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Post by G on Feb 19, 2009 14:59:21 GMT -5
I thought of this idea the other day.
Why not have a thread area where you can review comic stores you have been to. This can be a place where you say everything you want about it, good and bad. Because who knows, some of us may travel to other member's areas and want to visit some of these stores. And isn't it better to know which ones are worth finding and which ones are worth avoiding? Please, leave no stone unturned when reviewing the store. Talk about selection, staff, cleanliness, coolness, lameness, etc, etc.
Furthermore, this could be a sounding board to make others aware of sales and items that may be hard to find elsewhere. Even warn others when a store is going out of business so some can run and scoop up those going out of business sales bargains!
Admittedly, Im sure this area will start small and have only everyone's local shops originally (hopefully). But eventually, I hope as we spread out and grow (crossing fingers) and maybe others will join in and hopefully more and more, it will spread out and be a bigger and better database of local comic store reviews.
And if you want to share a story about the place, feel free to add that too!
Please though, one thread per business. A business can have multiple locations and be in the same thread. But do not have multiple business with different names in the same thread.
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Post by G on Mar 2, 2009 9:56:35 GMT -5
I hope you guys realize this area only works if YOU get involved in it. I only live where I live and I can only review comic stores Ive been to in my area. Certainly if I travel there and stop there, Im going to be doing a review here. But there are so many more comic stores I will never get to that you actually live around! And only YOU can review. Now, it doesn't have to be no where near as long as my reviews are. It can be as short as you want. But if you want, you can make it as long as you want. Im sure we enjoy reading this stuff. But whatever you do, participate and regardless of length BE HONEST about how you feel about the store you frequent or just visited for the 1st time. Give everyone else a heads up on your area should they ever stop by. I really feel the more comic stores listed and reviewed here, the more AWESOME this section can be.  But it aint going to be JACK unless you participate!!! |
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Post by moe on Mar 3, 2009 18:50:21 GMT -5
I hope you guys realize this area only works if YOU get involved in it. I only live where I live and I can only review comic stores Ive been to in my area. Certainly if I travel there and stop there, Im going to be doing a review here. But there are so many more comic stores I will never get to that you actually live around! And only YOU can review. Now, it doesn't have to be no where near as long as my reviews are. It can be as short as you want. But if you want, you can make it as long as you want. Im sure we enjoy reading this stuff. But whatever you do, participate and regardless of length BE HONEST about how you feel about the store you frequent or just visited for the 1st time. Give everyone else a heads up on your area should they ever stop by. I really feel the more comic stores listed and reviewed here, the more AWESOME this section can be. But it aint going to be JACK unless you participate!!! I'm not reviewing any stores for the simple fact they all suck in my area to one degree or another. I don't shop out of state. Who am I to say they are right or wrong for sucking so bad. The good stores all closed. They stayed open. I kinda think the smart retailers figured out the hard way they can make more money doing anything else..... at least in this city. MOE |
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Post by G on Mar 3, 2009 21:12:20 GMT -5
I appreciate your reasons for not wanting to participate, but I hope everyone doesn't share this view. It defeats the purpose of putting this up. I never know where I will travel in life. Az is in Richmond which isn't too far from me and a place I have been to more than a few times. He may post a store I never knew about and I could end up looking for it because he may have peaked my interest in seeing some new comics at a shop he considers decent. Sure, I may not agree with him, but his opinion is his own and no less valid than mine. He already let me know of one I didn't realize was still out there and kinda local. Next time I go comic shopping, Im heading that way! That's the idea of this thread.
This thread area could take years to be something Im proud of, but if everyone put a couple of their local store reviews up and if everyone who hopefully down the road ever joined up put a few up, there might eventually one day in a pipe dream world be a lot of stores up here to check out. And if you make a road trip, it might be worth checking some of these comments other users have left to make plans on paying some a visit. Not only that, I found when I did my own reviews of stores, I found myself remembering certain events and characteristics that I may have otherwise kept to myself. I kind of dug throwing some of that stuff out there.
A lot of things get reviewed in this world. Including the comics we read. Why not the stores themselves? If a comic fanzine came out with detailed reviews of comic stores, I might be apt to check it out and maybe even buy it. And I even thought about other comic boards and thought I had never seen another message board do it. Maybe it has been done, I dont know. But I hadn't personally seen it, so I thought why not me? Here's your opportunity to speak your mind about stores you've actually visited. Either once or tons of times. Im sure they all left their own separate impressions on you. And that's what this thread area is about. Where have you been and how did you feel about it? Maybe 3 years from now, someone else may be glad they read what you said and checked out or avoided places because of what you said. Maybe they agree and are happy they listened to you. Or maybe they disagree and felt the place is better or worse than what you said. Either way, it makes others aware.
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Post by Wrecks on Dec 17, 2009 17:38:26 GMT -5
I think this is a great idea.
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Post by G on Dec 17, 2009 20:58:46 GMT -5
I think this is a great idea. Thanks! I'm a long ways from calling this area a success. But I'm always hopeful over time (if not YEARS) that slowly more and more stores will be added to this area. Even at this point, I like it. I just think the more that gets in there.....the better it will be. |
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Post by Wrecks on Dec 18, 2009 0:13:39 GMT -5
I think this is a great idea. Thanks! I'm a long ways from calling this area a success. But I'm always hopeful over time (if not YEARS) that slowly more and more stores will be added to this area. Even at this point, I like it. I just think the more that gets in there.....the better it will be. No prob man. And true on that. |
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