Interesting comment on Net54 types

[mrmopar]

Most of the shops in this area have closed up. I'm not sure any still open would cater to the Net54 gang.

DJs Sportscards in the Renton highlands area is one I like. It reminds me of the old days of shops...stuff piled around everywhere and you never know what he might have purchased last. Decent vintage for the type of shop, but nothing to get excited about.

There is one in Queen Anne called Browns Cooperstown. I have never been though, since it was sold and moved from Fremont.

Card Exchange is North of Seattle, on Hwy 99 around 143rd, but he had a fair amount of his vintage stolen not too long ago.

There were a couple shops in the Pike Place Market, Golden Aged Collectibles and another one I don't remember the name of, but it has been years since I have been down there.

There may be some small shops in the area as well, but they would certainly not have the vintage selection.

If there are any other significant shops left, they are lost on me.

[itjclarke]

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!!!

[drc]

You can buy new packs at the Rite Aid on my block

[itjclarke]

Ha, I just bought some new packs from Target as stocking stuffers. Went for the most generic looking of the Topps packs, since I thought they'd be my beat bet for gum. Expect I'll be dissapointed when they're opened.

[olrac44]

While my local card shop has not carried my card needs for quite some time, I still go in there once a month and buy some packs, supplies, whatever to try and give them some local support. They are up the street from a high school and an elementary school, and kids come in there to buy candy and some buy cards, the owners have always been able to remember every kid's name and you can genuniely see how excited the kids are to come in there and get something after school. So if my few bucks that I spend there a month is a little investment in the quality of my community I think it's totally worth it.