

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JonesyAZ wrote:Not sure if this is a deal, but I was pretty happy about it :) I went to my LCS a few weeks ago to get my books and they had a free copy of the A+A Bootleg waiting for me. This is a book I've thought about trying to obtain, so I was happy to get/read it, and free too :) I have to say that my LCS here in MI is seriously amazing!
That is sweet. It seems like quite a few people are still trying to find the Bootleg and I only heard you could get it from Rafer (which I did) but it does seem like your LCS is awesome.

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Dallow Spicer1 wrote:I recently won an ebayUK auction for Bloodshot Reborn #10 Lemire 1:100 line wide variant for £15 which is around 21 of your whacky American dollars and 697 of your even wackier Canadian dollars! :P :wink:
Thats a great deal and a great find. :clap:

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I gotta deal on a couple Gold Books @ Scomicon, that put a smile on my face.
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I don't ever get great deals on Valiant but I get crazy-good luck finding pricey stuff for a $1 each at garage sales. I spent $40 last week on books that'll get me close to $500.

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I got a 4001 1:10 for cover, along with a couple comic shop news (4001 on cover).

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There's a place by where I live in Aurora (used book store) that sells comics new, and occasionally will buy collections. They have V1 and VEI back issues, and I have purchased near full runs of newer books for over 50% off, realizing that some of the books are coveted 1:10 and 1:20 books. I recently scored 4 copies of the Ninjak 1:10 cover (Valiant Next) for $2 each, and the Lozzi Bloodshot #3 1:25 variant ($3).
I just went back last weekend and found a few more gems.
There's also an antique store across the way that had many V1 issues for a quarter, and I scored final issues of Solar and Magnus.
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agent_graves wrote:I gotta deal on a couple Gold Books @ Scomicon, that put a smile on my face.
Nice, what Gold Books did you snag?


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