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Been to Shaffer's but Dixie was my local shop as a kid and the first one I'd ever been to. First owner, Bob, originally sold and went into a brewery business, I think. They had this great box for newbs like me that didn't know anything about cards. You could trade any two of whatever you had for any one card in the box.

Small shop for those of you that have never been there. Basically every inch of space was used for boxes, displays, etc. And since it was located basically right next to the Little League World Series, it was packed at that time, which didn't take much. It adequately held about ten people and any more than that, it was kind of tight. There'd be 30 or so people at times and you wouldn't even be able to move.

They also had a back room which I had the pleasure of getting into once which was even more full. It was nuts. Random unopened wax and cello with stars/rookies on top, boxes upon boxes, etc. Seemed like they had as much stuff back there that they did in the actual store.

Really fond memories of that place, including being there for an incident when someone tried to sell the owner some stolen cards, which resulted in him being chased out the door with (IIRC) the stuff being recovered.