[Iceman]

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Originally Posted by firmpulse

I live in Tennessee. We experienced the same scenario with Hastings (out of Texas). It was heart breaking. I went to the store probably 3 times a week.

What collector old enough to remember the height of GI Joe, Transformers and Masters Of The Universe (no disrespect to you younger folks) doesn't LOVE to go into a brick and mortar and hunt? I remember when TRU had 12 columns and 12 rows of pegs dedicated to GI Joe. Ahhhhhhhh good memories.

Hastings suffered from the same problem TRU does but worse. Wal-Mart might be $20 on an item, TRU would be $23-$25, and Hastings would be $27-$30. They are doing it to themselves. Hastings I guess drew people in for rentals and trade-in programs but I couldn’t imagine why anyone ever purchased from them. They had lots of cool stuff to look at but way cheaper everywhere else. I would check out stuff there but hardly even bought anything until they went out of business. Even then it took until it was 40% off plus to be worth it.