| thetygerlily |
05-28-2010 02:20 PM |
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Originally Posted by honeychile
(Post 1936064)
The staff at local Half Price Books know me (and the little dog) by name! We go once a week with yet another box or five of books from my mother's house - she was quite a reader before she became legally blind, and then I read to her. I'm keeping the good ones, though! Interestingly, I took one box of very new, never read books there last week, and only got $13 for it. One of the things I didn't know that came into play was how many copies they already had of each book, and how fast it was moving.
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An interesting thought on getting rid of encyclopedias for you, Honey- have you considered checking with realtors? I was at an estate sale a few weeks ago and they were putting a whole set of encyclopedias on the curb, marked as free. She said realtors used to pay good money for a set at estate sales because they are so great for staging libraries, offices, dens, etc. They were putting them on the curb because there are fewer realtors nowadays, since the housing market dropped. But if you know any realtors, you could contact them and see if they're interested. Or you could just contact a couple of real estate offices nearby and let them know they're free for pickup if they want them. Regardless, I thought it was a very interesting re-use of books- and hey, they need to get those books somewhere to make houses look good! |
