Borders is closing

[Senusret I]

It has been about two since my Borders stores closed. Here is what life is like for me now.

When Borders sends me a 40 percent off coupon is the only time I will shop from Borders.com. My Borders Rewards Plus (or Gold?) takes an additional ten percent off. And actually, one day in May I got a DVD for free because it was already less than ten bucks and I had Borders bucks.

However, the significant coupons are few and far between, it seems. Amazon.com has by far the best deals on EVERYTHING.

One day, I had an itch to go to a bookstore so I went to Books-A-Million. The one in DuPont Circle has the feel of a Borders but the location of an old Crown Books. But I went in there and didn't spend a dime. It just didn't feel the same.

I went up the street to Kramerbooks, a place from which I've never purchased a book. Their layout sucks. Fuckin hipsters. Still didn't buy a book.

However, I must say that I have found a new permanent music and DVD home in Melody Records on Connecticut Ave. Their sales are comparable to Borders, without the bonus bucks.

But like I said before, in general I will be switching to Amazon. I put the Amazon app on my blackberry to price things I'm browsing for and it's always cheaper.

Sorry, bookstores....

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

It has been about two since my Borders stores closed. Here is what life is like for me now.

When Borders sends me a 40 percent off coupon is the only time I will shop from Borders.com. My Borders Rewards Plus (or Gold?) takes an additional ten percent off. And actually, one day in May I got a DVD for free because it was already less than ten bucks and I had Borders bucks.

However, the significant coupons are few and far between, it seems. Amazon.com has by far the best deals on EVERYTHING.

One day, I had an itch to go to a bookstore so I went to Books-A-Million. The one in DuPont Circle has the feel of a Borders but the location of an old Crown Books. But I went in there and didn't spend a dime. It just didn't feel the same.

I went up the street to Kramerbooks, a place from which I've never purchased a book. Their layout sucks. Fuckin hipsters. Still didn't buy a book.

However, I must say that I have found a new permanent music and DVD home in Melody Records on Connecticut Ave. Their sales are comparable to Borders, without the bonus bucks.

But like I said before, in general I will be switching to Amazon. I put the Amazon app on my blackberry to price things I'm browsing for and it's always cheaper.

Sorry, bookstores....

I think that it's just the area you were looking in... Kramerbooks has its niche, like Busboys does. If you're looking for a travel book to go to Nepal or a ridiculously expensive book that looks somewhat interesting but in reality is a waste of money, KB is your place. The only time I would ever go in was during some late-night semi-drunken perusal of the shelves, but that was about it. I kind of like BAM, especially its magazine section, because they'd have some really random things in there.

I happened to be out in Springfield the other day and saw that their Borders (right by the metro station) is still running with no signs about closing down. I'll have to keep an eye out to see if I can snag some discounts when it actually does. Then again, I've been a Kindle user since the first generation (my bookshevles are way too full as it is), and so I've pretty much been an Amazon-only user for awhile. I do quite like Amazon's Prime service, which for an extra $60-or-so per year, you get free two-day shipping on just about everything they sell (and it sometimes gets to my house in one day). Great for instant gratification when I'm being super lazy.