My LCS Refuses to Stock Valiant Variants

[GGSAE]

You guys and your crazy laws....what's next, women get the vote!

[lorddunlow]

At a job interview in a small rural area in Kentucky I discovered the term of a "moist" county - no liquor sales in stores, but mixed drinks and shots available at restaurants and bars. Seemed really weird to me.

The whole Baptists (and some other denominations) having an issue with alcohol confuses me as the first miracle Jesus performs in the Bible is turning water into wine, and he drinks wine with all of the apostles at the last supper. I'm not sure how they reconcile that in their heads.

[SJS4]

I didn't care for the Canadian Postal Service, but what I liked more in Canada was the liquor stores (LCBO?). That's formatted a lot better than America's liquor stores, and makes more sense as I believe they're government-owned (Money for the government), whereas American liquor stores aren't. Of course, I'm not a drinker, so that doesn't have much of an effect in my life.

Hahaha now THIS is funny to hear coming from an American! From our perspective, you live in the *SQUEE* Promised Land of booze my friend.

We frozen Canadians can only dream of a world in which we can buy beer from a local 7-11 or a super market as opposed to the government mandated liquor board stores that we have. SOME provinces have adopted privatization measures, but most liquor stores are government owned (not including off-sales). Sure, it's great that the tax money pays for schools, roads, health care, etc, but the problem with the government owning the liquor stores is they not only get to dictate where booze is sold, they get to dictate what it costs. And OF COURSE they're going to charge as much as they legally can if it means getting more of our tax dollars. So not only do you yanks have more convenience, you get better deals on booze as well. If you've ever wondered why Canadians are so obsessed with buying alcohol "duty-free" in between flights, it's because we're so used to getting ripped off at home.

If anyone on these boards can tell me what a bottle of Lemonhart or Sailor Jerry rum costs in USD, or even just a six-pack of Rolling Rock, I'd be interested to hear it.

It makes sense to have money from liquor going to the government, especially when medical costs are taken care of by said government.

It's the same with cigarettes, and how they're a lot more expensive in Canada than in America.

Although the pricing was higher (In general, I found almost everything more expensive in Canada, anyway), the LCBOs were nice. Very clean and well-run, whereas liquor stores in America are a crap-shoot, with some looking like busted up porn shops.

Plus, there's the whole inane wet/dry county crap in certain parts of America. I never understood how having a "dry county" was going to deter people from drinking. It simply results in an inconvenience where people have to drive a little further to get alcohol. If someone really wants to drink, they'll make that drive....The only effective aspect is it's more of a difficulty for people who don't have their own vehicles. Perhaps it scales down on homeless drunks hanging around certain areas? I dunno.

Yeah I didn't mind the government liquor stores when I lived in Canada either. I don't drink that much (red wine on the weekends occasionally) that the higher prices never bothered me. The stores themselves seemed nicer than the liquor stores I am used to around where I live now.

[ShotsOfBlood]

I just talked to my retailer (the only retailer in my city that carries Valiant) yesterday about why I didn't receive the Master Darque pullbox variant for Shadowman #5, and apparently they've refused to order any of the variants because, to quote the owner, "Valiant keeps screwing with our variant orders."

THIS is why so many comic retailers fail. This guy doesn't even know that he orders his books from Diamond (or whatever the Canadian distributor. Do they even have a different distributor?) and not directly from Valiant.

Second, if your customer wants something, instead of telling that customer "NO" why don't you see if you can get it for him? This is called customer service and too many comic shops completely lack it. Not to mention any kind of business sense.

As for your problems with getting your books to Canada, maybe you can check some of the dealers on Comic Collector Live? Many of them carry new releases, even below cover price, and I'm sure you can find a good deal on shipping there. Heck, you might even find some located in Canada.

Hey thanks for recommending I used Comic Collector Live. I'll definitely check that out!

Stop by the forums and look up a regular poster by the name of "comicscastle". I use his pull service and get 35% off almost all previews stuff, and 20% off his CCL store items, and I get free shipping once per month. It wouldn't hurt to check him out and see if you can work something out on the shipping.

[hawkeyeps]

Liquor stores privatized a long time ago here in Alberta, stores are every where and it's readily available

We used to have the ALCB but it's much better now that we don't.

[Xtianhardy]

Liquor stores privatized a long time ago here in Alberta, stores are every where and it's readily available

We used to have the ALCB but it's much better now that we don't.

Yeah you guys are more into privatization than over here, but things are changing ever so slowly thanks to the Sask Party. Also your drinking age is lower. Years ago when I was in high school friends of mine would make "trips to Alberta" to get wasted before they turned 19.

[myron]

Liquor stores privatized a long time ago here in Alberta, stores are every where and it's readily available

We used to have the ALCB but it's much better now that we don't.

Yeah you guys are more into privatization than over here, but things are changing ever so slowly thanks to the Sask Party. Also your drinking age is lower. Years ago when I was in high school friends of mine would make "trips to Alberta" to get wasted before they turned 19.

used to be each state had it's own drinking age...until they tied federal funding of highways to it and basically forced everyone to 21 lest they loose funding

[Chiclo]

used to be each state had it's own drinking age...until they tied federal funding of highways to it and basically forced everyone to 21 lest they loose funding

Liddy Dole. Her legacy remains intact.

[hawkeyeps]

Liquor stores privatized a long time ago here in Alberta, stores are every where and it's readily available

We used to have the ALCB but it's much better now that we don't.

Yeah you guys are more into privatization than over here, but things are changing ever so slowly thanks to the Sask Party. Also your drinking age is lower. Years ago when I was in high school friends of mine would make "trips to Alberta" to get wasted before they turned 19.

Yeah like no Canadians drink before 18 or 19, bwa ha ha! I was 16 and living in Lake Louise and we used to go to BC to get Kokanee back when it was a big deal and you could only get it in BC. You could always find a dude who was a few years older to hook you up

I envy your province and the Sask party, I think you have the best Premiere and provincial govenment in Canada.

Our Premiere is a F'n train wreck, I voted Wildrose so it's not my fault

[Burrito Boy]

You guys and your crazy laws....what's next, women get the vote!

There's a similar line in the movie The Wide World, about Robert E. Howard. "Ah, we men made a hell of a mistake when we sent women to college and gave you the vote." Cracks me up every time.