the only real complaint I had was that they only had maybe 25 titles to choose from for the FCBD stuff (aren't there like, a hundred books out there for FCBD?)
There are usually around 60 titles total per FCBD. Not sure how many there are for this year, but yes, certainly more than 25. I guess the shop owner didn't want to spend the money getting them all and only decided to buy the "Gold" listings? Shame as most of the issues are pretty cheap for the shop owners. Cheaper when you buy the "Silver" titles.
and they limited it to 3 per FAMILY. that's right...per FAMILY, not per person. and if you DID want more than 3, you had to pay $1 each for each additional copy. that ruffled my feathers a bit. other than that, it was not too bad.
Now that is bullshit. Even if he went with just the Gold comics (There are about 12 "Gold" titles each year and 40 or so "Silver" ... Gold cost a little more, obviously
) he is not paying $1 a copy. I think, including shipping, a retailer can get 20 or so copies of all the gold titles for like $75. They only pay the actual cost of making the comics and as that is less than 50¢ a piece (240 comics for $75 ... INCLUDING SHIPPING), why would they charge you more? That is crap, my man. I would let the damn owner know it to.
This is NOT suppose to be a profit making scheme. Well, it is, but in a different way.
But glad you took your little one