Sounds like we’ve got the start to our QVC show all planned!
From the website: “ORDER OUR AARON BARTLING RORSCHACH EXCLUSIVE BELOW TO GAIN EARLY ACCESS!”
No thanks ever.
Gotta love the “buy this thing to get a chance to buy this other thing” marketing.
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Why do people keep falling for these sleezy and shady sales tactics ???
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Cause we live in the world of the gullible and “must have it now” here in America…
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If I was retailer selling a limited exclusive, then I would go on ebay and pay $200 for my own exclusive to get people to go crazy and buy the rest of my books. Then go on social media and post about how my book is selling for so much on ebay.
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Who’s saying they already don’t
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Of course not, because: “I have bills to pay”, “I have a family to feed”, “Doing an exclusive costs a ton of money”, “I have to keep my doors open somehow”, “Having a comic shop isn’t all fun and games”, “I’m not forcing anybody to buy the exclusives”, etc.
I’m so tired of those types of excuses… yeah, we get it. Join the 300+ other million Americans with the same problems… 
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I was kind of digging the variant and considering it mainly just because I like the art, but if they’re pulling the “buy things for first dibs on unrelated things” game then I’m out.
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Those excuses are invalid and dont work when the store orders the variant for thousands of dollars to sell…
Ya know what, those excuses never work.
My biggest issue with exclusives right now is the price tag. Knowing that 80% of these will hold or drop value, it’s really hard to justify $20-$30 for a different cover. Especially when that book then ends up in a long box.
I’d imagine the tactics used to drum up interest will get more and more, ummm, interesting as this market saturates.
Well, like I pointed out… all those excuses can be applied to any working American or non-American… we all got families to feed, bills to pay and not all our work is fun and games. It’s like, stand in line… I don’t feel sorry for you with the same excuse anyone can use.
Ha. I work for social services during the day. I am a supervisor of case workers who all have their own issues in addition to the cases they are working. I can tell you it is not all fun and games.
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I think this is my favorite cover since Mattina’s Batman Who Laughs on Metal #3.
Oh lord.
I believe it…dated a few “case workers” in my day…
Yeah dating case workers. Lol. They got issues. Most broken people are ones who want to help others.
Get them as a duo or buy just one or the other:
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