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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Our Blog Posts Display Resolution Revised!
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: eBay Info

 

 

Our Blog Posts Display Resolution Revised! 

Due to the fact that we currently blog on two different blog formats, an eBay and a non-eBay Blog, we are making the following changes in our Blogs:

We have been formatting in a larger display resolution, which when the eBay Techs revised the eBay Blogs last year, resulted in our archived blog posts becoming distorted when viewed by those using smaller resolutions.

Additionally there are some bloggers out there that still have their monitor's or laptop display resolution set at a much smaller setting than a lot / most people currently have now.

The current trend is that more and more desktop and laptop computers are using a screen size of 1024x768 pixels or more as shown in the below table:

2007Higher1024x768800x600640x480Unknown
January26%54%14%0%6%
      
2006     
July19%58%17%0%6%
January17%57%20%0%6%
      
2005     
July14%55%25%0%6%
January12%53%30%0%5%
      
2004     
July10%50%35%1%4%
January10%47%37%1%5%
      
2003     
July8%43%44%2%5%
January6%40%47%    2%5%
        
2002         
October 6%38%49%2%5%

 

 

Ever since the eBay Techs changed the blog format back in mid September 2007, I have added a  disclaimer that this Blog is written for IE Browsers primarily. Please see our previous blog post for that discussion: 

CLICK HERE!

Now we will be adding to the disclaimer that the blog post would be best to be seen in 1024 x 768 display resolution or higher, which 80% of computer users have their screen set at or higher.

We cannot write our blog posts or web site pages to fit all browsers and display resolutions, thus we are re-setting our display resolution to the current average resolution being used.

Screen Resolutions are not the only thing that is evolving in technology advances... For example, currently there is a DVD war going on between HD and Blue-Ray DVD formats, until one win out over the other that industry is in flux! Especially when you can buy a HD player for $120 and the cheapest Blue-Ray Player is approx $300!  Anyone remember the Betamax vs VHS War?!

Thus, our disclaimer that is set in each of our blog post will have that the blog post is best seen with the resolution as mentioned above as follows:

NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future!  Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

Thanks for reading our pop culture - comics - comic book blog post!

Michael (and Tina)

 

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CGC Graded Comics For Sale! Welcome To Our World! 

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!
 

NOTE:  This Blog Post May Not Be Viewed Properly On YOUR Screen Due To the Changes eBay is Making on the Blog Format At this time OR in the Future!  Additionally, this blog post is written for IE Browsers. Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768.

 


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Monday, February 18, 2008
Who Was Anita Cabrillo ?
Mood:  quizzical
Topic: TV Shows

 

 

Click here to see OUR Westerns listings! 

What I liked about Dell Comic Books was that so many of their TV Show issues had photo covers of the Star(s) of The Show, such as the one pictured above with my favorite girl singer of the early 1960's, Annette Funicello who starred as 'Anita Cabrillo' on the Zorro TV Show!

To see our western comic books for sale, just click on the comic book cover above!  

 

 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!

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Zorro TV Show

Starring Guy Madison!

 

 

The Zorro TV Show had a strange history in that it was both featured  as a TV series, and a few hour long shows on the Disney show on ABC!

This TV Show aired from 1957  to 1959 on the ABC Network. Then Zorro was on the Disney Show in 1960 and 1961 as 4 one hour long shows.

The TV series itself  had 78 episodes during its' run.

Almost everyone knows the story of Zorro, but a lot of people don't know that Annette Funicello, another Disney Star, was on Season 2 of the TV Show as 'Anita Cabrillo'.

I myself missed most of the episodes, as they were on Thursday nights at 8pm, so my folks must have been watching either 'December Bride' or the 'Ed Wynn Show'?

Anyway, I still have several of my Annette collectibles, but never did get the above comic book to add to my collection!

Supposedly the TV Show ended due to a dispute between ABC and Disney!  Ironically, decades later, Disney bought ABC !

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post and feel free to comment below !

Michael

 

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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Updated Shipping Policy for MISM - Make It So Marketing
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: eBay Info

 

MISM's Shipping Charges Updated

As of 02-17-08 

CGC Graded Comics For Sale! Welcome To Our World! 
Thank YOU for reading this blog post about our shipping charges and policy update!
 
