A positive sight.

hofmichael · Nov 23, 2012

For all those that say the hobby shop is dead I beg to differ. In my way to Walmart this morning I drove past the LCS I frequent. There was a line forming a half hour before he opened. They were all waiting for his black Friday event. Nothing crazy or any real blowouts. Just good prices and black Friday packs from Panini,Historic Autographs and Leaf. His shop is always packed. He also has no gaming cards. It just goes to show if you are honest, competitive and do right by people a hobby shop can thrive.

Sent from my VS840 4G using Sports Cards by Freedom Card Board.com

cubfanbudman · Nov 23, 2012

I wish there was a hobby shop somewhere closeby. I think the closest one in up in Tampa or St. Pete a good 40-45 minutes away

cgilmo · Nov 23, 2012

We had a line here as well

Midnight to 1:00 AM with 60 receipts

Can't beat 1 sale every minute at a niche store.

hofmichael · Nov 23, 2012

cgilmo said:
We had a line here as well

Midnight to 1:00 AM with 60 receipts

Can't beat 1 sale every minute at a niche store.

Very nice.Hobby shops can do well if done right.A good personality and a staying somewhat competitive with the internet is key though.If I wanted to deal with someone with a lack of personality I would just shop online.

Austin · Nov 23, 2012

I hope sportscard and hobby shops never go away. Some of my favorite memories as a kid are hanging out at the baseball card shop. Even now, nothing beats looking through the display case, or binders or digging through bargain boxes while shooting the breeze with the owner and fellow customers. We have a couple good shops left here on Oahu. I just wish eBay's low prices didn't make it so hard for shops to compete.

ThoseBackPages · Nov 23, 2012

i miss hobby shops

goldenegg1 · Nov 23, 2012

I was the only one an hour into it that got the Black Friday packs. No one around here knew about it or they didn't care. Ended up with 3 jersey cards and a Kyrie Irving Magenta Progression Card, similar to a printing plate.

olerud363 · Nov 23, 2012

I miss hobby shops too. There's one in downtown Toronto that I remember used to do a pretty good Boxing Day sale: 50% off every single in the display cases.

Black Friday is only now really catching on with retailers in Canada as they try to keep Canadians on this side of the border. Haven't checked what the LCS's are doing this year.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 using Sports Cards by Freedom Card Board.com.

CatdaddysCards · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
Very nice.Hobby shops can do well if done right.A good personality and a staying somewhat competitive with the internet is key though.If I wanted to deal with someone with a lack of personality I would just shop online.

How the Hell does gilmo stay in business if it takes a good personality?

Couldn't resist

cgilmo · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
Very nice.Hobby shops can do well if done right.A good personality and a staying somewhat competitive with the internet is key though.If I wanted to deal with someone with a lack of personality I would just shop online.

Often we match blowout+ what it would have taken to ship

Boxes are loss lead

hofmichael · Nov 23, 2012

So I got a chance to stop in there this afternoon.The place was still busy,I grabbed 4 regular hobby boxes of Topps Football.Best run of boxes I have had in a long time.The Luck is a variation.

scotty216brs · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
So I got a chance to stop in there this afternoon.The place was still busy,I grabbed 4 regular hobby boxes of Topps Football.Best run of boxes I have had in a long time.The Luck is a variation.

Well done!!!

gt2590 · Nov 23, 2012

We're not exactly a LCS, but a small chain (6 local stores now, had been 50+ on East Coast) in a good Seasonal Mall but we had two nice Wax sales so far, mostly due to Black Friday packs.

Overall business was good, mostly $10-20 novelties...

SilverandBlack · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
So I got a chance to stop in there this afternoon.The place was still busy,I grabbed 4 regular hobby boxes of Topps Football.Best run of boxes I have had in a long time.The Luck is a variation.

damn mike sweet stuff. Jeffs was slammed all day and there was some sweet pulls. I didn't get there till the afternoon but saw the line outside around 930when I drove by. We really are lucky to have a top notch lcs and they don't get much better then jeff.

allstars · Nov 23, 2012

I ran 15% off everything & had a antastic Black Friday. In act it's still rolling on!

hofmichael · Nov 23, 2012

SilverandBlack said:
damn mike sweet stuff. Jeffs was slammed all day and there was some sweet pulls. I didn't get there till the afternoon but saw the line outside around 930when I drove by. We really are lucky to have a top notch lcs and they don't get much better then jeff.

I couldn't believe there was a line when I drove by. I shot him a text telling him he was big time now that he has a black Friday line. I am never disappointed in the wax I buy there because you never have to worry about searching. I do miss the days when it was quieter in there but it was only a matter of time before word got around about good shop. And it couldn't be happening to a better guy.

Sent from my VS840 4G using Sports Cards by Freedom Card Board.com

allstars · Nov 23, 2012

gt2590 said:
We're not exactly a LCS, but a small chain (6 local stores now, had been 50+ on East Coast) in a good Seasonal Mall but we had two nice Wax sales so far, mostly due to Black Friday packs.

Overall business was good, mostly $10-20 novelties...

BC?

gt2590 · Nov 23, 2012

allstars said:
BC?

Same basic company, now going by "SportsVault"...

shepsspot · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
So I got a chance to stop in there this afternoon.The place was still busy,I grabbed 4 regular hobby boxes of Topps Football.Best run of boxes I have had in a long time.The Luck is a variation.

Sweet hits Mike! I will be stopping by to see Jeff tomorrow, he has my boxes and packs set aside for me because I was away for Thanksging. Can't wait to bust my stuff, all I was thinking about today!

uniquebaseballcards · Nov 23, 2012

hofmichael said:
For all those that say the hobby shop is dead I beg to differ. In my way to Walmart this morning I drove past the LCS I frequent. There was a line forming a half hour before he opened. They were all waiting for his black Friday event. Nothing crazy or any real blowouts. Just good prices and black Friday packs from Panini,Historic Autographs and Leaf. His shop is always packed. He also has no gaming cards. It just goes to show if you are honest, competitive and do right by people a hobby shop can thrive.

At 1:30 AM on Black Friday I witnessed a pack searcher feeling up some Platinum football cards in Target... "Having any luck?" I asked. "Nope" said the pack searcher. "Pack searchers already found everything" I said before walking away.

Losers operate all times of day apparently.

Welcome to our community

Be apart of something great, join today!

A positive sight.

New member

Active member

Well-known member

New member

Well-known member

New member

New member

Active member

Trade Moderator

Well-known member

New member

Active member

Super Moderator

Active member

New member

New member

New member

Super Moderator

New member

New member

Similar threads

Log in