- Quarter bin
Quarter bin is a phrase common in the
American comic book community used to describe discount boxes of comic books [ [http://funnybooks.blogspot.com/2006/10/dumpster-diving-tales-from-quarter-bin.html Funnybooks: Dumpster Diving - Tales from the quarter bin] ,31 October 2006] sold for far less than the cover price. Typically going for $0.25 a piece, these comic books may be used, damaged, or new material that's been overstocked [ [http://www.whiterose.org/howlingcurmudgeons/archives/008822.html Howling Curmudgeons: The Quarter Bin] ,01 October 2005] by the comic book retailer. Quarter bins tend to be unique to the comic bookdirect market , though they may be found inthrift stores and other stores selling used media (video games ,compact discs ,dvds , etc.).Due to the nature of demand in
comic book collecting , retailers will purchase entire comic collections just for a few rare books and the rest of the books go into the quarter bin. It's common for most quarter bins to sell $0.25 comics for an even greater discount at five for $1.00.Notes
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