The Quality Comics Gallery
Thank you for your interest. Let's explain QUALITY COMICS' Philosophy and Policies...
The prices you see listed are FIRM, but not set in stone. Of course we will always entertain counter offers... and YOU must make a SINCERE offer... we are shocked and amazed that some people will initially make us an offer that is HALF our asking price! DON'T DO THIS...WE WILL IGNORE YOU! We expect a reasonable offer and we will not negotiate against ourselves! So please, if you are as serious and sincere about this, as we are, then simply get back to us with your offer after reading the following:
With more than 40 years in business selling Vintage Comics and other fine Pop Culture collectibles we pride ourselves on pricing items accurately and sincerely. Certainly we use various online and physical price guides, as well as monitor various sources and other dealers to add this information to our consensus. But the bottom line remains that this consensus is primarily based on our expertise and history with these items. This allows us to act and react as the market fluctuates and changes...sometimes vociferously.
We are not interested in "Guide" prices, "Below Guide" prices, or whatever others are doing. Also, and most importantly, we don't believe we have a need to sell or are ever in a hurry to do so. Like fine wine, vintage collectibles only become more desirable with age and we are always more willing to wait for that appreciative collector instead.
The antiques and collectible industry is an anomaly in a business world normally based on depreciation. Here the inventory only accrues worth over time as these items mature and often grow in "value". With this mind, the prices listed by us are our RETAIL PRICES.
As our name implies, we are Quality Comics, not Cheapo Comics, not "Wholesale Comics", not "Bargain Comics" there are plenty of dealers, shops and online sites to fulfill that niche. We choose not to join them since we feel that is a game not worth winning.
That may seem pretentious, and it may well be. But we have an enormous amount of pride in what we do in the profession we have chosen. Comic Books have always been a love affair for us and we won't despoil it by being cheap and superficial. So many of the dealers we know don't "care" about what they do or sell and it would be no different for them if they were selling microwave ovens or sneakers. As the song says, "That ain't me Babe"
When we were approached by the nice folks at HIP COMIC to join their marketplace we did some quick browsing to see what was available here and came away with the decision to give it a try. At first we entertained the simple notion of importing our inventory from our 4 other online shops but upon further deliberation we decided it would be incredibly daunting and also simply redundant and in a very real sense just another mirror site.
Instead, we have decided to make this more of a "Gallery" of some of the finer, obscure and more interesting items we have to offer. That being said if you have an interest in any other sorts of things we suggest you browse our other online shops for more depth.
NEETSTUFF is our Main Home Site and in set up to be "ONE STOP SHOPPING" basically it lists the same things available from us at our other shops but this will change in time to include items that don't "fit" elsewhere and "newer" less vintage items. It also has the most variety of payment services we offer over any of the others including BitCoin, Apple & Amazon Payments.
ephemarama is devoted to mostly "paper" collectibles such as Vintage books of all genres, posters, Prints, Photography, gum cards etc. It's focus is Classic and as in everything we do is more offbeat and eccentric
Neet-O-Rama Cool Collectibles and Bric A Brac. From "Mid-Century" Design to Pop Culture artifacts and memorabilia. Vintage Toys, Pez, Lunchboxes, etc. For example we may list an old board game here but a Superman boardgame will be listed on our Quality Comics America storefront.
Quality Comics America Collectible Comics and related collectibles.
Also please be aware that here at the Hip Comic QUALITY COMICS store we list new items LAST! Curated and edited from what we feel are the more interesting items available at our other venues that we would like to showcase.
Obviously our inventory is much larger than what you see here and at our other sites and grows everyday and we must acknowledge that a lot of it will never be listed. That is why it is important to reach out to us with special needs. We LOVE "Want Lists" and we do monitor them unlike many other dealers. We also are able and willing to track down elusive items you seek as an additional service. Just contact us.
All items listed by us are AS FOUND/AS IS and the price we have established already reflects any defects or issues. Likewise any item we feel is uniquely superior or in amazing condition will also be taken into consideration and may result in a premium price.
We DO NOT repair or "restore" items and if there is any cosmetic action beyond common, standard and accepted behavior on our part to the item it will be described in the listing. Please take particular note of images we supply- they too are accurate and nothing is done to enhance or disguise the item. You can always request additional images.
Again, the prices listed here are what we feel to be a reasonable and accurate based on our long history and expertise. There is nothing to force you into buying from us. If you feel our prices are not reasonable please remember that there are literally hundreds of other stores & sites selling comics & collectibles that you can visit and buy from instead.
Items that are just recently listed are not open to negotiation. If they linger for several months or more than yes, probably, get back to us with a sincere offer.
We do not offer discounts on purchases that are on lay-away. We can not take items "down" and place them on "hold" and offer a discount on what is essentially an extra service. For extra work it would make actually logical sense to add a service fee which we don't do. It's not fair to the shop and not fair to other buyers who are ready to buy.
If authorized Our LAY-AWAY policy is one third of the total purchase amount as a deposit due immediately and 30 days to pay off the balance. Failure to follow through in any way with whatever we have negotiated with you may cause us to cancel the transaction and may result in forfeiting any deposits or payments made. Of course we understand that things happen... so, if after we have agreed on the payment method and time frame established and you find you can not meet your obligation YOU MUST GET IN TOUCH WITH US IMMEDIATELY with a reasonable explanation.
Thank you, truly, for your interest and hope we can do business together in the future.
Feel free to contact us directly at
qualitycomics@mindspring.com
