Random Sucks From The Flea Market

[Lots42]

In no paticular order, flea market based sucky customers. I run a comic book booth.

- Don't bend them! It's okay to not be familar with the comics, but not knowing what the object is even MORE of a reason not to bend them.

- Dear Sir: What the hell? I know you can read, I saw you reading one of the trading cards to your dumb friend. So why are you ignoring the alphabet and arguing I should -not- alphabetize my cards? This, plus your insistence on seeing and bitching about the rare ones makes me think you want to steal them. I have the 'one at a time' policy because of you.

- Asking for a deal is okay. Going into some sort of psychotic delusional rage fit is not. We are not required to give you a deal.

- Don't touch the candy and cake. It's not even for sale. And even if it was, stop touching it! Jesus God!

- Yes, us vendor are technically competitors but complaining about one to/in hearing of another means he will simply come over when you are gone and tell us everything you said.

- Yes, you could make it at home, but will you?

- No, I will not tell you where I got my stuff. And yes, we take it home at night. Even if we don't, we will say we will.

- I'm allowed to ignore the price guide if I want. Nobody is forcing you to purchase the product.

- It's five dollars BECAUSE it has the chip in it. If it had no chip, it would be fifteen dollars. No deal for you.

- Sometimes we do agree to give you a dollar off a three dollar item. Paying with a twenty then is rude. Paying with a twenty for a three dollar item is rude.

- Don't come up to me with books one and two of a trilogy (for a buck each) and say 'I've been looking for these books forever, do you have #3' and then not buying when I don't have three. Stop being self-defeating!

- I am not going to tell you how much your comics are worth when I have a price guide for sale.

- You do not have 'Spiderman #1, his first appereance'. His first appereance was in Amazing Fantasy #14. I am not impressed by your geek knowledge.

- Yes, the signs are confusing, this might seem like is row 2 but there are two rows to the left and seven rows to the right. What the hell, dudes.

- Parents, the dollar comics -are- for reading. They are a DOLLAR. Stop making up bullshit.

- Last but not least; saying 'I will be back' and not coming back...well, there are any number of possible excuses. But so many, many people saying it? Something is up.

[Dreamstalker]

- Don't come up to me with books one and two of a trilogy (for a buck each) and say 'I've been looking for these books forever, do you have #3' and then not buying when I don't have three. Stop being self-defeating!

I got something similar at the game store (we also sell used books). If you've been looking for them forever and we have a couple, why the HELL are you complaining that we don't have all of the series? At least we have a few that you can buy, thus whittling down the list you have to hunt for.

[Red_Dazes]

The rest I love! Made me laugh. but...

- Parents, the dollar comics -are- for reading. They are a DOLLAR. Stop making up bullshit.

...I don't understand this one. What BS are they making up?

[Salted Grump]

...I don't understand this one. What BS are they making up?

'Don't touch that one, timmy/jill, we'll buy it and take it home and one day if you take care of it, it'll be worth lots and lots of money'

Aka; Bullshit. Now, Action Comics #1, That I can see being put into a safety deposit box.

[Lots42]

In relation to the above, the parents are just desperately making stuff up so they can rush the kids past the shiny stuff that they, the kid, wants to look at.

[Legal Eagle]

- You do not have 'Spiderman #1, his first appereance'. His first appereance was in Amazing Fantasy #14. I am not impressed by your geek knowledge.

Spiderman's first appearance was in Amazing Fantasy #15, I am not impressed by your geek knowledge.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I used to read comics; other people's. Now, I realise why that was a wise option. XD

Tho, I do have some Kiss comics... *whispers*

[protege]

Ah flea markets. The memories of helping my father load all the crap into the station wagon, and hoping that someone bought it. More memories of bringing that shit home, and then repacking it in the garage Nearly all that stuff truly was shit--my great-grandmother would spend the winters in Florida, and go to garage sales. She'd literally send *boxes* of that crap back. At one point, there was literally an *entire* room of junk to dispose of

The best though, had to be the people who would want discounts on everything, and then get pissy if we wouldn't help them carry it. Sorry buddy, but it's no longer our problem. Don't want to lug that big-ass table across the lot? Not our problem. You bought it, bugger off!

