I was sent a link to a You Tube video (no, I am NOT giving the jerk publicity as he's a con man pure and simple) in which the person claims to have "spent thousands of dollars investing in comics!" I found four other similar ones by comic flippers claiming the same.
A flipper is the same as a scalper. In toy or figure collecting these people are hated. They will mass purchase toys at retail price and make them scarce in an area and then resell them at a vastly inflated price because they depend on the collector being so desperate that they will pay what is asked. So flipper and scalper are inter-changeable with con man and scum bag. But idiots will buy a $130 figure from a flipper for $900 ....
I've seen these people go into a local B&M (store) and hed for the toys and move things around looking for something specific then buy all those in stock. One bought 7 boxes of a Dr Who triple pack of figures...did he have 7 kids who ALL had to have the same figures to stop them arguing...or was he going to flip them?
Why was I sent the link? Well the scammer in the video claimed he had spent "THOUSANDS" on buying certain sets of modern books (from the last year or so) BECAUSE "I personally strongly believe that this investment of THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS will pay back big time" The over use of the stressed "THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS" is so that it sticks in someone's head.
Yes, the fella says he is going to flip the books and advises us all to go out and buy them and do the same thing. He is running a flipper business so he over emphasised over and over how he asks sellers to send him photos of even the tiniest defect in a book because, wouldn't you know it -the poor buy "got burned by a seller". THAT is con talk. He is telling you that he is just like you -hy, he even got conned but insists that sellers show him the books he is buying are perfect or as near as.
Hey....I don't know whyI am thinking this but...this guy is spending thousands of dollars on top quality comics and...well, I want top quality comics to invest in and flip and make money and I wonder whether he'll sell me any of his....yeah. kiss my big fat hairy log.
This flipper actually bought the three sets of comics he showed -that cost him THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS- from the guy that sent me the link. He bought a box full of comics (200 bagged and boarded) that were left over unsold stock because the sellers comic store was closed due to lockdown for...$100.
Don't get me wrong but even with inflation I do not think $100 is now looked on as THOUSANDS...is it because the world has gotten weird lately.
Iyt's all a con to get you to buy and when you see one of these YT video flippers remember all the points highlighted here and remember: "One's born every minute!"
. . . The wad of bills he tried to swallow turned out to be bigger than his throat could comfortably manage!
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