It's a bummer because shops used to be Mecca for me as a kid growing up in the SF Bay Area. However it was also a lot more amazing at that age to see a 1969 Topps Reggie Jackson (sub any year or HoFer) at a shop, than to see 3-5 pages of them offered as BINs on eBay. I don't know if the shops (Papa's in Menlo Park was our favorite) were as grand as I remember, but do know the instant gratification of an on line purchase can take much of the romance out of it. That said I stll love a great card wherever and however it came from!!!
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