A LOT OF COMIC BOOK STORE OWNERS GO BY THE BOOK AND WANT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE MAGS,          BUT THE LOCAL DEALERS NOT ON EBAY CAN'T GET A BUCK EVEN FOR GOOD SHAPED OLD MADS , I GOT THE  BEST DEALS BY FAR THIS WAY   5 BUCKS FOR EARLY MADS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE,                I   BOUGHT 100 -200 MAD MAGAZINES ON EBAY AND HERES WHAT I'VE LEARNED      THE "BY THE BOOK" STORES ASK WAY TOO MUCH FOR THEM  AND ONCE IN A WHILE THEY SELL  BUT USUSALLY GET NO BIDS ,(THEY  ONLY GET BIDS ON MAD #1 ),        AND STORES NOT ON EBAY CANT GIVE THEM AWAY ,  THATS WHY SOME  STORES ARE  ON HERE .    SO I PUT TOGETHER A REALISTIC FAIR PRICE GUIDE I FOLLOW         PRICE GUIDE:  MAD #1- SEEN ONE GO FOR OVER $1500,ONE FOR $1000 , ONE GOIN' AT $500,   PROBABLY CAN NEVER GET GOOD PRICE FOR THIS ONE     NOW THE REST:  MAD #2-10 --$90-$200;  #11-20--$65-$150;  #21-40--$45-$90;  #41-100--$10-$60,  #101-200--$10-$40;  #210-300--$5-$15;  #300-current--$1-$10     THIS IS WHAT I PRETTY MUCH PAID FOR AND GOT ALL MY 150 MADS I BOUGHT AND WON HERE .       INDIVIDUALS WILL SELL FOR MORE FAIR PRICE THAN STORES AS THEY DONT PAY OVERHEAD FOR BUSINESS, NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH PROFIT, ETC,,,   I HOPE THIS HELPS  MAD MAG. BUYERS FROM PAYING TOO MUCH     PUSHING THE BOOK PRICE UP     THANKS   VERN PATRICK