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Post by hondobrode on Jul 18, 2014 1:51:11 GMT -5
You guys are looking in the wrong ones... I haven't seen Ultraverse in forever (I might pick it up if I did, actually).. or Image. My last $1 bin purchases were Fraction's Iron Man, 70s Conan, some Marvel Fanfare, and some late Valiant Era Harbinger and HARD Corps. I recall some other good stuff I passed on (Rom, Micronauts, a good FF run I already had, etc) At least 1/2 of my comic collection is from either bargain bins or cheap ebay lots. Occasionally you can find good deals, I've found many, but not with the regularity I have digitally. For instance, the Goon bundle I got yesterday(and mentioned by dupont) had all 44 issues of the regular series, Nothin' But Misery #1-5, the Chinatown gn and the criminal macabre crossover which brings it to like 70 cents an issue which is a steal. And the sale isn't that unique either, as similar bundles are offered at least once or twice a month. I've rarely encountered a sale that good either online on ebay/amazon or in any of the brick and mortar shops I frequent. I've never once found anything close to a full run of a title in the dollar bins and online bargains like the one I got at dark horse are few and far between and and even then you have to pay shipping. Completely agree with thwhtguardian here.
I bit on that same Goon sale, as well as X-Men : Legacy, by Si Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat, the outlying X-title I almost bought when I saw it, but, cynically, I knew was going to tank.
Bought the whole run, that you don't see in $ 1 boxes, for $.99 ea, no sales tax, no s/h, and instant gratification.
If you're looking for something specific, yeah, you can maybe get a better deal if you hunt or e-Bay, but I'm actually reading and enjoying more not having to deal with physical inventory with my triple fusion back, by going digital.
By and large, I'm very happy buying deals on Comixology and Dark Horse. Very happy.
If my LCS ran deals like this, I'd gladly give them my money despite the physical inventory. Seriously.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 3:01:45 GMT -5
I have a subscription to Marvel Unlimited and I'm using Comixology and Dark Horse digital on a frequent basis now. (I wish I would have waited before getting into Image's Saga. Now that they offer DRM-Free download editions, I'm actually debating buying the first twelve issues AGAIN just so I can read them through ComicRack.)
The only thing I don't like, in regards to Dark Horse in this instance, is how something like Savage Sword of Conan is 6 or 7 bucks more expensive than buying the print edition on instocktrades.com. I'm just of the mindset that no service that provides print editions -- no matter if their M.O. is all about discounts -- should ever be that much less expensive than a digital edition. To add to my puzzlement, the Conan Chronicles series is priced reasonably and is only a dollar here and there more expensive than the discounted version. Perhaps those were cheaper to convert to digital given that they were completely redone and digitized? Regardless, the pricing from Marvel, DC, and even Dark Horse is unreasonable and needs a serious overhaul.
I'm really getting irritated with not being able to get a fair price for digital edition (that I only really have a license to read and don't actually own) simply to "support" the anachronistic LCS community that I never liked in the first place. Sorry for the rant.
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 18, 2014 15:38:59 GMT -5
I'm really getting irritated with not being able to get a fair price for digital edition (that I only really have a license to read and don't actually own) simply to "support" the anachronistic LCS community that I never liked in the first place. Sorry for the rant. Trebor I'm irritated with my LCS floppy buying crowd having to subsidize the tradewaiters for the last fifteen years. It's so nice to be in a hobby that I spend a lot of money on only to be told I'm a dinosaur that's ruining everything. Wait, I'm in four hobbies where I'm told that. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 15:46:11 GMT -5
I'm really getting irritated with not being able to get a fair price for digital edition (that I only really have a license to read and don't actually own) simply to "support" the anachronistic LCS community that I never liked in the first place. Sorry for the rant. Trebor I'm irritated with my LCS floppy buying crowd having to subsidize the tradewaiters for the last fifteen years. It's so nice to be in a hobby that I spend a lot of money on only to be told I'm a dinosaur that's ruining everything. Wait, I'm in four hobbies where I'm told that. I hold no grudge against floppy readers, I used to have thousands, but I do dislike the whining of the LCS owners that has pressured Marvel and DC to price digital comics so ridiculously. As we all know, there are many other ways to get traditional singles outside the domain of the LCS. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 18, 2014 16:07:28 GMT -5
Occasionally you can find good deals, I've found many, but not with the regularity I have digitally. For instance, the Goon bundle I got yesterday(and mentioned by dupont) had all 44 issues of the regular series, Nothin' But Misery #1-5, the Chinatown gn and the criminal macabre crossover which brings it to like 70 cents an issue which is a steal. And the sale isn't that unique either, as similar bundles are offered at least once or twice a month. I've rarely encountered a sale that good either online on ebay/amazon or in any of the brick and mortar shops I frequent. I've never once found anything close to a full run of a title in the dollar bins and online bargains like the one I got at dark horse are few and far between and and even then you have to pay shipping. Completely agree with thwhtguardian here.
I bit on that same Goon sale, as well as X-Men : Legacy, by Si Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat, the outlying X-title I almost bought when I saw it, but, cynically, I knew was going to tank.
Bought the whole run, that you don't see in $ 1 boxes, for $.99 ea, no sales tax, no s/h, and instant gratification.
If you're looking for something specific, yeah, you can maybe get a better deal if you hunt or e-Bay, but I'm actually reading and enjoying more not having to deal with physical inventory with my triple fusion back, by going digital.
By and large, I'm very happy buying deals on Comixology and Dark Horse. Very happy.
If my LCS ran deals like this, I'd gladly give them my money despite the physical inventory. Seriously.
