Zilla and the Comics Junkies

Thursday, September 01, 2005



Mailordercomics.com Experiment: Final Findings

Ok well i gave it a go and decided it's probably not for me.

I'm just too impatient to wait an extra week for my floppies. i thought about continuing to use them for trades and HC (etc.) only, but realized that i'd pretty much lose out on any savings with the shipping (especially considering shipping for books is typically free for me from instocktrades.com or Amazon).

So long story short - I cleared my pull list and shopping cart for August's previews and think i'll stick to a weekly LCS visit for flops (that's a fun trip anyways) and instock or Amazon for trades/HCs.

Se la vie. Mike is a super cool guy with a great service and i'd LOVE to give him my business (he's so cool i've been trying harder to think of reasons to continue than to quit) but what can i do? It's just not for me (at the moment at least).

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1 Comments:

01 September, 2005 12:04, Blogger Mark Fossen said...

I feel much the same way, Zilla. Even with the most expensive/fastest shipping, I don't see books until a week after release. And that just takes some of the fun out of it for me.

 

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In no particular order:

Criminal, The Goon, Daredevil, Exterminators, Punisher, Hellboy/B.P.R.D (All), Powers, Godland, Usagi Yojimbo, The Walking Dead, Invincible, Conan, Ex Machina, DMZ, Desolation Jones, Fell, 100 Bullets, All-Star Superman, Ultimates 2, Loveless, and Fear Agent.

I'm recently back reading after a 15 year comics hiatus.

Zilla is not my real name.

I'm from Tejas living in VA. I'm married w/ 2 dogs. I'm an IT security consultant cranking the wheel for a big consulting firm in "real" life.

I watch the History Channel, Nat'l Geo, TLC, Mil Channel, ESPN and NFL Network, CourtTV (forensic files, etc.) and the Cartoon Network (love Genndy T's Samurai Jack and Clone Wars Adventures). My taste in movies: Gladiator, Last Samurai, Braveheart, Godfather, Tarantino (whatever), Kung-Fu (whatever), Westerns, Top Gun, Big Lebowski.

I love the outdoors and bs'ing around w/ my dogs.

In addition to being a comics junkie, i'm also a sports junkie especially when it comes to the Texas Longhorns and the Dallas Cowboys.



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