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Usually no. Lol. Unless it’s an absolutely killer cover most likely no. Lots of stores trade small quantities with other stores. Some go in together and share. It’s a gamble but you can do ok if you have the right pieces in place. Also lots of shops pull shady tactics and lie about print runs and shit like that. Insanely frustrating for honest shops as it gives the whole “store variant” thing a bad name. That’s been happening ALOT lately with certain shady ass shops.