Also, even though speculation drives up prices, it also brings more interest and funds that facilitates making reprints and TPB available for fans to read the books they love.

Very well thought out statements and pondering.

True if I was simply to protect my most valuable books, I’d spend a little more for them. But honestly, I just prefer cardboard too. Maybe it’s a nostalgia thing.

Respectfully, you sure misinterpreting my words. Wanting to preserve it for ‘future value’ is a form of speculation. I don’t know how much more simply I can put it. If someone purchases any type of item with a focus on the future values of that item, that is speculation, period. Day traders are one form of market speculators. It’s just one flavor out of many.

I appreciate you sharing this and I trust that you are being honest in your experience, but let me make something clear: Never will I speak on ANYTHING simply because someone "sponsors" me. First off, Ultra Pro offered me a sponsorship before BCW. I declined. Secondly, I'm not sponsored by BCW, but yes, I am an affiliate, but by MY choosing. I reached out to THEM , because I believe in their brand. To your issue with your BCW bags? Why I have never talked about BCW bags wrinkling? Because I've never had BCW bags wrinkle. It's that simple, and that's the god honest truth. I have mutliple videos where I show BCW bags that I have had comics in for over a decade without one wave or wrinkle. I also have Ultra Pro bags that I've had comics in for less than a year, and they are very wrinkled. I also have more videos of Comic Pro Line splitting in such a very easy manner. My assumption? There is more of an environment issue for you rather than a brand issue. If your BCW bags are wrinkling that easily, you need to do a process of elimination. IE. What is the temperature where you store them? Is it humid? Are you allowing your comics to breathe in the bos? Are you leaving comics stacked on top of each other? Etc. I'd be interested in knowing.

I appreciate the feedback, but I will respectfully say that I think you heard me wrong. I'm not splitting hairs, as I'm not stating what you are saying. I NEVER said everyone who buys comics is a speculator. Not once. If someone purely buys comics to read and nothing else, they are not speculating in any way, and I stated this. BUT, if a collector buys comics to read, but also cares about future value, then in part, they are speculating. It's not splitting hairs, it's just that simple.

@@JernosComicsPopCulture I was generalizing based on your statement which was, "If you collect anything and you want to preserve whatever it is you collect, comic books......to some degree, in a sense, you are speculating." 2:38 - 2:57. That dear sir, is splitting hairs. When you start using "to some degree" or "in a sense" in this context, it's another way of saying "well technically", which is splitting hairs. However, by your own definition, if someone buys comics to read, puts them in bags and boards to preserve them for future use (reading again), they are speculating. If someone buys trade paperbacks or omnibus and puts them neatly in a bookshelf to preserve them so they could be read in the future, they are speculating. Your statement applies to readers who want to preserve their collections so they can read them in the future. Whether it was your intention to say this or not, it was said. If someone buys comic books, the expectation is that they buy bags, boards, and boxes to put them in. Which again, by your argument would make 99% of comic book collectors speculators, which is inherently false.

@@copy801 I want to first state that the statement you took was one I repeated a couple different times in the video where I clarified what I meant, which was preserving it for sake of "value." Not just preserving it as a sentimental collectible. So while yes, you can take the few seconds of that statement and isolate it and go on a tangent trying to tear apart my argument. But again, listen to the whole video. Yes, I should have clarified it each time I said it, but it was already stated in complete context. Preserving for the sake of future value. I want to preserve my t-shirts so they last long and don't shrink or get stained. Doesn't mean I'm speculating on the value of my used shirt. lol. Come on now. So I humbly ask, please, actually listen to the whole video, and you'll know what I'm saying was pretty clear. Caring in ANY part about future value, is speculating. Period. I do agree that speculating for the wrong reasons can be detrimental to the hobby.

Indeed!

I appreciate you watching and commenting but I will respectfully disagree with pretty much everything you said. Also, any comic shop owner that hates selling books to anyone, no matter who they are, on new comic book Wednesdays, probably shouldn't be in business.

Yeah selling a product is selling a product but I spoke to a shop that's been in business for 40 plus years and they pretty much hate it. Also other more modern heavy shops will limit books. I've seen signs that say any past 3-5 copies etc is ebay price to help slow these guys down. You have to protect your long time clientle somehow.

