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| - Recently opened, Tha Last Word is a rather spacious and comfortable store in the shops behind IHOP and Walgreens at the corner of Harris Blvd. and North Tryon, across from the hospital and University Place. If you're familiar with this strip, it's to the right of Maggie Moo's and the Thai restaurant on the ground level, tucked in the corner next to GNC.
If you are an avid reader, game player, movie watcher, or music listener, you should visit this shop. They specialize in buying and selling used media (books, games and game players, DVDs, VHS tapes, vinyl record albums, and CDs).
My boys and I were headed to eat lunch at Qdoba's, when we spotted this place. Curious about the name, I suggested we check it out. A sign outside mentioned that they offered 10% discounts for customers of several other restaurants, so we went to Jimmy John's for lunch, instead, and returned with our receipt.
I looked for used music, while the twins looked for games. I quickly found a couple of discs I would gladly pay $4 and $5 for. I noticed that CD prices are low, generally between $4 and $8 for most titles, with a few important or popular works selling for more.
Meanwhile, my boys found several used game systems, and had an idea. They had a couple of older game systems at home, a Sega Genesis and a Super Nintendo, and decided they could part with the Sega and all its cartridges.
We went back later, Sega Genesis and games in hand, and they gave us a decent trade in value for it, considering it was a hand-me-down to us from some old friends who bought it new in the nineties!
The boys spent their cash from the Genesis and some savings on a Nintendo Game Cube and three cartridges with four games they had never played. So they're happy, and someone else will be happy with our old system, as it still worked perfectly.
While you're waiting for companions to shop or make up their minds, you can use the shop's Keurig coffee maker for a nominal fee, and relax while you browse or wait. They have several chairs, tables, and couches to hang out on.
I love places like this, because they allow you to recover a little of your original purchase price for media and recycle it into someone else's used media that you haven't seen. It's a great way to clean off your bookshelves or clean out your media cabinet, while refreshing it with new things to watch, play, hear, and read.
Finally, there's a clean, well-lit place to buy used media in the University area!
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