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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 18:14:06 GMT -5
I bet his face lights up when he opens it....
*NOT* a 'his'
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Post by james on Apr 18, 2022 19:49:02 GMT -5
I personally always never understood when a comic shop would have it so you removed the comic from the bottom. I always went home and flipped all those comics to where the opening was at the top So people can't slyly switch the comics in the bags without anyone noticing. This used to be a huge problem in a couple shops I frequented in the 90s. Put a $20 book in a $3 bag. You can use the box to hide what you are doing and never pull the book fully out of the box and still switch it. If the flap is on the bottom, you have to pull the book all the way out to get access to the flap to try to switch books and it is much easier for someone to notice and prevent such fraud. It's why one of the shops I still frequent folds the flap in, puts tape over the flap so it sticks on both the front and back of the bag, and does that on the bottom of the bag. If you want to open the bag, you need to take it to the counter and have them open it for you. It's a matter of loss prevention. -M Wow that makes a lot of sense.
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Post by badwolf on Apr 18, 2022 20:03:58 GMT -5
I personally always never understood when a comic shop would have it so you removed the comic from the bottom. I always went home and flipped all those comics to where the opening was at the top So people can't slyly switch the comics in the bags without anyone noticing. This used to be a huge problem in a couple shops I frequented in the 90s. Put a $20 book in a $3 bag. You can use the box to hide what you are doing and never pull the book fully out of the box and still switch it. If the flap is on the bottom, you have to pull the book all the way out to get access to the flap to try to switch books and it is much easier for someone to notice and prevent such fraud. It's why one of the shops I still frequent folds the flap in, puts tape over the flap so it sticks on both the front and back of the bag, and does that on the bottom of the bag. If you want to open the bag, you need to take it to the counter and have them open it for you. It's a matter of loss prevention. -M How can you do it without sliding both books out of their bags, even if its on the top?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 20:34:10 GMT -5
So people can't slyly switch the comics in the bags without anyone noticing. This used to be a huge problem in a couple shops I frequented in the 90s. Put a $20 book in a $3 bag. You can use the box to hide what you are doing and never pull the book fully out of the box and still switch it. If the flap is on the bottom, you have to pull the book all the way out to get access to the flap to try to switch books and it is much easier for someone to notice and prevent such fraud. It's why one of the shops I still frequent folds the flap in, puts tape over the flap so it sticks on both the front and back of the bag, and does that on the bottom of the bag. If you want to open the bag, you need to take it to the counter and have them open it for you. It's a matter of loss prevention. -M How can you do it without sliding both books out of their bags, even if its on the top? You do take it out of the bag, but you don't have to take the board out of the box to do so, which is where it is easier to see. Slide a book out of the bag, lay it flat. Open the other bag slide it in then slide the other book out. You can fit 2 comics inside a single bag and board easily enough. Then slide the second book back inside the first bag. You never have more than one book out of the bag at a time, and you never have the bag/board itself out the box until the switch is done. I watched one guy do it on the CC camera my friend the owner had installed after he suspected someone was doing it when he found several cheap books in expensive bags when restocking. It was done on his day off when an employee was running the store who wasn't as likely to recognize books marked wrong when they came to the register. So he installed the camera and caught the guy. I got to see the footage later, as we were friends and he was just flabbergasted people were brazen enough to try this, but it happens. And over the years, as I got to know other owners, it appears it happens enough that it is an issue and a topic among back issue retailers at times. -M
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