This is an UPDATED Shipping Policy AND Explanation of Shipping Charges as of 02-17-08, which are in effect until we are forced to change them! As of right now, USPS is planning an increase in postage costs as of May 12th, 2008, so we may have to revise our shipping charges at that time.  Until further notice via our blog or the individual listings... feel free to use this blog post as reference!
 
First of all, there are many different shipping solutions on eBay at this time. We don't subscribe to the thought of running auctions/fixed price/store format listings for a low price and then charge individual shipping on each and every item! We do have a minimum shipping charge, but allow our customers to add on to their first purchase in most cases to be more cost effective for them.
 
We COMBINE shipping where possible to save our customers on combined shipping charges. Currently we are still running the "unlimited shipping" feature for certain items and to certain locations. Please read carefully the below paragraphs that explain our shipping to charges for the items you buy and to where you want them shipped!
   
Also please Note:  eBay's check out program cannot handle combining our comics, magazines, dvds, toys etc together when it "invoices" you. There is a 'discount line' at the bottom of the items, shipping, insurance etc. If you can't use the 'discount line' to reflect the correct shipping amount, please let us know, and we'll be glad to send you a combined shipping invoice!
 
SHIPPING COST TO USA Addresses:
 
SHIPPING COST FOR NON-CGC COMIC BOOKS:
The FLAT RATE Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  (NO magazines and NO CGC encapsulated graded comics!) We will ship unlimited non-CGC graded comics to USA addresses only at the special $4.99 shipping cost!  Whether you buy one or three or ten or even more comics! 
 
SHIPPING COST FOR MAGAZINES:
We also sell Magazines, but they are odd-sized and varied in number of pages so they cannot be sent via the 'unlimited shipping' rate, sorry! We will combine shipping where we can, but please email us first for shipping cost BEFORE you click to buy multiple magazines!
 
SHIPPING COST FOR CGC GRADED COMICS:
CGC graded comics come in plastic holders and are shipped only via a Priority BOX so as to protect the holders.  We can place 1 to 2 CGC graded comics in the Flat Rate Priority Box for $9.99 to USA addresses only! 
 
SHIPPING COST TO CANADA:
FLAT RATE Priority International Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  We will ship 2 to 9 non-CGC graded comics to CANADIAN addresses only at the special $9.99 shipping cost!  Sorry, no magazines and no CGC graded comics at this rate! 
 
If you want to buy JUST ONE NON-CGC comic, (no magazines), then the shipping cost would be $6.67 for FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL.
 
PLEASE NOTE: We will ship up to 25 single standard sized non-slabbed comics in a Flat Rate Priority Box to Canadian addresses for $25.00 USD.
 
For those in Canada that are interested in magazines, this will be the only way we will ship them, in a Flat Rate Priority Box for the $25.00 USD as magazines are different sizes and page counts and cannot be be figured out how to ship AFTER being purchased.  Please contact us first, as our magazines are NOT listed for shipping outside of the USA at this time. The listings would have to each be revised to allow you to purchase them individually. We will be glad to do so after we communicate with you on the costs and how many would fit in the box! 
 
For CGC Comics - We have been hesitant to ship these internationally, but are now considering shipping them to Canadian addresses. On an individual buyer basis only. Please email us if you have interest in our CGC listings. The CGC encapsulated comics would have to be shipped via Global Priority Flat Rate Box for the $25.00 USD Shipping Charge PLUS Insurance. We can place from one to two CGC encapsulated comic(s) in each Flat Rate Box. E-mail us via eBay's email program to discuss further....
 
SHIPPING COST TO UNITED KINGDOM & AUSTRALIA:
FLAT RATE Priority International Shipping is for NON-CGC graded comic books only!  We will ship 1 to 9 non-CGC graded comics, (no magazines) to the UK or AU/NZ for $11.99 as that is what the Priority International Envelope will hold with cardboard insert for protection. 
 
SHIPPING COST TO OTHER COUNTRIES:

For countries that are NOT listed above, or listed in our eBay listings, we may be able to ship to YOUR country! There are multiple reasons why we don't universally show that we ship to your country, but we encourage you to e-mail us with your question as to shipping charges for your country.
 
