I’ve been having to shop for a new car the last few weeks. I’ve had to deal with high pressure sales people trying to push me into cars I don’t want. Nor fo they want to discuss making a deal on cars I do like, and basically just make the whole experience a pain in the ass.

Strangely, in some ways it has reminded me of some of my worst comic shopping experiences.

I’ve had retailers who didn’t have a clue what I really wanted, but were very interested in trying to get me to sign up for the entire line of X-Men books. Despite my professed interest in books like Oni Press’s Blue Monday or Andi Watson’s Slow News Day.

Or who want me to invest in that expensive Superman hard cover that I hadn’t ordered or wanted, just because I’d followed one of the Superman series in a year.

At least with a comic, the investment is only for that month, while with a car it can take years. Hopefully I can soon find one, and it can become as easly as my comic buying has become.