When at just the age of 20, Efrain Gonzalez opened Exchange Hype six months ago, this was certainly not the way he saw events playing themselves out. Attempted robberies and repeated break-ins have led Gonzalez to make the simultaneously difficult and pragmatic decision to shutter the brick-and mortar location and shift to a strictly online platform. Financially and mentally I don’t think we can stay here anymore. I love the things we had here as a store and a physical location and hope to keep the connection l built with…
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