Borders to have a fire sale - from CNNMoney

[zxcvbnm]

Perhaps big chains do it differently but from what I understand bookshops get most books on sale or return. If it does not sell it goes back to the publisher. I think they get about 40% gross margins if they sell for the retail price.

So I can't imagine a bookshop having a very good close out sale as anything they don't sell they can just return and if its only a 20% discount they are still making a profit and you can probably get it cheaper from amazon.

Mind you I've been wrong before...

[graff_king]

I am saddened by my borders (Camp Hill, Pa) closing. Both borders and b&n are within 10 minutes from my home but when it comes to books Borders has always been my 1st stop. Mainly because they have an actual horror section, my fave genre. The staff in this particular store has always been extremely helpful to me when I have need to ask anything of them. Once the store closes its doors I am in the quandry of going to B&N or driving 25 minutes to one of the two borders remaining open.
As for the earlier comment about the company using a 3rd party to liquidate, most companies do that. I was one of the unfortunate ones left in the dirt by circuit city and left before they started the liquidation

[jsites]

Someone stopped in at the Borders I work at yesterday, asked me if our store was closing. I told him "no" and he was disappointed. He only stopped in looking to pick up going out of business sale items.

Vultures...

[queentess]

Originally Posted by jsites

Someone stopped in at the Borders I work at yesterday, asked me if our store was closing. I told him "no" and he was disappointed. He only stopped in looking to pick up going out of business sale items.

Vultures...

Careful, those "vultures" are going to be what gives your employer just enough cash to keep going.

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by queentess

Careful, those "vultures" are going to be what gives your employer just enough cash to keep going.

A very salient point here.

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by queentess

I do have a very small but nice used book store that is semi-local for me. (It's local, but it's on the side of town I don't get to very frequently.) The second floor is nothing by SF/F (my favorite!) paperbacks, and 10 years ago I would have loved it. But, sadly, most SF/F paperbacks weren't printed on nice paper, and they haven't aged well. The feel and smell of the books is utterly repulsive, especially after reading ebooks almost exclusively for 2+ years.

I would LOVE to find a bookstore that has an entire floor dedicated to SF/F. I'm not so much into the SF part but I'd accept it for the F part lol. I don't buy pbooks anymore either, I go to B&N or wherever to look at the shelves and see which ebooks I'm going to download next.

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by queentess

Oh, you've just reminded me... I hadn't been to Borders in ages and stopped by about a year ago because I was looking for somewhere to walk indoors and this Borders is in a small mall. I had to ask someone where the fiction books were located. I actually thought the store had ceased carrying fiction! They had changed the store all around and only the non-fiction books and knick-knacks were visible, then a huge section of dvds/cds. Turns out the books were past the dvd/cd section and in the far back corner of the store. The floor plan is such that you couldn't see the books until you walked through the dvd/cd section. (They've since moved things around, swapping the fiction section with the dvd/cd section.)

This thread just keeps reminding me why I dislike Borders so much.

That doesn't surprise me at all. If I want music/video I'll hit up Best Buy. I go to book stores to look at books. Borders fails to have the selection B&N has so I go to B&N whenever possible instead of Borders.

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by rickymartin213

For me, the three Borders I've e'er exhausted to are the ones slated to be winking in the St Gladiator country. Gift soul to maintain touching them up to see what the sales end up beingness.

Turing test fail.

[queentess]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

Turing test fail.

I can't figure it out either.

[Grimm]

Originally Posted by rickymartin213

For me, the three Borders I've e'er exhausted to are the ones slated to be winking in the St Gladiator country. Gift soul to maintain touching them up to see what the sales end up beingness.

What is this... I don't even...

Maybe he meant to say, "Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"

[Worldwalker]

It's some kind of weird spam. All of his posts are like that. And some fool is giving him karma (though apparently a low-karma fool).

[stickybuns]

I'm going with one of two possibilities: either he's using Babelfish to translate what may (or may not, heh) make perfect sense in his native language, or it's performance "art".

I'm tempted to send some of these posts to my old literature professor; he'd have great fun watching his poetry students try to grok these! "Ah, clearly Borders is an allusion to the 6th century dynasty of..."

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Grimm

What is this... I don't even...

Maybe he meant to say, "Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"

I rift have been to far over the under of that some have going then not to gave ever with really but when went to I that yes.

Kapish?

[Grimm]

Pure awesome.

[queentess]

Oh, the best one is where the spammer (?) takes one of Worldwalker's posts and turns it into garbage.

WW:

...actually, I'm feeling remarkably laid-back right now. I'm certainly not angry at the world, nor even at you. Though I would like some orange juice; it tastes horrible hot, but it's as good as cough syrup.

Thesaurus Guy:

I'm somatesthesia remarkably laid-back justness now. I'm sure not livid at the world, nor regularize at you. Though I would equivalent some citrus juice; it tastes horrible hot, but it's as opportune as expiration sirup.