Some very unfortunate news: Shopify has continued their bullying of retro game stores and has forced RetroGamerStuff.com to stop selling certain items. The store’s owner Adam (aka Bad_Ad84) had been thinking of closing the store for awhile now, but after the latest Shopify incident, he’s decided to start that process right away. Currently, the store has all items listed for 50% off until stock runs out, simply by using the code GOODBYEBADAD84. Also, all previous orders (and pre-orders) will be fulfilled and support will still be given (within reason) for products purchased – The store will just stop selling items once they’re all gone. More into after the links:
Website: https://retrogamerstuff.com/
Announcement: https://retrogamerstuff.com/blogs/news/a-farewell
While I completely understand and sympathize with Adam’s decision, this is definitely a blow to the community. Not only is RetroGamerStuff a store with an excellent reputation, but Adam’s been an amazing member of this community and was one of the people who helped get RetroRGB.com going over a decade ago! His patience with me on Assemblergames back in the day is a big part of how I was able to navigate my way through dunning-kruger syndrome and realize I was far from truly understanding a lot of this stuff. If it wasn’t for the few people that kept pushing me to get better, I might have given up before I even got rolling. So once again, thank you Adam.
The story isn’t all bad news though – It appears Adam was able to start a new business in a different field that’s doing quite well! Leaving RGS behind is probably necessary to put the in the effort and focus that new business deserves, so maybe this was all meant to be? Either way, my guess is if Shopify (as well as PayPal) weren’t such awful companies, lots more stores would still be around. Let’s hope competition pops up that give us all an option that’s less terrible to their customers!
