Velocity Comics — Local services in Richmond

Look, if I’m looking for new release comics and they’re not bagged or boarded, they’re cover price. If you’re unaware, bagged comics means they’ve been polybagged and sometimes given a board to help preserve the comics condition. Then the comic is priced accordingly if it’s market value is different and given a tag or tape with the new fair price. Most comics are around $4 at their retail price (cover price) and then the books value may increase thereafter.

I understand these books gain some good value and profit for the shop, but don’t grab books I spent three hours looking for (which were unbagged when I found them and at retail price) and proceed to reprice them. If they were a different price than at retail you would have put in the work yourself as a good shop owner and priced them beforehand. Mind you, these books are in boxes and shelves in fair view to be searched through. I spent a good amount of time looking for some good comics just to be up-charged and practically deceived. If you miss out on some profit that’s your fault as the owner for not pricing them accurately when you should have. It’s shameful and frustrating.

For further context, the books I found were apparently of greater value beyond their retail price. The owner quickly bagged and repriced the books I found to prices I declined to purchase. I honestly find it questionable whether or not he knew these books even existed before I had found them. Now, the most frustrating part is knowing that if either one of these books sell beyond this point the shop will be benefiting/profiting off the due diligence and backbone of someone that doesn’t even work there.

Regardless, as nice as the owner is that’s a pretty shady thing to do. The owner said that it’s policy that he can charge the price as he sees fit. That would be fair to say if the shop had their books already priced and out in view for costumers to see and not be deceived at check out. The whole experience is of poor taste, principle, and standard. I regret not demanding the books at the price at which I found them.

If you shop here and put in some time to pull a couple good comics, keep the books you pick close or expect the owner to research them on eBay since he didn’t devote the time to do it beforehand. Bad...

I love this comic book shop! I have been to comic book shops in each of the 30 states I've visited and none of them give me that cozy, at home feel the way Velocity Comics does. The cool humans who own and operate the shop have introduced me to artists whose careers I've followed closely ever since. The shop doesn't look big but it holds the greatest, most diverse collection I've seen in one place, including a Zine collection. Take a few hours pursuing their treasures or ask the guys behind the counter to suggest a good match for your genre preference, artist style, or even your current mood (they found me a comic based off my mood once and it...

I LOVE this shop and I come by to support it whenever I'm in town. They are very friendly and have a great selection of comics. But the parking enforcement is EXTREMELY aggressive in this area. I've paid a $75 tix , so I usually make my visit quick. Today they were not busy so I stayed longer to shop and I got towed and had to pay $135 to get my car back. No fault of this shop, but I just can't afford to come here any longer as the parking is limited and expensive. Still giving the shop 5 stars because these guys are a great shop. Just in a terrible location if...