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Bring back these borders!
will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by,
Weep not for the memories
Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad.
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Want to feel your warmth upon me
I want to be the one
I will remember you,
will you remember me?
Dunes8
Kay-bee and Toy R Us. Felled by the same stone.
trojaSpaceBandit
Pretty soon it'll just be Walmart/ Sam's club and a bunch of Amazon distribution centers
ILikeToCallItLostWages
You'll love it at LEEEEVITZ
meansweans
Electronics Boutique?
ManPretendingToBeAWomanPretendingToBeAManPretendingToBeAWoman
Oh yea. EB
Phantom664
Denare
It's like a whose who of 90s stores I used to visit daily.
Blackbird2Raven
I worked at Borders. Great store. Sold lots of high quality, intelligent books. I'm guessing that's one reason why they failed.
PretendingImNotFromFloridaMan
RIP Eckerds
dontfuqtheworldupohwaityoudid
You forget radio shack
ravenhotaru
Media Play??
EggFooYung
Truth.
krogthedestroyer
Fuck yeah MP! I worked there until it closed! 8127 forever!
Begotten
Best store ever. Basically a physical version of Amazon only cooler.
Abominablesloth
All into the living embrace of amazon.
Begotten
Still don't use Amazon. I can usually find anything I need on ebay and with free shipping.
luke55thedude
eBay is pretty good. It’s gotten worse to be a seller though.
kkanne20
ahhh Fuck You COMP USA
5NoteHalf
Sideways. With a cactus.
KarlMoebius
I've never had a good experience at compUSA when it was open.
kkanne20
it was a crappy store, to be sure
panamjck
They were the shit for computers in 1999
5NoteHalf
As someone who managed an IT company in 1999, no, no they were not. Bad prices, terrible service, abusive return policies.
qtRaven
Worked at Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and Borders Books in college.
panamjck
Are we seeing a common thread here?
qtRaven
Well we did loot the place when Hollywood Video closed.
spiderchub1973
Long live the memory of Walden Books.
espressoandpostrock
F
grumpiestoldwoman
My memory is of Crown Books.
angrybook
They had the best selection of Goosebumps!!!
TILImgurIsAwesome
Radio Shack needs to be in there too!
SkyrimBelongsToTheNerds
squirreltactics
RIP Hastings
OpossumJesusHasRisen
My daughter still rants about ours closing about 4 years ago. Now it's a Movie Trading Company.
Nimashisah
I was wondering if someone was gonna mention this. That was my favorite store! All the comic / tcg stores are at least an hour away now...
squirreltactics
I spent so much time and money there. They closed ours nearly 8 years ago
Nimashisah
Oh no! That's even worse
espressoandpostrock
Was looking for this. F
SirBonSama
No love for Suncoast, or Alladin's Castle, or Brookstone (as of last month)?
vampyrita
WHAAAAAAT BROOKSTONE WENT OUT OF BUSINESS? where will i buy as-seen-on-the-internet products for ridiculous prices?
5NoteHalf
Aladdin's Castle! Where I dumped ALL my quarters (tokens) into Athena, Mappyland, Goonies, and Legendary Wings.
EggFooYung
Motherfuckin truth!
EggFooYung
Much love to Suncoast, they supported my anime habit for many years.
SirBonSama
My very first paycheck was used up in Suncoast buying all four Macross Plus dubbed VHS tapes.
WhiteTexan
huh? https://www.brookstone.com/
Jessicarrrlove
They're keeping their e-comm and airport stores open, but closing all their mall stores due to bankruptcy. I'll find the article.
