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Originally Posted by Senusret I
I have been to three Greek stores in my life and two college stores with extensive Greek sections.
1. The Guild in DC...... they have never had a great selection of pre-made stuff, but I have never had a problem with their made-to-order items. They once closed for a few months and moved across the street to a smaller, but nicer store. I do not believe they have done down much in inventory, but the manager did tell me that they stopped making certain items because of the high overhead (sweaters, for example.)
2. The University Shop in College Park, MD -- they are great for pre-made stuff. In the years I have supported them, they seem to be doing fine. Not my number one choice for pre-made stuff, BUT I can say this... if you've ever been annoyed that the "white" sororities have better pre-made stuff, the University Shop will erase that. Everything that Tri-Delt has, DST will have.
3. Forgot the name of the Greek store in Columbus, OH (University Spirit?) but they were really good -- on the same level as #2.
4. Howard University Bookstore -- far better than the Guild for pre-made stuff, but ONLY carries NPHC stuff, which is silly because APO, GSS, KKPsi, TBS, SAI, and PMA are also on the yard in large numbers.
5. Went to a Greek store in Athens, OH that I wasn't feeling at all.
All in all, I don't notice the actual stores declining in quality or inventory -- but I do see a LOT of online vendors disappearing.
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Sheedy,
The store you're talking about in Columbus is Spirit Concepts. I was sad to find out that the store had closed. I hadn't purchased nalia in a minute, and thought I was going to make a come up. Not so much.
I no longer live there, so I don't know if the store moved, or just went out of business. I can't imagine that it would be out of business, given that when I was on the yard, the D9 at OSU pretty much used that store exclusively.