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Originally Posted by jocampo
Well,
I guess I consider my self lucky then. I'm in Houston. I have a B&N as close as 5 min from home. Other one (my favorite one) 20 min driving. And the other one is like about 30 min from home.
The one that is about 20 min from home is my favorite one. Lot of couches  ... and great selection of computer books that I can read for free, during hours, before hitting the button and buy from my Kindle, of course ... |
Glad that works for you. Of course if everyone did it, there would go those couches and the ability to read for free. Me, any time I go into a store it's with the idea that I can be sold. Great service, great selection, something I wouldn't have known about if I hadn't seen it in the store--then they've earned my business.
It's not that other people don't know they can, it's that they feel when the store has provided value, then they owe the store something. And yes, I know that B&N's business model has to take into account the freeloaders. Let's hope that enough feel obligated that they can continue to provide the ambience that's so appealing to you.
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Originally Posted by Fbone
Wow. I checked online and there are only 8 Borders in the entire state I live in.
There are 25 B&N and 2 BAM concentrated in 2 areas. Half the state has nothing.
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But then's there Monroe Township, and all those B&N warehouses and idling trucks, sending stuff all over! It's like the cobbler's children having no shoes.