19/08: Picking through the carcass...
Oh Borders - I finally sacked up enough to wander over to your Maple store last night to see the sad shape you are in. Actually - not too bad. I guess when you warehouses are disgorging books everyone keeps up a healthy stock. I was a bit disappointed on a few books, but was pleasantly surprised to find 'Startship Troopers' there. Snatch! I was looking at a random pick up 'The Goblin Corps', but opted to pick up a cheap OpenGL book.
I say the mood was something near a terse garage sale. People attempting to act with some dignity, but were pawing through merch like drug addled chimpanzees. Fore the most part everything was near the appropriate sections, but you would find books way out of their comfort zone; discarded when their potential owner found something better to get on sale. Right now I think the prices are on par with Amazon. DVDs included. I might go back when the sales become more cutting and snag some math books in hopes of a cheap Android book.
On the furniture on sale - yeah I would pass. My associate was looking at the brown couch for two-hundo. I dissuaded him with "do you know how many sweaty and stinky asses have nestled into that couch and not moved for hours as they read books un-purchased? How much junior high stank, split coffee, and throw up potentially could be on there?". Yeah that was enough to pass and wipe his hands on something else. The safes were mildly interesting too bad I am short on cash.
I say the mood was something near a terse garage sale. People attempting to act with some dignity, but were pawing through merch like drug addled chimpanzees. Fore the most part everything was near the appropriate sections, but you would find books way out of their comfort zone; discarded when their potential owner found something better to get on sale. Right now I think the prices are on par with Amazon. DVDs included. I might go back when the sales become more cutting and snag some math books in hopes of a cheap Android book.
On the furniture on sale - yeah I would pass. My associate was looking at the brown couch for two-hundo. I dissuaded him with "do you know how many sweaty and stinky asses have nestled into that couch and not moved for hours as they read books un-purchased? How much junior high stank, split coffee, and throw up potentially could be on there?". Yeah that was enough to pass and wipe his hands on something else. The safes were mildly interesting too bad I am short on cash.