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Chuck explains his Mile High pricing

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Ryan.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - when he begged for business because the Northeast was too busy dealing with the flood tragedy of Hurricane Sandy to place their usual order of comics, I knew he was someone I didn't want to ever deal with again.

 

That's the issue I have with his business model. He lacks ethics.

 

I remember that and it was disturbingly tone deaf.

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Jeffro.

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He's articulate and a compelling speaker, and he has a unique business model which appears to work for him to the extent that he seems to be able to keep the lights on, his employees paid, and his inventory expanding. He's also attempting something that no one else in this business does. I get that people don't like him for a myriad of reasons, but at the very least, he explains his position in a reasonable cogent manner, which I rarely see his detractors do.

 

Good points. We like to bash him but he's still in business and has been for years. Unless he's got a magical money tree in his back yard, his model is keeping him in business.

 

 

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Jeffro.

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Is he still in business because he made a lot of money in the past and is living off that now or is he still making money?

 

Call him and ask.

 

 

He was busy sorting toking.

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lizards2

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:banana: I offer exuberant pricing as well! :banana:

 

it's not right that they charge that exuberant of a price.
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ciorac

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If you have to explain your pricing...well you're doing something wrong....

 

Does he explain why his listings refer to his items as "comics book" instead of "comic book"?

 

I find that tedious

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If you have to explain your pricing...well you're doing something wrong....

 

Does he explain why his listings refer to his items as "comics book" instead of "comic book"?

 

I find that tedious

And they're all described as "stock photos" - I find that tedious as well.
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ChrisInBaltimore

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He's articulate and a compelling speaker, and he has a unique business model which appears to work for him to the extent that he seems to be able to keep the lights on, his employees paid, and his inventory expanding. He's also attempting something that no one else in this business does. I get that people don't like him for a myriad of reasons, but at the very least, he explains his position in a reasonable cogent manner, which I rarely see his detractors do.

 

Good points. We like to bash him but he's still in business and has been for years. Unless he's got a magical money tree in his back yard, his model is keeping him in business.

 

 

I've been in his stores twice when I lived out west. They were always packed too. I went once on a Saturday, and it was packed with people. They weren't looking through comics, but they were buying stuff.

 

He's clearly doing something right. He's also really easy to take shots at with a lot of his antics.

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Ken Aldred

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I can't believe he doesn't own those warehouses. I always thought he owned at least the largest one. What a fool. He invested heavily in drek nobody wants and now spends enough storing it that he could just buy a new Lamborghini every year.

 

I thought that he'd intended to buy a warehouse using the proceeds from the sale of his remaining Church books, such as Red Raven 1? I'm sure I saw a video with that being discussed.

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Real Elijah Snow

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This pretty much nails it. He somehow gets just enough people to drink his Kool-aid to keep the lights on.

I'm fairly certain that 90% of this board would have turned the Church collection and all that came after into more than he has. He got lucky. Dumb people win the lottery all the time. His "poor pitiful me" stories and his tales of his "heroic" acts involving the Church collection are laughable.

I've met him a few times at shows. He's a bit aloof, but seems like an o.k. guy. His public persona is pretty much a joke though to anyone that's knowledgeable enough to see through the b.s.

 

:eyeroll:

 

Is there anything he does thats is not a mixture of poor me and look at how awesome I am plea ?

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This pretty much nails it. He somehow gets just enough people to drink his Kool-aid to keep the lights on.

I'm fairly certain that 90% of this board would have turned the Church collection and all that came after into more than he has. He got lucky. Dumb people win the lottery all the time.

 

I've never met the guy, but that's the impression I get.

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sonicyouth

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I feel pretty bad for bad mouthing a fellow colorado native in a prior post.

 

Its just hard for me to shop for comics when I go back home for the holidays and such because I'm so used to dealing with guys like Frank form metropolis, and Hunter from NDC, Dale Roberts etc.. guys from garden of earthly delight in philly etc.. that pretty much hook a brother up

 

Ive had so many unfriendly experiences last few years at comic shops in Colorado and midwest.

 

All of a sudden they are worried about resellers and what not making smart comments to me but when I was in the shops years ago buying their NM 98 for $5 they laughed at me. They laughed at me while I was buying Starlin Warlock and Thanos for a buck each..

 

Now whos laughing>>??

 

so it just leaves a sour taste in my mouth when I hear about youtube kids getting scolded and berrated by comic book shop owners for trying to get a Avengers annual 7 for a buck. its no coincidence this happens mostly in midwest and fly over states.

 

Thing is Colorado is a destination spot, not a fly over, so the comic shops there need to be more careful of the hobby as a whole.

 

Mile high guy is driving folks away with high prices, and the back issue scene on the front range is dead except for steals at Grand slam in loveland because those guys are super old school about it.

 

A destination state should have more to offer for comics. And colorado currently sucks.

 

so basically the only major US comic destination spots to go digging through warehouses are basically the big west coast flea markets and the northeast mega dealers like Todd Mcdevitt.

 

Mile guy has a chance to make colorado a place to go for comics but isnt.

 

 

 

 

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