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PudgyNinja

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March 4, 2010 4:19 pm I have a Gelaskin for my iPhone.  It's not comics themed, but I like it.  It's a vinyl sticker that you apply to the back.  Not sure the exact nature of the adhesive, but it is removable and I believe re-usable.  No, it's not going to afford a ton of protection to your electronic device, but it does make my iPhone less slippery, which I appreciate.  Also, it looks cool.
January 15, 2010 12:40 pm @gaffergamgee - Anybody who thinks that retailers are going to recoup $200 in sales from this doesn't understand the offer at all.  They aren't offering this variant cover because it's worth $200.  They're offering it because the issues being returned for it are worth near nothing.
January 14, 2010 1:08 pm @JesTr - I'm not sure what your question is.  Will a variant cover to Siege #3 sell?  Probably, though I can't see into the future.  As to the amount of issues sent in exchange for covers - I dunno.  We're probably already at the limit of how much money Marvel is willing to lose on a publicity stunt.
January 14, 2010 12:41 pm

@JesTr, Wonderali - Actually, the timing on this is near perfect.  Marvel isn't pulling DC books off of the shelf - the retailers were going to do that anyway.  Most places I've been keep about 3 months worth of issues on the shelves and after that they go into the back-issue bins.  So, retailers are going to be pulling these DC issues off of the shelves themselves already.  If Marvel had offered this earlier, they probably wouldn't have gotten many takers because retailers would still hope to sell more issues.  Later and they'd already be in the back issue bins.  But in this window, you gotta wonder - do they really want to make space in the bins for these over-ordered comics?  Wouldn't it be easier just to strip them and then get something that might actually sell?

January 14, 2010 8:55 am

@TheNextChampion - I have no idea what you're talking about.  Are you suggesting that somehow Marvel could get retailers to strip books that they would otherwise be able to sell?  That's not going to happen.   As I stated earlier, if retailers could sell these books instead of stripping them, they would.  If they could sell them for a quarter a piece, that would be a better return than the incentive Marvel is offering.  

January 14, 2010 8:34 am @mattstev2000 - FYI, Siege #1 is returnable to Marvel.  They made a special offer to accept returns for this title to entice retailers to purchase more of them.
January 13, 2010 9:54 pm

@TheNextChampion - No retailer is going to strip and destroy books that are selling well.  They make much more profit by actually selling them - go figure.  Returning books only makes sense when they aren't selling.

 @Lostboy1074 - Even if the shipping costs weren't prohibitive (they are), that would seem to run counter to Marvel's interests.  

 To lostboy and others decrying the waste and the amoral nature of destroying books - this happens every single day in every part of the country.  Every book store has a procedure for stripping and destroying books that don't sell.  Back in the day, before direct market, comics were like that too.  It's just a fact of life for publishing.  

January 13, 2010 8:35 pm Heroville - That's how you do returns in publishing - you strip the cover and send it back and destroy the book.  This is because the actual book is virtually worthless and not worth shipping - it's cheaper to print new ones.
January 13, 2010 8:28 pm

You guys are seriously over-reacting.

January 13, 2010 7:50 pm

Stuchlach - I don't know who pays shipping, but it won't be a significant ammount.  The whole point of stripping the covers is that you're only sending one sheet per book destroyed.