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post 1686210783 07-10-2023, 10:45 AM
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Dead Retail Stores... The Internet Takeover...

So many brick and motor stores have gone under and the internet has taken over it's fuking sad to see all these stores i grew up with gone.








post 1686210813 07-10-2023, 10:46 AM
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post 1686210883 07-10-2023, 10:47 AM
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post 1686210903 07-10-2023, 10:47 AM
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Brutal...
post 1686211003 07-10-2023, 10:48 AM
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The Nature Company was a Store that i really miss, It was overprice waterfalls and rocks and nature type thing but they played that yanni music in there they had waterfalls everywhere. It was such a peaceful store to go to when you're at the mall.




post 1686211023 07-10-2023, 10:49 AM
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My faves

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post 1686211113 07-10-2023, 10:50 AM
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post 1686211153 07-10-2023, 10:50 AM
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Sports Authority blows dick. Awful layout, overpriced bull****, Chicago sux

Similar companies like Dicks and Scheels still thriving fwiw
post 1686211163 07-10-2023, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted By AlpineX⏩







well well true and well well sad O.P yep
post 1686211223 07-10-2023, 10:51 AM
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post 1686211313 07-10-2023, 10:53 AM
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post 1686211453 07-10-2023, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
Blockbuster always hits me right in the feelz
why tho?

there are still independent rental stores

got one right accross the street from my apartment

rented deadlpool 2 last night for 4 bucks

blu ray
post 1686211553 07-10-2023, 10:57 AM
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Does anyone have a memory of a toy or kids place with a big "thing" where you push a button and it lights up a bunch
post 1686211733 07-10-2023, 11:01 AM
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Nothing will ever beat the feeling of going to Toys R Us when you were a kid
post 1686211833 07-10-2023, 11:02 AM
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post 1686212083 07-10-2023, 11:06 AM
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Still take my kids to brick and mortar stores, but honestly ordering online means you don't have to deal with crowds and lineups. Just a convenience factor.

Amazon 98% of the time drops stuff on my doorstep the next day and is cheaper than anywhere else. I even get Costco delivered now because I hate stepping foot in those places.
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If i remember a lot of those stores went under in the 2008 recession.

To be honest I'm not ready to do ALL of my shopping online until we get some good competition for UPS and FedEx
post 1686212143 07-10-2023, 11:07 AM
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post 1686212863 07-10-2023, 11:19 AM
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The Limited went under because 98% of people couldn't fit into their clothes.
post 1686212923 07-10-2023, 11:20 AM
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post 1686213813 07-10-2023, 11:31 AM
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Fuark. KB Toys hits right in the feels.

Used to play SNES there on their demo unit.

They also had the GOAT clearance bin of PC and Genesis/SNES/NES/Sega CD games.

Bought my Sega CD there for $30 on clearance. One of the happiest days of my life. srs.

I miss the pre-GameStop era gaming stores:



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post 1686214463 07-10-2023, 11:39 AM
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It was just such a great time to experience overall. Going to the mall was an activity to look forward to. Still physically shopping for music. Flipping through the little booklet on the inside of the CD case. They typically had some cool stuff in there.
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Originally Posted By p7nk⏩
The **** is a "The Good Guys"?
It was like Best Buy except not ****ty. The people working there were not teenage urban youths who didn't know anything about tech.
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Originally Posted By John
Nothing will ever beat the feeling of going to Toys R Us when you were a kid
i never did get that backpack supersoaker. pisses me off til this day
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Amazon took over its the conveniency of not needing to drive or sit in traffic or wait in lines and dealing with people when you can order something from your phone and get it in 2 days

Amazon prime day is tomorrow and I guarantee they going to get big bucks
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Originally Posted By Shysty021⏩
Amazon took over its the conveniency of not needing to drive or sit in traffic or wait in lines and dealing with people when you can order something from your phone and get it in 2 days

Amazon prime day is tomorrow and I guarantee they going to get big bucks
dat dere guvment subsidy

kinda helps when usps takes a loss on eveyr package...
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Originally Posted By Shysty021⏩
Amazon took over its the conveniency of not needing to drive or sit in traffic or wait in lines and dealing with people when you can order something from your phone and get it in 2 days

Amazon prime day is tomorrow and I guarantee they going to get big bucks
Yep, that being said I do still have a lot of nostalgia of the actual physical stores. I remember like 5 years ago I passed through a town where I spent a lage portion of my younger years. I stopped at the mall I used to go to a lot and...man that place was like a damn ghost town.
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Originally Posted By Polaris⏩
Yep, that being said I do still have a lot of nostalgia of the actual physical stores. I remember like 5 years ago I passed through a town where I spent a lage portion of my younger years. I stopped at the mall I used to go to a lot and...man that place was like a damn ghost town.
Them Feels the Mall around me is getting torn down. heard theyre going to make it into luxury apartments. since a lot of citycels are leaving the city
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post 1686216163 07-10-2023, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted By MiscMathematician⏩
i never did get that backpack supersoaker. pisses me off til this day
A neighbor of mine had it and it was a beast.
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