MID-CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- You never know what you might find inside Nick Metropolis' vintage store in Mid-City. He's part salesman and part humanitarian. At 80 years old, he is facing the fact he might lose his beloved business. As the old Beatles song goes, to get by, he's going to need a little from his friends... and from the community he calls home.

"People pull up in cars and trucks every day. 'Nick, do you want to buy this? Do you want to buy that?" said Metropolis.

What Metropolis is buying now...is time. The landlord for his Pico Boulevard store is taking him to court in a matter of days and he needs about $14,000 in back rent, hoping to stop being evicted. He's raised about half of the money through a GoFundMe campaign.

"People send five and ten dollars and I'm hoping th

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