This week's poll was suggested by RocketDive. Amazingly we've never had this question before. For myself, I only own < 5 volumes of manga, and all of them were purchased during Anime Expo in bulk.

You can submit poll ideas here (and try to keep them manga/anime-related)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903

Previous Poll Results:
Question: What is Anime / Manga to you?
Choices:
A new endeavor - votes: 112 (1.2%)
An ongoing hobby - votes: 6124 (64.2%)
A lifestyle - votes: 2074 (21.7%)
A former or declining pastime - votes: 1229 (12.9%)
There were 9539 total votes.
The poll ended: August 22nd 2015

Well, a lot of you guys still keep up with stuff, unlike me...

A just ruler amongst tyrants

One would need to be in pretty deep to take part in a poll by a manga tracking website so the low number of newbies makes sense.

I used to buy them from a local smaller retailer who ordered them based on the ISBN but i switched to the first 2 online options in the last decade and i voted option No.1. I also resell my stuff on Ebay so the street goes both ways.

I also read EU/US comics and am a librarian.
Manga-Masters, My ANN-Lists + Imdb

I got most of my manga from bookdepository.com and a few from eBay.

I've got most of my manga from Archonia, the cheapest in Europe. I also bought some bara manga at bol.com. Some of the older manga comes from a bookmarket were they were only a €1.95 per piece. I also bought some manga at conventions, however lately I'm not doing it anymore because at conventions the manga are to expensive.

Even after dead, we raise from the ashes for the sake of manga.

I mostly get them from Online retailers (Amazon, etc) and some At conventions too, but, only if the contents of my taste available...^^

[color=Red]lambchopsil[/color] - Don't worry bro. It might become same for me when I reach your age. Study, Work, RL Problems...so, much things for one to handle. Plus, taste changes with time anyway ~!

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Tv Tokyo - Anime & Manga ~ [color=red]MinatoAce[/color]

I used to mainly steal tons of manga volumes from 6 different PUBLIC Libraries.
And I always managed to get away with it.

But now, I taught myself Japanese and I just find the un-translated scans online and just read them.
It's a win-win for me.

So, no - I never bought, but I've stolen and I still own.

Local Major bookstore for me... I did order a few from Amazon, but most of the major titles are sold in Indigo, which is the biggest book retailer in Canada...

I am envoy from nowhere in nowhere. Nobody and nothing have sent me. And though it is impossible I exist. © Trimutius

The few English volumes I own I got from Amazon mostly, a couple from major bookstores.. I have far more Japanese manga simply because it's so cheap here and is a good way to study without actually studying. Those I mostly got from second hand shops for dirt cheap, around ¥100 which is how I've somehow ended up with entire bookshelves full despite having no space at all for them, hahaha.

The pen is mightier than the sword...and considerably easier to write with.

I don't own much physical manga, but that ones I do own were all bought in different places - basically all the options above "other". Though, I guess I could include "other" too - I did get a volume or two as prizes in some website contests...

But if we're talking about original, untranslated stuff (for raws), then it's all from online retailers or marketplaces.

You can PM me if you need a temporary (freelance) cleaner/redrawer for some project. Especially if it's something with nice art.
Being the lazy person that I am, I'm not likely to accept anything long-term though.
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Lol I've probably been to the same bookmarkets. Of all the manga that I own I've mostly bought the manga at some bookmarket for 1,95 euro and some in specialty stores but that varies between 9,95~18 euro's.

I might start buying online if it is cheaper but then again I do not buy that much manga anymore and the price is quite high with my current funds.

I tend to get raws from Bookoff. I get translated manga from local comic stores.

Majority of my collection is from online stores that sell it in bulk for a discount. Second would be from book stores. Lastly, I have a small collection that I got from the English Publisher's website because I wanted the goodies that came with the order (posters, postcards, nice plastic bags, coupons.)

I only own a few manga. Some I ordered online, another I picked up while visiting Japan.

I only have like... Two volumes? And I won them in contests. I can't buy manga in my country, since it's too expensive. I would rather buy a book than pay the same amount for a manga volume =/

I buy from a local hobby store for the most part, but I will buy things they don't have from Barnes & Noble or other chain retailers if I get the chance to.