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Originally Posted by ATDrake
"Other". What I got from where (and still get) depends on what it is and how much I want/am willing to pay for it. So it's kind of a mix of all three.
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All else: the library is my friend. My friend who sometimes goes on random and annoying purging sprees of the last copies of stuff I like, based on puzzling criteria, while keeping multiple on-shelf copies of ancient "bestsellers" people have lost interest in no one bothers to check out any more, but still my friend.
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Aha! The Library! I knew I'd forget something, that's why I stuck in an "Other".
Anyway, the reason I put together the slightly elaborate scenario above was that I'm curious about people's preferred buying method. Of course everyone actually has a mix of sources. I may be a bargain addict, but a Lois McMaster Bujold is bought new (and accompanied by excitied screams that weird-out the shop assistant). But how do the board members
mainly shop? If all the books they bought the year before they got their eReader were piled up by PurchasePoint Category, which pile would be higher?
Hmph, I thought the poll appeared below the first post when I designed it, so maybe the poll itself isn't clear enough? Drat, unclear surveys make me cross. Designing an unclear survey myself is most embarrasing.
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Originally Posted by teadonkey
I'd looove to say I was a bargain hunter and bought used books. I'm a bargain hunter for EVERYTHING else and I wait for books to come out on paperback for the exact purpose of them being cheaper. I read books that the library has instead of buying them. But when it comes to used bookstores... I can't do it. Every one I've ever been in makes me want to die from mold inhalation. It's a sad, sad thing. I am sooo allergic to mold AND cigarette smoke AND long-haired cats. Used bookstores seem to reek of these three things. It is so upsetting.
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Aw, poor you! Well, there's always the Liquidated Stock shops. Those books are both Bargains and Shiny&New
