[behindthemask]

I'm lucky that the 3 specialty stores that sell comics and toys aren't scammers and scalpers. If a toy costs them 9.99 they charge 12.99 enough to make back their inveseted $$ and turn a profit, which in my eyes is fine, they need $$ I need plastic crack, and I'd rather see a local guy make an honest living then a conglamorate company like Walmart adding another $ to the massive pile. I am fortunate though that they don't go through ebay sources and stuff and rape me on pricing and charge $8 for 1 figure and $15 for another. Fuck that, You paid the same price/every figure so I should be able to do the same. I can understand maybe that odd figure being the 1/case that they have to charge more for online due to keeping control of inventory levels, but in a retail setting price should be dictated by the buying price the owner pays for the product and the percentage of markup needed to turn a profit and pay for overhead, not what they think they can take me for. The only time they quote high numbers are with vintage comics and to me that's understandable. I was actually drooling over an Avenger's #1 comic the other day graded 8/10 and they wanted like $20,000, told them to put it on my tab lol.