Other favorite people include the ones who would sift through the "box of shit" we had on the ground. Not sure why, but nobody could pass our stand without looking in there. Surprisingly, items in that box actually sold! It wasn't long before we started throwing other things in there!

Of course let's not forget the "discounters" either. These fools would get upset because "parts were missing," it's "damaged," etc. Think about it, if the item was perfect, do you think it would be sitting on a flea market table for $3? Hell no--we'd either use it ourselves, or have a much-higher price tag on it!

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Spiderman's first appearance was in Amazing Fantasy #15, I am not impressed by your geek knowledge.

Didn't he appear in a one-page ad at the end of Amazing Fantasy #14, though? It wasn't Ditko who drew it, either... It may have been Kirby.

So, how's my Geek Knowledge Rating (GKR)?

Oh, and a question for Lots42: do you have any copies of the free preview comics that Marvel released in the early 90's? I'm looking for one of them but I can't remember what year the preview is for...

[Zoom]

Didn't he appear in a one-page ad at the end of Amazing Fantasy #14, though?

I'm not 100% sure but isn't AF #14 the first appearance of Professor X? Well in any case it was titled Amazing Adult Fantasy until #14.

I used to run a couple of tables of comics at church basement comic/card sales which were usually run to support some local school team or other. Never, never made a dime on them.

The churches were clueless as to how to advertise these sales, preferring to just put up a little handmade sign next to the basement stairs. Instead of, oh I don't know, using the church billboard or putting an ad in the newspaper (or even Wizard Magazine, which people were doing in those days)!

[Lots42]

Oh, and a question for Lots42: do you have any copies of the free preview comics that Marvel released in the early 90's? I'm looking for one of them but I can't remember what year the preview is for...

I remember they used to -sell- preview comics in the early nineties. For some god-awful reason I would buy them. They were called 'Marvel Age' and were full of dumb and misery, like the Avengers before Bendis.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I remember they used to -sell- preview comics in the early nineties. For some god-awful reason I would buy them. They were called 'Marvel Age' and were full of dumb and misery, like the Avengers before Bendis.

But do they have the previews of the series to be coming out in the year?

I remember one that had a preview of McFarlane's Spider-Man, and another that had a preview of Nicieza and Bagley's New Warriors...

It's one of those I'm looking for.

[Crossbow]

Had to ask a friend of mine that is pretty much a comic book fiend (as in he's not allowed to play comic book trivia anymore at cons.)
"#15.
(Technically, there was no Amazing Fantasy #14; it was Amazing Adult Fantasy #14, and the title change was made before the decision to cancel it.)" Good enough for me.

I remember they used to -sell- preview comics in the early nineties. For some god-awful reason I would buy them. They were called 'Marvel Age' and were full of dumb and misery, like the Avengers before Bendis.

Ugh. Please don't bring up the name of Bendis again around me. Unless you're talking about another one than Brian Michael....

[Andara Bledin]

Ugh, hagglers who nickle and dime you down to almost nothing and then pay with a huge bill have a special place in hell, just for them.

- Last but not least; saying 'I will be back' and not coming back...well, there are any number of possible excuses. But so many, many people saying it? Something is up.

Just for you, a joke:

A swapmeeter is on his way to the local meet with his goods, but gets in to an accident and is killed before he gets there. He gets to heaven and is led to a cloud with a bunch of other souls on it. One of the older souls comes up and starts showing him around; where they eat, where they sleep, etc. Finally, he says, "And if you need to take a leak, just head over to that side of the cloud." The new soul looks over the edge and sees another cloud below the one the swapmeeters are on. "But what about those souls down there?" he asks the older soul. "Don't worry about them. Those are all the people who said they'd be back."

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