- Joined
- Aug 22, 2014
He has a Facebook profile, but it's locked down pretty tight.
Smart.
His life probably sucks pretty bad right now but I wouldn't place any of the blame for his situation on the trolls or the weens, it was his bad decisions that doomed the store (well that and the decline of the physical storefront model in general).
I haven't seen any proof that Snyder is in dire straits. Closing a store isn't the same as personal bankruptcy.
Additionally, "Bad decisions" isn't fair, more like a lack of good options. Snyder was working in a niche business where he didn't need to compete with a major retail chain. Had Snyder focused on selling video games, he would be outgunned by the GameStops of the Central Virginia district and have shuttered even faster. If he wanted to keep selling "games", he was better off selling physical board games and card games, but he was as vulnerable (if not more so, because games are a luxury) as any other brick-and-mortar.
Caller ID would allow Snyder and his employees to screen phone calls, so they probably ignored strange numbers from outside of Virginia for a few months.