Gregory Hecht

Atomic Avenue does recognize "Very Fine to Near Mint" as a grade distinct from "Very Fine" and "Near Mint." But for other "transition" grades, you are correct, they are not recognized as such. Speaking only for myself, when I have books that are in those other grades, I tend to put them into the lower grade and then make a note in the "Grading Notes" field. The contents of your Grading Notes field will show up with your specific issue's listing on Atomic Avenue. You could just as easily choose to list your issues in the higher grade. However, I think that when you go that route it becomes really necessary that you inform the buyer re: the true condition of your item using the Grading Notes field. You don't want a stickler customer purchasing a comic expecting it to be in FN condition and instead receiving a copy that is VG/FN. My $0.02

That's because it is. The Atomic Avenue store simply isn't set up for pre-orders. It is set up for customers to purchase existing inventory from individual users of the ComicBase program. I doubt that Human Computing is looking at doing preorders themselves, especially since that space has several large competitors that offer substantial discounts (DCBS, mycomicshop, and Midtown come to mind). Pete can correct me if I am wrong, but that is my hunch. I don't know if it would be feasible for Atomic Avenue to be updated to allow pre-orders from specific sellers on the site. Pete would have to weigh in on whether that programming would be possible/practical and, if so, whether the AA admin would be willing and interested in overseeing those types of customer/seller transactions.

Hi, George! This sounds more like a ComicBase question rather than an Atomic Avenue question. I suggest that you post over on the CB message boards where your post is more likely to be seen by somebody who can assist.

I thought that the contact info for each AA seller was available on their AA store’s homepage (look for the “Contact” button next to their username). There may also be an issue in that apparently there is a strike going on by unionized postal workers in Canada. So that may add a wrinkle to this potential buyer’s transaction.

Hi Troy -- This should be pretty easy to fix. 1. On Atomic Avenue, go to "My Store" then click on the "Store Setup" link (look for the gear icon). 2. On the Store Setup page, scroll down to "Currently Posted Items." You will see a list of database ID numbers. Using the "Remove" button, remove each of those databases. When you have finished that, go down to the bottom of the page and click the blue "Save" button. 3. You should be able to go back to your "My Store" page, click the "Browse Items For Sale" button and see that you have no inventory. 4. In ComicBase, open up the database that contains your correct store inventory. Post your items for sale from that database as you normally do. 5. This should restore your Atomic Avenue store inventory to be what you expect it to be. You can verify by going to Atomic Avenue and browsing your newly reposted store inventory. Hope this is helpful!

Hi David — This is more of a ComicBase question than an Atomic Avenue question, so you’ll get better advice over on the ComicBase message boards. But the short answer is that you can “start over” by doing a Mass Change for your Quantity In Stock field or you can proceed by making a new database.

Ah-ha, I see what the issue is! I had the Flat Rate shipping button selected on the page. By clicking Choose Your Own Box, suddenly a lot more options are available on the Select Your Service drop-down menu.

I have been using Enhanced CnS since it first became available many many months ago, and have been getting the commercial rate for Priority as a result. I will check your link later tonight, but I suspect that my experience will not change. Do you have an electronic postal scale registered with your USPS account? Ground Advantage price depends on the weight of the item, so commercial ground advantage, first class, and media mail might only be available on Enhanced CnS for those whose account includes a scale. Priority and Priority Express rates are essentially not dependent on item weight, so everybody should have free access to the commercial rates for those shipping methods on Enhanced CnS.

Yes, that is what I use. It only generates Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express labels, it does not generate First Class, Media Mail, or Ground Advantage labels.

For USPS First Class or Ground Advantage, is there a commercial rate? AFAIK the first class and ground advantage are not available on Click n Ship, only the Priority and Priority Express have commercial rates that are an available on Click N Ship. (I am assuming that First Class and Ground Advantage are still cheaper for some small orders than Priority, even after the recent postal rate hike.)

Hi Richard! Since cover scans get submitted via ComicBase, this sounds more like a question about CB rather than one anbout Atomic Avenue functionality. I suggest that you try posting over at forums.comicbase.com where your question is more likely to be seen by folks who can help you out.

Hi Richard -- This is much more of a ComicBase issue than an Atomic Avenue issue, so I suggest that you post over at the CB message boards. There is greater likelihood that somebody who can help you will see your post over there than here at the AA boards.

