Daily News | General stores serve the Jersey Shore with smiles and (practically) anything you need
If you’re standing in line to pay at Dalrymple’s Card & Gift Shoppe in Sea Isle City this summer, settle in and relax.“We’re open to any kind of talking with customers at any time,” said owner Charles Dalrymple, whose family founded the general store in 1963. “Even if there’s a line.”
Patrons often aren’t merely repeat customers, but human links in chains of relationships that go back generations. The mom and dad buying those sandals and tubes of sunscreen today first squirmed in the store 30, 35 years ago, clamoring for beach pails and shovels.charm, Shore general stores breed loyalty in their customers, and a sentimentality that elevates their significance.
“These stores sell everything and do quite well,” said Richard Bernstein, emeritus economics professor from Temple University who summers in Barnegat Light. “They charge higher prices because they’re convenient, and many aren’t open year-round. They have a pretty wide selection.” “We’re never selling,” Angel, 78, said. Gaughen, 71, put it into perspective, adding, “This is family. This is blood. And we’re part of this community.”
“You hear few complaints from people, who come in at the start of their vacations,” Hoy said. “Although, some young kids wonder why there’s nothing in our 5 & 10 that actually costs just 5 or 10 cents.” Customer Nancy Pappas, 56, was certain a time-consuming trek to Home Depot was in her near future when she realized she needed a new toilet seat for the house her parents bought in 1970.
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