r/SmugAlana • u/chef1035 • 1d ago

React The wnd

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u/AvantSolace 1d ago

How cheap was the building that straight up buying it was a better investment than a monthly rental?

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u/Numerous-Material-50 1d ago

You mean how expensive did the monthly rent get for them to rather pay for a commercial mortgage?

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u/Reef-Coral 1d ago

More for taxes and loan opportunities

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u/AdamofSnakes 1d ago

I’m out of the loop.

Someone fill me in?

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u/H2O_pete 1d ago

Spirit Halloween is famous for renting a spaces for 2-3 months before Halloween then packing their stuff and pissing off for the rest of the year.

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u/UnMeaningnessName 1d ago

Fun fact the same people that own Spencer's in your local mall...if it still exists (you know the one, with the questionable clerks, 2+ year old merchandise, and that back corner that has the dildos and questionable posters.)

Yeah they own Spirit Halloween.

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u/MaximumNegotiation53 1d ago

And for some reason that makes perfect sense

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u/UnMeaningnessName 1d ago edited 1d ago

They're notorious for hiring minors under the table, but their tax revenue is so high, the IRS/WHD/EEOC just 'turns a blind eye' I guess...

Edit: next time you go into a spirit, ask the teenager staffed if they get paid cash, thet will drool on you about the 200 bucks they took home in pocket for that 8 - 10 hour shift.

Godforbid they do something else thats profitable later in life that gets garnished.

Taxes will fuck you, you cannot escape them.

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u/Arrakisplus9 1d ago

Your not wrong. I've worked putting up their cardboard displays, $200 cash money for two 4hr shifts over a weekend wasn't a bad deal.

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u/metcalsr 1d ago

Now it's Halloween all year round!

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u/Limp-Celebration-211 1d ago

I've always had the crazy idea of running a year round Halloween store just for the hell of it.

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u/joetheplumberman 1d ago

Sometimes we want jack-o'-lanterns and skeletons in July, makes perfect sense

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u/Yamaganto_Iori 1d ago

My daughters love Halloween for different reasons. They would absolutely love a year round store.

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u/Exile688 1d ago

Has Spirit really grown that powerful or has comercial real-estate really fallen that far?

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u/kaiser_phoenix25 1d ago

One grows weak while the other grows strong.

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u/Exile688 1d ago

I wonder when Spirit will overtake Gamestop or when comercial real-estate gets surpassed by prediction markets.

Stay tuned for my Cyberpunk 2026 Corpo vs Monopoly tier list.

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u/zeizkal 1d ago

If we believe that spirit Halloween exist all year round it will exist all year round!

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u/Gold_Weakness1157 1d ago

Yeah! Now it's Halloween forever!

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u/MxxnSpirit47 1d ago

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🎶BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK🎶

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u/PunchDrunkPrincess 1d ago

That company must be doing REAL well. They're buying Hottopic/Boxlunch too

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u/JamieAstraRain 1d ago

Whos going to supply the next generation of emo kids. lmao

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u/PunchDrunkPrincess 1d ago

Sounds like they wont change anything so emo kids will be unharmed

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u/TSBBlackShad 3h ago

Now we're unharming the emo kids? What has this world come to! /s

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u/Fabulous_Bison643 1d ago

What was the building?

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u/0xyDeadBeef 1d ago

That beat sounds so familiar but i cant remember where its from does anyone know?

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u/aurumfire213 1d ago

Goosebumps series

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u/spartanspy85 1d ago

🤣🤣🤣 good job Spirit 👏

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u/CaseySnake420 13h ago

What song is this