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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Then you don't know the Box very well. Gord has tens of thousands of items of inventory that have been on his shelves for more than 5 years, and many thousands that have been there for more than 10 years. Take a look at the wargame or RPG section sometime. All sorts of stuff from the 90s still in shrink. He doesn't care if it's dead stock because 1) he owns the building, 2) it's massive, and 3) he figures someone, someday will probably buy it.
The store started over 30 years ago in a strip mall behind a gas station in Altodore, and is now the largest store of its kind in North America, and probably the world. In a retail sector where stores fail at an astonishing rate. The owner must be doing something right.
Not if those niche products have lots of customers who need people to play with and a place to play. On a typical Saturday there are close to 100 people gaming at the Sentry Box. Again, they gotta be doing something right.
Calgary has a geek and gaming scene much larger than a city of this population should warrant. There are only a handful of cities in North America that can support a tabletop gaming convention with 400 attendees. Part of that is due to the money in Calgary. But a big part of it is the Sentry Box.
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Haha, you missed the part where I subtly said in brackets: "or it should be". I agree the Box does some weird things that I wouldn't do as a retailer. And that Wargame and RPG stock is beyond dead. But I was talking more about the product that actually sells, not the stuff that Gord collects and stores in his retail location for his own amusement.