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arclight222 t1_j9fz09j wrote

Bangor and Lewiston Bull Moose locations have seen better days. It must be location or local management based, because Waterville, Brunswick and Scarborough are really fantastic stores.

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Lissma t1_j9gdjly wrote

Waterville is amazing. I've only ever walked out of there without what I wanted once, and that's because someone beat me to the one copy they had gotten in.

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McGillicuddysGhost OP t1_j9g1fx4 wrote

Makes sense. Glad to hear the others are doing well. I should get down to Waterville sometime. There used to be a couple good record stores. Bangor seemed to have a long time manager for quite a while. Wonder if he got done.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j9gqzfy wrote

So's the new Biddeford one, from what I've been hearing. Apparently it's a bigger store than the one in Sanford, which...yeah, I can buy. I have to wonder just how small it actually was, though.

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Yourbubblestink t1_j9hi12a wrote

I mean the truth is there very slim profit margins in print books and used movies and games in modern times. After your pay the staff, the light bills and buy new inventory. There’s not much money left.

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FirstTimeCaller101 t1_j9h369y wrote

Lewiston store is fine as far as the facility/staff, but they don’t seem to send new inventory there nearly as often as they used to. Lots of bare shelves.

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PirateBanger t1_j9i4ik5 wrote

In Lewiston it's absolutely management. The new manager is completely ineffectual as a leader. Firing well liked employees, hiring friends to shift leader with no training or experience. They're also incapable of taking constructive criticism, or having direct conversations with employees. As a person, I think the manager and assistant manager are chill people, but they have the leadership qualities of rancid shrimp.

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