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3103229 No.3103229[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

>Decided to get rid of computer desk today.
>Go to city dump to dispose of it.
>Hundreds of pic relateds everywhere.
>Looking for somewhere to dump desk.
>Drive past one labelled 'Books.'
>"Lol. why would people through away bo..."
>Stop car immediately and look inside.
>Thousands of discarded hardbacks and paperbacks, most of them in perfect condition.
>Be still, my beating heart.
>Spend the next hour looking through them.
>Return with 120 free books, most of which have never been read.

>> No.3103244

1- Post pictures of your books.
2- Post location of this on a personal google map with a pin.

>> No.3103246

Ohh dear god, what an incredible find.

>>3103244
Please post pics, what did you find specifically?

>> No.3103249

So painfully jealous.

>> No.3103261

What about the asbestos? Alzhiemers at 40

>> No.3103267

>>3103229
Some of them may have been mine. I discard material possessions like a snake sheds its skin, boyo.

>> No.3103274
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3103274

>mfw OP brought home a stack of statistics textbooks and travel books

>> No.3103293

>>3103274
What if he's a travelling statistician?

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3103298

>not returning with a forklift to move the cargo container

but really I am jealous.

>> No.3103307

Things to do tomorrow:
-Wake up
-Find nearest dump or recycling centre.

These used book stores have been ripping me off for long enough.

>> No.3103317

Damn, I need to start dumpster diving at barnes & noble

>> No.3103322

>>3103293
Touche.

>> No.3103324

>>3103317
Do bookstores still have to rip the covers off anything they throw out? Used to be, they weren't allowed to throw away books intact, they had to "destroy" them before they reported them as unsold. I used to have a huge collection of coverless books I got this way.

>> No.3103331

>>3103324
What. That's...that's... just awful. I just figured they'd throw away unsold books or copies that were slightly damaged, not massacre them.

Theres a B&N 5 minutes from my house, I'm definitely gonna check that out now

>> No.3103334

>>3103324

As far as I know, we don't throw away books at the bookstore I work at.
We send most of them back for a refund.

>> No.3103363

>>3103334
I believe the cover-destruction was policy for books that the publisher didn't want sent back to them; instead of dealing with the cost of shipping and storing them, they requested the stores to "destroy" them and still gave them the refund for unsold stock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_book

I don't see as many these days as they used to, I'm thinking maybe it's not as common a practice anymore.

>> No.3103437

Throughout my life I remember having a lot of consumerist dreams, like me being a kid in a toy store and getting any and as much presents I wanted. But the best one was having access to free books and just getting as much as I wanted ;_;

Pics or didn't happen. BRING ON THE LUST.