[78-L] Bye Bye, Borders

[David Lennick]

But Barnes & Noble at least has offered discount cards and online coupons. I 
signed up for a Borders card and found it gave me absolutely nothing.

The Barnes & Noble outlet in Rochester has one of the best second-hand 
selections I've seen outside of a thrift store. And yes, I still do far better 
looking online..many's the time I've walked into B&N with a 15% off coupon and 
not found anything to use it on.

dl

On 2/17/2011 9:34 AM, Mike Murray wrote:
> I personally think what really served to kill Borders was its policy
> of continuing to sell books and CDs (with few exceptions) at list
> plus prices, especially after Amazon came along. I won't miss it.
> Barnes and Noble has had the same policy and they're next. These
> giants killed of the neighborhood book stores and then stuck it to
> their customers. A pox on them both.
> Mike
>
> At 10:12 PM 2/16/2011 -0500, Dave Lennick wrote:
>> As I was saying two years ago, when I stepped inside a location that
>> looked as
>> if it had been looted...
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/business/media/17borders.html?_r=1
>>
>> dl
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