Sex shop on Fifth Ave

I walk by it everyday home from the subway. I never see anyone go in or out. I assume it caters primarily to women?

it's pathetic.

Isn't there one in the West Village? Is it run by the same folks? Either way, it doesn't seem like the type of place that needs to be brick and mortar.

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street shooter wrote:
Hey, look at the bright side. Maybe this will allow propery value to falsely take a dip, if even just for a moment. Then I can finally afford a nice big condo.

Nope, it's actually been there for several years. When it first opened, there was a bit of an uproar because it's right across the street from a middle school. The store agreed not to open until afternoon, after the kids are out of school, and to keep the windows covered up until opening time. So if you walk by in the morning, you wouldn't even know it is there. It is small, and they don't have a lot of stuff. I personally am too uptight to shop for sex toys in my own neighborhood, but they've been there for a while so I guess someone's buying.

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Flexichick wrote: [quote=Rose][ I personally am too uptight to shop for sex toys in my own neighborhood, but they've been there for a while so I guess someone's buying.

Rose, you can always shop online. This is a great women-owned store in San Francisco. They bill and ship discreetly and have good product reviews (I just don't know HOW I know these things )

http://goodvibes.com/

Just so's y'all know, there's been a lot of hubbub over Good Vibrations in recent months. It used to be worker-owned, but a few months ago they went to a more corporate model that has pissed off a lot of their old loyal customers and workers.

http://tinyurl.com/r4y9y
http://tinyurl.com/z2z8d (that's a Salon.com link, so you have to view an ad to read the story)

Just FYI. They're still very feminist and woman-positive and all that, but some people may not want to do business with them because of all the changes in the company.

I prefer Babeland, which also sells online (http://babeland.com), because even though it's not a co-op, it is locally owned and I know they're good to their workers.

Either one's better than your run-of-the-mill skanky sex shop, though!

My reply posted twice, so I erased the duplicate.

8thandPrez wrote: it's pathetic.

+1 it is very pathetic

I want Toys in Babeland to open up a Brooklyn branch!.

now THAT would be nice. That place is clean, well set up and not at all dodgy, plus the ladies who run it are really cool, even to the men who occasion the place.

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Rose wrote: [quote=Flexichick]
Rose, you can always shop online. This is a great women-owned store in San Francisco. They bill and ship discreetly and have good product reviews (I just don't know HOW I know these things )

Absolutely. Isn't that why they invented the internet?


I recently purchased a thin plastic covering for the screen of my blackberry. Was billed by "best skin ever". That sounds dirty

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apollonia666 wrote:
Just so's y'all know, there's been a lot of hubbub over Good Vibrations in recent months. It used to be worker-owned, but a few months ago they went to a more corporate model that has pissed off a lot of their old loyal customers and workers.

http://tinyurl.com/r4y9y
http://tinyurl.com/z2z8d (that's a Salon.com link, so you have to view an ad to read the story)

wow - totally interesting! Thanks for the link.
I used to know a guy who worked at Good Vibes in SF . . .