Items like comic books are relatively easy to ship via USPS Global Priority Flat Rate Envelopes, but unfortunately they don't ship everywhere via that rate yet!  And eBay doesn't separate out several countries in 'Europe', only United Kingdom and Germany from the other countries.  There are some countries that we just can't ship to because of their postal systems mishandling packages... Please e-mail with your question as to if we can ship and what the charge would be to your country!
 
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For the listings of all the comics on auction or in our eBay Featured Store, just click here!

Thanks for reading this blog post... Usually we blog about pop culture - comics - comic books - or related items. This was a update so we can add it as a link to our e-mail correspondence starting 02-17-08!

Michael and Tina

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

Note From Make It So Marketing:

Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
 
Comics Graded And Then Listed Here!

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 2:02 PM PST
Updated: Monday, February 18, 2008 6:52 AM PST
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When Can You Call These Smoke Free??
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Comic Book History

 

 

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Smoke Free Comics???

Not unless you are buying from the original owner who did not smoke and they have been stored away properly through the years.

Even then the comics will still have attracted odors!

 

 

 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!
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Smoke Free Comics??? 

 

 

Was asked again this weekend if our comics are 'smoke free'?

My answer was and remains... Not UNLESS the seller has been the original owner of the collectible and bought it off the newstand or from the comic book store when it was first published and stored it away properly.

Last year I checked out another eBayer's comic book listings which I had found by accident.

The comics were just added as a sideline ('other items') to this seller's eBay Store and the eBayer used their usual listing template stating that their items were from a 'smoke-free home'.

That could get the eBayer seller into a situation with a buyer who believes that statement, and purchases the item(s) thinking they are smoke free.  

Trust me on this one folks, paper collectibles will pick up smells during the years even if they are stored!!

As a matter of fact one of the largest comics dealers in the world that I know of, loved the distinct smell of old comics that come from the Midwest area of the USA!  He could tell what section of the country they come from!

So be careful if you are thinking of listing comics as being 'smoke free' to your other eBay sales! I keep seeing more and more comics listings where the template says 'smoke free' environment, or home, etc.

For our back issues of comics which DID NOT all come from a smoke free environment, as we are purchasers of collections as well as collectors ourselves... just click on the top left comic book cover to see our listings! And No, We don't smoke, but don't advertise as such.

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post!

Michael

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 6:20 AM PST
Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:54 AM PST
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Once Again Laura Vandervoort Is Hot!
Mood:  d'oh
Topic: Comic Cons

 

Click here to see our DC COMICS / MAGAZINES listings! 

Above is Laura Vandervoort, the New Supergirl! For our current DC Comics / Magazine listings, just click on the  Photo above!  

 

Click here to see our DC COMICS / MAGAZINES listings! 

I don't think that Laura Vandervoort is that hard on the eyes as the 1970's Supergirl on the comic book cover above, do you?? Even tho both have their hair all over the place! 

 

Welcome To Our World! Our Shipments AREN'T delivered by the Batmobile, Just the USPS!

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Each comic / comics book or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale! We attend several  pop culture and comic books conventions during the year to replenish our inventory for resale!

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Once Again

Laura Vandervoort

Is Hot!

 

Each day I check our blog stats for what archived blog posts our blog readers are viewing and it seems it goes in cycles!

Usually out of the latest 100 blog readers, 10% have viewed our 'Notorious Bettie Page' Blog Posts, and then another different four blog posts get 5% or more of the traffic each....

For the last two days our archived blog posts views have been topped by the posts on Laura Vandervoort! So she must be appearing at some convention again?!

For those that don't know, Laura was added as 'Kara Kent', Clark Kent's Kryptonian cousin, in the 7th Season of Smallville.

Laura is a 23 year old Canadian who has previously been on CSI, The Dresden Files, Instant Star and other shows prior to her Smallville appearances.

For those of you that can't make it to whatever Con she is next appearing at... We have an ongoing comic book convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and new listings of items for sale! Just click on the pic at the top left to see our listings!

Thanks for reading this popular culture - comics - comic books blog post !

Michael

 

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Posted by makeitsomarketing at 4:41 AM PST
Updated: Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:47 AM PST
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