Hey, Folks!
I hope everyone is having a good week as we careen into the Winter/Holiday Season. I mean, I was a bit taken aback by the burst of snow we got on Halloween, but tis the season and all of that guff. It certainly woke me up regarding my holiday obligations for the store. I totally dropped the ball with Halloween this year although there are still copies of the Marvel and D.C. Trick Or Treat comics on the counter. Please feel free to grab some when you come though the store in the next week or two.
Monarch Comics will be doing our annual Black Friday sale on Friday, November 24th. Our hours of operation will be the normal 11AM-7PM although obviously if I have a store full of rabid holiday shoppers at 6:50 I’m not going to be in a hurry to start clanging pots together and herding folks out of the store…lol. The Black Friday sale will continue to be a preview of the January/February annual sale and will include the following:
ALL TRADE PAPERBACKS/HARD COVERS WILL BE 25% OFF (EITHER COVER PRICE OR PRICE MARKED)
BACK ISSUE BOXES WILL BE 50% OFF
SHOWCASE BOOKS OR SHORT BOXES ON THE COUNTER WILL BE 20% OFF
PUZZLES AND POP FIGURES WILL BE $3 OFF PRICE MARKED
COMIC ART BOXES WILL BE $10.00 EACH
I’m afraid I do have a big apology for everyone this month. You may have noticed that we have yet to produce this month’s DC Connect catalog. Well, apparently I didn’t order it. According to my spreadsheet notes I did indeed order it, but my spreadsheet notes mean nothing when Lunar simply says, “Look. You didn’t order it.” I have some coming now and actually would have already had them, but FedEx apparently doesn’t have any policy that says they have to deliver while a business is actually open. I’m going to try to be here early tomorrow morning so that I can catch them so that we will have them by the weekend. In any case, as per usual, sorry for the mess up and I’ll try not to let it happen again.
I do have some good news this week! I have finally dragged Monarch Comics into the late 20th century…lol. WE now offer ACTUAL gift cards rather than those crappy generic paper gist certificates that we have offered for centuries! We can load these attractive cards with any amount for the best gift card ever. They are totally reusable and can reloaded. Also, we will no longer be charging you the sales tax on gift certificates. I am very excited by this new development and I am kind of kicking myself for not doing it sooner as it was a very easy process. Now maybe I will get those long promised business cards in the works…
Finally, this week I am ready to announce our holiday hours for 2023!
Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 23rd: CLOSED
Christmas Eve, Sunday, December 24th: 12PM-5:30PM
Christmas Day, Monday, December 25th: CLOSED
New Year’s Eve, Sunday, December 31st: 12PM-5:30PM
New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1st: CLOSED
That’s it for me this week! Enjoy the low key warm up this weekend and I will talks at ya next week!
Eddie