Diamond Invoice 4/28/10

  The big decision this week is whether I
use the FOC to order enough copies to qualify
for Marvel's discounts.  Avengers #1, and
Secret Avengers #1, if I order a certain amount
I would get an extra 5% off of all Marvel comics
that week.

I was going to do it, without thinking.

Then I did the math, and I'd have to order
twice as much as I'm likely to sell, and that
would be cut by about half by the discount.

So, I'm over-ordering, even if I sell the variant
cover, which is by no means a sure thing.

But....I could put a #1 Avengers on every Marvel
shelf as an 'optional' choice, and if even half of
them give it a try, I'd break even.

It's a way to try to grow the customer base.

Except it's the same customer base with added comics.

Oh, what to do.  What to do?

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