True Legend's Gaming — Local services in Anderson

*Edit below---I visited this store with my roommate a couple of weeks ago, excited to check it out. Unfortunately, that excitement quickly turned to disappointment. We barely made it two steps inside before the smell hit us—strong, like raw sewage. We decided to leave right away. Afterward, my roommate left a review about our experience, only for the owner to respond, essentially calling him a liar and challenging him to provide "proof" for a $1000 reward if it was validated by their cameras. Feeling insulted but confident in what we experienced, we sent proof of our visit via email. But, despite the owner's bold statement, we haven’t received any response. It's a shame, because we were genuinely excited to support a local game store. Instead, we encountered not only an unpleasant environment but also an owner who seems to dismiss any criticism. I can't recommend this shop, especially with how unprofessionally they handle feedback.

*Edit- After emailing with the owner Matt and providing a time frame of when we were there and the exact location of the store we stood at before leaving, it seems he still can not find us on his "cameras". Offering a reward based on whether a customer is being truthful, only to dismiss the multitudes of proof provided, is both unprofessional and disappointing. And it seems he deleted his responses offering $1000 if we could...

Reader Copies has been a local shop for years in Anderson, and it had been only recently in the past year or two I've been frequenting the store. Now, yes, the store may have some clutter, but it can be excused if you're not too worried about it.

If you're looking for comics, you're in the right place. The owner, Mr. Parker, has thousands upon thousands for sale. Not an exaggeration, the comics in the store are just the ones he doesn't have in storage. Old, New, whatever. He'll most likely have it.

Tabletop games? Yep. A good chunk of the store is dedicated to them. Including trading card games, where he host tournaments. This also includes things like D&D, where he gives a generous 20% discount on all 5th edition books due to his history working with WotC and TSR.

If it's more of the older things in those variety, check in every once and a while, he occasionally will get a chunk of good product. Such as the time he had whole 2e boxsets for sale at an amazing price.

Things to note that you won't find here: Walls of Minis (he occasionally have a few, but not a wall) Mini Paints (Again, not a lot) Warhammer (Maybe some smaller, older things. But nothing new)

All in all, it's good to remind yourself that this is Mr. Parker's retirement plan essentially. He's been a long-time member of this community, and more traffic to store is...

I would like to preface by saying the store is very organized and the employees I encountered were very kind - however, the issue comes with the stingyness and pricing. The backroom is full of towers of boxes of decades old comic issues that were clearly bought in-bulk from a flea market or online auction for very cheap, as most of the comics have stickers or markings that says "1.50" or "2.00." I grabbed a sealed X-Force #1 that I bought because it said it had a sealed collectable card inside. When brought to the counter, none of the back rooms comics were priced, they price them at purchase by looking at the going-rate online (already a red flag). But since my comic had a trading card that could make the purchase more or less expensive, they opened it in front of me to determine the right price... extremely unprofessional. I know this is likely not a big deal to some, but if you would like older comics I would go literally...