Talk about anything you want, so long as it's about comics!
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colbalt91 Posts: 298
4/7/2022
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I was reading this comic book internet article about this one company that was putting some of their Comics that supposedly have been sold out, back online. Maybe I'm being overly suspicious, but I have the feeling these companies set these Comics aside in case they went up in value later. And since they probably did not go up in value they are now putting them back online in order to get rid of the backlog so they don't take too big a loss. I remember I always had suspicions about this other company a long time ago that did stuff like this. I would order items from them and I would never receive certain items until a long time had passed. And some items I never got. Eventually I figured out that the items I got were items the company figured were not going to go up in value so the company put through my order. And items I never got they were able to sell somewhere else for a profit over what they initially asked. By coincidence, after my reading the initial article, a friend of mine sent me a message talking about how he noticed a bunch of companies we're trying to get rid of their backlog. Not the company that I initially read about. So, buyer beware!
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4/8/2022
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These would be exactly as mentioned before these are copies from unclaimed orders or damage replacement. With the the more profitable companies they always have small over-runs to cover damages, promotion, etc. So you will see SOME issues released again as the requests for replacements diminish. They also don't make that much off these sales because they usually sell for cover if they sell directly to the market or less if it goes through the distributors. Retailers sometimes do hold back but not always to make profit. That's way too high risk a game to play unless you are one of the bigger retailers. Most can't afford to play this game.
Honestly? I have no idea why anyone should care. They are in the business to make money not make YOU money. That's what this boils down to. If you are getting upset that you missed out on book then that's on you because you have a two month lead time to reserve an issue at your LCS. There's at least one app out there that gives you big hints what to reserve weeks in advance.
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