Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
by foobiekr on Thursday July 07, 2022 @12:01AM
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We were tight on money when I was a kid. My favorite times were when my mom would come home with a box of coverless books from the bookstore next to the diner where she worked, bought for like $1 each. I wonder how many other kids had that experience.
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Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
by pjc50 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:15AM
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One of my favourite bookstores before it closed was Galloway and Porter: http://www.bookstoreguide.org/2009/03/galloway-and-porter-ca...
They had remaindered or unsold books, covers intact, usually of an academic nature. But that also included O'Reilly books, and I got several large "coffee table" books of glossy photographs that would usually be £50 but reduced to £2 due to cosmetic damage to the slip cover.
Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
by smn1234 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:23PM
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any alternatives, these days
Re:Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
by solarmist on Thursday July 07, 2022 @11:33AM
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I wish I could've had this experience. I guess I grew up in too rural (13k as of 2020) a place to have this.
I think there was only a single new book store in our town growing up. The grocery store or school book fairs were the only other places to buy books.