Retail Stores no longer Around

[pickup]

Another Retail Store long gone (and good riddance): Big Babooba's. The store had the worst reputation around. They took your money on lay away but never delivered the goods. And the goods: cheap knockoffs and counterfeit brand names. Just before the store went out of business, it was selling gift cards. When the store had many still unredeemed gift cars out in circulation, it mysteriously burned down . The owner of the store collected the money on the insurance policy he took out the week before and quickly fled the area.

The store only now has an internet presence and seems to operate out of a P.O. Box located in the middle of nowhere. Be very careful when dealing with this company. Quick to take your money , but never seems to deliver.

 

[Big Babooba]

Another Retail Store long gone (and good riddance): Big Babooba's. The store had the worst reputation around. They took your money on lay away but never delivered the goods. And the goods: cheap knockoffs and counterfeit brand names. Just before the store went out of business, it was selling gift cards. When the store had many still unredeemed gift cars out in circulation, it mysteriously burned down . The owner of the store collected the money on the insurance policy he took out the week before and quickly fled the area.

The store only now has an internet presence and seems to operate out of a P.O. Box located in the middle of nowhere. Be very careful when dealing with this company. Quick to take your money , but never seems to deliver.

You'll be sorry you ever made this statement. I'll see you in court. You will be hearing soon from my attorneys - Big Babooba, Big Babooba & Scratch, Attorneys at Law.

 

[texan]

You'll be sorry you ever made this statement. I'll see you in court. You will be hearing soon from my attorneys - Big Babooba, Big Babooba & Scratch, Attorneys at Law.

Pickup Scratch Bigbooba - YouTube

 

[Anonymous 10]

Zayers
Gold Circle
Silvermans
Uncle Bills

 

[tarbar66]

Murphy's Mart, G.C. Murphy, Ames

 

[Babagounj]

Johny's Food Masters

 

[UPS Preloader]

Child World, HQ, and Woolworth's. I too miss Spags!

 

[UPS Preloader]

Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, B Dalton, Borders, & Wild Oats

 

[serenity now]

You'll be sorry you ever made this statement. I'll see you in court. You will be hearing soon from my attorneys - Big Babooba, Big Babooba & Scratch, Attorneys at Law.

You should switch over to my guys: Dewy, Scrooum, and Howe

 

[BSWALKS]

Channel Home Centers, J M Fields, Kings, Mammoth Mart, Mars

I was thinking of a few of those. We had a Mars store in my town. The Mammoth Mart kind of rings a bell, what type of stuff did they sell?
Does anybody remember "square deal Neil's" in Cupples Square, Lowell?

 

[moreluck]

Miracle Mart........everything in boxes!!

 

[Rico]

Grossman's building supply, Montgomery Ward and Lechmere.

 

[ReLooped]

i live in socal and remember these stores growing up:

fedco
zody's
gemco
federated group
mervyns
Montgomery ward
is kb toys still around?

 

[catchemonfirstbounce]

Woolworths and Woolcos--you could get anything from a pair of pantyhose, to a parakeet there
Ben Franklin--great craft stuff
Sam Soloman--just about anything for the home, garden, or jewelry

 

[catchemonfirstbounce]

I loved the Greenbax store, too!

 

[Doc Sorting Dude]

Years ago when I lived in Hawaii we had: Wigwam,Woolworth's,Liberty House,Ben Franklin's....All down the road and only existing in photographs.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Years ago when I lived in Hawaii we had: Wigwam,Woolworth's,Liberty House,Ben Franklin's....All down the road and only existing in photographs.

Photographs? Everything is digital now.

 

[bluehdmc]

is kb toys still around?

I read an article in Rolling Stone about Bain Capital (remember them?) and KB Toys. KB was one of their victims. They took it over in a leveraged buyout then used all the cash to payoff the leverage. Then they sucked out the remaining capital and put them out of business.

 

[moreluck]

I read an article in Rolling Stone about Bain Capital (remember them?) and KB Toys. KB was one of their victims. They took it over in a leveraged buyout then used all the cash to payoff the leverage. Then they sucked out the remaining capital and put them out of business.

....and they would've gone out of business several years earlier than they did if not for Bain.

 

[Doc Sorting Dude]

Photographs? Everything is digital now.

Yes, photographs, nothing was digital back then.