Hi Derek -- This is much more of a ComicBase issue than an Atomic Avenue issue, so I suggest that you post over at the CB message boards. There is greater likelihood that somebody who can help you will see your post over there than here at the AA boards.

Not exactly... looking at other sites, it seems that the 4th print has a cover price of $2.75 while the first three printings have a cover price of $2.50. If you have a copy of the 4th print, you can forward a scan to ComicBase. BTW, your comment is less about Atomic Avenue than it is about the content of the ComicBase master database (which is where Atomic Avenue gets its issue content information, including cover scans). These types of questions are better addressed over at the ComicBase forums where people like @Mark J. Castaneda are more likely to see it.

Can you clarify your question? Are you talking about a book that isn't in the master database?

On my "My Store" page, I can click on my store title. In my case, however, I have not put in a graphic. So if you can't click on your graphic, then I am guessing that is why I am able to browse my own store and you cannot.

Based on the URL in your screenshot, that is the page that comes up when you click on the "Custom Items" button. I wouldn't be concerned about that b/c selling Custom Items on AA hasn't been completely set up yet. What happens when you go to atomicavenue.com --> My Account pulldown, select "My Store" --> click on the name of your store ?

I think "Custom Items" is a new button, so that suggests to me that there has been some "under the hood" work going on with the Atomic Avenue storefronts. When I click on my storefront name, I have no trouble accessing my own store and browsing. What happens when you click on your storefront name?

Hi Adrian — Is this an Atomic Avenue question or a ComicBase question? If the latter, this would be better addressed over on the CB msg boards. Probably the easiest thing to do would be to do a search for items that have more than, say, 10 copies in stock. That should allow you to find the erroneous database entry.

Was looking at the Atomic Avenue listings for Amazing Spider-Man #666, and for Variation 111 through 143, the web page lists the items as #666 with no variation designation. Variations 1 through 110 are all displayed properly (e.g., "#666 Variation 1"). I am assuming that there is some obscure coding issue at work here. To see what I am describing, go to the Amazing Spider-Man page, click on the page "2" link, and scroll down. The problem also is manifest on the individual pages for the affected variants. See this page for #666 Variation 111 for example.

Last I checked, the settings for Atomic Avenue essentially only allow US users the following combinations: • Sell to the US only • Sell internationally everywhere • Sell internationally everywhere except for the UK Speaking for myself, I elect to sell only to the US b/c I am less knowledgeable about international shipping options and rules. I assume that shipping from US to Canada isn't too difficult or complicated, so having an "opt-in" for selling to Canada might very get me to start doing that.

That would only explain Mike's situation if he posted inventory, changed his For Sale checkboxes, then re-uploaded his inventory. I am interpreting his post to mean that he uploaded his inventory, initially saw 8100+ items successfully posted, and (presumably without re-uploading his inventory or selling the vast majority of his inventory) now only has a small number of items posted. Assuming that my interpretation is correct *and* that this isn't some kind of fluke, the only thing that I can think of is that he had a lot of items that changed media category. So (hypothetical example here) his issues of Who's Who might have been uploaded some time ago as comics originally and those listings were "lost" when Who's Who moved to Magazines during a content update of the master database. Or a whole bunch of variants got renamed with the introduction of the "Version" designation, and he never updated his inventory accordingly. It would be unusual for somebody to have a lot of inventory that got shifted around like that, but hypothetically it isn't impossible.

Have you tried re-uploading your inventory to see if that solves the issue?

Unfortunately, the vast majority of us are required to pay federal income tax. Even the National Taxpayers Union Foundation admits that under current law, payment of federal income tax is required. The IRS makes this pretty clear on their website as well and they cite relevant case law.

In my experience, it seems like it counts 24 hours after the order was placed in the system by the buyer. When counting the 24 hours, I don't think that non-business days (i.e., Saturday and any days where the U.S. postal service's offices are not open) are included. So as I understand things, if a buyer places an order at 11pm on Friday, the seller has until 10:59pm the following Monday (assuming that it isn't a postal holiday such as Labor Day or Memorial Day) to ship the order to receive the "same day" points. But @Carolyn J. Bickford can give a more definitive answer, I am sure. (It would be nice for the Help pages on the AA site to include a clarification on this.)