@@user-el1uu4mq2f I share a similar sentiment with what you are describing, and I champion shops that limit copies and/or upsell after a certain amount. It's only fair. But again, my point remains. That is NOT simply what a "speculator" is. And that's the whole point of this video. We have taken a term that is a very broad and nuanced term and turned it into something dirty to describe something that people put in a nice little box and tie a bow on. Those people that you describe, more specifically, are most likely short term flippers. Do they speculate? Yes. But they are only one flavor of speculator.

I appreciate the comment and the love, but I will have to humbly disagree with you, simply because collecting, as well as most things in this world, is not that black and white. Again, someone can have "LOVE" for the hobby simply by speculating. Collecting out of love doesn't define the reason why they collect. Stock brokers might LOVE working in stocks. People who play fantasy sports and bet might LOVE playing famtasy sports, even though there is betting involved. Again, any collector that cares about future value in ANY shape, form or fashion, is in some part "speculating," and that is where it becomes simple. Most collectors, to SOME small degree, speculate in one way or another.

​@@JernosComicsPopCulture Absolutely, things can always intersect or align. Not just distinction, there is also a conflict of interest between collector and speculator. Collector only happy when the prices are down cause it makes the desired item/s more accessible for the collector. On the other hand speculator can be happy with both upwards or downwards parabola, in the end they are betting on the prediction of prices will inflate. I'm not saying you can't be both but there is a dichotomy between the two.

@@dreigros You can be both and through my 35 plus years of collecting and years of studying the market, I would argue that the majority of collectors absolutely blur those lines. It's like saying there is a clear distinction between people who prefer steak and people who prefer chicken, but most of them will still eat both. That's why we cannot simply say, "if someone collects for the love of the hobby, they aren't a speculator." The clear distinction that makes all kinds of collectors in some part a speculator is if they care about future value. Period. And to your last point, you would be lying to yourself if you ignored the fact that those same collectors that are happy when prices are down so they can buy low...... are also happy when prices go up, AS LONG as they already own the book. ;) And that's the pettiness and the conundrum of collectors. They want to point fingers when a book gets hot and shoots up in price when it's a book they don't own, but will gladly reap the satisfaction of seeing what's in their collection gain value, even if they don't plan on selling.

Unfortunately I’m still suffering from long term health issues that are preventing me from being able to record new material but I’m trying very hard to get there.

🤣🤣🤣 oh the luck is not making the list. Means I can sleep at night knowing I’m a decent human being.

@@JernosComicsPopCulture ahhh come on buddy don't be like Kanye. At least you were in the running seen as your in the thumb nail and all

@@jonathanloera6830 I wouldn’t know because I don’t pay attention to the drama of others anymore.

Appreciate you!

Thanks, Luis!

Thank you! I've been battling vestibular vertigo for 5 weeks now and I'm still trying to heal, but one day at a time! I can't wait to get back in front of the camera!

Thanks, Larry!

For Mylar, those are the best. Boards are another story.

Thanks for being here!

This is true. But those uneducated to how ignorant sellers work can now have some insight on how not to make bad purchasing decisions.

Everything packaged in the video is indeed shipped priority.

Yet here you are leaving a comment. Appreciate it! 🙏🏻

Thank you! 🙏🏻

Appreciate the feedback and support!

The real education here is to viewers watching that might be new collectors that wouldn't know better. So hopefully people watch and learn how to avoid paying way too much for comics.

@@JernosComicsPopCulture and you did a good explanation on it I’m just saying this lady was not a person willing to understand the hobby and try and be fair she just wants the highest dollar and not willing to be fair

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Thank you! Good to see you in the comments!

@@JernosComicsPopCulture yeah bro had second baby lol

I have. There's been a few, but it's not something that I frequently use.

Well when you put it like that lol

Oh absolutely, but I think it became clear that she knew what she was doing, knew she didn't carea bout selling them at a fair value, and would rather let them sit until some fool didn't know any better.

I think I was very fair in my communication all the way through, and didn't "pressure" her in any way. You are correct that the intent is for content, but I do it for content to educate viewers. It's important to me to show these situations, including how the communication unfolds, so uneducated collectors, or new collectors, know what to spot, know how to be educated buyers.

@@JernosComicsPopCulture I think it's important to note that if you got someone who responded positively, and even if they didn't budge on price, showed genuine appreciation for the information, I'm reasonably certain you would sing their praises and use it as an object lesson just the same.