It's funny you mention X-Men: Legacy.. I got most of the first half of run in a .50 bin (10 of the first 12) at Newbury Comics, and ended up buying the rest at full price (well, DCBS full price, anyway).. great series. I find that lots of dealers these day are willing to but newer stuff in a .50 or $1 bin more quickly... no idea if it's because they're making their money on Variants and the rest is gravy, or they are just trying to control inventory more, or what. I do understand space issues, as I have 3 kids and a smallish condo, and perhaps if shuffling long boxes and/or going to my attic were a problem for me physically I'd feel differently  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 18, 2014 16:17:56 GMT -5
Trebor I'm irritated with my LCS floppy buying crowd having to subsidize the tradewaiters for the last fifteen years. It's so nice to be in a hobby that I spend a lot of money on only to be told I'm a dinosaur that's ruining everything. Wait, I'm in four hobbies where I'm told that. I hold no grudge against floppy readers, I used to have thousands, but I do dislike the whining of the LCS owners that has pressured Marvel and DC to price digital comics so ridiculously. As we all know, there are many other ways to get traditional singles outside the domain of the LCS. I don't think floppies are subsizing trades any more (though they were at one point)... the publishers seem to know which things make good trades and which don't, and act accordingly... most Image books, after all, sell 15K or less monthly, yet can stay going for a long time at that level thanks to trade sales. I might be tempted if digital was cheaper, but I'm not sure. It's pretty much an established thing that downloads are the same price as the physical stuff, though.. same goes for music.... itunes charges $10-$15 dollars for a whole CD, just like the stores do... new release books on Kindle run $10-$12... more than a paperback in general (those less than a trade size or hard cover). I'm not sure I'd buy stuff if no print existed. |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 16:24:04 GMT -5
That's one of the reason I get irked at Marvel and DC with the digital pricing. Image, a much smaller company, is actually much more reasonable with their pricing and drop prices faster than Marvel or DC. I'm buying Silver Surfer on Comixology because I love the character and the new series and want it to succeed. When it comes to Avengers and Thor, I either used Marvel Unlimited, or wait till they drop to $1.99.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 18, 2014 16:30:00 GMT -5
How is Marvel Unlimited these days? Are they adding older stuff still? What's the lag time on new stuff, or is their not any anymore? That was probably the most tempted I was to ever get digital anything.
Image definitely gets things... they heavily discount the 1st trades of most series as well as the digital thing, which is great. They also do that thing where they have a month or two off between storylines, so one could switch from trades to singles or vise versa easily, and it lets the creators not have as many lateness issues as Image did in the old days.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 16:40:14 GMT -5
They've improved a lot. I signed back up a few months ago and I've recently started using it frequently. From what I've learned, they keep around six months behind current releases, so they're only about six issues behind on the new titles like Avengers or Thor. I added all the classic Silver Age stuff to my library and that's mainly what I use it for with a mix of a few new titles I'm curious about. I can tell you that they've added a lot of older stuff. I think virtually everything in the Marvel Masterworks collection is in there, plus most of the stuff you can get in trades from what I can tell.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 18:19:38 GMT -5
I hold no grudge against floppy readers, I used to have thousands, but I do dislike the whining of the LCS owners that has pressured Marvel and DC to price digital comics so ridiculously. As we all know, there are many other ways to get traditional singles outside the domain of the LCS. I don't think floppies are subsizing trades any more (though they were at one point)... the publishers seem to know which things make good trades and which don't, and act accordingly... most Image books, after all, sell 15K or less monthly, yet can stay going for a long time at that level thanks to trade sales. I might be tempted if digital was cheaper, but I'm not sure. It's pretty much an established thing that downloads are the same price as the physical stuff, though.. same goes for music.... itunes charges $10-$15 dollars for a whole CD, just like the stores do... new release books on Kindle run $10-$12... more than a paperback in general (those less than a trade size or hard cover). I'm not sure I'd buy stuff if no print existed. Kindle edition graphic novels are typically several dollars cheaper than paperback on Amazon. www.amazon.com/Empowered-Volume-8-Adam-Warren/dp/1616552042/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405725528&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=empowered+deluxe |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 18, 2014 19:40:45 GMT -5
I just don't subscribe to the idea that things need to be watched/read from the beginning. Is there a desire to do so, to get into something? Sure, but it's not necessary. One of Ben's first comics was the death of Barry Allen, one of mine involved Black Costume Spider-Man fighting off a classic costume Spider-Man imposter, I got into Buffy at season 4, the Simpsons at season 3, Seinfeld at both seasons 7 and 4 because they were being shown on different channels. I think with Netflix (etc) streaming, people are much more likely now to start a show from the beginning and "catch up" before seeing any new episodes. It *is* kind of becoming the new norm. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 19:43:41 GMT -5
Certain things have to be started from the beginning, other things do not. You can start watching Family Guy with any episode you like, and you can watch them in any order you like. You kind of have to start True Detective at episode one and watch them in order though.
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Post by kurrgomaul on Jul 18, 2014 19:57:16 GMT -5
reading comics on a tablet, I admit it saves space, so you dont have piles of comics taking up space, but it just doesnt feel the same and i'll don't like reading stuff on a tablet, even though I do have kindle, I hardly ever use it.
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 18, 2014 22:35:31 GMT -5
I've gone the other way practically 100 % to tablet.
Love the Guided View that blows up the entire panel to screen size.
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Post by Randle-El on Jul 18, 2014 23:51:49 GMT -5
Amazon does charge less for their digital trades compared to Comixology, but IMO Comixology's reader app is better. Also, Amazon does not have Marvel comics available in single digital issues, but they do have other publishers. And I believe single issues are still the same price as Comixology. Interestingly, I've noticed that whenever Comixology has a sale, Amazon usually follows by putting on sale the exact same titles/issues.
Now that Amazon has acquired Comixology though, I wonder if that will have any impact on Comixology's pricing structure.
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