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GtrsRGr8 · 01-25-2017, 05:27 PM

I don't "do" comics, so I don't post them very often, but WarGameVault seems to have a good deal on a comic book as their Deal of the Day.

First, the offer says that it is good "today only." However, I didn't receive the message from them until this afternoon, but I see that the deal lasts a little over 16 hours from now, so that's well into tomorrow.

Anyway, the comic book is American Defenders: The United States Military, from Storm Comics. It is $4.99 today, a 50% discount from their regular price of $9.99. They claim that the retail list price is $17.99.

Does Amazon carry it? Yes, and no. There are two comic books that they sell (in Kindle format only), apparently from the same publisher as the one from WarGameVault. Each one is $3.99. One is for the Army and one is for the Navy. Ahem . . . Amazon haven't you forgotten a couple of major branches? Like the Air Force and the Marines? I'll give them a pass for not including the Coast Guard, since it falls under the Department of Homeland Security now. Anyway, the comic book from WarGameVault covers all four of the major branches of service.

So, you can get comic books at Amazon for two branches of service for about $8. Or, you can get a comic book at WarGameVault for all four of the branches of service for about $5. Is there supposed to be a choice here?

The comic book at WarGameVault appears to be available only in PDF, and it is watermarked. I don't know how you feel about that, nor exactly the reason that some companies do it, but I don't think that that would be a problem for me, especially once I got used to it/them. I know that there is free software available that claims to eliminate watermarks, but I am not a lawyer and cannot comment on the legality of their use.

Here's the webpage at WarGameVault for this Deal of the Day. You can probably find, there, answers to all of the questions that you might have that I haven't answered above. And, of course, they'll let you know there how to order from them, should you so desire.

01-25-2017, 05:27 PM	#249
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	I don't "do" comics, so I don't post them very often, but WarGameVault seems to have a good deal on a comic book as their Deal of the Day. First, the offer says that it is good "today only." However, I didn't receive the message from them until this afternoon, but I see that the deal lasts a little over 16 hours from now, so that's well into tomorrow. Anyway, the comic book is American Defenders: The United States Military, from Storm Comics. It is $4.99 today, a 50% discount from their regular price of $9.99. They claim that the retail list price is $17.99. Does Amazon carry it? Yes, and no. There are two comic books that they sell (in Kindle format only), apparently from the same publisher as the one from WarGameVault. Each one is $3.99. One is for the Army and one is for the Navy. Ahem . . . Amazon haven't you forgotten a couple of major branches? Like the Air Force and the Marines? I'll give them a pass for not including the Coast Guard, since it falls under the Department of Homeland Security now. Anyway, the comic book from WarGameVault covers *all four of the major branches of service. So, you can get comic books at Amazon for two* branches of service for about $8. Or, you can get a comic book at WarGameVault for all *four* of the branches of service for about $5. Is there supposed to be a choice here? The comic book at WarGameVault appears to be available only in PDF, and it is watermarked. I don't know how you feel about that, nor exactly the reason that some companies do it, but I don't think that that would be a problem for me, especially once I got used to it/them. I know that there is free software available that claims to eliminate watermarks, but I am not a lawyer and cannot comment on the legality of their use. Here's the webpage at WarGameVault for this Deal of the Day. You can probably find, there, answers to all of the questions that you might have that I haven't answered above. And, of course, they'll let you know there how to order from them, should you so desire. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 01-26-2017 at 02:17 PM.