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Originally Posted by mjh215
No you wouldn't, they are evil, evil people... Antiquarian booksellers are below antique dealers on my list, and that is saying alot... I go to the same fleamarkets and auctions as many of the antiquarian booksellers from SE PA, NJ (Lamberville) and NY and they make me really wonder if some of Lovecraft's works weren't real...
I have no problem with someone making a profit or finding a 'steal'... But it truly takes a certain character to go up to someone, ask about the price of a book you know is worth $100, find out it is .50 cents, and refuse to buy until they go down to a quarter. Then... THEN go back to your shop and mark it $150. Cthulu must be proud....
(I'm being harsh, there are decent ones, they just don't tend to make much of a profit  )
-MJ |
I, of course, wouldn't do that. I is a good girl
For example, when I worked at the textbook store, we had this thing where we would buy back ANY book for $1. So this guy calls us up and asks if he could drop some books off because he was moving and needed to get rid of him. I was pissy about it, since there's a local book sale where books are donated and profits go to women's scholarships. But we have to say yes.
So he comes in, grabs his cash, then leaves. We start peeking through, and we see all these old books from the late 1800s. I get all excited, and keep looking. I find a copy of Leon Uris' "Trinity" in there, dust jacket and all. I peek to see if it is a first edition, and not only that, but it is SIGNED by Mr. Uris.
Stupidly, I told my boss (even though I knew how much it was worth). Still kicking myself in the butt for that one.
The guy mentioned they were all of his grandmother's books. Even to an untrained eye at least a few of those books had some value. So I didn't really care much for his feelings.