tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post2211127549320812721..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Getting-out-of-the-Business SaleChris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-18396336895440432582011-09-04T10:22:02.055-04:002011-09-04T10:22:02.055-04:00Honestly, Chris… If they’re selling these items th...Honestly, Chris… If they’re selling these items through PREVIEWS to comic shops, what would be the reason to discount them? <br /><br />That would only serve to undercut the already unsold stock which the comic shops may have PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT when the outlook was great – and the early product had not been well scrutinized for quality, or the lack thereof. That’s not the way the business works. <br /><br />If Boom! decided to cut their own prices and sell it on their own – or did a big dump onto a third party seller at a cut rate. Or a retailer with a lot of overstock gathering dust decided to discount them. THAT’S how you find the low prices. That and, of course, utilizing a known discounter like Amazon. <br /><br />Any other way would hurt comic shops, unless they made the previously-ordered merchandise somehow returnable for credit. Diamond also enters the mix when that happens, and it becomes a complicated mess<br /><br />Oh, and in comics, quality and price have never really corresponded. On that, I’m certain we can agree! <br /><br />Finally, just imagine a Donald Duck TPB of “Special Correspondent”, "Captain Duckburg", and “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold Again”! How great would THAT be! I’d run out to get one! But, instead, we got stuff like “The Hunt for Old Number One”! Would you buy that… even at a discount?Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-27399067480337982472011-09-03T10:56:27.998-04:002011-09-03T10:56:27.998-04:00Joe,
Yes, but the big surprise here is that they ...Joe,<br /><br />Yes, but the big surprise here is that they didn't compromise when it came to price. They still want full price. As I said, Amazon can beat that!<br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-25623764518050357492011-09-03T10:27:48.807-04:002011-09-03T10:27:48.807-04:00Don’t we ALWAYS see this when a Disney line ends! ...Don’t we ALWAYS see this when a Disney line ends! (Gosh! I can now say that as if it’s a regular occurrence… mostly because it IS!) <br /><br />The publisher trots out all the wares it still has license to sell. Too bad most (but, thankfully, not ALL) of the Boom! TPBs are of their earlier, lesser efforts – and not full of the better stuff that followed.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com