GI Joe's was a sports/auto store chain in my area. In 1952 GI Joe's started in Portland, Ore., selling army surplus items out of a tent. In time they became the largest regional retailer of sporting goods, camping equipment and auto parts. with nearly twenty stores. A decision to move into power sports came in the early 2000s. They sold DBs and Chinese dirt bikes and ATVs. This was part of a larger loss of direction for the company. GI Joe's was sold to an investment group in 2007 and ultimately they shuttered in 2009. In the end days when Joe's was liquidating inventory they had DBs still in the box with a big price markdown. I waited too long and by the time I got there the cupboard was bare. Dick's Sporting Goods now occupies many of the former GI Joe's stores.