tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post2864203247434448108..comments2024-03-18T06:14:44.004-07:00Comments on Raised by Gypsies ::: Weekend Review: Free Comic Book Day 2015 // Star Wars Day 2015 Joshua Macalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-73857507192116612382015-09-30T22:16:35.037-07:002015-09-30T22:16:35.037-07:00Check out virventures.com an online electronics st...Check out virventures.com an online electronics store that delivers a huge selection of high-end merchandises from diverse categories. 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Virventures is the best place to buy it. Here you can find an extensive assortment of goods such as automotive and industrial products, beauty products, sports goods, books and lot more. Check our selection and shop today!<a href="http://virventures.com/" rel="nofollow">book stores in houston</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141244293762061597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-12671861414621893462015-05-14T09:32:36.017-07:002015-05-14T09:32:36.017-07:00You were misinformed. I was home all day on Monda...You were misinformed. I was home all day on Monday.Joshua Macalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-88054006206895031302015-05-13T13:38:40.217-07:002015-05-13T13:38:40.217-07:00I heard you popped by Heroes & Hitters Monday ...I heard you popped by Heroes & Hitters Monday afternoon, right around when we were having our virtual tête-à-tête :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-90402630133765109512015-05-11T13:15:21.917-07:002015-05-11T13:15:21.917-07:00I'm not bullying you nor am I asking you to de...I'm not bullying you nor am I asking you to delete anything. I'm posting a reply to a post I don't agree with. There's no war here. Just an exchange of ideas. It's you who are getting defensive and abrasive and, again, reverting to attacking language and name calling. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-1739790852914981502015-05-11T12:35:50.437-07:002015-05-11T12:35:50.437-07:00Nah brah, see, you just answered your own question...Nah brah, see, you just answered your own question. Even if I tell you what the person looked like and it matches the description of the store owner in your mind-- if it is enough to satisfy you-- then you already admitted that "the conversation didn't go the way" I claim. So what then? Did I need to make a video of it or something for further proof? Why would I be making this up? I have nothing to gain by (as you put it) attacking the store and its owners. I simply wrote about how I spent a particular weekend in my life. And you have to argue, nitpick and complain about what I wrote. Here's an idea for you. If you love this comic book store so much, start your own website and write about how much you love it. Commenting in an attempt to get answers you will never truly be satisfied with is a sign that you need to quite possibly re-evaluate your life choices. Go outside. <br /><br />I think the only thing we can agree about is that the store was busy on FCBD. Could this person giving me such a short answer be a result of that? Why not just tell me that it was in fact one of the store owners but there simply wasn't time to get in a long conversation with me when the store was people-to-people with other customers outside? That would be my best guess. If I went in there on some random day of the week and asked about comic books for kids I'm sure I'd get a much more detailed response. <br /><br />But again, you think this entire post is me attacking the store when in reality I was giving an honest account of how I spent my first real FCBD since moving from Houston back to Connecticut. But I feel like with what I wrote you're just picking out the pieces you want to see so you can go on the defensive and fight for the store you love when really there is no war. I have no hard feelings towards H&H and wish them nothing but the best. I had even mentioned potentially going back there next year, but instead of taking constructive criticism it became an onslaught "You can't feel that way! Screw you for feeling that way about an experience! It was fun for me so it should have been fun for you too!"<br /><br />People see things through their own eyes and trying to convince me to see it through your eyes is not going to work when you're jumping to unnecessary conclusions. <br /><br />Go back and read the first comment (not by you) and see how it says that I should have asked the owners or someone else working there if I was looking for one of the free books that wasn't out? See, that's helpful for next year. But you just come on, telling me to return my comics (When for the umpteenth time I did SPEND MONEY THERE, money which I could have just spent on Amazon if I was really so upset and offended) and not believing what I'm saying. You know what? You don't have to believe me because I have nothing to prove to you. You nerds bully Joss Whedon into deleting his Twitter but I'm not going to budge so easily for some guy who isn't even the real Mike Jones. <br /><br />How can I describe a person to you? She was some mix of Bernadette Peters and Wendy Malick.Joshua Macalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-15772869301227462002015-05-11T11:48:55.690-07:002015-05-11T11:48:55.690-07:00I'm defending a store I love and I asked a sim...I'm defending a store I love and I asked a simple question--what did the person look like? I ask because your readers need to know that the owners of Heroes & Hitters are not dismissive at all, but extremely friendly and helpful. I am convinced it wasn't the owner with whom you spoke or that the conversation didn't go the way you claim. Even in your defensive reply, you trash the store, and it doesn't make sense. You revert to name calling, offensive terminology, and personal attacks on me. It's hard to read your posts and take it seriously when you respond with such venom against people who don't agree with you. If it was just me, I'd drop it here. But whether you acknowledge it or not, you really are attacking the store and its owners and it's wrong. So, what did the person look like? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-25335669252644680842015-05-11T10:59:28.051-07:002015-05-11T10:59:28.051-07:00Slow down now, fella. This isn't a 900 numbe...Slow down now, fella. This isn't a 900 number here.<br /><br />But considering I wrote *this* on the post you allegedly read (You can read, right?):<br /><br />"Don't take this as a rant against them but rather a sense of longing by me"<br /><br />And you said this:<br /><br />"as is evident in your rant"<br /><br />I can only assume that you're using the SAME word as me in an opposite way because you're a troll. And sorry, but I don't feed the trolls. Perhaps you should re-read what I wrote again later when you're not butt-hurt. Maybe then all of those fans who love that comic book shop that I never really offended can rally up against me. Yeah, both of you.Joshua Macalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-30263736382459488262015-05-11T10:41:36.185-07:002015-05-11T10:41:36.185-07:00What did this person look like?What did this person look like?