Dammit, TFAW!
I recently upgraded my LJ account to the free one with ads. I figured they wouldn't bother me as long as they weren't flashy ads that slowed down my scrolling, and so far it hasn't been a bother. I've even seen ads for things I would buy.
Most recently, an ad for the online store Things From Another World promising a copy of the Joss Whedon-scribed miniseries, Serenity: Better Days, issue #1. I bought the second and third at my comic shop, and at "Can't Stop the Serenity," I bid on and won copies of all three issues autographed by Joss Whedon -- which I obviously have no intention of reading. So the opportunity faced me to get a copy of this elusive comic (elusive in that the comic shop took them in and sold out of them during the three months that I didn't visit the store -- I'm sure more regular comic shoppers would have done a better job), and I clicked the link. What did they have? The second and third issues, plus the trade paperback collected edition.
Nertz.
Most recently, an ad for the online store Things From Another World promising a copy of the Joss Whedon-scribed miniseries, Serenity: Better Days, issue #1. I bought the second and third at my comic shop, and at "Can't Stop the Serenity," I bid on and won copies of all three issues autographed by Joss Whedon -- which I obviously have no intention of reading. So the opportunity faced me to get a copy of this elusive comic (elusive in that the comic shop took them in and sold out of them during the three months that I didn't visit the store -- I'm sure more regular comic shoppers would have done a better job), and I clicked the link. What did they have? The second and third issues, plus the trade paperback collected edition.
Nertz.