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| Posted: 27 Jul 2005 11:44 pm Post subject: Captain Outraged! Edmonton, fall in! Reply with quote 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. Last edited by Nathan_Fillion on 27 Jul 2005 11:53 pm, edited 2 times in total |
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| and a smirk that you wanted to knock off his face with a baseball bat dipped in dog poop. |
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| Hair is bison, not sasquatch Canadian Press Thursday, July 28, 2005 CREDIT: (Photo: CP) A hair sample some claimed came from a sasquatch in the Yukon has turned out to be from a bison. EDMONTON -- A hair sample some claimed came from a sasquatch in the Yukon has turned out to be from a bison. A geneticist from the University of Alberta who did tests on the sample says the DNA match for a bison was 100 per cent. David Coltman says the DNA was highly degraded, suggesting the hair sample was not fresh. Coltman isn't speculating on whether that suggests somebody was trying to pull a fast one on the existence of Bigfoot. The sample was reportedly plucked from a bush near Teslin, Yukon, earlier this month at a spot where several people heard - and swear they saw - a large, hairy creature. There was also an unusually large footprint. © Canadian Press 2005 |
| QUOTE (endgame @ Jul 28 2005, 09:44 PM) |
| :lmao: Good for Nathan, but you'd think the store owner would have given him the comic for free. I logged onto Browncoats to see the thread, Nathan's on at this very minute. I'm so excited :blush: |
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Its nice when Joss and the cast post on there, whats your username on there Endgame :) |
| QUOTE (grrrarrrgh @ Jul 29 2005, 09:55 AM) |
| the best one on this tho, was the guy who faxed pictures of Nathan into his fax machine over and over again so that the memory was half full. then he sent it to the store's fax machine :lmao: |