Biggest Order/Amount Paid
CaptShazam
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I submitted my April Solicits order with DCBS and it was by far the biggest and most expensive order I have ever placed. It was $636 retail and $365. 26 after the DCBS discounts. There were 3 Omnibus, a marvel master works, a DC archives, 7 other trades, 4 floppies, and two hardcover collections.
I was wonder what was the biggest orders (items order + cost) that the rest of the forum members have had?
I was wonder what was the biggest orders (items order + cost) that the rest of the forum members have had?
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Otherwise, my usual order is around $120-140
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* Camelot 3000 HC $17
* NAKED FAT RAVE JAM SGN PORTFOLIO $45
Funny thing is the portfolio was never shipped and eventually canceled.
4 years later, I saw one sitting at Michael Golden's table at a con and picked it up from him for $20 including a sig on his plate.
I shoot for $100 as my average. Sometimes I come in way under, sometimes way over. Basically I run through and click on everything I see that I might want. Then when I see the total is just too damn high, I start cutting things out from "might want" to "definitely want".
On average, I spend about $125 or so a month. It has gone down considerably in the last couple of years.
My smallest order was $54 this January, for those keeping score at home.
I think last month was my highest at about $150, but I was purchasing some future gifts for my brother-in-law. Usually I hover at about $75. There's so much I'm not getting anymore.
Even at my heaviest regular orders, I was usually around $75 a month.
Now I'm at $30 a month. Almost 10 times that for one month is... well, honestly, a little sickening.
What got me that month? Looks like three Batman B&W statues that had been cancelled and then resolicited for that month, and two more that were solicited for the first time.
After that, it was a reasonable order with one trade and the rest comics.
Five of those stinking statues in one month. Man, if I hadn't already stopped picking up the new statues, this reminder would have pushed me to it.
Excuse me, I need to go slap myself in the head... a lot.
I did lower the $365 in the first thread post to $343. It is a drop in the bucket but there is nothing left I want cut. From the advanced solicits released this week, it does look like my May Previews order with DCBS will be back down to around $150. (I hope)
This might be a little off topic but I wrestle with buying from DCBS vs my LCS. Sure, I'd probably save money going with DCBS but there are advantages I get from my LCS that I wouldn't get elsewhere. I get some really good special deals, enjoy the conversation at the shop, enjoy going weekly with my friends, like how I can browse new titles without buying them first. It's the whole comic book experience I like the best, I look forward to it every week. I wouldn't get that with DCBS. Anyway, my largest buy was around $300 which included a framed piece of art.
I do still buy stuff at my LCS, i just do not have a regular order. There are a lot of stores in my area. 6 stores for a town of 500,000 plus another 5 to 10 stores located 60 to 90 mins away. So it is easy to find something.