Vent: That LCS owner told me to bag every issue - even the junk ones

Bought a dollar bin box from my local shop in Austin. Owner said bag every single one. I laughed it off. Figured I'd just keep the key issues safe. Left the rest in a shoebox. Three months later my garage flooded. Ruined 40 books I could've flipped for $5 each. Now I bag everything. Even that Wolverine issue nobody wants. You guys bag your dollar bin finds or pick and choose?

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the_fiona21d ago

A garage flood? Man that's brutal, I'd be sick if that happened to my dollar bin finds. Now I'm paranoid about my long boxes sitting on the basement floor lol.

blake32221d ago

Tbh I just lost about 40 long boxes from a garage flood last spring. Water got into everything, warped the boards, ruined the bottom layers. I store everything on pallets now, no joke.

grant_hart21d ago

Wait, are you serious, 40 boxes? That's like a whole collection gone. Man, I used to be one of those guys who would just stack long boxes in the corner of the basement and not think twice about it. Thought it was fine, you know, out of sight out of mind. But hearing stories like yours totally flipped my perspective. Now I'm paranoid about even a little leak, so I got all mine up on some cheap wire shelving from the hardware store. It's way better than a soggy mess, lol.