I'm just curious...

Do any of you currently own or work at a card shop?

If so, let us know by giving a plug for your shop.

-Bob

Bob, are you fishing for member discounts?

There may be opportunities to help each other out.

-Bob

my local shop wont spam

Oh, that lovely word... Spam...

Here we refer to it as open communication between collectors about hobby resources.

-Bob

yes it should be open communication between collectors about hobby resources but fact is everyone out here is in it for the wrong reasons and dont think the same way as us normal people do

Time to revive an early topic...

Do any of you currently own or work at a card shop? If so, let us know by giving a plug for your shop.

-Bob

i think someone here just opened a shop.

Steve's Collectibles
10805 Lanham Severn Road
Lanham, MD 20706
301-809-9005

Collect Hard!,
RGBII

Cool. Do you work there?

-Bob

I write all the eBay auctions, buy & sell Sportscards, I do not sell Yu-Gi-Oh! Although if we didn't, the shop would have gone under long ago!
Collect Hard!,
RGBII

Yes, that seems to be true for many hobby shops. The one that is closest to where I live barely has any sports cards anymore. There are plenty of the gaming cards though.

-Bob

My shop:

Heroes & Legends Sports Cards and Collectibles
Hwy 111 Mini Mall
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-260-6578 (Cell)
heroes_and_legends@hotmail.com

Opened in 2002. I have tripled my sales and doubled the shop size since then. I'm inside of a huge Mini Mall/Flea Market so I'm only open on weekends. I'm looking toward another expansion in the next 3-5 years.

Cool. Thanks for sharing the details.

-Bob

RGBII and dodgerblue38501,

Do either of your shops have a web site as well?

-Bob

Where is Cookeville in relation to Winchester?
I fly out to Winchester every other year to visit family....

Funny you should ask. I am actually working with a friend with an MIS degree to set me one up. Hopefully it will be fully functional before Christmas.

Do you know where Bob's Collectibles is? I went to a basketball camp at Tennessee Tech, and we passed it everday going to the different gyms and stuff. We even said hey to Bob.

Cool. I graduated from TTU in 2000. I've known Bob for over 20 years. Bob's Collector's Den has been in business here since the early 80s. Bob doesn't have a great deal of new singles, virtually no game-used or autos, but has always had a lot of nice vintage singles. He pushes the high end wax and MTG cards now more than anything.

According to Google Maps, Winchester is about 85 miles from Cookeville. It's about a 2-hour trip, heading southeast.

-Bob

I own:

Lew's Rod and Reel
506 East Main Street
Havelock NC 28532

I sell fishing stuff to pay the rent, but have a huge area for sportscards.

Nice combination.

Do you have a web site for your store?

-Bob

i know one other person who just got a job at one
hes bought a box and will break it tonight i believe
so you can find out who it is then

That's what they call a "teaser"...

-Bob

That's really cool. I wanted to go in the shop, but we had 3-4 games a day, and when we weren't playing, we were either eating or sleeping.

Yes, I'm familiar with Winchester. Franklin County is about a two hour drive from me. It is in southern Tennessee past Tullahoma near the Alabama line. I am almost half way between Nashville and Knoxville. Right in the middle of the state.

Nope, I don't have a business website. The fishing worms mess up my scanner.

Amazing cards in your sig by the way!

Ohhh!!! I like that combination. Two birds with one stone. I can get me a nice rod and reel combo and a box of cards all at the same time. Talk about a money pit.

I figured you might like that combination!

-Bob

Do we have any other members that either own or work at a hobby shop?

-Bob