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I went to a comic book store today and saw...
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zeeto

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After the first couple posts I realized I know what shop that is. A couple of weeks ago I went in there for the first time, and when I saw the first few faded books I figured they were from someone's collection the store bought. Then I looked down the wall and realized it wasn't just a few but 50-75% of them. I was shocked because the place is practically in a basement. 

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BlowUpTheMoon

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4 minutes ago, zeeto said:

After the first couple posts I realized I know what shop that is. A couple of weeks ago I went in there for the first time, and when I saw the first few faded books I figured they were from someone's collection the store bought. Then I looked down the wall and realized it wasn't just a few but 50-75% of them. I was shocked because the place is practically in a basement. 

Yup.  You are correct. 

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Extremely typical of what you'd see in British book exchanges back in the 70s and 80s.

I thought we'd moved beyond it, though, certainly in specialist comic shops.

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6 hours ago, KPR Comics said:

Guessing you didn’t pass the detective exam, Kav.

Guessing you didnt pass the irony exam! :jokealert:

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Get Marwood & I

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3 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

Extremely typical of what you'd see in British book exchanges back in the 70s and 80s.

I thought we'd moved beyond it, though, certainly in specialist comic shops.

I wonder why the owner doesn't see it? What makes them ignore what is happening? Watching their stock / livelihood deteriorate in front of their eyes. And no one has ever pointed it out? These people have given up. 

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If you look at the web site for this store, it's pretty apparent their main focus is the collectible card games, not comics. One of the local shops here is almost exactly the same way. They do order new books, but their back issue boxes have become a jumble of books in no particular order, their boxes of bargain books and overstock books are now just stacked on top of each other, making it very hard to go through them, and the decent back issues they have on the wall aren't that great and aren't priced to sell easily.

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7 hours ago, zeeto said:

After the first couple posts I realized I know what shop that is. A couple of weeks ago I went in there for the first time, and when I saw the first few faded books I figured they were from someone's collection the store bought. Then I looked down the wall and realized it wasn't just a few but 50-75% of them. I was shocked because the place is practically in a basement. 

Fluorescent lights will fade books.

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