Borders vs Barnes & Noble

Senusret I · #1 06-23-2010, 09:46 AM

Borders is the crack of my life.

Nanners52674 · #2 06-23-2010, 09:51 AM

I love and have always been a Borders fan but I'm getting a Nook so I'll be shifting my business to B&N.

DaemonSeid · #3 06-23-2010, 09:56 AM

Borders...especially since they dominate this region

Drolefille · #4 06-23-2010, 09:58 AM

Our Borders was always in the mall and our BN is a big stand-alone so here at least I'm BN. When I get gift cards for Christmas for Borders I spend them online with the big 40% off coupons. It's awesome.

I do have a BN membership still and mostly feel like it's not worth it right now, but it's paid for so eh.

In short, doesn't really matter as long as they have the books I want.

MysticCat · #5 06-23-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

Borders is the crack of my life.

Co-sign. I usually avoid BN.

agzg · #6 06-23-2010, 10:10 AM

I love both and get the "little kid on Christmas Day" look in my eyes when Live-in suggests going to a book store. I try not to go on my own because I'll walk out with $200 worth of books (it's happened). I love the book section of every discount retail store, and I will spend HOURS browsing online, mostly on Amazon.

Book learnin' is fun.

DiamondAthena · #7 06-23-2010, 10:13 AM

And pay full price?! MEH, I prefer Half Priced Books... When I lived in FL though, Borders Books and Music saved my life many a day and I was there upon opening sitting on their back patio. lol So If I MUST choose, I choose them!

tnxbutterfly · #8 06-23-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by DiamondAthena

And pay full price?! MEH, I prefer Half Priced Books... When I lived in FL though, Borders Books and Music saved my life many a day and I was there upon opening sitting on their back patio. lol So If I MUST choose, I choose them!

I perfer Half Priced Books too. That way I can justify spending tons of money for books. I also like the library as well. They have great used book sales. If I had to choose, it would be BN because I spend so much time there.

Senusret I · #9 06-23-2010, 10:25 AM

We don't have HPB here. We do have Books-A-Million, which is adequate, but no Borders.

tnxbutterfly · #10 06-23-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

We don't have HPB here. We do have Books-A-Million, which is adequate, but no Borders.

Then your bucket list should include:

- Take a trip to Dallas and shop/browse world largest Half-Price Bookstore ( I think it's something like 40,000 square feet)

- Lobby Congress or whoever to bring HPB to your town

Senusret I · #11 06-23-2010, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

add me to the library bandwagon.

if i'm getting a gift, i'll do Borders... but the love of my life is Amazon.

I, too, was on the Amazon bandwagon. And they are farrrrrrr better for DVD shopping online. But when Borders and Amazon split ways, I started doing more in-store shopping with Borders than shopping online with Amazon.

Sidenote, did I see you in a pic at my cousin/your soror's wedding?

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Originally Posted by tnxbutterfly

Then your bucket list should include:

- Take a trip to Dallas and shop/browse world largest Half-Price Bookstore ( I think it's something like 40,000 square feet)

- Lobby Congress or whoever to bring HPB to your town

I can honor part one, but I am Life Loyal with Borders lol

Still BLUTANG · #12 06-23-2010, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

Sidenote, did I see you in a pic at my cousin/your soror's wedding?

yep, had to roll out to support my girl! it was absolutely beautiful :-)

Senusret I · #13 06-23-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pshsx1

This!

I sold back two books once (one was brand new) and I got maybe $2 or $3. It saddened me.

Um, I don't really see the difference between Border's and B&N. They're both equidistant from where I live, so I go to which ever one is more accessible due to traffic at the time. Maybe I just don't spend time in them enough... they're both more than adequate for my needs, though.

There are maybe two B&N's in DC proper and neither of them are convenient to enough things I like to go to. The last time I went to B&N was because somebody gave me a gift card for my birthday like three years ago.

My point was that my B&N's don't have music and DVDs, only books. I usually go for all three.

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Originally Posted by epchick

I was like that at first, especially since we don't have a Border's here and I couldn't understand why my mom was RAVING about the one we go to in Tucson. But after going a few times, I see the differences.

The B&N here is mostly books (not saying they have more of a selection though), with a small CD section. The plus is that B&N sells Starbucks.

The Borders we go to (Park Place Mall if anyone is familiar with Tucson) has an adequate book selection, but it has an awesome Movie/CD section, along with scrapbooking and a lot of 'gag gifts.' I bought my aunt a 'moochers fork' (a gag gift of a fork that extends 2 feet for people who love to eat off of others plates). The con is this Borders sells Seattles Best, which I don't necessarily enjoy drinking.

The only other difference, is that I can't stay in Borders for very long because the coffee smell permeates throughout the whole store and ends up giving me a headache. I haven't found that at B&N (although our B&N's lighting affects me).

I hate the smell of coffee period, and I can tell you that the three different Borders I go to in/around DC don't have a noticeable coffee smell at all (other than the smell of books). I love their gifts and non-book items, too.

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Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

yep, had to roll out to support my girl! it was absolutely beautiful :-)

Yay

DiamondAthena · #14 06-23-2010, 10:27 AM

We have Books-A-Million too and me no likey.... You should write your congress person, stage a sit in, hell riot.... DO SOMETHING TO GET A HPB in your area!!! lol

IrishLake · #15 06-23-2010, 10:29 AM

Neither. Public library.