Jessicarrrlove
https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/news/companies/brookstone-bankruptcy/index.html
Jessicarrrlove
What about Discovery Channel stores and WB stores? Coworker and I were just talking about how awesome they were. The WB store that was in[1]
Jessicarrrlove
my mall had a Looney Tunes play place and it was AMAZING. [2]
SuzetteTheSmoreSchnappsGirl
there was a WB store in Atlantic city and in a tiny corner in the back they sold sailor moon stuff. spent all my allowance there
immorecreativethanmyusernameletson
Never heard of any of those
hampersand
Suncoast was a movie store, owned by the same company that had Musicland (music) and Sam Goody (bigger, with both music & movie stuff). 1/x
hampersand
They went out of business in the late 2000s/early 2010s, I think. 2/3
hampersand
Aladdin's Castle was a video game arcade that was often in malls in the 80’s-early 90s. 3/3
GoodEveningThisIsWhatAButtDoesPBBPPBBTT
Noooo... I loved Borders! I loved it more than Barnes and Noble!
leopardspotster
Me too! Much better book, CD, & DVD selection at Borders.
toxcrusadr
Mervyns! Shopped there in Albuquerque in the 80s.
Imadudefromokc
Anyone remember Service Merchandise?
AlwayzSmiling
What about GEMCO, Miller's Outpost, and Best? Loved those places.
panamjck
Yeah, you paid and then had to wait out back for some guy to bring you the stuff!
ocnarfk
The Wiz! Anyone, anyone?
TheWhiskyIdiot
Yes, and the little audio room where you could check out stereo equipment!
tittysprinkl
You could literally buy a gun on a conveyor belt
TommyRottn
Lol - I did this. It was a BB gun because I was only 13 at the time, but still.
TransistorRadio
Hell yeah, they had the best paper catalogs
Imadudefromokc
Yep I remember circling the things I wanted for Christmas!
hurtmesomemore
I worked there for two summers, I miss deciphering the chicken scrawl on the little slips of paper
espressoandpostrock
You old sonofabitch
deadmancer
Yes! I used to play the Neo Geo sample system there!
rto2793
Zody's
SailorVSays
Yep! My grandma worked there for about 20 years, until they closed. I remember playing a demo of Sonic 2 on the Genesis there.
silentwolf1999
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQQbEaNxjA#
BearwMeB
Her name is Sarah McLachlan, thank you very much.
MrMagnanimous
grovberg
That is a nice piece of business right there. You should be proud of yourself. Take the rest of the day off.
jimmythehat1
How about Montgomery Wards?
IOnlyExistWithinMyOwnMind
Yes.
bacross
Growing up, the phone number for Monkey wards was one off from my land line... So many answered wrong numbers on summer vacation s.
Crawley
I LOVED Service Merchadise. You could find anything there.
jds1002000
Yes!!!!!
detour512
What the hell kinda name was that? I'll open a store called Retail Products and it'll fail too!
flosser
What about Funcoland?
thereisnoscotty
Babbage's.
crazydaisy13
I just thought about SM the other day! The little mini-golf pencil and order form, the conveyor belt...ah, the good old days!
POTUSBrown
We got our ps1 from there. I still have it.
personalpackagehandling
Yes!
LadyLizzy52595
THere was one in my town when I was a kid! Its a grocery store now!
acumen143
I used to work in one while in high school. Such a weird way to shop.
WARHAMMER405
Yes. I also remember TG&Y, OTASCO, Venture, Big Wheel, Perry Drugs, Phar-Mor, Drug Emporium, & Pace Membership Warehouse.
OpossumJesusHasRisen
There is still a Drug Emporium in my town. My grandma loves them.
keikikahuna
TG&Y and Otasco? Okie spotted. Tell me about Anthony's and getting your change via pneumatic tube.
WARHAMMER405
I never shopped at C.R. Anthony's. I also remember the original Soundtrak stores and the Linda Soundtrak ads.
keikikahuna
God, Linda Soundtrak. My ears are still bleeding.
WARHAMMER405
I also remember Silo Electronics, Joe Isuzu ads, and the Williams Chevrolet ads with the American flag smiley face.
TwinWaterTowers
I still possess a black bookcase I bought at a Service Merchandise store in Manassas, Va.
Batonrougeisnotsobad
And Montgomery Ward?
nolittleplans
I remember hiding from my parents in the giant winter jackets section
thisspecieshasamuzeditselftodeath
Caldor
whitepolarbear
my camera was being serviced when they announced they were closing. They couldn't find it to give it back
FeistyGinger
Natural Wonders and Walden Books?
panamjck
I stole a Penthouse from Walden Books when I was in high school
FreeFall711
Too soon with the toysrus man, too soon
floridaguy5867
I use to study at borders, worked at borders, met my wife at borders. Damn I miss that place.
