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Originally Posted by cidman911

Something happened to me today that really pissed me off.

Its Free Comic Book Day today.

I went to a local comic shop, that I haven't gone to in a while because I bought a Minimate set and one was damaged from the factory, but they wouldn't let me exchange it for another set because they said it wasn't their fault I didn't notice it was damaged in the store, fair enough. That made me mad but Diamond Select was nice enough to mail me the piece that was damaged.

Today I went to a Comics N Stuff since that incident because it was Free Comic Book Day. I'm thinking...let bygones be bygones. I went in to buy some comics and maybe get a few Free Comic Book Day Comics...wrong.

They told me I could only have ONE single free comic from the whole table they had. I only wanted 2...just 2 (Guardians Of The Galaxy & Rocket Raccoon...1 of each...that's it.) but they said no. That I had to buy a store membership card in order to get 2 comics. The store member ship costs $10 annually. I said no and left. I called the main store manager and he said that's the rules.

Oh well...they're never getting my business again. The store in question in Comics N Stuff on 555 Broadway in Chula Vista, California. They have more stores that have just as shady business tactics but that was the one that soured me for the last time.

It sucks Free Comic Book Day was ruined for me but that's how it goes sometimes. I'm gonna write a complaint to Free Comic Book Day site itself and see what they say because I think people are getting cheated.

Diamond is pretty awesome like that. I once got a walking dead rick figure that did not have a shotgun and they mailed one to me with a letter. I never did get a replacement for my Picard with two left arms though, but it was during toy fair so they were probably busy.
I had the same thing happen to me at Rogues Gallery in Round Rock TX. I was picking out two comics for my wife and I and they said only one. Its less about getting people into comics and having a good day than it is about getting traffic into crappy comic stores that should probably just go out of business already.
No offense to anyone, but when is the last time you found a comic book store that didn't have at least 50% of the back devoted to war hammer and D&D and such? That is gaming, not comics. That tends to take over the store and they care more for their gamers than they do people that buy comics or the scarcely heard of "toy". Very few around here actually have anything worth going for, it is quite sad really.