A trip down memory lane - Spencer Gifts

nycmale
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I remember the days of walking into Spencer's looking for my favorite bands posters, gag gifts and plastic handcuffs. Went back in one recently for the first time in ages and saw they have a full bondage section. When did this transformation take place? Lol

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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    I think that it was probably always there. We just weren't old enough to know.
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  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Spencers is the joke now.
    Oh please let it rain today.
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    FoxyRedLa said:

    Spencers is the joke now.

    Whiny people and those constantly offended will eventually ruin everything
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  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    I agree empty. Spencers and the CD store were my firsts stops growing up. I'm not easily offended unless I am with my kids.

    I just don't enjoy Spencers anymore. Jokes over for me.
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  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    I grew out of that store too.. though I used to find some pretty sweet vinyl in there!
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,721
    whispering hands said:

    I grew out of that store too.. though I used to find some pretty sweet vinyl in there!

    Spencers had vinyl?

    Or are you referring to vinyl clothing and undergarments?
  • whispering hands
    whispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Bentleyspop said:

    whispering hands said:

    I grew out of that store too.. though I used to find some pretty sweet vinyl in there!

    Spencers had vinyl?

    Or are you referring to vinyl clothing and undergarments?
    Oh no.. there was a vinyl section.. both in Cali stores I went to and here in Co..
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    :lol:
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    edited December 2016
    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:

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    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:
    HAHA!!!
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:
    HAHA!!!
    I will just say that it was a misunderstanding of the word "massager" by a customer and the type of massager sold at Spencer Gifts.

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    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 32,021
    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:
    HAHA!!!
    I will just say that it was a misunderstanding of the word "massager" by a customer and the type of massager sold at Spencer Gifts.
    Sounds like that Andrew Dice Clay bit about rubbing his neck, saying how sore it was, and asking his wife if she had that fake dick that he could use.

    We did a test installation a few years ago in a Spencer's location and I was laughing my ass off at the stuff in there. This was not in the Spencer's I grew up going to -- they had some edgy stuff, but not the things I saw this time. I wish they had, would have been even more fun to visit that store.
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    F Me In The Brain said:

    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:
    HAHA!!!
    I will just say that it was a misunderstanding of the word "massager" by a customer and the type of massager sold at Spencer Gifts.
    Sounds like that Andrew Dice Clay bit about rubbing his neck, saying how sore it was, and asking his wife if she had that fake dick that he could use.

    We did a test installation a few years ago in a Spencer's location and I was laughing my ass off at the stuff in there. This was not in the Spencer's I grew up going to -- they had some edgy stuff, but not the things I saw this time. I wish they had, would have been even more fun to visit that store.
    yeah, that was pretty much how it went down.
    the other funny thing was at that time Spencer Gifts was owned by Walt Disney. :lol:
    dirty secrets of Disney.

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    1995- New Orleans, LA  : New Orleans, LA

    1996- Charleston, SC

    1998- Atlanta, GA: Birmingham, AL: Greenville, SC: Knoxville, TN

    2000- Atlanta, GA: New Orleans, LA: Memphis, TN: Nashville, TN

    2003- Raleigh, NC: Charlotte, NC: Atlanta, GA

    2004- Asheville, NC (hometown show)

    2006- Cincinnati, OH

    2008- Columbia, SC

    2009- Chicago, IL x 2 / Ed Vedder- Atlanta, GA x 2

    2010- Bristow, VA

    2011- Alpine Valley, WI (PJ20) x 2 / Ed Vedder- Chicago, IL

    2012- Atlanta, GA

    2013- Charlotte, NC

    2014- Cincinnati, OH

    2015- New York, NY

    2016- Greenville, SC: Hampton, VA:: Columbia, SC: Raleigh, NC : Lexington, KY: Philly, PA 2: (Wrigley) Chicago, IL x 2 (holy shit): Temple of the Dog- Philly, PA

    2017- ED VED- Louisville, KY

    2018- Chicago, IL x2, Boston, MA x2

    2020- Nashville, TN 

    2022- Smashville 

    2023- Austin, TX x2

    2024- Baltimore

  • JK_Livin
    JK_Livin South Jersey Posts: 7,365
    The Goldbergs tv show is doing an episode next year dedicated to Spencer's.
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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,721
    lolobugg said:

    mfc2006 said:

    lolobugg said:

    I worked there over a holiday season in 2001.
    I can tell you some funny stories.

    spill it!
    I would but it isn't all ages appropriate. :lol:
    Is that because they involve vinyl?

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