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Originally Posted by ad1976

I finally picked up Thanos at a comic shop today after seeing only one Iron Man from that wave on the shelves. It's funny, one of the employees there confirmed what I have thought for years; the big box employees get first dibs before us "regular joe" collectors even get a chance. He said he works there part-time and bought 3 Thanos' before they even had a chance to get "hunted" down. That's not really fair but I guess that's the way it goes...

I wouldn't consider a comic shop a "big box" store. Besides, the employees at a comic shop (hopefully) should be familiar with the characters, and therefore desire them. The employees at big box stores USUALLY couldn't care less about what's in the toy aisle. There are always exceptions. One of my first jobs was at TRU and I definitely took advantage of the fact. I wasn't greedy, mind you. But I wouldn't hesitate to grab a figure I really wanted out of a box from the warehouse. One of the (maybe the greatest) perks of working at a big box store.

The guy from your comic shop was just being kind of a d**k, IMO. Especially since specialty shops tend to not get as much quantity.