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Originally Posted by Netzilla
That's a bummer. I didn't get there often, myself, as they weren't really near me (St. Charles). However, I'd been in their store a few times and frequently bought from their stand at DieCon and Archon.
Sadly, I've seen many a FLGS fall in my years.
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Me, too...
The dead list (all in anchorage):
- Boscos Eagle River
- Boscos 5th Avenue
- Hobbycraft Eagle River
- Game Keeper Northway Mall
- Game Keeper Dimond Center
- Spenard Hobby
- Games People Play
- First Empire
- A1 Cards & Hobbies
- (Something) Cards & Games
- Paper Tigers
- Doug's Collectibles
Old man (Something) sold off because he wanted to retire. Only did cardgames and sports cards. Cranky B******. Way he talked, he seemed to be a holocaust survivor. Folded in the 1990's in his late 70's.
A1 also was retire out.
GPP was the staff of Spenard Hobby...
Spenard Hobby lost a price war with Boscos.
First Empire was a case of owner had to bail for family reasons.
Paper tigers was "not making enough due to buying wrong amounts"
Doug was a side business. Couldn't find non-thieving help for minimum wage and no benefits...
And the survivor list:
- Boscos Main Store (Anchorage)
- Boscos Dimond Center (Anchorage)
- Hobbycraft Diamond Center (Anchorage)
- Matt's Cavalcade of Comics (Corvallis)
- Trump's Hobbies (Corvallis)
And the Unfriendly local game store which somehow survives:
- Pegasus Games (Corvallis)