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    Fantasy Shop Maplewood

    4.5 (20 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Great service and excellent for beginners who want to start reading comics and friendly workers thanks for everything

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    Very helpful and super nice employees. They Have a great selection of children's comic books to start getting young kids in the reading.

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    I was so pleasantly surprised when Sean showed me around the store, asked me questions about my guy's interests, and showed me gifts he would like.

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    Half Price Books

    Half Price Books

    3.9(63 reviews)
    3.9 mi
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    Great collection of books!…read more Will return again when I have more time to browse and find treasures.

    Ever be of two minds about a place…read more One, you really want to like them, but then Two... knowing they're usually NOTHING like what their store title promises you? The second part is my problem with "Half Priced Books". (At least the one just off of 170. I swear I've been to their other location but remember absolutely zilch about them overall (not a good sign for writing reviews, I know.)). I've already seen other reviews who have pointed out "DO NOT SELL YOUR BOOKS" here.. and I understand every one of those reviewers. I overheard some offers for some -standard- books and .. I get making money and reselling, but no, this deal sounded like highway robbery. Not sounding too good so far, huh? or maybe I'm just a crotchety old man who hates seeing good books get ignored just cause they're not in our "market" today. Now: I will say this.. i'm a board game and tabletop roleplaying game fanatic (particularly Palladium books), and this is one of the FEW places that ever have what I'm looking for in my roleplaying Genre. (Yes, I will buy used books to complete my collection). But let's get back to the complaints: (usually I'm a lot nicer in my reviews, but when you blow it this badly...) Until not too long ago, when i picked up a min-book i needed in which the cover price was $19.95, and someone had to have brought it in and sold it to HPB, and _maybe_ got A buck or 2 for it. HPB Sticker price: $35!!!!! Yes, read that again folks... A "half price" book shop, charging DOUBLE what the original publisher (who was still publishing the book in question, was NOT out of stock, and could be found on their webpage for cover price + s/h). So which is the lie? The price or the name of the shop? Basically a store that lies to sell? 0 Stars... TOTAL. But I will say there are two things that are going in HPB's favor: There are some books there for reasonable prices (I'm an Asimov. Clarke, Heinlein fanatic (basically SciFi) and Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. And I finally found a couple of copies of the later Foundation series I'd been hunting for, so I had to get them while the getting was good. And then board games: again next to roleplaying games I'm a board game nut! And there are more than a few good used games there, for instance I'm a Trivial Pursuit collector (a small collection, but a collection), and I cannot see putting a near RETAIL price on a board game that's shows itself to be 45 years old, and while in good shape, the container was showing its age. As for DVDs/Vinyl - Plain and simple, (while it's nice to see Vinyl for sale), if they have something you're looking for, again there's a problem in either the name of the store or their selling policy, because everything felt "near retail". (although I guess you can say they're not "Half Price Books & Music".) Take a better chance at a regular or used record store, for the music lovers of the world. So basically as I said at the beginning: Half Priced Books Is a place that I REALLY want to like them (and do have a couple of good points, (softback books and board games) but how do you give a positive review to a store that completely ignores their own name of their store? Sorry HPB I get the point, but 1 star is all I can bring myself to give you this time around and that's because I usually err on the side of generosity. (Probably because I'm still miffed about the "twice the cover price" book I needed?)

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    Left Bank Books

    Left Bank Books

    4.6(170 reviews)
    3.9 miCentral West End
    $$

    The moment I walked in I was approached by a woman doing a petition. She asked me to sign after…read moreverbally giving me info. I told her I'd like to read about it before I sign and she kind of looked at me like I'm crazy and said "I like to be more informed before I make a decision." She told me no one else had to think about it and I told her I did. That was weird and uncomfortable, especially when she turned from me and asked my wife. She gave the same answer. Selection is pretty broad but the store is very political and it's obvious. They have a sign that said "everyone is welcome, except ICE.", Black Lives Matter, gay pride, and anything that is demeaning to republicans. It's honestly distracting and disappointing. Someone who may not have the same beliefs may not feel comfortable walking around with fascist stickers, and everything that is demeaning towards "the right". Value is good and as I said before the selection is quite broad. There were a lot of pro-gay books which you never really see anywhere else. There are also all kinds of self help books and everything else you might expect. Overall I do recommend this place, but I can see how a large majority of people would feel really out of place here. That aside, it's a really nice establishment with very friendly staff. Not so crazy about the woman in the front pressuring me to sign her petition. I'm sure she meant well though.

    I popped in on a whim to pass some time, and I'm glad I did. I forgot how lovely this shop is. They…read morehave an excellent selection of books, very well curated. I love how they have a section devoted to translated literature - I'm on a Japanese literature kick! I even found a book on my TBR downstairs in their used section, which felt very lucky - especially for $7! They don't have as many knick-knacks and gifty things as other indie bookstores, but I don't mind it. Sometimes I'd rather have the focus be on the books.

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    Miniature Market

    Miniature Market

    3.1(62 reviews)
    8.2 mi
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    The store is located conveniently, spacious and well organized, and carries a large selection of…read moremodels and board games, divided into each their own section. There is a board game library that I never ventured into, but it seems useful. Every game that anyone has ever mentioned by a boardgame loving friend, I've looked for here and found at competitive prices to Amazon, always here for the instant gratification and impulse buy&play. Staff is friendly for suggestions. There's also a really spacious and clean separate room for playing, though tbh I've never gotten the nerve to cross the threshold in. The reality of my life now is that Miniature Market has become part of our Sunday grocery run. The last stop before driving back. I hate it. I resent all the impulse purchases my husband makes, and how expensive miniature painting is as a hobby in general, and how easy they make it here to feed the addiction. So I'll still leave the draft I had saved for months up: 1 STAR A WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY But that wouldn't be fair, so.

    I placed an order online for two items that they had in stock. After placing they canceled it right…read moreaway saying they don't have it in stock. After they canceled my order I get an notification saying it's back in stock, so I placed an order again. This time it didn't cancel my order. Couple days later, I get an email saying they canceled my order and said that they won't receive the item for some reason. Why take days to process my order then say you will not receive the item so you have to cancel my order. If you don't have it or the item won't come in then list it out of stock. Horrible experience. Don't think I will ordwr from them again. First and last.

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