Bargain Subscriptions to Comic Books

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:14 pm

Quicker delivery on Justice League #13. It came out last Weds & I got it today, so 5 days.

But Wonder Woman #13 came out the same day & I didn't get it yet.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:09 am

BobBretall wrote:Quicker delivery on Justice League #13. It came out last Weds & I got it today, so 5 days.

But Wonder Woman #13 came out the same day & I didn't get it yet.

Weird that they don't ship books that come out the same day together? I would want that simply b/c the way it's shipped is so flimsy, perhaps 2 books in the same package would be sturdier.

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BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:45 am

ctowner1 wrote: Weird that they don't ship books that come out the same day together? I would want that simply b/c the way it's shipped is so flimsy, perhaps 2 books in the same package would be sturdier.

You'd think that would be efficient & save on postage, but it's not what they do.

I suspect the individual issues are packed/addressed by machine from a big hopper of the individual issues & combining things would require some amount of human intervention.

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:38 am

Still no JL13 for me. I wonder if I should contact Tanga or wait and see if 14 shows up next month. Thus far of the five I've ordered only Batman has shown up.

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:49 am

torchsong wrote:Still no JL13 for me. I wonder if I should contact Tanga or wait and see if 14 shows up next month. Thus far of the five I've ordered only Batman has shown up.

While I'm sure there's a pattern to it, it appears random what titles start your subscription on which issue.

I think when my subs run out I'll go back to normal DCBS ordering for them even if they do the 1$ an issue deal again. The small savings get minimized when you buy the same book twice due to the overlap from starting and stopping.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:12 am

boshuda wrote:
torchsong wrote:Still no JL13 for me. I wonder if I should contact Tanga or wait and see if 14 shows up next month. Thus far of the five I've ordered only Batman has shown up.
While I'm sure there's a pattern to it, it appears random what titles start your subscription on which issue.

I think when my subs run out I'll go back to normal DCBS ordering for them even if they do the 1$ an issue deal again. The small savings get minimized when you buy the same book twice due to the overlap from starting and stopping.

Well, I'm so far so good - it was a bit of a treat when the books showed up outside of my usual DCBS schedule. Have they done these kind of sales before?

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PS. where in Western NY are you from, Boshuda? I went to school in Buffalo & Ithaca (although I guess Ithaca is "central") NY.

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:20 am

ctowner1 wrote:
boshuda wrote:
torchsong wrote:Still no JL13 for me. I wonder if I should contact Tanga or wait and see if 14 shows up next month. Thus far of the five I've ordered only Batman has shown up.
While I'm sure there's a pattern to it, it appears random what titles start your subscription on which issue.

I think when my subs run out I'll go back to normal DCBS ordering for them even if they do the 1$ an issue deal again. The small savings get minimized when you buy the same book twice due to the overlap from starting and stopping.
Well, I'm so far so good - it was a bit of a treat when the books showed up outside of my usual DCBS schedule. Have they done these kind of sales before?

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PS. where in Western NY are you from, Boshuda? I went to school in Buffalo & Ithaca (although I guess Ithaca is "central") NY.

Tanga did a few titles on sale like this about one year ago. Green Lantern and Dark Knight were two that I subscribed to this year and last. Seems to be an annual thing, if you take a pattern of two to be a pattern

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It is nice when you open your mailbox and see the familiar DC packaging, I'll agree.

I'm smack dab in the middle of Rochester and Syracuse. I work in Rochester and go to grad school part time at Rochester Institute of Technology. I've been to Buffalo, never to Ithaca. A lot of the guys I work with went to Buffalo. Based on their knowledge it seems like a good school to go to for engineering.

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:21 am

Wonder Woman 13 showed up in the ol' mailbox yesterday. A great issue.

boshuda · Post by **boshuda** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:24 pm

Wonder Woman 13 and Justice League 13 appeared for me today.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:38 am

BobBretall wrote:Quicker delivery on Justice League #13. It came out last Weds & I got it today, so 5 days.

But Wonder Woman #13 came out the same day & I didn't get it yet.

Got Wonder Woman yesterday, so:
Action #13 - 12 days
JL #13 - -5 days
WW #13 8 days

Weird part is the 3-day difference between JL & WW that were released on the same day.

BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:42 am

I would add that though the corner of Action was tweaked, the other comics came in "off the shelf at the LCS" condition.

Maybe that extra 5 days of kicking around the postal system just increased the chances of that copy of Action getting bumped.

torchsong · Post by **torchsong** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:41 am

Justice League 13 arrived in great shape yesterday. So far it's been a pretty good deal. Still waiting on Aquaman and Dark Knight but they may not have hit the shelves yet.

I should add that occasionally they (tanga) run insane subscription deals. I picked up 3 and four year subscriptions to Rolling Stone, ESPN magazine and Taste of Home, for under $20 each (as in roughly $4/year). All depends on if it's something you want to read, of course.

ctowner1 · Post by **ctowner1** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 6:26 pm

Batman 14 came out on the 14th, and JL 14 came out on the 21st. Still don't have either. Anyone who ordered these have either?

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BobBretall · Post by **BobBretall** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:39 pm

ctowner1 wrote:Batman 14 came out on the 14th, and JL 14 came out on the 21st. Still don't have either. Anyone who ordered these have either?

Nope. I just got Action #14 today. It arrived in "off the rack" shape, no bangs or dented corners.

dbm · Post by **dbm** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:45 pm

ctowner1 wrote:Batman 14 came out on the 14th, and JL 14 came out on the 21st. Still don't have either. Anyone who ordered these have either?

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I got Batman a couple of days ago. (IL)