Newbury Comics — Local services in South Portland

Good staff that are always helpful.

Thursday Feb 24th The staff has at least one new face, but he should fit in fine and continue the good quality of service here. Another thing to note is that their comic book selection is diminishing. Unless someone is forgetting to place comic book orders, I think that it is safe to lay the blame for this on the supply chain. (I promise you that if there was a way for me to review the supply chain that I would. It's time for the truckers to get vaccinated and stop acting like spoiled petulant children. And that's all I'm going to say on that.) One more thing, if you please. I wish that Newbury Comics would enforce the wearing of masks by all employees and customers until such a time as the Global Pandemic has been declared by all of the Health Agencies as being over. The loosening of the mask mandates has already caused people to slide back into pre-covid-19 habits. There are unmasked people walking through stores touching everything in site, then touching their faces to rub their eyes or touch their lips or scratch an itch. Very seldom do I see anyone using sanitizer. Even fully vaccinated we are all still at risk. I know from personal experience. I had a severe case and I can assure you that you do not want to ever get a severe case...

This place rips people off because they dont think people know the value of a funko pop. They take all the chase variant funko pops and put them behind the counter and upcharge them , instead of costing the original 12.99 they are charging up to 60 dollars even charging more than their current value . They wanted $50 for a 40 year old virgin chase... they had the galactus and silver surfer blacklight 10 "pop , I asked the guy how much it was and he actually said " oh that one has the px preview sticker on it so it's a bit more . It's $65 ".like my guy , I can get it for $40 shipped to my house on ebay. Stop up charging just because of a sticker because you think people dont know better . Especially when you gos round the corner to book a million and they have the exact same pop for 20 dollars cheaper..and that is where I would rather do my business.. you realize that those px preview pops get sent to all shops right. Not just you guys.the sticker...

As a native to the area I used to love coming to this store. However, I'm severely disappointed in the fact they've decided to take the scalping route. Squishmallows are selling at almost double the price you would pay at Walgreens or other stores, for a SMALL ONE. That's $30 for something that is typically less than $20. The worst example of this at NB comics is the Pokemon cards. Doubling and tripling regular sale prices. One ETB is $90-$100 when local anime/game stores are selling them for around $40-$50. Yes, these items are in very high demand right now, but that doesn't mean NB comics should take advantage of its customer base. Don't be persuaded by the fact that they have high stock of hard to get items, it's because nobody wants to pay their...