My top selling items are flannel shirts, vinyl records, antique bottles mineral specimens, and so many random things - I dig the Goodwill bins so you don't have to. I will tell you this when you step through the door, but let’s make it clear here as well. All of the insulting, snarky signs you see at other retail outlets do not apply here. At the Red Mountain Trading Post you are not on camera, an
d I will not follow you around the shop unless we’re having an engaging conversation. Please handle the merchandise. If something breaks, that will just be my opportunity to show you how little I care. I run the shop first and foremost as a public service, and I have enough faith in capitalism to trust that respect and friendship are profitable. Then, there is this. While I do not call myself a Christian, I believe Jesus pointed the way out for humanity. So, All Are Welcome Here, with a clear and vehement exception of those who openly and proudly believe their skin color or their enthusiastic support for official cruelty makes them somehow better than those who do not have these twisted ideals. America is under attack from within, by a congenital weakness for white supremacy. My work on behalf of America and humankind is more important than my work as a retailer, and I firmly believe in the common good. I regard peace, love and understanding as normal, natural and healthy. Now that it’s established that I respect you, and love the democratic, American form of government, here’s what I have to offer. I sell primarily used goods, with a distinct preference for old, American made things or other items of quality. My pricing for these “antiques” is roughly on par with what Walmart will charge you for the plastic version. In 2017, I sold 800 flannel shirts. As someone who can take a hint, I brought 2,000 flannel shirts in 2018. I also have work pants, Sorel boots, Uggs, wool blankets, and other such items. I now have at least 8,000 vinyl records in stock: Beatles, Zeppelin, Cream, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, George Jones, War, Rufus, Jack Teagarden, Dylan, Perez Prado, Sunny and the Sunliners, Dan Hicks, Louis Prima, yup, got it - and much more. The inventory is a distillation of thousands of garage sales, and as such it has wide variety, almost none of which is donated (though if you don’t want your Zeppelin records, I won’t turn them down). Every car that stops is a collection of individuals, and I aim to have sufficient variety that no one person will be tugging at the others to leave. Red Mountain Trading Post was founded in 1951, by Hal and Liane Hall, on land no one else wanted. Hal’s family had been on this continent well before there was a United States. Liane was an immigrant and war bride. Growing the business from scratch, they had at one time a motel, diner, gas station and the Trading Post, which they operated as a rock and gift shop. Liane continued to run the shop for 60 years before handing it off to me, her youngest son, Ron. You do not need to buy anything or even set foot in the shop to use the restroom. I will take your credit card for any amount. I will steer you to the best trails, best places to eat, best values in general with your good time being the top priority.
