The dullness I see is when I go to a second-hand shop in a foreign country and you see the very same second-hand stuff that you see nearly everywhere else. If I'm in Köln or München, for instance, I don't want to see old copies of Frampton Comes Alive or the Grease Soundtrack or umpteen Bob Marley LPs, etc. We didn't carry that kind of stuff when we owned a store right here in the States. Tho they didn't specialize in LPs, Zweitausendeins, for instance, was a favorite of mine for the reason that they usually didn't carry stuff like that.
I love Nanaimo and it's been too long since I've been there.
We used to stay at a wonderful B&B there until they closed
when the husband died. I'm wondering if this store you've
mentioned is the same store that Thurston Moore would
visit to sell some of his personal collection. Apparently,
he had a favorite record store in Nanaimo.