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Some OCBS piss me off.
And I'm thinking of the ones offering free delivery here.
With them not charging for delivery they must really hate those who buy just a single comic each week. They can't earn much profit selling a single comic and once delivery costs are taken off, this amount must be done to pennies. So you'd think they'd make it super easy for you to buy a months worth of comics and have them send them out in one big package rather than in dribs and drabs over the coming 4 weeks. But no, no they don't. Sure they'll have a monthly subscription service thing, but I don't want that long term commitment. And such a subscription doesn't cater for any variant covers which you might want instead of the normal cover. My situation: going the trade waiting route when Rebirth kicks in, and following Superman: Super League - so I've got just 8 titles left to buy. They are coming out over 4 weeks so my OCBS will be forking out x4 lots of delivery costs, instead of the x1 if they kept my purchases safe until all 8 were ready to ship. Of course maybe it is more hassle then it's worth, doing the above earning them ~£4 (or something like that), but surely if loads of people went "hey this is a cracking idea, can I do that too" they'd soon be making billions (ish). ![]() Maybe I'm missing something but I find this most frustrating.
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How much are they charging per comic? The ones offering free delivery, that is...
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£2.80 - and sent out in that cardboard foldable contraption thingie.
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£2.80 - and sent out in that cardboard foldable contraption thingie.
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^I know, right !! I can't see how it is worth their while filling any single-issue order. And you'd think they'd be having a little party when I said "hey guys, I'm ok with you keeping my stuff back until it's ALL come in before sending it out" cos their profit would be going from ~3p to £5.... but no, they can't do that unless a standing order is set up.
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