This place recently changed ownership, and I'm lik...

This place recently changed ownership, and I'm liking the new store so far. The inventory seems much better (there's plenty of imports and rare games), and they've broadened their focus into other items like comics, manga, and toys. They no longer have the 3 for $11 or 3 or $14 deals, but the prices are still rather fair, and those deals only ever saved you $1 anyways.

They also seem to have collectors in mind more than before, as they've done away with the impossible to remove stickers and writing with marker on the cases. They even go out of their way to place only part of the price tag on some of the more delicate items, so that removing them doesn't cause damage.

However, there are 2 changes they've made that I might suggest reverting back to the old way of doing things. The first is keeping the games out of the cases. Using the example of Value Village, people will steal the discs out of games marked at $4 all the time, so I can't see how they feel comfortable with people having access to any game marked under $20. I wouldn't want to see them losing money in this way, and I also wouldn't want to miss out on buying some really good games that aren't easy to stock.

The second thing is that the games are no longer in alphabetical order. This may be time consuming, but I would at least like to suggest turning the games on their side so that names can be read right on the spines. The way they currently sit on the shelf forces you to flip through each game, which can sometimes be a huge waste of time.

Overall, I look forward to visiting the store more often than I did before. It would be sad to see us lose another retro store, after Super 1Up Games closed down.