Guy at my local shop in Dallas said he only reads comics he can flip for profit, and it got under my skin
I was killing time at the comic shop on Saturday and overheard a guy talking to the owner about which issues were "safe investments." He picked up 4 copies of the same variant cover and said he never even opens them, just bags them and waits for the price to climb. The owner kind of shrugged it off, but I stood there holding a beat up copy of a book I actually wanted to read. It made me wonder if I am the weird one for reading my stuff and letting the spines get creased. Do you all buy to read or to keep them clean and valuable?