Comments on: A**holes at Friends of the Library Sales

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:37:00 +0000

What a jerk…

By: adbertram

adbertram — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:52:25 +0000

Tell us how you really feel.

By: logan1982

logan1982 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 22:50:37 +0000

I am a book collector and I hate the fact that all the good books are not put on the shelves but instead are hid in a dark room for marked up prices on the internet. Even if they only get a dollar for it , then its still a profit because IT WAS DONATED TO THEM- IT DIDNT COST THE BOOK STORE ANYTHING !!!! THEY ARE DONATED THERE BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE FOR GOD'S SAKE AND THE LOCAL CUSTOMERS NEVER GET A CHANCE TO BUY THEM THERE !! FUCK!!! Why isnt it illegal to do that???!!!! The “Friends” manager asked me today “is that all you can find ?” when I only wanted to buy one book.(Back in the day I would buy as much as three boxes per visit) And I wanted to tell him “well if you fuckers would make available the good DONATED books to the locals (locals are the ones that make books available in the first place) then I would certainly buy them asshole” !!!! And while I'm at it let me say FUCK YOU to all the vultures who buy at the library store just to turn around and resell them online. You can't appreciate antiqaurian books enough to read and keep them, but instead you see dollar signs- fucking assholes. Your just as bad as the people working at the “Friends of the library”. Go do your enterprising somewhere else and leave the older books to people who truly appreciate them. If you want to buy and resell then go to a local barnes and noble or antiquarian book store and do your nasty business there. You are making it harder and harder for book collectors on a budget to find good books- so FUCK OFF and leave the flea markets, yard sales, good-will , and “friends” of the library book stores to people who love books. Have a great day.

By: adbertram

adbertram — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:52:25 +0000

Tell us how you really feel.

By: logan1982

logan1982 — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:50:37 +0000

By: adbertram

adbertram — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:43:55 +0000

There are assholes just about anywhere unfortunately.

By: adbertram

adbertram — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:43:55 +0000

There are assholes just about anywhere unfortunately.

By: karrie

karrie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:43:09 +0000

I've only been to one FOL sale so far, and wow, it was crazy! One thing that struck me as a bit off is that this particular library did not charge entry for each individual. I paid $50, and went alone, but others came in groups of 2, 3, 4 or more and only paid one entry fee. They entered together as a group–small room–and immediately threw down scarves, etc. to mark “their piles”. (i.e. entire sections)

I chalked that up to adventure and experience though, and managed to find a few nice books and broke even.

My true annoyance with other sellers is behavior I see in Goodwill and other thrift stores. Yes, it;s exciting to be the first one diving into a bin of books rolled out minutes before, but must you chuck books as you scan? I wanted to cry the day I almost was beheaded by a “scan & toss” seller. Not because she hit me with a book–which she did–but because in her frantic hunt she destroyed a 1st edition of Travels With Charley, ripping the front cover from the spine, and as she tossed it to her “reject” bin, with a bunch of heavy, outdated textbooks.

Anyway…..

By: AnonyMous Rezolution

AnonyMous Rezolution — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:11:40 +0000

@ Sean, I wish I had your resource of knowledge,
and until I do, I will be using my trusty scanner.

You must make a killing at sales that don’t allow scanners!

By: AnonyMous Rezolution

AnonyMous Rezolution — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:11:00 +0000

@ Sean, I wish I had your resource of knowledge,
and until I do, I will be using my trusty scanner.

You must make a killing at sales that don’t allow scanners!