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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Suncoast is familiar to me, although I don't think they were in Canada. I believe I bought a bunch of DVDs and a lava lamp (a real one, not the rip-offs - it was $90!) there, in Seattle, which I smuggled back across the border to avoid the Duty fees.

I worked in retail for 17 years, and loved how a "family" of coworkers could develop - I have such good memories of a few of the stores.

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Retroist's avatar

We sold a surprising number of lamps at our location. Usually selling out each month. The two most popular were the lava lamp and a lamp that looked like a film camera. The latter was probably our most returned item. They were just very poorly made.

Working in retail is tough and it has some negatives, but people tend to gloss over any positives. I did a decade or so in retail and it was probably the most socially enjoyable work I got to do, especially at Suncoast.

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

My lamp is still going strong, 30 years later!

Agreed, I loved retail aside from the low pay, sucky hours and asshole customers.😁 17 years in the trenches for me!

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Bill Osuch's avatar

Suncoast was always my go-to place for movie posters...

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Michael Riedlinger's avatar

I worked for Suncoast for years as well. Some of my favorite years, and I’m still friends with most of the folks I met along the way. Much love from the former store manager of Gurnee Mills, Gurnee, Illinois!

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