Alexander1968 wrote:I'm speechless No shoes? What the hell? Just in the case somebody thought I'm boasting about my business acumen, I hasten to add that I made mistakes in all these years (I opended the store in 1997) and some of them were quite painful. But I must add that I learned from my mistakes and survived - no mean thing here
The game store I mentioned that was closed on Saturday was an absolute hoot. He may have been the worst game store owner I have ever encountered in my life.
During the comic boom of the early 90's, comic book stores popped up like flies on a fresh corpse. Nearly everyone that already sold baseball cards also started selling comics, and dozens of mom and pops sprung up. I live in a suburban area between Dallas and Fort Worth; no less than TEN shops took up business in this small area that can barely support one or two.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:I was never into comics.. but this seems strange. Do you know what was driving the interest in comics.. do you know why the bubble burst? Was it just competition from the net like with sports cards? Seems like an interesting dissertation topic
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:This story sort of reminds me of that movie.. You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The movie makes out the new big book store as the bad guy on the block, beating up on mom and pop stores. But if you actually think about it.. look at how Ryan ran her store. She deserved to go out of business. She had like 5 employees on the clock all the time! 5 employees to sell maybe 5 or 10 books a day? That could only make sense in Hollywood.
YetAnotherNameChange:) wrote:I'm looking for a copy of the Rappan Athuk Reloaded boxed set in NM condition. Anyone got a spare?
Badmike wrote:Even more frightening than X's evil Erol Otus Drow bitch....
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