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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 wonderous 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 one-eyed 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."
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 "Patchy" 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

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Ring Ring:

"Hello, Warp 1 Comics, can I help you?"

Yeah, Do you have any Nathan Fillian autographed merchandise?

"Ummmm, no we don't"

WELL, I KNOW WHY!!!!!

Phoenix

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Originally posted by nosadseven:
Sad lit'le king of his sad lit'le hill...


(Darryl, that is)

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Originally posted by TheReaver:
Brilliant. I'm going to London tomorrow. If it's not in Forbidden Planet then I'll check out the nearby comic store (if it's still open).

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I'll rape you to death.
I'll eat your flesh.
I'll sew your skin into my clothes.
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
Update: Captain's edited his post to state he did get a copy at another store, without getting ripped off.

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Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
That's a side of Nathan I haven't seen before. Can't say that I like it all that much either. I understand the need to vent, but, I dunno. It seems like it could have been handled better.

But what the heck do I know?

"You're either in or you're out, and I'm playing to the in."—Greg Dulli

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Originally posted by BlackoutNights: That's a side of Nathan I haven't seen before. Can't say that I like it all that much either. I understand the need to vent, but, I dunno. It seems like it could have been handled better.

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To: warpcomics@hotmail.com
Subject: Miracleman #21
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The subject line was just an attention getter... I really wanted to say that you shouldn't mess with The Browncoats, asshat. If I am ever in Edmonton, I'll be sure NOT to shop at your craphole, you price-gouging cash whore.

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Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
That's a side of Nathan I haven't seen before. Can't say that I like it all that much either. I understand the need to vent, but, I dunno. It seems like it could have been handled better.

But what the heck do I know?

"You're either in or you're out, and I'm playing to the in."—Greg Dulli

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Originally posted by citizen:
My usual place of work is just down the road from leicester square, i'll have to remember that.
I think the only Forbidden Planet near me is in Croyden, or theres one thats a bit of a walk from me, st georges street near oxford street i think...
I'm all excited now

A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
--W.C. Fields

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Originally posted by RarelyEarley:
There's actually one at the end of Shaftesbry Avenue. Huge one!

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
I can appreciate Cappy's call for a boycott of the place. I hope all Browncoats boycott this Warp 1 Comics & they receive a ton of emails condemning their treatment of one of our BDHs.

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embers wrote:
Thursday, July 28, 2005 09:20

If Russell Crowe had complained to his fans and called for a boycott of the hotel chain INSTEAD of throwing things at the desk clerk, then he would have received more sympathy...

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Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
That's a side of Nathan I haven't seen before. Can't say that I like it all that much either. I understand the need to vent, but, I dunno. It seems like it could have been handled better.

But what the heck do I know?

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Hello.

Just came to the attention of the Browncoat Army that a certain employee at your establishment, Darryl by name, is price gouging customers for issues of "Serenity."

Also came to our attention that he was, shall we say, "attitudical" to one Mr. Nathan Fillion, who, needless to say, portrays the main character in the TV series/movie that the aforementioned comic is based upon.

Mr. Fillion visited your store to purchase a copy, and it was then that the less-than-wondrous Darryl acted in his less-than-wondrous manner.

As of today, the entire tens of thousands strong Browncoat Army (as we choose to call ourselves) has issued a boycott against your store.

Scoff if you will, but you might want to check the stats--there's a whole damn lot of us, with a sizeable chunk located in Canada's fair city of Edmonton.

The boycott will be enforced until:

a) Darryl issues a public apology

or

b) Mr. Fillion decides to lift the boycott himself (since he's actually the one who called for it, it's only fair to leave the final decision to him).

We understand that not all of your employees are involved, nor are all of your employees guilty of such unpleasantness.

Unfortunately, all it takes is one rotten apple to piss off a legion of uncomfortably loyal fans.

Sincerely,
El Jefé
The Browncoat Army

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Originally posted by FourSkys:
Besides, $20 really isn't what they're going for, especially if you can find them now for cover price, and get them on ebay for $4+S/H.

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There were a total of four messages on the voicemail. Two of them asked for an apology, and were calm and straightforward. One demonstrated the brilliance of internet persons who make good on their threats of action: "Hey Darrel, you suck." The final one was someone pretending to be from Dark Horse Comics (they publish the Serenity comic), threatening to not let us put any of their titles in our store. Advice to the anonymous woman who called: if you want to make us believe you, first a) leave a call-back number, because business is business, and b) know that we don't deal with DH directly.
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Originally posted by Grounded:
"Well, then you can call Joss Whedon and ask him."

Why didn't Nathan just call Joss right there? That would have been sweet.

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Originally posted by BadgersHat:
Does that work, or should I have also called Darryl an a$$hat? (since that seems to be the word of the day... and I think i may borrow it, despite not having the slightest clue what the hell an a$$hat actually is... but sounds descriptive, doesn't it?
--Jefé The Hat

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Sucky people really suck...

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Originally posted by BlackoutNights:
That's a side of Nathan I haven't seen before. Can't say that I like it all that much either. I understand the need to vent, but, I dunno. It seems like it could have been handled better.

But what the heck do I know?

"You're either in or you're out, and I'm playing to the in."—Greg Dulli

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