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Comic Store In Your Future Asks " What If … Diamond Was Still A Monopoly ? " How would the last few weeks have start down ?

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We are now into 2025 , and Diamond still seems to be have issues with shipping comic . They have even announced they have declared bankruptcy . On a previous workweek , I had on three different day checked in comics in the same calendar week , along with doing pull for our pull customer ; two of the cargo were from Diamond . Anotherweek ’s deliveryshowed up on Friday , while this week ’s show up on Wednesday . Ideally , doing it all at once is the most time - effective , and not trying to do inventory in front of customer is right . Makes me less than thrilled that Diamond has yet to get back to " normal " . Then I thought , what if Diamond was still the only show in town for American comedian , and this went down ?

Some stores order their Marvel through only Diamond , so they are in less than an ideal spot when Diamond does not show up on time . I order through Penguin and Diamond in causa something goes wrong so that I still hopefully have something for customer . My mentation process is that if one fails to ship me a title , then hopefully , the other will send it , and I have some on hand until the replacements make it in . Why do I do this ? To keep customers and if I conk out to get a deed and another store has it , they may very well buy it there .

Imagine if all the store nationally were still only able-bodied to enjoin through Diamond for comics , and this unearthly diamond transport went down . No DC , no image , no Marvel , and nothing for new comics . Diamond was the only distributor of American strip for over twenty age . During that fourth dimension , the truck for Diamond would have issues , and that would delay shipments . I often wondered , heaven forbid , what if a flack break out at their storage warehouse ? What could that signify ? No cartoon strip at all for many comic stores ?

I was quoted as saying that sale were down for my store in November and December , so 2024 sales would be less than the old sales for the same two months in 2023 . It ’s hard to sell what does n’t arrive . Why did I not order all the Marvel titles through Penguin instead of Diamond ? I had no idea this would befall . I can only guess Diamond ’s unfitness to ship on time , which has aim many stores that were with just Diamond to use Penguin . This is all very puzzling for everyone involved . I have had customer who have lost trust in me as if I have lost the ability to order right . I endeavor to explain that mirthful stores order months in advance , and it could have been Penguin possess take for some reason instead of Diamond . I am not able to predict the hereafter , but that is another matter that ache , when customers think that I should have been capable to avoid this .

Imagine a laughable store where mass fall in week after calendar week , and there are no new strip for that week if there were only Diamond Comics for a comic distributor . How badly would sales have suffered ? Would this top to not being able-bodied to pay the rent for the store ? Tough luck , try explaining Diamond ’s current post to a landlord . How well would that go over ?

I call up years ago when I was seek to up my terms with Diamond so I could get another calendar week before paying the Diamond bill , being tell apart they need my book in the store . I was like , why ? I have never missed a payment . Should n’t I see your Word , thanks to you being the only comic distributor ? Years after , COVID would tally . Diamond would have trouble , and there were tough questions such as will there be a comic market in the future ? Now , Diamond is hoping to save itself through Chapter 11 bankruptcy .

A scary what if   gratefully , there is now more than one laughable distributor , and hopefully , it will still be in the futurity .

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