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-5148126814710087662015-05-11T10:36:27.227-07:002015-05-11T10:36:27.227-07:00I know who the two owners are (not personally, but...I know who the two owners are (not personally, but because I've been in there and spoken with them before) and I can most assuredly tell you it was one of them. Joshua Macalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-16253876112385981312015-05-11T09:37:18.548-07:002015-05-11T09:37:18.548-07:00First, if you are going to post something like thi...First, if you are going to post something like this on the Internet, then expect a response. If you want everyone to just nod and agree with you, then you are in the wrong club. But that seems exactly what you want, as is evident in your rant against what you got on FCBD. You didn't get what you wanted the way you wanted it, so you rail against an upstanding and extremely awesome business. AND I know for a fact that the person you claim you talked with wasn't one of the owners or the conversation wasn't as curt as you claim. Those guys are so friendly it's like they're out of a Disney film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-71202733412034446732015-05-11T04:21:16.748-07:002015-05-11T04:21:16.748-07:00Good to see you can still have a bad experience in...Good to see you can still have a bad experience in life without people on the internet trying to invalidate it. Oh, wait.<br /><br />And for the record the employee in question (as referenced by the first comment) was in fact one of the two owners not just some kid and, no, I did not eat the cake.Joshua Macalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949592711784912605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-1336528881631059552015-05-10T21:25:16.179-07:002015-05-10T21:25:16.179-07:00Ditto what Sue said. Josh, dude, whine much? I was...Ditto what Sue said. Josh, dude, whine much? I was at Heroes & Hitters and it was fantastic! Yeah, it was crowded, but DUH! That's what you want on FCBD. If you wanted and exclusive "We're open just for Josh to get his free shit" day, then you should have placed an order in advance and flushed the whole spirit of FCBD down the toilet. I think you should go back to Heroes & Hitters and return the free books you got, seeing as though you don't appreciate them at all! I mean, it's not like YOU paid for them! I bet you even ate the cake. You can keep that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894867242872464448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405555035543044975.post-53077854393112740982015-05-07T15:07:32.997-07:002015-05-07T15:07:32.997-07:00Sounds like you made out well on FCBD at Heroes &a...Sounds like you made out well on FCBD at Heroes & Hitters. Not sure why a small store being super crowded would prompt a negative review. For a mom-and-pop shop that's been alive and well for 26 years, I would think you would be happy for them and not critical that they were so jam packed with people. Sorry CT stores aren't as magnificent as your Houston shops, and sorry you didn't get your mitts on ALL the Free Comic Books offered by the industry. You do know the shop owners have to actually PAY for these books. It costs them hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to satisfy as many customers as you saw on that one day. Having said that, the shop owners had a larger selection of comics, including Bongo, Bob's Burgars and Tick, but had to dole them out throughout the day so they wouldn't all be gone in the first hour. You see, what this store does that others don't is allow people to take more than one or two books, and what happens is many people come in right when the doors open and take one of each, leaving none of many of the smaller stacks for anyone else. If your goal was to sweep in, grab and go, then, yes, you missed out on some books. But if your goal was to hang out and enjoy the party, as many people did, then you would have found more to satisfy you. You could have also asked the person behind the counter, and I'm sure if it was one of the owners, they would have been happy to find you more. As far as being upset that one book was disguised as two, who cares. The shop owners didn't do that, the industry did. So you picked up two copies of the same book. Big deal. It was free and there was no limit to the amount you could take, so it's not like you missed out on anything. There was cake and balloons and comic book fans and free books and a great sale. You may have been able to get Chew trades for a better price on Amazon, but you couldn't get silver-age Hawkman #1 for a better price. And isn't it about supporting the small brick and mortar shops and not the juggernaut virtual stores with which small shops can't compete! I would think you would be glad that there are still small, independently owned niche shops like Heroes & Hitters around where people of like minds can congregate and enjoy themselves. No, they're not perfect, but no one and nothing is. It's a small shop working on a shoestring. It's opened seven days a week. The owners (husband and wife) run it full time and they both have other jobs (more than one each, actually) so they can pay the mortgage and utilities. I find it appalling how you could see so much negativity in such a positive day. The weather was perfect. Both doors were open keeping the place nice and cool. The cake, soda and balloons were free and plentiful. Whoever you talked to wasn't an owner. It was probably a volunteer. You know the owners. You know how generous they are with their time and energy. They are super nice souls with nothing but positive attitudes. So complaining about some kid pointing to a corner instead of holding your hand and leading you to where you wanted to go is really trivial. I am truly disappointed that you chose to go this way. Free Comic Book Day isn't a day where you can come in and grab free comics and get a "steal" on sales. It's a day to come in and congregate with like minds and enjoy the world of comic books. All you had to do was go to the upper level and hang out, or even go outside, where tons of people were hanging and talking and laughing and enjoying the day. Heroes & Hitters is a fabulous store and the owners deserve a great deal of accolades for the job they do. I think the goal here is for you to change your attitude about what to expect on FCBD and just enjoy the day for what it is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686633635339962253noreply@blogger.com