[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by cidman911

People like corporate owned stores because it's easy to get an exchange or refund on something like $3,000 tv. Pretty much no questions asked if want to return a tv I had 2 days from wal-mart. If I try return a $20 toy that came factory damaged to a comic shop...well...we already know what most of them will say.

Yeah, it just isn't in line with today's market. The local scalp shop that overcharges for absolutely everything (doesn't sell comic books) has signs up for a lot of things saying they will not accept returns of any kind. Like "we cannot accept returns on NECA figures because they are fragile and break too often". It's a wonder anyone buys with an endorsement like that.


I think the issue with comic books shops is that they haven't tried to do anything in a long time and that is why the fail. The initiative ones that diversify and find what is profitable survive. It's just like small books stores. There is only so much of a market for a place that people can go in person to buy things for 20%-30% more than they would get them anywhere else.