Today my library branch had their twice-a-month book sale. Since we really don't have storage space, we have a book sale the first and third fridays of the month. Every now and then, my branch manager has a "special sale" where she sells collectible books, currently bestsellers that were donated to us and so on. The prices of these are quite reasonable. I bought a couple of recent best-sellers for $2.50 each. The prices of the more collectible books vary. There was one that was $5 and another that was $10. I believe she checks online sellers and compares prices. Every other book sale is just a regular old sale where hardbacks are maybe a dollar.
Well today began her special sale. Which means she had enough of this stuff in her office that she could have on of them :-) As usual when the door opened the hordes came rushing in. And one guy stood there for at least an hour or so complaining about the prices in the sale. Because he could not sell them for a profit!! The nerve! The gall! The chutzpah! It's unbelieveable.
He has the right to re-sell the books he buys from us. That's fine. But he does NOT have the right to demand that we lower the prices so that he can make money. By the way, my branch manager refused of course!
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Good Lord! It sounds like one of our patrons made a trip from Alabama to visit you guys!
Katya...maybe it is the same person! Maybe he travels all over the country demanding that libraries lower their book sale prices :-)
Ah yes...we always had a few bookdealers at our book sales and we never cut them a deal...no matter how much they begged.
Joan...I WISH he begged. He was quite the aggressive, loudmouth jerk.
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