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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 20, 2014 16:36:12 GMT
Avengers Epic Collection Judgement Day is on eBay for £19.50 delivered
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 4, 2015 11:16:44 GMT
Of late I've been cancelling by Epic Collections at Amazon and trying to find a copy cheaper elsewhere....
However I've spotted that my Behold the Vision dropped to £12.99 at some point, which is a lot less than the current price of £20.66.
Not expecting to see that beaten.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 28, 2015 14:16:02 GMT
Thor: Mangog Epic Collection secured off eBay for £3 less than the minimum price the Amazon pre order has been. Result.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 25, 2015 20:45:48 GMT
For many years my trade buying has consisted of pre ordering off Amazon and seeing how low the price will go, sometimes mitigated by having to wait for the price to top a tenner before ordering.
Now I have a new amusement: Once the trade comes out through diamond start checking ebay and the Amazon New & Used for a cheaper copy. This has been reaping results :-) OK only 50p off Origins II tonight but I've been finding Epic Collections a fiver cheaper than the lowest Amazon pre order price. Book Depository are proving a good source as are Wordery. Frequently they have the trades before Amazon too
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 1, 2015 9:39:20 GMT
For the hell of it I'm monitoring the eBay price for Avengers Epic Collection: Behold the Vision on eBay: Phil's eBay search, sorted by priceBut TBH there's no way it's going to get lower than the £12.99 that the Amazon pre order accidentally dropped down to a few months ago and is still showing as the price on mine! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 10, 2015 12:31:26 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 16:11:34 GMT
Scott Lang Ant Man: On Amazon £15.90 (was £15.40)
Secured a copy today for £12.71 from Wordery on the eBay :-)
Been looking forward to this, all of Scott Lang's early appearances in one volume
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2015 8:59:51 GMT
This week's Wordery saving over Amazon involves the new Captain America Epic Collection which I've paid £17.41. Had it preordered at £19 something, it's a bit more than that now. Sadly they can't beat the £8.66 I've got the new Amazing X-Men trade pre ordered at.
The current targets are:
Ant-Man/Giant-Man Epic Collection: The Man in the Ant Hill, pre ordered at £22.01, and Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection, pre ordered at £19.51, both of which I expect to make a saving on. However Cyclops 2: A Pirate's Life for Me, £9.04, might be a little tricky to beat especially as it's current Amazon price is £12.99
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 26, 2015 7:23:50 GMT
The current targets are: Ant-Man/Giant-Man Epic Collection: The Man in the Ant Hill, pre ordered at £22.01, and Howard the Duck: The Complete Collection, pre ordered at £19.51, both of which I expect to make a saving on. £16.80 & £17.80 respectively making a combined total of £6.92 saved on the lowest amazon pre order price :-) |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2015 7:46:16 GMT
You should have a separate thread for where to get books cheap. A BOOK DEALS thread!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 26, 2015 7:53:47 GMT
a good idea! Will sort later, jobs to do first
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 1, 2015 11:57:23 GMT
Andu is on a mission to find cheap trades as I type. What will he find?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 1, 2015 12:55:49 GMT
Andu saw loads but only picked up two.
the Frank Cho - Savage Wolverine - I love Cho's art so pretty and I picked up the Matt Wagner/Bisley - Tower Chronicles Book 1 Gheisthawk book. Two hardbacks for 15 quid not to be sneezed at.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 30, 2015 8:19:40 GMT
Several trades, especially the higher price Epic Collections, have had a few quid off their price in the last couple of days and some of the savings haven't filtered down to the preorders. You might want to check the current cost vs what your preorder thinks you're paying for it: Amazon Epic Collection search |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2015 12:39:14 GMT
A big pile of Marvel trades (softcovers abd hardcovers, recebt stuff and things from many years ago) appeared in a discount store in Edinburger's St James Centre about a month ago. Seems to be a regular thing as the stock has recycled a few times. Essentials are now appearing. I will continue to monitor.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2015 12:53:16 GMT
Do yell if any X or Avengers trades show up.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2015 13:36:44 GMT
There are loads of them
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 7, 2015 8:15:08 GMT
Judge Dredd Case files 25 for £12.22 delivered. (wordery, ebay)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 26, 2015 14:20:49 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 26, 2015 22:20:31 GMT
Back up to just shy of £20 now.
Torn on whether to buy this epic; I made it my mission a few years ago to collect the Joe Kelly issues but never got round to reading them and never expected them to be collected. I think I'd prefer the reading experience of an epic, but I feel like it undercuts the efforts I made! Too damn sentimental sometimes...
(ISTR the Chichester / Weeks issue which ends v1 was pretty good, too)
-Jim
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 27, 2015 10:22:28 GMT
I loved the very brief Karl Kesel/Cary Nord run on Daredevil around the time of Onslaught.
It was quite obviously a bit of an influence on Mark Waid for his run.
Andy
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Post by Jim on Sept 17, 2015 22:10:08 GMT
Here's a nice(ish) alternative to Amazon for cheaper online books, and one which is slightly more ethical as these things go than Wordery (who were selling the Daredevil epic): www.hive.co.uk/It's marginally more expensive than Wordery, and like them is a wholesaler selling direct in order to survive against Amazon, but they give a percentage of each order to a local independent bookshop of your choice, and apparently you can also collect orders from local bookshops sometimes. I've only just made my first order, so time will tell, but I think they could become my go-to place (apart from bricks and mortar stores). -Jim |
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Post by Jim on Sept 24, 2015 20:35:15 GMT
First order arrived, quite happy - good packaging and quick delivery. Got the Deathlok the Demolisher TPB which I've been eyeing for a while for about £18.
Local cheap bookshop has had a Marvel restock, but nothing very exciting. All the recent-ish Simonson Thor TPBs, but with the awful murky recolouring. I hope they don't use that for the Epics.
-Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2015 13:39:56 GMT
Why yes Wordery, I will have a copy of the Silver Surfer epic collection for £17.32
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 3, 2015 17:10:51 GMT
The Works has had another drop of Marvel trades. More Waid FF, 70's Cap Britain, those Marvel Indexes, etc.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Dec 4, 2015 12:35:16 GMT
Sadly the Glasgow Sauchiehall Street one hasn't got them out (popped in on my way back from the Mitchell Library to the Andersonian - someone needs to update the percentage chance of my appearing as a Wandering Monster in "Library" up to about 75% I think). They did have a mound of Dark Horse SW stuff that they hadn't had before - lots of KoTOR and Knight Errant stuff.
I was tempted, but resisted.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 4, 2015 20:14:11 GMT
Andu was made to get the Cap Britain volume.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 4, 2015 21:39:25 GMT
Did you get one for Phil who needs it and is too ill to go out to buy his own?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 4, 2015 22:45:27 GMT
I was waiting to hear if Phil found one in The Works himself!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 4, 2015 22:49:36 GMT
I've been weeing through my bottom ever since you told me about it so no!
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