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Craig HI believe a lot of the remaining stores do have an online presence. Burbank Sportscards has a brick-and-morter shop, but the owner told me a few months ago that the shop will become strictly mail-order/online in the near future. The shop is only there to house the 15 million card-inventory. I used to go there to fill sets, but was kinda bugged that the last time I was there they made me order cards on their computer and then they went to fill it.
There are some things I like about hobby shops and other reasons why the internet is better. Finding scarcer, oddball issues are easier to find online especially when I live on the West Coast and more of the rare and obscure stuff in on the East Coast.
But buying online is annoying when you're looking for something common and cheap(i.e. buying a 1977 Topps common) which I would rather find in a hobby store and not pay more for S&H and waiting then the card is worth.
Craig