Yeah I had been dealing with both of them since early 1998. That was back when Mike was located in the large flea market off the main strip, shortly before his spot got robbed when someone smashed a window in at the front of the flea market and he had to move the spot. My first three NeoGeo AES systems were obtained from him oddly enough. The first one when he was still located in the flea market.
Around late 2k when I was managing a LR GXC I was doing store stock trades with Jeff. He would bring me Saturn stuff that he couldn't sell, stuff that I knew I could, and I'd swap him out evenly with stuff he could sell that I was having a harder time moving, like strategy guides or certain PS1 titles.
After leaving GXC I basically started dealing with Mike only though for the most part, especially after I heard they got into a fist fight in some parking lot. Supposedly Jeff started it. It sounded like something Jeff would do. Whenever I'd chat with Jeff he would talk shit about his brother and I would have to make attempts to change the subject. It was pretty obvious he was jealous of him. Being around Mike, he wouldn't mention Jeff at all hardly ever.
I think he just knew it wasn't good for business to constantly complain about his brother in front of customers, and to be honest Jeff was obviously small time. Doing ok, sure, but small time none the less. Mike knew it, and he knew we knew it so there wasn't much that needed to be said on the matter. Mike has more respect for gaming as a whole, so his business thrived more.
Jeff was just this guy in a small store space with no business plan outside of putting a large screen tv in his store to attract customers. He was the guy that saw gaming as a way to make a buck. I dont think he really liked video games much himself He couldn't carry on very compelling conversations about them at any rate.
Another guy here, Quoth09, him and me used to make the trip together here from the NLR area to deal with Mike. We would go like twice a year or something. It just kind of depended on what was going on. Back then I was a heavy smoker, and Mike smoked in the store, so we would sit and chat and chain smoke and ensure that others will prob have cancer from 2nd hand smoke.
I think last time I was there Mike had quit smoking though, at least in the store, thus ending his satanic pact with Big Tobacco. Some fun times while they lasted. I think the last time I dealt with Mike I picked up some Genesis/Sega CD stuff, and a Turbografx 16 and a few TG games. I cant recall going back there after that.
Topic: Traveling from Kentucky to Arkansas and Looking for Antique / Thrift Stores (Read 538 times)