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Totally figures.

Nathan Fillion, aka Captain Mal Reynolds of Firefly fame, is evidently visiting the old homestead today.  He dropped in at Warp to pick up a copy of the Firefly comic for his mom (covering the six months between the end of the series and the start of the movie.)  He posted this to the Firefly boards tonight, and asked us all to rally and crosspost, so here's me, obeying Captain's orders.

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It is times like these that I feel like Malcolm Reynolds.  This is something that would surely get you kicked into an engine.  I just went to a comic store to purchase the Serenity comic for my mom.  The sweetheart that she is, gave her issues (with her favorite character on the front) to relatives who were having trouble tracking one down.  Please bear in mind that Canada is a wondrous place where the service industry is polite and helpful, and that this experience is not the norm.  The store I chose, which shall remain nameless (Warp 1 Comics), at an undisclosed location (just off Whyte Ave), has the singlemost sanctimonious, condescending, dishonest a$$hole I've had the misfortune of meeting.  My brother and I called ahead to find out they had one issue left, but upon arriving, found out they are gouging people $20 bucks for the damned thing!  "That's what they're worth." he sneered at me.  I asked him to show me a listing of some sort to back it up.  "Well, I just know what I paid Dark Horse for it."  He wouldn't show me that, either.  I am aware that Dark Horse wasn't expecting these books to sell as well as they are, and that they are going into a second printing, but I just picked up three of them two days ago at cover price at another store.  My brother piped up with a, "What an interesting attitude you have."  Let me tell you folks, this fella had an attitude, and a smirk that you wanted to knock off his face with a baseball bat dipped in dog poop.  Of course, my brother couldn't help letting this guy know who he was trying to hose by holding the issue next to my face.  "This guy look familliar?  This isn't some JoJo off the street!  He knows what he's talking about!"  Check this out- the reply of this crap-catcher, who shall remain nameless (Darryl) was, (and imagine a dullards voice- how we make people we don't like sound in a story) "Well, then you can call Joss Whedon and ask him."  I had to tell this purplebelly that I was being sarcastic when I thanked him for his excellent service, and I don't think he knew what sanctimonious meant!

Wouldn't a smart business man ask me to sign an issue and sell me one at a fair price?  Wouldn't that fetch a prettier penny than ripping me off for one issue?  Congratulations, dude! You are now on the Browncoat $hitlist.

Never have I tried to wield power in this way, but if being Malcolm Reynolds has taught me anything, it's to follow my over-developed sense of vengeance.  BOYCOTT WARP ONE COMICS!  If you are in the neighborhood, drop by to tell "the Buttress" that Browncoats don't take $hit from anyone.  Tell your friends not to shop there, and lock 'em in the airlock if they do.  Copy this post and e-mail it to fellow Edmontonians.  Bump it to keep it alive.

Thank you.  Thank you for letting me rant.  If you feel I'm overboard, please feel free to, as Joss would say, contemplate silently.

The Captain

Edited to be less cruel, and to mention how wonderfully my dear mom was treated at HAPPY HARBOR.  Thank you, staff and owners at Happy Harbor.  You made my mom's day.  Turns out, Warp One tried to hose her, too, by telling her that the Jayne covered issue was a rarity.  Love you, Adam B.  You ARE a rarity.  Nothin' agin you.  But will these butt-tards stoop so low as to steal from a woman?  For shame, Warp One, for shame.

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Okay, we've all known Warp were dicks for a long time, but this takes the cake.  If Nathan's mom didn't live here, he surely would not be back.  No more money for you, Darryl!

And now for a moment of fangirl squee.

OMG NATHAN FILLION'S IN MY TOWN!  EEEEE!!!

Back to your regularly scheduled LJ.  *g*

I feel much better!  Food did me good, as did a second viewing of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory.  I'm gonna go stick my clothes in the dryer, and then I'm gonna sleep.  And Stoney sent me Hayden/Ewan!  Preview, baby!  *hoards, suckers*

Comments

[winterlive.livejournal.com]

You? Are a TOTAL LRPS h0r.

But I might do it anyway. *g*

[the-tall-man.livejournal.com]

Am I really h0r-ing?

You and Mr.Fillion want a big "no" to Warp. That's fine by me. But if we're going to say "no" there, then we have to say "Yes" somewhere else.

I spend an average of $85 each and every month on gaming product. Find twenty customers like me, and an already-solid store ready to jump at the chance; suddenly, things will change for that store. I haven't done it myself, because, frankly, I *have* the money, and purchase mostly hardcover gamebooks where the price gap between Warp and elsewhere sits around 5%; not a big deal. That difference is not worth the waiting time of a special order to me.

You want that impact, you need to spread the good word. I'm offering you a free and painless way to do so, because I agree that the change itself would be a categorically good thing.

Don't make me Volun-tell you. :P