Comments on: A http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/ Toys are serious business. Mon, 20 May 2013 08:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ragnal http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-126023 Ragnal Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:57:07 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-126023 You get all kinds of people. I've had people call to ask if the warranty on his TV covers water damage instead of, yanno, reading the instruction book? You get all kinds of people. I’ve had people call to ask if the warranty on his TV covers water damage instead of, yanno, reading the instruction book?

]]> By: Valdrax http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-123816 Valdrax Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:05:10 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-123816 I love that no one thinks it's absurd that someone would try to return half-chewed gumballs. ...We must have a lot more people here that have worked retail than I feared. I love that no one thinks it’s absurd that someone would try to return half-chewed gumballs.

…We must have a lot more people here that have worked retail than I feared.

]]> By: RedScharron http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-93643 RedScharron Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:56:15 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-93643 I suffer from a Star Wars allergy -- I seem to fall into a coma after more than 5 minutes exposure to any of them -- and yet somehow I maintain my geek status. Mostly because people won't stop talking about it. SW falls under pop culture osmosis at this point; I doubt anyone has trouble with getting this one. (Hell, most of my Transformers knowledge probably came <I>from</i> Shortpacked. Context usually helps me out there.) I suffer from a Star Wars allergy — I seem to fall into a coma after more than 5 minutes exposure to any of them — and yet somehow I maintain my geek status. Mostly because people won’t stop talking about it. SW falls under pop culture osmosis at this point; I doubt anyone has trouble with getting this one.

(Hell, most of my Transformers knowledge probably came from Shortpacked. Context usually helps me out there.)

]]> By: Joebo http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-69123 Joebo Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:42:39 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-69123 Is it just me or does that lady kinda look like Becky? Is it just me or does that lady kinda look like Becky?

]]> By: dragoonchris http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-61900 dragoonchris Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:50:08 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-61900 According to Namco, it you hit Vader, he turns into a scorpion with big lips. At lease Vader could smooch her that way. According to Namco, it you hit Vader, he turns into a scorpion with big lips. At lease Vader could smooch her that way.

]]> By: Alan / Falcon (@Alanfalcon) http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-48326 Alan / Falcon (@Alanfalcon) Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:56:49 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-48326 For a moment I wondered why Darth Vader was conversing with Sydney Yus. For a moment I wondered why Darth Vader was conversing with Sydney Yus.

]]> By: pan_dim_onium http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-38469 pan_dim_onium Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:48:10 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-38469 omg that does make it soooo better omg that does make it soooo better

]]> By: Doctor Who http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-30897 Doctor Who Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:27:51 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-30897 There are people geeky enough to read comics about Transformers and Batman...who haven't seen Star Wars? That'd be an interesting Venn Diagram. There are people geeky enough to read comics about Transformers and Batman…who haven’t seen Star Wars?

That’d be an interesting Venn Diagram.

]]> By: Jabberwocky http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-16430 Jabberwocky Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:45:15 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-16430 Imagine James Earl Jones saying Vader's lines in this strip. Now try to stop laughing. Imagine James Earl Jones saying Vader’s lines in this strip.

Now try to stop laughing.

]]> By: agentksilver http://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-1-brings-back-the-80s/03-customer-protection-rackets/a-32/#comment-8698 agentksilver Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:53:07 +0000 http://test.frumph.net/2005/03/28/a-32/#comment-8698 I wonder how much sense this strip makes to someone who's never watched Star Wars. I wonder how much sense this strip makes to someone who’s never watched Star Wars.

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