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17244211 No.17244211 [Reply] [Original]

My favorite used book store is starting to sell used books near sticker price. Should I just take my business to eBay and Amazon?

>> No.17244224

A local pizza place started charging almost the same for two slices as you can buy a whole frozen DiGiorno with all toppings at Target. Screw that gouger.

>> No.17244231

Amazon and ebay are the reason why a lot of secondhand book shops are charging so much: they now have no reason to sell anything below what they could get for it online.

>> No.17244249

>>17244231
Otherwise arbitrage pikers will come in and buy it and try to flip it online so that makes sense, even though generally online is cheaper to begin with.

>> No.17244267

>>17244211
Used book stores will price their books about $1-2 cheaper than used Amazon books.

The internet and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

>> No.17244272

>>17244231
But I can getting it cheaper online

>>17244224
Bad analogy

>>17244249
At this point I feel like I should just pay the extra dollar and get a new copy.

>> No.17244273

if you're going to take your business elsewhere anyway you can at least make your concerns known to the owner and there's always the chance he comes to an arrangement.

>> No.17244318

>>17244272
>Bad analogy
It's not an analogy. I don't owe any loyalty to "local businesses".

>> No.17244326

>>17244211
That's not bad, just get old used books. Penguin Classics from the 70s-80s have sticker prices of like ~$4.95 assuming you're not in the market for a doorstopper.

>> No.17244642

>>17244211
OPs pic freaks me out cus it looks like me when I was little