Books Feb 2, 2011 at 1:59 pm

University District Twice Sold Tales to Go Online-Only

Paul Constant
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1
This sucks. Chase Bank sucks.
Ziggity on February 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM Report this
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That prime neighborhood real estate is becoming a Chase? Excuse me, I just threw up.
danewood on February 2, 2011 at 2:02 PM Report this
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Will the cats stay?
DOUG. on February 2, 2011 at 2:10 PM Report this
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Chase has to move because they're building the new Sound Transit station where they are.

Unless someone has a spare anti-gravity pod they can use ...

That said, I noticed the cool teriyaki shop next door disappeared this past weekend.
Will in Seattle on February 2, 2011 at 2:16 PM Report this
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What a waste of a nice location (seriously, Chase, get out of the U District, you ridiculous leeches)
on February 2, 2011 at 2:19 PM Report this
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Why the hell is Chase in the U District? Students have no need for banks.
tiktok on February 2, 2011 at 2:23 PM Report this
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That's too bad - from a jewelry story for decades, to vacant, to Twice Sold Tales, and now an anonymous Chase branch. That intersection will now be chain stores on all four corners.
gloomy gus on February 2, 2011 at 2:24 PM Report this
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Boo!
Parsnip on February 2, 2011 at 2:27 PM Report this
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@6:

OTOH, in this economy banks have great need for credulous 18 - 22 year-olds who've never been taught a thing about sound personal financial management.
COMTE on February 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM Report this
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On the other hand, there's a BECU branch half a block away, a WSECU branch two blocks away, so it's not like there aren't other alternatives - and even a BofA ATM a block away.
Will in Seattle on February 2, 2011 at 2:39 PM Report this
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@7: "That intersection will now be chain stores on all four corners."

Yes, but I'd argue that Bartell Drugs, with its 56 or so stores, is much different than Chase.

In any case, that area is going to be banking central. Key, BoA, BECU, Wells Fargo, Chase. Which places am I forgetting?
stinkbug on February 2, 2011 at 2:40 PM Report this
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Too bad Chase can't buy a minimal storefront like the new BECU location in the U-Dist. Just changed over to them from Chase!
Peace Chase, you bloated piece of crap!
Andy_Squirrel on February 2, 2011 at 2:41 PM Report this
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I like how Chase and BECU Neighborhood Service Centers are never far from each other, and how BECU reminds passersby of the difference with its "We're Here For You, Not Out To Get You." Chase is in the U District so it can replenish its high turnover 'Personal Banking Specialists' with kids who myopically quit working at the nearby cheap fast food places.
Keister Button on February 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM Report this
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Crap.

I suppose it was inevitable, but... crap.
merry on February 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM Report this
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@11 the BofA ATM in front of the UW Bookstore and the slave-labor Husky Hoodies?

But one of the Chase personal bankers was really nice last week, so I'm going to cut them some slack.
Will in Seattle on February 2, 2011 at 3:23 PM Report this
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Despite being local and filled with books, that store smells like a dozen dying grandmas and is staffed by folks of highly questionable emotional stability. I sometimes worry about the welfare of the cats in there.
snickerpoodle on February 2, 2011 at 4:14 PM Report this
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Don't blame Chase. Blame yourself. If you hadn't spent all that money at Amazon the local book stores would be doing better.

Neurotic Cat on February 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM Report this
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I'm not blaming Chase, but there is a Chase two blocks away already, they took over WAMU. Seriously, the U-District has like 10 banks and 25 ATMs in a 10 block strip already. What it needs is another coffee house! (kidding, there's more of those than banks)
dan10things on February 2, 2011 at 4:27 PM Report this
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@18: "but there is a Chase two blocks away already"

Dan, are you aware that the building that Chase is in now at 43rd and Brooklyn likely will disappear since Link will be digging in that spot?
stinkbug on February 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM Report this
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It's not that I don't like local used bookstores. It's just that I didn't like that local book store.
emor on February 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM Report this
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@19 big giant hole. Kind of hard to keep operating there.
Will in Seattle on February 2, 2011 at 4:44 PM Report this
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@21: Do you prefer the one or two entrance design?
stinkbug on February 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM Report this
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I could only shop there after pounding Zyrtec. Online sounds good to me.
MacBastard on February 2, 2011 at 5:37 PM Report this
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As everyone here should realize, putting words on a sheet of paper is anachronistic. Selling those worded up sheets of paper is similarly anachronistic. Paper books will eventually become akin to film photography and VHS tapes and this store closure is just a simple result of that eventuality. Don't hate it, embrace it. Think of it this way, if someone had to print the words of this article and send them to your house, you'd probably never hear about stories like this one.
on February 3, 2011 at 1:03 PM Report this
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What's gonna happen to Sureshot?

Is this thing about TST a hostile takeover??? Was the space/property even for sale?????
on February 5, 2011 at 12:44 AM Report this

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