[mjanooz]

dude... your competition Jax Sports Cards ..Mike and Ed and Dick and Janes (vince and jane)... Largest libraries of base and product in florida.. both have been in business for countless years. Each will tell you, that the store is "fun" however the majority of their sales are on the internet. And, in North Florida, Football rules, with baseball second. Jax Sports has a store here on Beckett and D/J's is sportsbuys largest vendor...there have also been other stores that have tried in N FLA and had a shelf life of 4-6 months.. Most of them shifted to Magic/Gathering only. I would think long and hard about risking this $$$. Speak to them, maybe you can offload their inventory or buy from them... I also have thought long about opening a Memorabilia store, with a few cards mixed in the Town Center, however, who has the money in N. FLA to lay down 500$ for a jones drew jersey or helmet auto? Not enough to quit your day job. As some have mentioned here, go internet first.. cheaper, I know COMC and sportlots have a good corner on base..but both have a terrible user interface. if you are going to spend money on brick and mortar, I would use the money to develop a web store with a more user friendly display. I bet you could get 20 -30 users here to help with inventory. I have the resources to do such a thing..so contact me and we can chat. Otherwise...Jax needs a killer Italian deli...before it needs another card shop. Take a trip to the national..talk to the vendors.. i bet 80% would sell you their business for 1/3 of what it is worth...that will tell you something...