scot, it appears from my reading of the OP that the guy Terrifel spoke to was just some dude in the shop, not the owner. And so what if it was? Are stupid people not allowed to have nice things, or is that a privilege that you reserve for yourself? (One wonders if the premise isn’t faulty, anyway. ;))
–Cliffy
Boy, I swung both ways (in a moral sense, you perverts) reading the OP and following the thread thereafter, but in the end, I have to side with You Did The Right Thing.
For all the obvious reasons: you’re happy it worked out this way, these books were not on the shelf, mismarked (in which case, I would have grabbed with both hands), and the clerk, while obviously being helpful, was also not well trained by bringing out a box of books that had not been priced.
I hope the owner will (gently) set him straight, once he realizes what almost walked out of his store.
And not only that, you’ve written a very funny essay about the experience. I strongly suggest flogging it to one of the comic strip magazines and see if they’ll bite. It’s that good.
All my Gladstone/Whitman/Harvey books have already been passed in my latest comic organizing spree - should be as simple as copying few lines out of the spreadsheet.
I think Scooge would have been on your side, as a matter of fact.
The lighter side of my collection:
Archie and Me [Archie] #152 #155
Archie’s Pals’n’Gals [Archie] #169
Archie’s TV Laugh-Out [Archie] #100
Atomic Mouse [Charlton] #1
Betty and Me [Archie] #138
Bugs Bunny [Whitman] #233-234 #243
Casper [Harvey] #221
Chip’n’Dale [Whitman] #73 #75 #77
Daffy Duck [Whitman] #135 #139-141 #143
Daisy and Donald [Whitman] #33 #54
Donald Duck [Gladstone] #246 #256
Donald Duck [Whitman] #235
Harvey Hits [Harvey] #5
Huey, Dewey and Louie [Whitman] #70 #74
Life with Archie [Archie] #261
Little Lulu #265 #268
Looney Tunes [Whitman] #42-44
Mickey Mouse [Gladstone] #229
Mickey Mouse [Whitman] #215-216
Pink Panther [Whitman] #82-83 #86
Popeye the Sailor Man [Whitman] #165 #167 #169
Porky Pig [Whitman] #104-105 #109
Richie Rich : Billions [Harvey] #48
Richie Rich : Jackpots [Harvey] #42
Richie Rich : Moneyworld [Harvey] #59
Richie Rich : Riches [Harvey] #59
Richie Rich : The Richest Kid in the World [Harvey] #12
Richie Rich [Harvey] #216
Richie Rich and… [Harvey] #1
Richie Rich and Casper [Harvey] #44
Road Runner [Whitman] #95 #100 #102
Scamp [Whitman] #43
Super Goof [Whitman] #65 #69
Timmy the Timid Ghost [Charlton] #25
Tom and Jerry [Whitman] #338 #341
Tono and Kono : The Jungle Twins [Whitman] #18
Tweety and Sylvester [Whitman] #113-115 #121
Uncle Scrooge [Gladstone] #220
Uncle Scrooge [Whitman] #192 #201
Walt Disney’s Comics [Gladstone] #521
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories [Whitman] #456 #494 #506
Winnie the Pooh [Whitman] #28
Woody Woodpecker [Whitman] #195 #197 #200-201
Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny [Whitman] #76-77
Also a good run of Alf, several STAR comics, etc. Those I have more attachment to.