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[RaymondCarver]

What do you think of this store?

I kinda like spending my money there and NOT paying full retail. Salute them.

 

[Eminem]

i prefer garage sales. last week i picked up Requiem for a Dream for $3, something i've always wanted to read but never got around to it.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

It is good.

Haven't been there in ages though.

There's also a nice local place called Mac's Backs.

Cheap books are always good.

 

[Jupiter Jones]

Another great place to buy books is www.hamiltonbook.com

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Don't forget Abebooks.

I'm also partial to the local main library as they've got a chick that looks like a young Pam Grier working there. ROWR!

 

[belgurdo]

Sometimes you can stumble on rare games there, but other than that I don't make it a regular duty to go to the place

 

[StoOgE]

its an ok place to buy stuff.. but I walked in with a stack of books that were face value of nearly a grand (either old school books, or stuff I didnt want that I had read on my own). I was offered 9 dollars.

 

[Nester]

As a teenager once, I drove behind a Half Price Books store and saw the garbage dumpster full of books. I had just got back from dumpster diving some locations for computer parts with no success, so I loaded up my trunk with books.

The next day I though to myself "What the hell do I need all these books for?" so I brought them back to the same Half Price Books and sold them back to them for $20.00. :lol :lol

The things we do when we're young...

 

[Memles]

Those types of places rape you with trade-ins. Unless you plan on spending a lot of money in the store and want to put it towards store credit, you're better off pawning it on the street.

 

[RaymondCarver]

They're great to buy from, but where do you propose getting the best price?

Would you take the time to sell a stack of books online? I wonder about that, seeing that I've never really done it. Are there those of you that list your books and household items for sale? And to give a fair estimate, what amount of time did you spend listing your books online?



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I have a basket load of books currently that’s headed to Half-Price I'm just getting rid of the clutter, and there’s other books I’m looking to buy. Space is the thing I crave most at this point, and I don't care who gets my old books. However, the space I'm making is for a tall book shelf to replace the smaller waist-high shelf. My books I have are valuable, and I'm having several people from university come over with their equipment and books. Three people with pro cameras, books, load bearing equipment, and what-not gets my room messy rather quickly. Currently, the waist-high bookshelf gets coat privileges, and there’s no space for folders and equipment that invariably gets stacked on my desk or in the recliner next to my desk. [rant] When people throw things in the recliner, then there’s no space to sit in the recliner. Then, people sit on my bed, which I loathe. People sitting on the edge and destroying the structural integrity of the mattress edge is unacceptable. The shelf going up will bring up the utilitarian value of the chairs by guests actually sitting in them versus piling their junk in them [/endrant]




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Fur future reference, I'll check out these guys for my book needs:



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P.S. Here's the new shelving.

"Time to hunt." -AvP Arcade

 

[RaymondCarver]

wow, I didn't know Requiem for a Dream was a book. no idea. none.



I picked up Being Digital by Nick Negroponte, which is an essential read for anyone that happens to be browsing and using these forums. This is one of the best overviews of technology I've ever read.

-Pub. date 1995