# Buy stuff

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [October 9, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574 "2010-10-09T04:07:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![ether](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@ether](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ether)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574/1 "2010-10-09T04:07:47Z")

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Can’t seem to link to your store. Is the site down?  
Need a Staight Dope mug bad!

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### Author: ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-stuff/556574/2 "2010-10-09T17:12:37Z")

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Yes, the site is down. The server crashed some time ago, and there’s not been the resources to restore it. And sales were never high enough to justify the amount of time/energy that would need to be spent to revive.