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Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/2/2012 8:50:03 PM

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I was pretty sad to see that Sub-Shop has decided to cease operations. While the quality has changed over the years, it still was a special place that probably influenced a lot of bondage lovers over the years. It was still one of the most convenient places to find cute colored items. :) Most items are not discounted much at the current time, but that may change as months go on and they are liquidating inventory. It might be a good place to keep an eye on for some deals. Or for us, there are a couple items we'd been waiting to purchase, but might need to bite-the-bullet sooner than we thought.

Anyway...just sort of an FYI for anyone who might be interested.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/2/2012 8:58:05 PM

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I was really sad back when they switched to the same chinese junk that you can get elsewhere for a fraction of the price.

My feelings about them going out of business now on the other hand are cool one less junk shop.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/2/2012 9:30:03 PM

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I was really sad back when they switched to the same chinese junk that you can get elsewhere for a fraction of the price.

My feelings about them going out of business now on the other hand are cool one less junk shop.

Obviously that was really frustrating, but I don't think 100% of their items are those chinese-made ones, right? I still find some items that appear to be unique to their store (which range in quality).

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/3/2012 3:26:12 PM

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Was meaning to buy some stuff since I'm pretty lacking in my own restraints and such. After ordering a few things, I feel kind of bad they're going away too; it seems like they put some effort into putting some personality into the site.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/4/2012 2:19:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: pwnerandpwned
Obviously that was really frustrating, but I don't think 100% of their items are those chinese-made ones, right?

No idea, the last time I ordered from them it was a couple of armbinders. What I got matched neither the pictures nor the description of what I'd ordered, so they do bait and switch products.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/5/2012 7:16:23 AM

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That's a shame, I always used to browse through their site and found the range brilliant, long before I found the UK scene... Never ordered but was always a 'one day' kind of thing

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/11/2012 10:56:18 PM

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It's a shame to see it go. I bought some of my first bondage gear there 14 or so years ago.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 5/13/2012 10:04:53 PM

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I actually just ordered a couple ball gags (under 10 dollars) and sex cuffs and am really impressed for the price.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 6/3/2012 3:26:28 AM

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I'm not unhappy at all... ordered a couple of times and the items were unusable. Good riddance.

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 6/18/2012 3:19:31 PM

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Overall it's not good for the community.

Anyone recommend a different site to buy, at least "decent" quality gear ?

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 6/20/2012 5:36:01 AM

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Anyone recommend a different site to buy, at least "decent" quality gear ?

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 9/28/2013 7:33:33 AM

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I discovered subshop.com just before they swichen to the chinese gear and I got burned (literlly) by the funky 2" ball gag I bought from they towards the end of their operations. Luckily (and more locally) I found a 2"er up at Spartacus in Portland and no burning or funky taste!

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RE: Sub-Shop closes its doors - 9/28/2013 12:03:13 PM

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As this thread is old, it has been locked.

Please do not post on threads on which the last post is more than three months old. You may start a new thread and link to the old one.

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