Yeah, I don’t get the idea of a limit if preFOC. Isn’t that the whole point of ordering preFOC?
Well. Just saw this and nothing is in stock. Oh well. 
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If you dont like the business practices of an online store, shop elsewhere.
Sure, but why not ask the question or make the comment? I tend to agree that pre-FOC limits are curious. When someone is already happy doing business with TFAW and would rather keep many/all their pre-orders with them, it’s disappointing to pay additional shipping at another source.
The only limits pre FOC are on incentive variants. Or on publishers like Bad Idea that ask for it to be one per person.
We had too many incentives that were all going to the same few people who never ordered anything else, and lots of people who order issues upset they never even had a chance because the first person seeing it would grab everything.
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This☝️! it is frustrating ordering 25/50 + copies of a book and someone else is able to piggyback off of my order and pick up just the 1:25 and 1:50 incentive books. From my understanding TFAW is working on a way to offer bundles. I have seen bundles offered by other online retailers and IMO this would be great for volume buyers.
Bundles suck pay $100+ to get a variant that goes for $19 get stuck with a bunch of books that don’t move and take up space. The only bundle that would of paid for itself this whole year would be Death Metal Legends. Some people set their alarms to buy these incentives when it goes on sale no matter where it goes on sale can’t be mad if you started looking on Friday and the variant you wanted has been sold out since Wednesday morning at Midtown you could of set your alarm and spent your money the minute the book went on sale like everyone else that wanted it. Limits are fine they keep incentives up a bit longer but other retailers are not going to hold your hand while you make a big boy purchase. That’s how supply and demand works set your alarm to be first or miss out on that PS5, new Jordan’s, incentive comics, sports and mtg cards limited runs, concert and sporting tickets. I’ve been having to set my alarm to buy things for over 2 decades the concept isn’t new.
If your ordering 25, 50 copies of something I suggest finding a retailer that will give you the variant with your large order. Most LCS I imagine don’t have a problem with that at least mine didn’t.
I live in West TN, the nearest LCS is either in Nashville or Memphis 2 1/2 to 3 hours a way. Also, you missed my point, when I buy 25-50+ copies of a book I would like the option to buy the incentive books too without having to compete with everyone else who buys ZERO copies. I am not ordering 25 or 50 or 100 of the book solely to get the incentive variants, I am doing it because I am speculating on that particular book. I have made a ton of money hitting on books when I order in bulk pre FOC. It would be nice if places like TFAW offered bulk buyers additional options exclusive to their buying habits. By the way, how is my purchase of 100 copies of say X-Men #12 not a big boy purchase, yet someone who buys a single 1:25 incentive for $40-$50 a baller purchase?! 
I am the one that is making those incentives available in the first place with my bulk orders. Why shouldnt I get the option to buy some before the bot users? Store exclusives and ratio incentives are two separate topics.
Thanks for thinking some of us late risers a shot at a hot variant at a fair price!
You guys need to realize something: ratios are retailer incentives, not customer incentives.
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Nobody is asking for them to be free…in my case if TFAW is selling a 1:25 for $18 I would like first crack at one because I am a bulk buyer and they have 4 to sell because of my order.
I tend to agree. If TFAW or another sells retailer incentives to customers directly, it would make some sense to allow purchasers that hit that incentive mark to be able to reserve a copy. It won’t be me, as I don’t make big boy purchases.
If you want first crack at ratio variants on TFAW, then you need to get a webpage scanner…
With the thousands of orders that TFAW gets, they are not desperate to sell to particular buyers.
What if TFAW started raising the prices on ratios before FOC ? We all know they have the lowest prices online…
Well my X-men #12 was limited to one copy prefoc so I couldn’t get 100 copies unless I went elsewhere it’s a double edged sword when there’s limits so if I wanted 100 copies I would have to go to a retailer that didn’t limit people and give my money elsewhere. Incentive variants sell for multiple times cover price that’s what’s in it for the retailers.
Something is getting lost in translation. I am not saying or suggesting I should be able to buy ALL of the incentives I qualify for, say 4 1:25 , 2 1:50, and 1:100 for example. I see no reason why I shouldnt be able to reserve a copy of each, at the price they plan on listing them for, based on my order. It is a good thing that TFAW is looking into doing this in their system because it is obvious that some on here, as a store owner, wouldn’t see the benefit of taking care of bulk buyers. You know the buyers that allow you to even have quantity of these incentives to sell. If that business bounces to another store then the number of incentives you can sell goes with that buyer.
All you have to do is message Frankies, sanctum, unknown, mmcomics, poorboy, BTC, stadium comics pre foc and they will set you up with the variants with your quantity order. Stadium, BTC, and mmcomics already have packs and bundles that do this without having to ask. Tfaw shouldn’t have to change their business practices to accommodate, what happens when they reserve a 1:50 variant for you pre foc after you order 50 copies and then you cancel the 50 copies then you get the variant reserved for you first? Maybe if you didn’t order 100 copies of X-men #12 I wouldn’t of been limited to one copy, you ever think youre doing the same thing to other customers that you are complaining about it even though it’s just a hot book and not an incentive variant.
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Nobody should be limiting open order books pre foc. A order of 100 books , of a book with a print run 50k-75k, isn’t creating a limit 1 before FOC (which is what ,23/24 days from release date?). Now, if I ordered 100 copies AFTER FOC, and that retailer decided to give me their entire extra allotment , I can see why it would piss people off. TFAW is looking into bundles because they are looking into accommodating ALL of their customers. It seems like a sound business decision. Create additional bundle listings pre FOC that gives people the OPTION to buy bulk AND get some incentives all in one order. If that isnt for you, with ALL of their orders combined, they will still be able to offer additional incentives to those who only want to purchase them. No need to buy bulk regular covers. Btw, why did you list all of those other retailers and leave separate TFAW? Are you suggesting a massive retailer is not capable of doing what a smaller one could do for a bulk customer?
I’m just saying you should find a partner shop for your bulk orders that will give you the variants at cover with your bulk order. I understand not having a LCS I live on an island and having to do all business online. But lots of shop owners here or just people with personal diamond accounts that would be happy to help I’m sure as long as it’s all prefoc. But yes I think you should be able to have one of each variant offered to you if you buy bulk but it creates more headaches for the retailer if damages, shorts, and whatever else can go wrong goes wrong.
The thing that differentiates tfaw is you don’t pay until your order ships so there’s always a risk for them getting stuck with people’s orders and having to relist the books this would be greatly increased if they offered 100 pack bundles and probably force them to change how and when they collect the comic money which is what a lot of people that use tfaw like about them the most.