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By: Collectibles, Etc. | The awe inspiring conclusion to owning a comic shop

Collectibles, Etc. | The awe inspiring conclusion to owning a comic shop — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:58:03 +0000

[...] by Tony Florence & filed under Shop Talk. If you haven’t read the first two parts read this first…and then read [...]

By: Kevin Whitten

Kevin Whitten — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:13:41 +0000

Best damn comic store period.

By: Collectibles, Etc. | Owning a comic store and how to run it, Part 2

Collectibles, Etc. | Owning a comic store and how to run it, Part 2 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:26:41 +0000

[...] Posted October 23rd, 2012 by Tony Florence & filed under Shop Talk. If you haven’t read the first part, go back and read this. [...]

By: Tony Florence

Tony Florence — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:27:19 +0000

That last selection is the “liquidation/blow out el-cheapo trade” section. The problem with the glossy coating on most trades is that my price stickers won’t adhere very well. I’m frequently finding 5 dollar price tags laying all over the floor. Every book in that section should be either 5 dollars or less for soft covers or 1/2 price or less for hardcovers and, in theory, they should all be marked. As far as keeping the 50 cent books organized I used to do that way back in the day. I’d have someone spend 5-7 hours a week just keeping the books in some semblance of order…but it would take a few kids about 15 minutes to wreck that order. It got so bad that it wasn’t really time efficient to have someone on that level of organizational duty. Either I could pay someone a bunch of money each week to keep the 50 cent books organized and have to raise the price to a dollar a book to make up for the expense OR I could just let chaos take over and keep it at 50 cents an issue.

By: Brian Baird

Brian Baird — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:47:57 +0000

Cleanliness, is a huge deal. Especially in a smaller business retail environment. Just b/c you may be running a store out of a basement, doesn’t mean it needs to look like it is “Your” basement. No pizza boxes or disorganized crates of miscellaneous crap from the 8 track era. Also air freshener is a big plus.

By: Philip Hanan

Philip Hanan — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 23:22:22 +0000

Nice post. That’s why I enjoy your store so much. It’s clean, simple, and easy to move around in unlike…. you know… that one comic shop that happens to be located near St. Joseph Hospital (I’m not going to name names) Still, one word of advice. I find it extremely difficult to look through the graphic novels on the last section near the wall. I don’t see any order to them, and you no longer stick $5.00 stickers on the spines so I can’t instantly see all of your $5.00 books any more. And some don’t have stickers so does that mean they are fully priced? If so, why aren’t the fully priced books with the rest? I noticed a Fantastic Four Essential #2 book was pretty worn. Is that your Used section? If so, then shouldn’t it have had a sticker which said so and a lower price? That’s the only thing I would change… well, aside from organizing your $.50 books. I would so love it if I could look through the books in alphabetical order and find a series I am looking for without browsing through every single box.