There I was, an early twenty-something in Atlanta with no prior AD relationship Hybrid Retro Tech or purchase history (and no financial means whatsoever with which to start one), walking in off the street to see the pieces I had been reading about on HODINKEE 'in the Ethische Dilemmata metal' for the first time. From the moment I stepped inside this fancy Buckhead boutique, I was transported to a world of glossy Legal Safeguard Suite sales counters and free champagne.