greenmedic88 on 27 July 2008
The unfortunate truth is that stores that cater to selective collectors are not big money makers, much like most comic/collectable stores. I know of exactly one such store that has managed to stay in business over the decades in the San Jose, CA area. All the others went out of business eventually.
If anything, the success of Ebay has been more responsible than franchises like GameStop and EB for the death of independently owned game shops that specialize in old school gaming. If it weren't for the perpetual trade in cycle of used games for credit, those franchises would quickly become obsolete as well.
