I've visited here about 5 times in the past few years, and while the store is generally fairly large, with a pretty respectable selection of comics, my primary complaint is with the obviously jacked up prices - they are the *MOST EXPENSIVE* I've seen from ANY toy shop I've been to, even toy shopping I've done in New York City!
All new comics are sold at regular retail prices as marked on each comic by the manufacturer, which is fine (despite the fact that ALL of the larger graphic novels can be found on the internet for cheaper), and there are even older comics in the back, a bunch actually selling for a mere 25 cents each! Granted, those are VERY old and unpopular comics, but if you find something you like, you just can't beat paying a quarter for a comic. Also there is a pretty big Star Wars stuff stocked, opened loose figures and very old toys and toy playsets. These are items I haven't seen in many other stores.
In terms of the employees, about half the times I've been in there have I been offered help, the other times the guys just wait for me to come to them, but I've never experienced rudeness while there. Still, they COULD be friendlier to new customers. Minor complaint, really. The older guys seem VERY friendly with the more regulars or townies.
Anyway, that's pretty much it for positives, which there are a few. On the negative, the price gouging is absolutely appalling to me, and I don't really plan on ever visiting this store again because after being there a few times, it is obvious they will never change. Sure they may do a sale where they take off 25% from comics or toys, but even then the toys are STILL overpriced. Buyer beware when there is no toy sale, because even those Pop Funko toys sell for a ridiculous $14.99 each! $14.99?? For a Pop Funko figure?? I have NEVER seen that price for those ANYWHERE! Even Barnes & Noble has some for only $8.95. Not only that, but the more collectible figures sell for at LEAST $5-$8 more than what ANY other place has them for. Being in there just today, I found only ONE figure that was a deal, that being an Austin Powers toy for $9.99. That's it. Everything else sells for about what you'd see it on ebay or Amazon, and many even more than that. Personally, i HATE when stores do that. It makes no common sense. WHY sell your toys for the SAME price as online (and most with bent up, dusty, dirty and far from mint boxes), when you are ALSO charging tax?? Don't you realize that people can JUST get them online instead?? That old excuse of "well, that's what they're worth/we sell at market value" is a piss poor excuse for an actual physical store. Just because they SELL them for that much online doesn't make it their exact "worth." Moreover, many people who buy online do so because they have no store in their physical area. It's not done with any sense of tact there either. No way I'm paying $35 + tax for a Terminator 2 90s-era 5-inch John Connor with a simple back card.
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