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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:32 PM Original message |
More inflation: "Regular" sized comics going to $3.99! |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. 35-40 years ago, Comics were 10 cents and 25 cents. Mad Magazine was 40 cents. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. .40¢ -- why, that's Highway Robbery! |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-23-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. No, it was Cheap! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I remember when they went to ten cents and then twelve cents.. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. weren't they actually 12 and a half cents? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I remember when they were a dime. :( nt |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I paid a dime in the early 50s |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. easy call - comics are completely unnecessary luxury items are they not? nt |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yup -- "market pressure" will react to those prices pretty fast, I think... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:36 PM Original message |
BitTorrent remains $0. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Shh. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. Comics on torrent? nt |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Look for .cbr files |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yessir. Every bit of media you can imagine is on torrent. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Surging prices and too many X-Men titles ended my interest in comic books. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They're becoming more and more nichey every year. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. on the other hand, graphic novels are becoming a separate sensibility and market... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. Superman cost 75¢ circa 1989. It was the last "regular" size comic to go to $1. |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Shouldn't the price be going down? Consumer prices had the biggest drop in fifty years due to the |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. give it time, and let those $3.99 stay stacked up on shop shelves... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Plus, technology has made color printing way cheaper. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. Damn. How much must Louis Anderson be worth, then? |
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