A good friend and long-time customer, Frank Kovachik, came to our store this weekend and gave us a copy of his first CD. Frank’s been making music for years and is a great musician. The CD is quite impressive and features a great mix of original music. In addition to writing, performing, and [...]

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It’s not just the athletes in Vancouver who can win with the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We’ve got a way for you to participate while cheering on the USA team.
Bring in your items between today and Monday, February 22.
When you drop off your items, tell us the total number of medals the USA team will [...]

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Monday, January 25 marked the 50th anniversary of bubble wrap!
What a great invention! It’s so loved that there are over 250 Facebook pages devoted solely to this air-filled plastic. There are online games devoted to bubble wrap. People around the world celebrated the day by popping the fun [...]

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We’re going to be taking a few days off during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays this year.
We will be closed Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 30 – January 3.
We will be open from 10-5 on Saturday, December 26 and 10-6 on December 28 and 29.
We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

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We’ve been selected to participate in a test program using Bill Me Later. In case you’re not familiar with Bill Me Later, it’s a payment solution that allows you to shop online without requiring you to have your payment info handy or enter your credit card info online. I’ll admit I’ve not used [...]

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We recently sold a WWII Japanese Samurai Sword for a long time customer.
When he brought it it, he didn’t know much about it, other than the fact that it was brought back from the war by an uncle. There were no maker’s marks evident on the piece and without marks they were selling [...]

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The Village of Romeoville offers a lot to it’s businesses. They’ve recently started a Shop Romeoville campaign to help local residents become acquainted with businesses in the village.
Kevin from Romeoville Public Television worked hard to put together this fantastic commercial spot that is currently airing on RPTV as well as on You [...]

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New trash cans are popping up at Romeoville parks. The folks at Green Can have developed a can for use at park districts to promote recycling. We liked the idea and helped to bring one of the cans to Volunteer Park.

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We’ve talked to a lot of people lately and the big question is always “how’s business?”. Business is good. In fact, our selling success rate is at an all-time high. Our average selling price has increased as well. As fast as it comes it, people are bidding and paying good prices [...]

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We receive hundreds of items each month. Most are in really good condition and you can tell that the owner took care of it. Occasionally, we see items that are pretty grungy and we have to ask that they be cleaned up first.
A bit of advice if you’re planning to bring something to [...]

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