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> Someone just asking a retailer to hold something isn't a guarantee imo regular customer or no.

I see. Ok. I had no idea. However, I neglected to mention that he offered the service to me 2 or 3 yrs ago when I came into his store and Cap was sold out. He even offered a discount to me if I would go that route. That leaves me to assume he will hold my comics back before he passes them on to the general public. I look at it as a gentleman's agreement that says "If you will guarantee that I get the comics I want, I will shop only here for the comics I want". Maybe my $20 to $30 bucks a month isn't enough for him to remember me one way or another.