All Hastings stores closing

[tlwwake]

one of my favorite stores in Ardmore...

All stores are having closing sales FYI.

30% off everything

 

[HighStickHarry]

I used to love going to Hastings on Friday nights in middle school and renting one of the police academies or sports bloopers vhs tapes. One of those cultural experiences that was only a small snapshot in time.


Nowadays, other than books, it was mostly things for nerds without kids.

 

[Rulz]

I used to love going to Hastings on Friday nights in middle school and renting one of the police academies or sports bloopers vhs tapes. One of those cultural experiences that was only a small snapshot in time.


Nowadays, other than books, it was mostly things for nerds without kids.

Back in my single days, I waltzed into Hastings out of boredom after a game in Stillwater. Found myself in some aisle surrounded by all kinds of Star Trek nerdery, ended up walking out with a whole bunch of dumb shit with a stupid grin on my face, played with it all for a week then tossed it on eBay a year or two later and got my money back.

But I still have the Star Trek replica phaser.

Don't hate....

 

[HighStickHarry]

I'm sure it really ties the room together

 

[tlwwake]

I'm a big music guy and they always had a great vinyl section.

 

[Rulz]

I'm sure it really ties the room together

I hang it next to my signed portrait of Don Lapre.

In our tiny little one bedroom apartment.

 

[Orange Jennyslipper]

Damn. I have a few hundred dvd's I kept meaning to sell back to them.

Guess I'll make baby-crib mobiles out of them. Or hippie-chick earrings.

 

[JonnyVito]

I got a playboy singed there and spent time waiting in line for the LotR movies when they hit DVD. Also bought a lot of CD's there while in school at OSU.

 

[BvillePoker]

Oh no where will I get my high end beer pong supplies and superhero t shirts?

 

[osutater]

Oh no where will I get my high end beer pong supplies and superhero t shirts?

Good question for @JonnyVito

 

[JonnyVito]

Good question for @JonnyVito

Tater!!!

 

[J.R. Murphy's]

Also bought a lot of CD's there while in school at OSU.

Hastings and Record Exchange probably still account for a large chunk of my CD collection.

Yes, I still listen to CD's. MP3's sound like complete shit. Compressed garbage. There. I said it.

 

[tlwwake]

Hastings and Record Exchange probably still account for a large chunk of my CD collection.

Yes, I still listen to CD's. MP3's sound like complete shit. Compressed garbage. There. I said it.

Finally someone says it.

 

[CBradSmith]

Worked there for 3 years in college.

Probably my favorite job to date.

 

[CarrolltonPoke]

Sad to see Hastings go, although the Record Exchange was a much bigger loss for me.

 

[Dally1up]

Sad to see Hastings go, although the Record Exchange was a much bigger loss for me.

Was this the head shop/tape shop that instantly od'd you with incense on opening of the door?

 

[CarrolltonPoke]

Was this the head shop/tape shop that instantly od'd you with incense on opening of the door?

I don't recall it being a head shop. It was on the NW corner of Main and Miller. There is a Facebook group dedicated to the place and its owner Ken Sears: https://www.facebook.com/groups/54669679529/

 

[HighStickHarry]

Hopefully no one went to the back room with don at the record exchange...

 

[csh]

I'm a big music guy and they always had a great vinyl section.

As far as chain stores go, Hastings and Borders were the best music selection I can remember. Hastings was kind of like a time machine, especially in the smaller towns. I went to one in Warrensburg, MO, population 19k, and they still had VHS movies they were trying to unload out in their lobby area.

 

[SKC]

Probably my favorite job to date.

Def my favorite college job!

 

[tlwwake]

As far as chain stores go, Hastings and Borders were the best music selection I can remember. Hastings was kind of like a time machine, especially in the smaller towns. I went to one in Warrensburg, MO, population 19k, and they still had VHS movies they were trying to unload out in their lobby area.

Ardmore and Stillwater Hastings had the best music selections