Please pronounce my name correctly

[Geek King]

Are you sure it's dew on that decimal system or did someone shake hands with Ben Franklin?

Bah. My creative spelling is wasted on your bourgeois appreciation.


Yeah...that's it. It's art.

[mikoyan29]

Being a former FAO Schwarz (no "t" ) employee, I've had this exact discussion with many parents. Sometimes it was a battle to keep the damn action figures (and POKEMON CARDS) out of the hands of collectors/speculators just so the kids could get them, too.

It ticked me off because I could never find the figures at Toys R Us but I could find plenty of them at the local comic shops at inflated rates. Then Hasbro/Kenner caught on that the figures were catching on and just flooded the market.

[Mike Taylor]

Or the toy market or the.....

I remember when they started making Star Wars figures again in 1996 (the ones that look like the Star Wars characters on steroids), you couldn't find any of them anywhere. I think I got my first one in New York at FAO Schwarz. People were buying them, keeping them in their little plastic prisons because well the original Star Wars figures were worth something. This was without realizing is that the reason why original Star Wars figures in mint condition were worth something is because well most of them were played with, so one still in packaging and what not would be rare. If everyone keeps them in hermetically sealed packages..well that condition wont be rare. Such was probably the case with comic books and sports cards (What do you mean you put Mickey Mantle in the spokes of your bike....Gah!)

Being a former FAO Schwarz (no "t" ) employee, I've had this exact discussion with many parents. Sometimes it was a battle to keep the damn action figures (and POKEMON CARDS) out of the hands of collectors/speculators just so the kids could get them, too.

[Mike Taylor]

I guess even comic nerds can be SCs.

Welcome.

Oh, they can be the absolute worst SCs imaginable.

Do a web search for "catpiss man" to see how bad it can get.

[mikoyan29]

Hell, had she been successful, her kids would have been very disappointed come time to go to college. Did she not get the message that speculators and stupid publishers screwed up the comics market right after they got done with the sports card market?

^-.-^

Or the toy market or the.....

I remember when they started making Star Wars figures again in 1996 (the ones that look like the STar Wars characters on steroids), you couldn't find any of them anywhere. I think I got my first one in New York at FAO Schwartz. People were buying them, keeping them in their little plastic prisons because well the original Star Wars figures were worth something. This was without realizing is that the reason why original STar Wars figures in mint condition were worth something is because well most of them were played with, so one still in packaging and what not would be rare. If everyone keeps them in hermetically sealed packages..well that condition wont be rare. Such was probably the case with comic books and sports cards (What do you mean you put MIckey Mantle in the spokes of your bike....Gah!)

[DGoddessChardonnay]

DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWWY DECIMAL SYSTEM!?!

Are you sure it's dew on that decimal system or did someone shake hands with Ben Franklin?

[Geek King]

Conan the Librarian?

"These books are a little overdue." SLICE

DON'T YOU KNOW THE DEWWY DECIMAL SYSTEM!?!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What about the one about the big guy with a sword that chops people up... (Yes, I have heard that in regards to a Conan Comic. I was amused)

Conan the Librarian?

"These books are a little overdue." SLICE

[Jester]

I have to say, when a employee CAN answer a vague question, it is pretty impressive.

This actually happened to me a few Christmas seasons ago, while shopping for my stepfather's gift.

JESTER: "Hi, I'm an idiot. I need help."
SEARS GUY: "Okay...."
JESTER: "There's this new tool on the market, and for the life of me I can't remember what it is, other than that it's really cool."
SEARS GUY: "The self-adjusting wrench?"
JESTER: "That's it! You rock!"

He did.

[Salted Grump]

yeah, you know that series about the guy with the mask that fights crime? that dude who totally kicks ass? yeah, THAT one...

What about the one about the big guy with a sword that chops people up... (Yes, I have heard that in regards to a Conan Comic. I was amused)

[bloodrose]

Hi, my name is StephenR and I work for a local comic store. I am a long time lurker.

Hi!!

SC: I am not going to purchase anything until my demands are met. I have been collecting comic books longer then you.

I call B.S.! This man is not an actual "collector." I'm in shops every week (okay sometimes I skip a few weeks but I subscribe at a few shops so I know my goods will be there) and you get to know the collectors. And frankly, with all of the small print runs and shipping delays, real collectors understand when something isn't there. Sounds like homeboy was shopping at another shop, couldn't find what he wanted (since he isn't serious enough to subscribe) so then came to you with an attitude.

SC: Yeah, I was wondering if you had that comic book series in with that guy that wears a mask?

Ummm....most of them?

[tropicsgoddess]

Welcome to the boards, StephenR! Sheesh, just because you couldn't magically pull that comic book out of thin air he wants to get you fired for it. EW much?

[Andara Bledin]

Had she been successful, she would have been very disappointed come this July. They appear to be bringing back Cap (at least that's what the ads are implying).

Hell, had she been successful, her kids would have been very disappointed come time to go to college. Did she not get the message that speculators and stupid publishers screwed up the comics market right after they got done with the sports card market?

^-.-^

[Dark Psion]

In the greenhouse it is "Do you have that plant with green leaves and red flowers?"

And I can really understand the messing up your shelves part. People will pull every plant out of a flat to get that one they want and then just walk away and leave all those plants out. I finally realized that as they "de-selected" those plant, they removed them from their perception. They litterally no longer see them.

But when you do get someone who does put things back, they put them back in the wrong flats. I remember a lady once I was helping, she put a plant back in the wrong flat, I moved it to the right one and she tried to put it back in the wrong one.

Also, you know that Psych test where you put the different shaped pegs in the shaped holes? Well most of my customers would fail that test since they cant put the packs back in the flats the right way.

Hell, some of them can't even pull them out of the flats with out help.

[hecubus]

yeah, you know that series about the guy with the mask that fights crime? that dude who totally kicks ass? yeah, THAT one...

You mean the guy with the superpowers who has a secret identity?