I just want to take a minute to PRAISE my LCS!!! I bought Thor by Simonson last monday (Beta Ray Bill cover), got it home, and added it to my stack of reading. After reading the 6 books ahead of it, I finally unwrapped it Sunday morning (Happy Easter to me!!!). There was an approximately 2-3 inch cut on the back of the dustjacket. It looked like someone cut it with a razor blade.

I was betwixt and between on what to do. On the one hand, I'm also a small business owner, and I know how difficult it can be to deal with returns, especially over a flaw that minor. And I wasn't even sure if Diamond would take the book back from the LCS since he had gotten it almost 2 weeks before. Also, if he took the return, what were the odds of me getting another BRB cover?

On the other hand, it was $125. That's serious money. I prefer to buy from a LCS rather than online to support my local economy. So this morning when the store opened, I returned the book hoping for another copy.

Not only was the owner happy to help, but he also had another BRB copy IN STOCK!! Very pleasant experience and now I'm enjoying reading as Thor and Beta Ray Bill fight for the right to Mojiner. I never read these stories when they first came out, so I am psyched!!!