Top 10 Stores That Don't Exist Anymore

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Given I used to work at Toys r us, it hurts not having them around anymore, even as an adult due to the memories I had going there as a kid!

I speak for everyone when I say, when Toys R Us & Blockbuster got shut down, parts of our childhood died at that moment!

I miss Borders. My Mom worked there when I was little, and over the years she collected enough books from there to last me from elementary school till college. I used to have my own little Borders in my basement! I miss going to the promotional events with her and getting a free book at the end. I loved that I got to have one on one time with the authors at the end while my Mom cleaned up. I’m a junior in college now and I would kill to sit on a colorful rug with a hot chocolate while someone reads to me. I miss it a lot.

Toys ‘R’ Us was everybody’s childhood, we all know that we always begged our parents to get a toy from Toys ‘R’ Us but once we all heard that Toys ‘R’ Us we’re going out of business, all of our hearts dropped, these stores will forever be in our hearts.

Rest In Peace to Blockbuster and Toys R’ Us. Those stores were a big part of my childhood. 😔

The ones I heard of: - Foot Locker - RadioShack - ToysRUs - Blockbuster

The “Welcome To Circuit City…Where Service Is State Of The Art” tagline/jingle is great.

My local Toys R Us was turned into a Wine and Spirits and they recently put a giraffe wearing sunglasses on the front, so it’s like Geoffrey the Giraffe grew up with us

Kids these days don’t know how awesome Toys R Us and Blockbuster was back then

I loved Borders. It was a great place to go to for magazines as well as books. They had a very extensive collection of magazinesm

Watching this video, I couldn't help but shed tears of sadness when I saw ToysRUs and Blockbuster Video. I have so many fond memories of those two stores. I have 2 boys ages 2 and 7, which will miss out from the excitement I experienced on Friday evenings when I would head with my family to Blockbuster to get 3 movies, order a pizza from Dominos and make it a pizza and movie night, or go to a huge boxsstore full of toys from front to back, which was ToysRUs. Maybe I wasn't able to afford buying any toys, because honestly, they were extremely expensive. But just hanging out as a child in a place like that, was like being in heaven for me. Now, what will my boys get excited about? It seems all the magic has been lost, thanks to online shopping and downsizing. But I cannot falter that as the only cause.

I was heartbroken when Toys R Us and Borders closed. I went to them all the time as a kid

I miss Fry's. Their stores were awesome. Radioshack at the end of their run was like going into a mini swap meet. They sold cell phones no one wanted and just odd shit that no one was going to buy.

I remember A&P as a little kid in Maryland. It was the first time I was made aware of the ampersand "&" sign and I still associate the symbol with today.

Toys "R" Us, Blockbuster, and Borders used to be my favorite places to go as a kid. It's sad that many things from my childhood no longer exist.

I feel like Sears will be going this way soon. I live in Massachusetts & they used to be in every mall. Now, only one remains.

My heart really hurt when I saw that toys r us was putting them out of business, when I had a kid I was telling myself I can’t wait to take them to toys r us. Oh borders closing hurt my heart too! I loved borders when I was kid I used to sit at borders for hours I liked it a lot more than barns and nobles. Also blockbuster was my whole childhood as well I loved going to blockbuster on a Friday night to rent movies, it’s so sad my childhood is crying

At the risk of sounding prehistoric, the demise of Sears meant the loss of the very heart of U.S. retailing. Sears had invented nationwide sales, and the money back guarantee, defined middle class accoutrements, and built the world’s tallest skyscraper. All that being gone amounts to the fatal blow.

I still remember the MASSIVE ToysRUs book during Christmas