Borders is closing

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

While you have a very valid point, there are still some deals. And everything is on sale, including magazines. If there are some you usually or sometimes buy off the newsstand, it can be a deal.

Thing is they're selling a very tiny amount of stock at the "crazy discount prices." Generally stuff is 10-20% off there anyway, especially new releases. It's not that stuff isn't on "sale" it's that it's unlikely that it'll be worth your while to go. Books in particular.

Originally Posted by Kappamd

The Borders in my hometown is closing, so I went last weekend when I was visiting my parents. HOLY CHAOS. It was like black Friday x 1000. Second day of the liquidation and all new releases, anything from well-known authors, etc. was extremely picked over (but they definitely were on sale, Drollefille). I got some magazines and a few books that aren't available on my nook, and waited an hour in line to pay. There are definitely some deals as EVERYTHING is on sale, from magazines to stationary to calendars to books.

I asked the cashier how long they expected to remain open and she said they were told 4 weeks, but that she doubted they would last that long.

Overall it's just not worth the omg black friday craze, is all I'm saying, we're not talking 50% off, we're talking 10-20 off list. None of the stuff worth reading will make it to the lower prices before getting returned to publishers or shipped to other Borders stores. Unless you have eclectic tastes.

Just not worth it for me, I suppose. I wouldn't call anything a "good deal."