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Originally Posted by evil_bunny
...it sure is depressing when consumers can't tell the difference between brand A and brand B.
The #1 reason why I don't like Barnes & Noble: I work for Borders.
The #2 reason why I don't like Barnes & Noble: See reason one.
If you want, I can explain the differences between us, why you are perceiving these differences incorrectly, from the coffee to the way we shelve books. Oh, and the reason why the 'website' as y'all think of it is amazon is because we didn't want to waste our time reinventing the wheel.
We do have a website that isn't run by amazon. You can't buy books off of it because that would be redundant. It's bordersstores.com
But no, I haven't heard of a merger, I wouldn't find a merger appealing, and I suppose I would be actively forbidden from commenting on a merger if such a thing were to occur.
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It's good to see a staff member from one of the companies mentioned in this thread giving their 2-cents; however, this response didn't make too much sense when I read/re-read it. The two reasons you stated that you don't like B&N is because a) you work for Borders and b) you work for Borders??? That's it? Or were maybe you meant the main reason you don't B&N is because you work for the competition? This would be akin to saying that I don't like Hollywood video beacuse I work for Blockbuster (and say it twice to emphasize the point). Secondly, you mentioned the Borders website and how it looks like Amazon on purpose, but then you said "You can't buy books off of it because that would be redundant."
This kind of defeats the purpose of having an online business if you're not actually sell anything, doesn't it?
As stated previously, I like both stores for their individual differences, not that they are similar. I think what the majority of people posting to this agree with is that we would be losing something in the long-run with the merger and were then stating what they liked/disliked about each.
Hopefully this was someone's poor attempt at a sense of humor, because it didn't make too much sense, especally when trying to take it seriously.