RetailArchaeology

Thrifting Time! Ep. 19: Thrifting After Dark

Here's my latest video. I found some really neat and interesting stuff in this episode 😁

Dollar General Vs. Family Dollar: Ultimate Dollar Store Challenge

Here's my latest video. This one ended up turning out a little different than I had planned originally. You'll see what I mean in the video :-)

Thanks everyone!

New video this weekend 🙂

I'll have a new video out this weekend. I'm hoping to have it uploaded Saturday afternoon. I also have 3 other videos currently in various states of completeness that I'll be finishing up soon.

While I have your eyeballs for a minute I wanted to show you all this awesome picture I found at...

Spooky Archaeology: Spirit Halloween 2022

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. Mark and I went and poked around a Spirit Halloween store because they're open already and they're always fun. This one is a more fun/lighter video and I had a lot of fun making it. Thank you all for your support!

Bed Bath & Beyond Is A Failure!

Here's my latest video. I don't think Bed Bath & Beyond is going to make it based on the current news and what I saw their recently. You also get to see a little bit of my new place in this video 🙂 Thanks for your patience everyone!

Where's the video?

I just finished working on it. It's exporting now. I needed to go get some additional footage yesterday. Editing and voiceover also took a little long than expected. It's exporting now then I just need check it for errors. I'm hoping to have the upload started before I hit the hay tonight. I also...

New videos soon 🙂

I'll have a new video out Monday. We're back to looking at a struggling national retailer. This episode will have a bit of a twist though. I think it will make for a fun video. I should have a Patreon exclusive video out very soon too. I'll show you what I've been working on at my new place. I ha...

My Trip to the 2022 SoCal Retro Gaming Expo

Here's my latest video. It goes live to the general public tomorrow afternoon.

Mark and I got some really great footage on Sunday. That video should be out in about a week. Now that I've gotten mostly settled in my new place I'm starting to plan some travel again. I'm hoping to get out of P...

New video and life stuff update

Hey everyone, here's my latest video. Thank you all so much for your patience. I'm in the process of unpacking at my new place now. I always forget how much crap I have until I have to pack and then unpack it lol. I have several fun videos planned for the near future and thankfully I'm getting to...

Quick update

I was planning to have a new video out this weekend but It mostly won't be out until Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Bean (my dog) has been having health problems. Something is very wrong with his back causing him a lot of pain. I was up with him all night last night and I just got back from the animal ho...

Kohl's: Who Would Want To Buy This?

Here's my latest video. It's been several years since I've been in a Kohl's. They are currently taking bids to buy them. I'm not sure why anyone would want to buy Kohl's.

Thank you all for your patience. I haven't been able to produce videos as quickly as I'd like. I have a lot of stuff goi...

The Boulevard Mall: A Vintage Vegas Gem

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology! Thank you all for your patience, I know it's been a while between videos.

Sears & Kmart In 2022

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. I was recently able to film one of the last Sears stores in the United States. This episode takes a look at how Sears and Kmart are doing in 2022.

In personal news I've recently started house shopping which has been stressful and time consum...

Thrifting Time! Ep. 17: PC Games & Farting Monkeys

Here's the latest episode of Thrifting Time. I had a lot of fun making this one. The first store is near a retirement community, we found lots of weird stuff at that one. The second store was featured 4 or 5 years ago in one of my first Thrifting Time! episodes. Happy Saturday everyone!

Desert Sky Mall: Is It A Dead Mall

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. In this episode we visit a Mall that I haven't been to in over 4 years. A lot of people have said this place is dead. I'm no so sure of that.

New video soon and a quick update

After what seems like ages my voice is finally back to normal. It doesn't sound miserable anymore 🙂 I'll have a new mall video out this week. It's a mall many people have requested that I do an update on. I think my last video on it was over 4 years ago. Many people over the last few years hav...

Mall Plant Update

It's doing really great 😀 I moved it to a smaller pot. I got a few comments on the video explaining why I should do that.

Also, I still have the other 2 clippings that I didn't think would root. One of them finally did. I'm hopping the other one will too 😁

Dead Mall Plants & Floppy Disk Photography

Here's my latest video. I've been wanting to try growing my own mall plant from a dead mall for a while and finally had a good opportunity to try it. I made a visit to Power Square Mall a day or 2 (I can't remember exactly) before it closed permanently. I was able to grab some clippings from one ...

Christmas At Macy's

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

Quick update

Sorry for the delay in videos. I've been very busy at work and also with Christmas stuff. I should have a new video out tomorrow. I hope you like department store at Christmas time vibes 😁

I'm off from work for the rest of the year so I should be able to catch up on video work.

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New video on the RA2 channel

I'm still working on the next couple of episode of Retail Archaeology. A new episode should be out at the beginning of next week. In the meantime here's a video I did on the RA2 channel. If you like old computer games I think you'll enjoy it 😁

Chuck E. Cheese Pizza At Home

Here's this week's episode. It goes public tomorrow morning. This one's a little lighter in tone and a little different. When I saw Chuck E. Cheese was selling frozen pizzas at the grocery store I was very intrigued. Then I had the idea to compare it to a pizza from an actual Chuck E. Cheese loca...

Arizona's Dead Mall Gold

New video out now! Let's check out some of Arizona's Dead Mall Gold 😁

Thrifting Time! Ep. 16: 2 Thrift Stores In The Same Strip Mall!

Here's my latest video 😁 The next episode of Retail Archaeology will be out on Black Friday. It's an hour long and I'll be doing a live premier for it in YouTube.

Thanks everyone!

Pinball Hall of Fame: Almost Game Over!

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. This one covers one of my most favorite places in the world. Do to financial difficulties brought on by the pandemic it almost closed down but thankfully it has been saved 😁

Arizona's Dead Mall Gold VHS coming soon

Hey everyone, my VHS tape will be releasing soon from Pacific Plaza Records (https://pacificplaza.bandcamp.com) 😁 Shortly after the tape's release I will be releasing Arizona's Dead Mall Gold in HD on YouTube. It will b...

Power Square Mall: Recycling A Dead Mall

Hey everyone, I thought I posted this here but I did it through the app and apparently it didn't actually post. Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology 😁

Power Square Mall Update

I had one of the best times I've ever had filming a dead mall today. The new owners of Power Square Mall reached out to me and asked me to come and film it. Something like this very rarely happens. The new owners are going to be converting it into a art school. They've already started by converti...

Auntie Anne's Vs Wetzel's: Ultimate Mall Pretzel Showdown

Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. This one is a little different so let me know what you think. Thanks everyone!

Spooky Archaeology: Spirit Halloween

It's officially the spookiest time of the year. Here's the latest episode of Retail Archaeology. I would have had this video done sooner however the store was blaring top 40 pop music which made it difficult to try and include the sounds from the animatronics. Unfortunately I had to cut out the ...