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Writer's Block: Shops Gone By
Jan. 12th, 2009 09:41 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
Oh, man. So many. Every comic store I've ever shopped at, for starters. A + Books, Comics Plus, Cosmic Comics, Camelot Comics, that place in the Rideau Centre, and now Geekdom.
Altered States and Hairy T are doing something right.
Chainwise, I really miss Comsumers Distributing. I think they'd have been able to transition well into the internet era, although if you ask me why I have no idea.
Consumers used to be one of the two big catalogue companies at Christmas. You'd scroll through the Consumers and Sears catalogues, looking at what you wanted and putting together a cunningly arranged list. Yep.
Shopping there was an interesting experience. You'd put the product number on a slip, hand it to a sales rep, and they'd go in back and come back with either your product, or empty promises. They sucked for browsing, but were always cheaper than Sears, because they had less overhead.
Oh, man. So many. Every comic store I've ever shopped at, for starters. A + Books, Comics Plus, Cosmic Comics, Camelot Comics, that place in the Rideau Centre, and now Geekdom.
Altered States and Hairy T are doing something right.
Chainwise, I really miss Comsumers Distributing. I think they'd have been able to transition well into the internet era, although if you ask me why I have no idea.
Consumers used to be one of the two big catalogue companies at Christmas. You'd scroll through the Consumers and Sears catalogues, looking at what you wanted and putting together a cunningly arranged list. Yep.
Shopping there was an interesting experience. You'd put the product number on a slip, hand it to a sales rep, and they'd go in back and come back with either your product, or empty promises. They sucked for browsing, but were always cheaper than Sears, because they had less overhead.
