Baseball Card Shop - Cranberry Twp, PA

[tschock]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I'd like to see a picture of that, wt***?

One can't say that it isn't easy to get to, no matter which way your are going on PA 15. Note the "Store Closing" sign. I stopped in back in December and was told the owner was retiring but have no idea when the store would actually be closed.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sh...!4d-76.8619666

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sh...!4d-76.8619666

[Cozumeleno]

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.

[Butch7999]

Schaffer's seems still to be pretty active, judging by their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/shafferstradingcards/

Must disagree on whether the place is easy to reach. Maybe so, if you've already been there and
know exactly where it is. If all you have is the general location, you shoot right past it at 70mph
looking for a shop located sanely on the right. Even if you're looking for a store in the median,
the only sign is right at the driveway, so you fly right past it anyway. Somewhere between
"charmingly eccentric" and "damned infuriating"... you make the call...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Butch7999

Schaffer's seems still to be pretty active, judging by their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/shafferstradingcards/

Must disagree on whether the place is easy to reach. Maybe so, if you've already been there and
know exactly where it is. If all you have is the general location, you shoot right past it at 70mph
looking for a shop located sanely on the right. Even if you're looking for a store in the median,
the only sign is right at the driveway, so you fly right past it anyway. Somewhere between
"charmingly eccentric" and "damned infuriating"... you make the call...

Or you could use GPS and know when to slow down.