This is true, and I’ve thought about it, but I just don’t have a good place for the employee to work…. Possibly at the farm we might have some potential there! We have a spot just for comics 
Sounds like you need to train them kiddos… 
Yeah just need a couple more years and I will let them have at it if they want a crack. I really think this partnership with the guy who bought my house will keep a lot of great books flowing ya’lls way if you are the type that likes slabs
Other than that I’ll keep the variant packages posted and will try to keep up with spec books as always!
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Understand but bummed. Wife will be happy. This will cut my book buying down tremendously. The online hold box will be sorely missed. Not gonna buy 2-3 books a week and pay $10 shipping each week. Was such a great option for someone like myself. Between worki and living 30-40 minutes from a local shop it was the best way to collect.
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Yeah, same here. The price of comics is its own thing, but the shipping really changes how I purchase. At this point, I would rather pay cover price and get a break on shipping; any discount just gets eaten away from shipping prices.
@faele , any idea how many of your customers or percent of weekly sales used the hold box option?
I’m curious if it’s something that brings in considerable business to make it worth the logistics to coordinate.
For me that flexibility separated you from every other online shop Out there. Even TFAW, as their shipment options are pretty rigid.
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Almost all of the customers use the hold box option. For me thats not a big deal and is pretty easy to manage. Where things go awry is the publishers changing release dates, and all of a sudden orders are split multiple ways, and then multiply that times X amount of customers preordering. I kinda knew it was going to happen, and I think we could streamline the process with some backend work, but I just don’t have the time to facilitate it.
I think the next step for the site is a complete overhaul and implementing processes we currently have into the actual design. If we could get the orders and ‘check’ that certain books are ready, instead of entire orders, that would help immensely!
We are down…not out, don’t worry Just need to regroup and find the right opportunity to kick start it back up again!
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Hi Jason, definitely sad to hear that you will no longer be offering preorders. In the short time that you have done preorders, I’ve come to rely on you and your store for my preorders. It was always nice and comforting to know that once I placed the orders you would take care of everything else. It definitely made my life easier only having to worry about what books to buy and not wondering if they will show up or the condition they would show up in.
I also realize the time and effort involved, ordering and packaging books, noting conditions, requesting damages etc in running this service. I hope you reconsider offering FOC pre order books down the line when things calm down in your life and you guys are moved into your new place and are able to make this work positively for you Thank you for the service you provide and I look forward to receiving that email soon noting that you are taking preorders again!
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Thanks so much! It was definitely a tough decision, and I almost did it a month or so ago but decided to stick it out… but with the move and the amount of renovation we are going to have to do to get things rolling, I don’t want our service to suffer. I’ll be here though!
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All your Miles 38 variant packages came in and are beautiful! No issues with the 1:10, 1:25 or 1:50’s!
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How many Grim 1s 2nd prints did you get allocated, if any at all?
I don’t see any here … booooo
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Let me know if they turn up, I want a copy
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Hey everyone! We are still alive and kicking and been sending out as many Hold boxes as possible while packing the house up! We’ve shipped over 300 orders in the past week, with thousands and thousands of books. The biggest order was almost 400 books in one giant box (gonna be the true test of our packing abilities)…80 lbs of books.
We are officially moving this weekend to our fixer upper! 21 acres on the east side of Houston! We are so excited as the possibilities are endless with the property! We will also be the only comic shop in about 20-30 miles in any direction! We still are holding off on any future bundles orders as we will be on and off “closed” until the end of August.
We will be at Comicpalooza (Houston) though! We will have a booth for anyone coming down and we will be bringing a few slabs to give away, some FCBD books, our We Live Exclusive set, and just hanging out with Squirrel Girl, Kitana, and possibly Psylocke! I’d love to meet anyone who wants to stop by and chat, doesn’t even have to be about comics!
I hope all of you are staying cool in this crazy hot time of year (seems hotter this year), and wish that you all enjoy your summers!
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I was excited to see a shipping notice pop up from you.
I absolutely hate moving. I can’t imagine what you’re going through moving a house and business.
The Jeffersons song played in my mind when I read that… Moving on up… To the East Side… 
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Haha yeah you got more coming buddy!
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Were the Grim #2 Hans covers allocated or damaged?
Hey buddy I’m out of town right now. I did get them in and shipped some out but I forget who to. I also don’t remember them being allocated or anything, but will check when I get back and continue updating orders and shipping stuff out
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Day one moving in! Man we are excited! Getting a quote to fix up the comic shop / man cave (it’s a run down shed). We will be moving household goods through the weekend and shipping orders here and there. Gonna be slow but we will get back on track I promise!
Here is a photo of me and the triplets…little one is with his cousin
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