I am getting tired of this crap!!

OK I gotta vent so bear with me.

What the HELL do I have to do, and\or who do I have to talk to get comics on a persistent basis??? Is there a form to fill out, a goat to sacrifice, whatever it is I am just about ready for it.

It has now become habit for me to call up the local shop (after they open at noon) on Wednesday to see if comics have come in. The shop is on the other side of town and sometimes UPS shows up late, or not until Thursday, and on a few occasions not until Friday.

Now this isn’t an ideal situation, but I would rather call and find out then drive all the way over there and their not be any new stuff. Things have been getting better over there at the local shop, they moved next door to a better place and things have been looking like a real business instead of something that has been run out of a garage. I have suffered for a few months(?) now while they are still trying to get credit card access set back up (they say), so I have to run by the bank for cash instead of using my debit card. I have dealt with that, there is an ATM pretty close. I have dealt with the fact that I want to get copies of the Lone Ranger comic for me and Dad since we used to watch reruns when I was a kid, but they never seemed to get ordered and I end up hunting they down somewhere else.

After today it might be time to think things over again. I call at 12:15, giving the owner time to unpack boxes and I am informed there is no shipment this week. WHAT!! Now I know sometimes holidays make comics late a day, even bad weather on the east coast made things late a day too. I even gave him the benefit of the doubt and double checked that I didn’t miss some news about no comics coming out for some reason. Nope, shipping as usual.

So what the HELL is the deal here?? Why is it so hard for me to go in there and SPEND MONEY!!! Now of course I could just go to another shop, but the closest one is in Memphis about 1hr 45min away (around an hour if my wife drives).

I know that things happen; the owner has had trouble with UPS in the past with things being put on the truck but never getting to the shop until late. However, if I was running that shop, I would do SOMETHING to make sure that those damn comics were there when I opened every damn week!!! Am I crazy (don’t answer that) or am I the only one that thinks this is a bunch of crap??

OK, I feel better now.

Hello, my name is Chris and I am a comic book addict.