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stormraider
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- Posted: May 8, 2017 2:51:19 pm
- I don't know about anyone else but Free Comic Book Day means free comics. Anyone else notice how some comic shops are withholding free comics and selling them the next day online. Kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it ????
It's just wrong.
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Canuck
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junobeach
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- Posted: May 8, 2017 5:37:50 pm
- Unscrupulous LCS's could abuse Free Comic Book Day if they withhold ones they think they could sell at a later date. Just not right. I thought the publishers swallowed the cost of these?
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- Posted: May 8, 2017 6:37:51 pm
junobeach said: Unscrupulous LCS's could abuse Free Comic Book Day if they withhold ones they think they could sell at a later date. Just not right. I thought the publishers swallowed the cost of these?
Not according to my LCS, they always charge $0.32 for FCBD comics after FCBD. They told me that it costs them around $0.25US/issue and so, charge $0.32CDN after FCBD to try and recoup some of the costs.
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- Posted: May 9, 2017 1:18:26 am
- Wish my LCS even HAD some free comics to sell the next day. My daughter and I got there a bit late and literally all they had left was a handful of BOOM! Studios previews. Sort of stung a little that they didn't think of a good customer like me and hold back a few.
But on the topic. . .I can see a LCS selling FCBD comics they have left over in-store on the cheap just so they can get rid of them, but selling them online reeks of planning ahead to squeeze profit off of what should be a nice day of appreciation for customers.
And back to my experience. . .the guy at my LCS said they had a line formed an hour before the store opened and they had given away all their FCBD books within an hour of opening. Never heard of that before. What was the big deal this year that made FCBD into a Black Friday doorbuster?
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edgos2
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- Posted: May 11, 2017 10:57:42 am
- My LCS limits you to five comics per person. I always pick out 5, and my wife typically picks out 5 for our kids. Then I always buy some back issues or bags and boards...whatever, to help the owner with the cost of purchasing the free comics.
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stormraider
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- Posted: May 11, 2017 4:45:58 pm
edgos2 said: My LCS limits you to five comics per person. I always pick out 5, and my wife typically picks out 5 for our kids. Then I always buy some back issues or bags and boards...whatever, to help the owner with the cost of purchasing the free comics.
I don't believe anyone would complain if an LCS has left over FCBD comics and could not give them all away and sells them later BUT I do have a problem with them intentionally not giving them away (ie: withholding comics) which is the point I'm trying to make. I understand the need to limit the # at the start but by the end of the day they should relax that a bit. Plus all LCS's should stamp the comics and not leave the space blank to prevent flippers. It's supposed to be a day where kids (of all ages) can get access and generate interest. I have yet to see any FCBD comic (past or present) be of any significant monetary value. If a LCS needs to recoup their costs from these comics then they are missing the entire point of FCBD.
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