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aerodactylus

Crack is cheaper

Nov 01, 2010 22:49

Can someone tell me why manga is so expensive? I swear, if I spend seventeen bucks on a new volume, I want it to last longer than six hours, dammit!

I HAVE been on a serious buying spree lately, though. Borders keeps sending me coupons for 33% off, or 40% off a single item, and I get an extra 10% off with my plus rewards card (I think I mentioned ( Read more... )

manga, awesome things, i am a nerd

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onee_omi November 2 2010, 04:24:31 UTC

I hear you about the manga... It's rising in price too.

Ya know, a lot of book stores have considered taking them out because of them being stolen. I swear if they lowered the books down to $5... I'd be happy.

aerodactylus November 2 2010, 15:44:56 UTC

I know, right? Man, if I could get one of those three-in-one editions for ten dollars even, I'd be stoked.

essbeejay November 2 2010, 04:36:10 UTC

Man, the s.o. and I just a couple of hours ago were talking about the various entertainment options and their relative "bang for the buck." Manga/certain graphic novels ranked pretty low, given their price (on average $10 for 1 hour of entertainment) compared to movies ($10 for 1.5-2 hours) and books (for average-sized novels at list price, anywhere from $7-$15 for 6 hours). Manga is an expensive hobby.

ETA: That is, going out to see movies costs about $10, depending on when you go.

aerodactylus November 2 2010, 15:47:33 UTC

Yeah, graphic novels in general have a pretty low money spent to time enjoyed ratio, which makes me sad. But they're still so good! I can't stop buying them!

Movies are getting pretty ridiculous, IMO. Back home they recently opened this huge new movie theater, and tickets plus popcorn and a drink usually runs a body 10-12 bucks. Now, this theater is GORGEOUS, but still...

arthoniel November 2 2010, 05:18:57 UTC

Oh, buying things. Sort of reminds me- a while ago, I was on Amazon, and as I'm slowly but surely getting to be actually broke, I wasn't going to spend any money.

And then I saw that they had the DVDs to, like, half of my favorite animes, for an amazing percent off. Like, about half off or something. It so wasn't fair. XD

aerodactylus November 2 2010, 15:52:23 UTC

I know, right? Most of the reason I keep spending money is because Borders keeps sending me these coupons! I mean, I don't WANT to spend money, but it's really hard to argue with a combined 40 or 50 percent off.