Sit and Spin

NEVER FORGET 1999-2008.

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So, our doors are almost closed.  We’ve still got a ton of stuff we want to sell, so if you’re interested in purchasing some fine music items, get down here today or tomorrow (August 31), our last day ever in business.  Sad, but true.  If you can’t make it down, but you want to help us out, feel free to chip in and donate a little scratch to our going out of business efforts.  We’re in some debt and we’d like to get out.  Every little bit helps.  We could blame the corporate interests influencing our economy for squeezing everyone into paycheck to paycheck life, we could blame the music industry for refusing to revise their business model to address the urgency of doing business in the new millenium, we could blame the file sharers for their innovation and outright theft, we could even blame ourselves for not closing sooner, for not anticipating this outcome, but it doesn’t change our situation.

We’ve had nine years of memories - good and bad, to the extremes and in-between.  I hope you have some good memories of our store.  Think of our instores, our inventory, our inviting personalities.  Try getting that at Target!  We will miss our customers.  We’re a mix of happy-sad right now.  Happy this nine year journey is almost over, sad about the consequences of closing, but in the end, the business was no longer self-sufficient.

Leave a comment or make a donation.  We would truly appreciate hearing from you.  We’d appreciate anything you could offer, and in return, we will send you a Sit and Spin souvenir in the form of leftover inventory or something found in the backroom.

Thanks for your business.  We truly appreciated it.

This could be our last week in business! Everything is 50% off and moving fast! Get in here before all the good stuff is gone! The hours have changed for this week, and we will be open 12-8 PM for the rest of the week.

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Come in and BUY SOMETHING!  It’s a fine Saturday afternoon for record shopping.

50% off practically everything!

We’re back in business, but not for too long!  Come in and get some stuff at 50% OFF!  That’s crazy!  BUY LOTS OF STUFF = SAVE LOTS OF MONEY.

30% off new vinyl and skateboards.  Everything else is 50% off.

So, you’ve thought to yourself, it must be a helluva thing to own a record store in the early 21st century. Sure, you’re a music lover, but even your purchases of actual physical product have declined in the last five years or so as the ever-swelling Internet made it easier for you to try or obtain new music with the ease of a mouse click. It used to be that you would wander into a record store, see a few interesting album covers, purchase music and enjoy it at home on your stereo. You still do that, just not as much as you used to because convenience is king. Don’t worry, it’s not just you, it’s everybody.

We could use your help. If you have a few bucks to spare and you want to send it our way, you can hit that DONATE button below and send us money via PayPal. Donate if you liked our store. Donate if you have good memories of our store. Donate if you went to one of our instores. Donate for any reason.

As an added bonus, a donation will relieve you of that guilty feeling you get whenever you download music from the Internet. If you want, I’ll send you a certificate to certify that you have completed a grief counseling session with sitandspin.com.

To sweeten the pot even more, if your donation exceeds a certain dollar amount I will send you some leftover inventory via USPS. I can’t promise any specific titles, but I can promise that it won’t be absolute crap. I wouldn’t do that to you. Item(s) may be new or used.

Donate $10 = one free thing (postage paid)
Donate $20 = three free things (postage paid)
Donate $30 = five free things (postage paid)

and so on. You get whatever you get. It’s a grab bag. Donate more, get more. Potentially lots more. You also have the option to decline your free gift and just donate out of the kindness of your heart. Your free gift will ship immediately upon receipt of donation!

So, here’s our hours for the rest of the month. We’ll keep you updated! It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon for record shopping. It’s even better when you know that everything is 25% off! Open until 8!

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