Flyndaran
*used
panamjck
Did you buy anything at Borders? That might be part of the issue
thatoneguyfromthatonethingthatdidthatstuff
IDidntDoIt
Caldor?
opetchas
Caldor! Or as we called it, Caldor's.
aphterliphe
We’re trading in so many of these types of businesses in exchange for Amazon and on-demand streaming services. Is this the right move?
charliegrs
Well there's a reason they've gotten so successful.
Munchman347
These businesses once put all the 'Mom and Pop' stores out of business. Do you still want to shop that way?...
aphterliphe
Damn, that’s a good point
MofongoBalls
No discovery zone?
ILikeToCallItLostWages
We're goin...DZ...Discovery Zone...Discover what I can do On My Own!
Eekers01
Bless those who remember discovery zone and it’s glory
MinnesotaPeach
I was a wee lad when I first went to one, they closed shortly after. It was fun, cleaner then Chuckie cheese
hansolongdingdongtralala
This made me sad. I used to work in Borders.
tipitiwitchet
Borders closing broke my nerd heart, they took Tokyopop in America down with them...
UpVoteDragons
...whispers: IT STILL EXISTS. Look into Diamond Distribution
tipitiwitchet
Fuckin A, thanks for the tip dude :)
DigitalMau
i used to be one of the nerds reading manga without buying it
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Borders came in and killed off all the local bookstores, then got killed by Amazon Ha ha
NordicusMaximus
Borders got killed off by Nook and Kindle, they were waaaaaay too late to the game. I’ve only bought one book from Amazon, maybe 10 from 1/2
NordicusMaximus
B&N over the past 10 years, but I’d buy 20-30 books a year and CDs from Borders, so sad they are gone. Big hole in my neighborhood still.
bpmiller5
I used to work at blockbuster, best college job ever. I feel you.
GiNgErSnApBiTcH
i worked there too but was always embarrassed.. i guess it was a cool job
NotAmused1001
I worked there for 9 years. That company turned to shit overnight in 2001.
asthmaticpigeon
My mom still has some of the boxes, she uses them to hold her library and it still stings every time I see them
crochetingsteelmagnolia17
When they started making us collect emails.
NotAmused1001
Some of our employees would bring in email lists they found and just type in strangers' email addresses. I may have been guilty of that.
donejenn
Me too. It was my first job.
RogueMachinae
I liked borders more than Barnes and Nobles. ? Was really sad when they closed
NordicusMaximus
Borders was my favorite store, Barnes and Noble can suck it. So many good memories reading and hanging out listening to new music.
Slaveblade
I seriously have a giftcard to them from like 15 years ago
HootSloot
Thanks for all the coupons
Win1forthegifer
The heck is borders and why don’t we have them anymore
fedoraeuphoria
Ha! Same. I collected all the gift cards people used when they announced we were closing, my coworker got some really old/rare ones
MinnesotaPeach
I worked for sports authority! Though it didn't surprise me when they went under
wibblywobblytimeywimey
I worked at a Hollywood Video that used to be a bank that was famously held up by Patty Hearst and the SLA. It was definitely haunted.
sweetiebobeatie
Used to work at Toys. Like, three months ago. :(
Daft113
ISayShenanigans
I walked out of working at Toys R Us on my second day. I thought I could handle all the kids, but... the horror... the horror...
meansweans
J#
crochetingsteelmagnolia17
Me too. 1999-2010.
hemanwomenhatersclub
EB Games too
taichanie
Both Toys R Us and EB games still exist in Canada so..... ya...
CallMeThreeGunsGreg
Babbage's
UncleTopher
EB Games still exist though
GotMeAWrench
Yeah. It's called GameStop in the states and EB Games here in Canada.
hemanwomenhatersclub
I had no idea, learn something new everyday. “Sup I’m Topher, I’m friends with the guys now.”
yeahididityolo
I keep hoping one day my friends will understand this reference. And penthouse penthouse.
hemanwomenhatersclub
You can piss on the floor. It’s ok, you’re friends just don’t realize how much of a swagger hound you are.