thenammagazine
Super Freak
cheapskate, with all its negative conotations is a pretty harsh word when we're talking about $100 collectible items which any of us can simply live without and probably be better for it.
Comparitively speaking I do think pretty much all collectible companies overcharge. I don't think being price conscious is a bad thing.
Having worked in the transportation industry and understanding how much it costs to build roads, bridges, etc, I can tell you that real cheapskates are people that complain about the gasoline prices and the dumb asses that try to prevent increases to the gas tax while the state and national Highway User Trust Funds run dry due to more efficient vehicles. Consciously letting $50,000,000 bridges deteriorate until they fall into the river because you don't want to make your voters pay $50 more a year in gas tax is cheap. But I digress.
I like Texas' solution for that. Their inmates build the highways. Here in CA, we could basically s**tcan Caltrans since most of the time they don't even work (usually one guy busting his ass while 4 watch him work), let alone do it correctly, take that money and use it toward our state's financial crisis and re-institute the funds stripped from education.
Do you even own any Joes from Sideshow? I notice you completely avoided that question.
